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Autoscan and Autoskip

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Autoscan and Autoskip

Asanadministrator,youcanpressF6toturnautoscanningonandoff.

WhenautoscanningisturnedonandyoupressEsctoleavetheOSUI

screen,Paragonsequentiallyandautomaticallyswitchesfromone

channelporttothenext,displayingeachchannelportʹsvideoforthe

durationoftheuserʹsgl

obalscanrateorthechannelportʹsindividual

scanrate(seeUserProfileCustomization(onpage62)),startingov

erat

port1whenitreachesthelastchannelport.

Inacascadedsystem,whenthescanreachesachannelporttowhicha

subsidiaryParagonswitchisattached,it“dropsdown”tothe

subsidiaryʹschannelportsandscansthembeforeresumingwiththe

higher‐levelchannelports.

Tostayonagivench

annelportwhileParagonisswitchingbetween

channelsonebyonedueto autocanning,youmustturnoffautoscanning.

Pressthehotkey(default:ScrollLock)twicequicklytotriggertheOSUI

whenthedesiredchannelisdisplayedandpressF6toturnoffthe

funct

ion.Theword“Scan”atthebottomoftheOSUIwillappearinblack

whenautoscanisofforyellowwhenautoscanison.

InParagonIIʹsdefaultsetting,autoscanningwilldisplayallchannelports

(includingvacantones,whicharenotconnectedtoanydevices),except

thoseoccupiedbyserverstha

ttheuserhasnorightstoaccess,thatis,the

serversthatarenotinoneoftheuserʹspermittedgroups—seethesection

GroupSettings(AccessRights)(onpage102).Toal

lowausertosee

serversthatheorshecannototherwiseaccess,anadministratormustset

“DisplayAllComputers”to“Yes”(seethesectionSystemConfiguration

(onpage86)).Toforcethesystemtosk

ipovervacantchannelports,an

administratormustturnonautoskipping.

AfterloggingintoParagonII,administratorscanpressF7toturn

autoskippingonandoff.Whenautoskippingison,Paragonwill

automaticallyskipvacantchannelportsduringautoscanningorwhena

usertriestoswi

tchtosuchaportmanually.Theword“Skip”atthe

bottomoftheOSUIwillappearinblackwhenautoskipisofforyellow

whenautoskipison.

Power Management

Anadministratorcancontrolpowertoconnecteddevicesdirectlyviathe

ParagonIIOSUI.TousethepowermanagementfeaturesofParagonII,

youwillneedRaritanʹsRemotePowerControlUnitinoneofthefour

models,dependingonyourneeds:

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