Port Id Numbering; Port Key In Examples - ATEN CS-9134 User Manual

Port ID Numbering

Each CPU port on a Master View installation is assigned a unique Port ID. You
can directly access any computer on any level of the installation by specifying
the Port ID of the CPU port that the computer is connected to - either with the
Hotkey port selection method, or with the OSD.
The Port ID is a one, two, or three digit number. It is determined by the Stage
Level and CPU port number of the Master View unit that a computer is
connected to. The first digit represents the CPU port number of the First Stage
unit; the second digit represents the CPU Port number of the Second Stage unit;
the third digit represents the CPU port number of the Third Stage unit.
For example, a computer attached to a First Stage unit has a one digit Port ID
(from 1 to 4 for the CS-9134; from 1 to 8 for the CS-9138), that corresponds to
the CPU port number that the computer is connected to.
A computer attached to a Second Stage unit has a two digit Port ID. The first
digit represents the CPU port number, on the First Stage unit that the Second
Stage unit links back to; the second digit represents the CPU port number on
the Second Stage unit that the computer is connected to. Therefore, a Port ID of
23 would refer to a computer that is connected to CPU port 3 of a Second
Stage unit that links back to CPU port 2 of the First Stage unit.
Likewise, a computer attached to a Third Stage unit has a three digit Port ID.
One with a Port ID of 241 would be connected to CPU port 1 of a Third Stage
unit, that links back to CPU port 4 of a Second Stage unit, which, in turn, links
back to CPU port 2 of the First Stage unit.

Port Key In Examples

1. To access a computer attached to port 3 of a Single Stage installation, key in
3 for the Port ID, as follows:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt] 3 [Enter]
2. To access a computer attached to port 3 of a Second Stage unit that is
cascaded down from port 2 of the First Stage unit, key in 23 for the Port ID,
as follows:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt] 2 3 [Enter]
Note: You must key in the numbers one at a time.
3. To access a computer attached to port 1 of a Third Stage unit that is
cascaded down from port 4 of a Second Stage unit, which, in turn, is
cascaded down from port 2 of the First Stage unit, key in 241 for the Port ID,
as follows:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Alt] 2 4 1 [Enter]
14 CS-9134 / CS-9138 User Manual
2001-05-21