Troubleshooting KVM Hotkey Switching

Level1 Store KVM Helpdesk
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Hello,

I have been a happy user of the Level1Techs KVM for about 4 years, but today I have lost the ability to switch between the connected PC’s with the hotkey from the keyboard. Not only that, I haven’t made any changes to my hardware setup, which is extra confusing. No changes to keyboard, monitor setup, etc.

I had rebound the Ctrl key to the right one instead of the left one, and I remember pressing RCtrl 3 times would give me a beep indication that the hotkey was the right one. Now, when I press RCtrl 3 times, nothing happens. RCtrl RCtrl [1-2] doesn’t work either.

I thought maybe I had reset the state of the kvm, and that the key had returned to left control, but doing the same on LCtrl doesn’t do anything either. Power cycling the KVM doesn’t do anything either.

Is there a way to “reset” the KVM? Are there troubleshooting steps?

I have the 2x2 DisplayPort KVM.

Thanks!

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sigh, I don’t know what I changed, but it’s working now again. Sorry for the spam.

I pressed the physical button twice, and then spammed right control, and it started working again.