Planet IKVM-8010x User Manual

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Operations

You can control the KVM Switch by three methods:

1. Using push buttons located on the front panel of the KVM Switch

2. Using the OSD (On-Screen Display)

3. Using hotkey commands through the console keyboard

It takes approximately 1-2 seconds for the video signal to refresh after switching servers and re-synchronization of the mouse and keyboard signals. This is normal operation and ensures that proper synchronization is performed at the console and the connected servers. When you power on KVM Switch, if the security function is enabled (default is disabled), it will prompt a Login window waiting for you to enter the user name and password. You need to pass the authentication to control the KVM Switch.

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3.4 Hotkey Commands

Command

Function

Space Bar

Bring up the OSD screen

 or 

Move selection up or down

1~8 Bank

01~16 Port

The first digit is bank number starting with “1”. The first KVM Switch on the daisy chain line is bank 1 (the Master). A standalone KVM Switch is fixed in bank 1. The second and the third digits indicate the port number from 01 to16.

PgUp

Back to previous bank.

PgDn

Go to next bank.

To enable/disable beep sound function.

To enable/disable the Screen Saving function and 10min auto-logout function. This default function is OFF.

To login to the OSD. If Security is enabled it will display the Login window waiting for username and password. If Security is disabled it will display the Status window.

For supervisor to reset the OSD back to factory default value (except User Security settings).

For supervisor to activate the Auto-scan function.

For supervisor to enable/disable Security function. If the Security is off, you can access the KVM system without user name & password. This default function is OFF.

You can conveniently command KVM Switch via a simple hotkey sequence. To send commands to KVM Switch, you must press the hotkey (default is Caps Lock) twice within 2 seconds. You will hear a beep sound confirming you are in the hotkey mode. If you do not press any key during hotkey mode over 2 seconds the hotkey mode will be terminated and back to normal state. The default hotkey is Caps Lock but you can change hotkey as your application convenience. If you prefer to use other hotkey, please go to OSD menu and change the default hotkey to the other. The table blow lists all the supported hotkey commands.

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Example 1:

within 2 seconds

Caps Lock

On Screen Display Menu

Caps Lock

Space Bar

within 2 seconds

Caps Lock

Switch to Bank 1’s Port 1

Caps Lock

1 0

To bring up the OSD by hotkey, press “Caps Lock”, “Caps Lock” and the “Space Bar”. Immediately, the OSD overlay screen will appear. The superimposed menu screen is generated by the KVM Switch, and does not affect your computers or software function in any way.

Example 2:

To switch to Bank 1 Port1, press “Caps Lock”, “Caps Lock”, and “1”, “0”, “1”.

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3.5 OSD Operations

Item

Main Menu

Function

LANGUAGE

Select OSD language

PORT NAME EDIT

Edit port name

PORT SEARCH

Quick searching by port name

USER SECURITY

Set username and password

ACCESS LIST

Define user access authority

HOTKEY

Select Hotkey

TIME SETTINGS

Set auto-scan time interval

OSD MOUSE

Modify OSD mouse speed

You can either activate the OSD window by press hotkey or by mouse.

 By pressing hotkey: Press hotkey twice then press Space bar.  By mouse: Press and hold the left button of the mouse and hit the Esc key to

show the Status screen. Press and hold the right button of the mouse and hit the Esc key to bring up the Main Menu.

OSD Menu provides a menu-driven interface to control the KVM Switch. It has four types of display screens:

1 Login Window: When powering on this KVM Switch, if the security function is

enable, it will prompt a login window and ask for user name and password. This KVM system can setup one SUPERVISOR and eight USERs. SUPERVISOR can access to all OSD functions. USER can access to PORT NAME and PORT SEARCH only.

2 Status screen: after the log in the Status screen will show up to display the

current port selection, port name, Hotkey type, and Screen Saving status.

3 Port Name: this menu displays port status, and allows us to switch bank/port.

The Help message is shown on the right pane of the OSD window.

4 Main Menu: there are eight sub-menus to operate. They are listed as below:

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3.5.1 Login Window

U S E R N A M E P A S S W O R D

1 0 1 S Y S T E M 0 1 C a p s L o c k



The selected BANK No.

The selected Port No.

The name of the Port

The selected Hotkey

Screen Saving enabled

Power on the local console monitor and power on the KVM Switch by plug in the power adapter. If the Security function is enabled (default is disabled), the Login window will show up waiting for user name and password.

The default is SUPERVISOR and default user name is eight zeros “00000000”. The default password is eight zeros “00000000”.

There are case-insensitive, while OSD display fixed in upper case.

After login or port switch by panel button, OSD or Hotkey, the Status screen will show up to display the information of current settings -- one digit Bank No., two-digit Port No., Port Name and current Hotkey settings. Pressing any key or clicking mouse button will let the Status screen disappeared.

Screen Saving Function

 The Screen Saving function can be enabled/disabled with the hotkey “L” and

default setting is OFF (disable).

 When the Screen Saving function is enabled, if no input from the console

keyboard or mouse over 10 minutes, the KVM Switch will turn off the screen display and auto-logout and show up Login window asking for user name and password (if the security function is disabled). One more minute of keyboard/mouse inactivity, the monitor will be turned off (the monitor Power LED turns from green to orange).

 When the Screen Saving function is disabled, it will disable the 10min

auto-logout function as well.

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Note: When Screen Saving enabled, the Login window will disappear if idle for

more then 1 minute. You Hit any key to bring up the Login window again.

P O R T N A M E B A N K : 1 F 1 : M E N U 0 1 S Y S T E M 0

1  F 2 : L O G O U T 0 2  S Y S T E M 0 2 F 3 : P R E V 0 3 S Y S T E M 0 3 E S C : Q U I T 0 4 S Y S T E M 0 4 E N T E R : C O M P L E T E 0 5  S Y S T E M 0 5  /  : S E L E C T 0 6 S Y S T E M 0 6 0 7 S Y S T E M 0 7 P g U p / P g D n : 0 8 S Y S T E M 0 8 B A N K S E L E C T U S E R : S U P E R V I S O R S C A N T I M E : 1 0 S E C F W 1 V 1

OSD Function Key

Description

Go to the main menu

To login to the OSD. If Security is enabled it will display the Login window waiting for entering username and password. If Security is disabled it will display the Status window.

Go to previous menu

Enter

Switch to the selected port

 or 

Move up or down

PgUp

Go to previous bank

PgDn

Go to next bank

Esc

Exit

Show port 1 ~ 8

Show port 9 ~ 16

The selected BANK

The selected port

Operation Hint

Indicating this port is connecting to a power on computer.

Auto-scan interval

User Level

Firmware Version

3.5.2 Port Name

The first page shows the current port name, the selected port and the operation hint.

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 USER: There are two types of user levels: SUPERVISOR (default) and USER.

M A I N M E N U  X S E L E C T O P T I O N : 0 1 L A N G U A G E 0 2 P O R T N A M E E D I T 0 3 P O R T S E A R C H 0 4 U S E R S E C U R I T Y 0 5 A C C E S S L I S T 0 6 H O T K E Y 0 7 T I M E S E T T I N G S 0 8 O S D M O U S E

L A N G U A G E  X C H O O S E A L A N G U A G E : 0 1 E N G L I S H 0 2 F R A

A I S 0 3 D E U T S C H 0 4 I T A L I A N O 0 5 E S P A Ñ O L 0 6

中

文

0 7

日本語

0 8 Р У С С К И Й

SUPERVISOR can configure and change the OSD settings at main menu. USER can only do the port switch and port search.

 SCAN TIME: This is the time interval for auto-scan function. When auto-scan

function is activated, KVM Switch will auto-scan the host port one by one according to the interval setting. Note that the port without connecting to a computer/server will be skipped when scanning.

 The numeric keypad is not supported, while in OSD screen, the arrow keys, PgUp,

PgDn and Enter keys are supported.

3.5.3 Main Menu

There are eight sub-menus under main menu for you to select.

3.5.4 Language

The OSD supports eight languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Russian. The default language is ENGLISH. Moving the cursor by keyboard (Up Arrow key “”or the Down Arrow key “”) or mouse to select the language you need, and then press Enter key to activate.

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Note: The non-English languages on OSD are mainly for display, rather than

editing. For editing, no matter what language you select, OSD menu supports English alphanumeric characters only. That means you can not edit the menu in Japanese or Chinese.

P O R T N A M E E D I T  X B A N K 1 : 0 1 S Y S T E M 0 1 0 2 S Y S T E M 0 2 0 3 S Y S T E M 0 3 0 4 S Y S T E M 0 4 0 5 S Y S T E M 0 5 0 6 S Y S T E M 0 6 0 7 S Y S T E M 0 7 0 8 S Y S T E M 0 8

P O R T S E A R C H  X E N T E R N A M E :

3.5.5 Port Name Edit

You can edit the name for the selected port.

The first line bar is Bank number, following rows are port name list.

Use keyboard (Up Arrow key “”, Down Arrow key “”) or mouse to select the port

you want to edit. After select the port, you can either press the Enter Key, or move the cursor to port name and click left button of mouse to switch the port immediately. Press PgUp key or PgDn key for selecting the previous or next Bank. Press Enter key to start editing. You can press Esc key to cancel the editing without any change or press Enter key to save the modification.

3.5.6 Port Search

You can search a computer by the port name. Enter “*” and then press Enter key will show all the port names.