Lindy 32828 Manuel page 12

English Manual
Port Selection: Manual, Hotkey or OSD
Controlling all the PCs connected up in your LINDY CPU Switch LITE OSD-8 installation could
not be easier. Three methods are available:
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Manual Port Selection
Press the port selection switch on the front panel. The Selected LED lights RED to indicate that
the port is currently selected. The On Screen Display automatically switches to highlight the PC
that you have selected.
Note:
1) On a cascaded installation, you must press the Port Selection switch on the CPU
Switch directly connected to the PC.
2) Simultaneously pressing Port Selection buttons 7 and 8 on the First Stage unit
initiates the Quick View Scan feature: All ports currently selected for Quick View
scanning with the OSD function are cycled through. The time on each port is determined
with the OSD's F6 SET function (see the OSD Operation section for details)
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Hot Key Port Selection
Hotkey port selection allows you to conveniently access connected PCs directly from the
keyboard, instead of having to manually select them by pressing Port Selection push buttons.
To select a port with the Hotkey method do the following:
1. Press [Ctrl+Alt+Shift] to invoke the hotkey function.
2. Key in the Port ID number (see Port ID Numbering, below), then press [Enter].
Note: After invoking the hotkey function with the [Ctrl+Alt+Shift] combination, you must key in
the Port ID and press [Enter] within 1 second for each keypress.
Port ID Numbering:
Since each CPU Port on a LINDY CPU Switch installation is assigned a unique Port ID you can
directly access any computer on any level of the installation by specifying the Port ID that the
computer is connected to using the Hotkey port selection method or from the OSD Main Menu.
The Port ID is a one, two or three digit number that is determined by the Stage Level and CPU
Port number of the CPU Switch unit that the 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; the third digit represents the CPU Port number of the Third Stage. For
example, a computer attached to a First Stage unit has a one digit Port ID Number (1 - 8).
A computer attached to a Second Stage unit has a two digit Port ID number. The first digit
represents the CPU Port number (1 - 8), on the First Stage unit that the Second Stage unit is
cascaded down from; the second digit represents the CPU Port number on the Second Stage
unit that the computer is connected to. For example, a Port ID of 23 refers to a computer that is
connected to CPU Port 3 of a Second Stage unit that, in turn, is cascaded down from CPU Port
2 of the First Stage unit.
Likewise, a computer attached to a Third Stage unit has a three digit number.
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