CONTROL METHOD

• Use keyboard or mouse to operate the switch from menus superimposed onto the monitor.
• Displays the platform, name, and power status of the connected servers.
• Allows color skew and video compensation fine tuning for optimal video quality.
• Locate and select servers by name, comment, index or ID.
• Names can be up to 16 characters long.
• Help Screens assist users with OSD.
• Modify the size and position of the OSD.
• OS- and software-independent.
• Various administrator configuration features, including users, servers and user stations.

• Change ports with front panel buttons.

• Normal– a user connected to a host.
• Scan– user is subsequently connected to hosts from a list.
• Sharing– the administrator can select for each host a sharing attribute, which defines multiple user access to the host.
  • Private (not shared)– one user is connected to the host and control it. No other user may select nor control that host.
  • Protected (video shared)– one user is connected to and controls the host. Other users may select and see the video output from the host, but not control the host.
  • Public (shared)– a host may be selected by many users; the host is still controlled by one user, but its control may be given to any other user after an inactivity timeout (share idle time).