Configuration
Selecting the USB keyboard mode
IMPORTANT:
The settings of the USB keyboard mode of a slave device cannot be
changed in the OSD of the master device.
If you configure one of the master switch's CPU interfaces to connect a slave
switch (see page 43), for this CPU interface the info
master switch's USB Keyboard Mode menu.
You can use the slave switch connected to this CPU interface temporarily as mas-
ter switch to change the settings as described below.
The KVM switch supports the USB keyboards listet on this page.
You can use the special features of some USB keyboards with specific USB key-
board modes (see page 40).
In addition to the keys of the standard keyboard layout, the preset
USB keyboard mode supports multimedia keys like
When applying Apple Keyboards or Sun Keyboards you can use special keyboard modes
to use the special keys of these keyboards.
The following table lists the supported USB keyboards:
INPUT DEVICE
PC keyboard with additional multimedia keys
Sun keyboard (German keyboard layout)
Sun keyboard (American keyboard layout)
Apple keyboard with numeric keypad (A1243)
PC keyboard with standard keyboard layout
How to select the USB keyboard mode for a computer:
1. Press
Ctrl+Num
2. Press
F1
to open the
3. Use the
Arrow keys
4. Use the
Arrow keys
5. Select the channel and press
6. Repeat step 5 to change the keyboard mode of another channel.
7. Leave the menu by pressing
8. Press
to save your settings.
F1
IMPORTANT:
After changing the keyboard layout of the Sun Keyboard, the Sun com-
puter requires a reboot.
40 · G&D miniMUX8
(standard) to open the On-Screen Display.
Function
menu.
to select
System Config
to select
USB Keyboard Mode
Space
.
Enter
Slave Mode
Loud
and press
Enter
and press
to select on of the options listed above.
is displayed in the
PC Multimedia
and
.
Quiet
SETTING
PC Multimedia
SUN German
SUN US
Apple A1243
PC Standard
.
Enter
.