Aten KVM switch - I've disabled Keyboard Emulation and now cannot get back into HSM Mode to enable it again (or do anything)

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On my Aten KVM, to get into HSM mode you hold NumLock and press '-'. Pressing 'N' then disabled keyboard emulation.

Seems this also then stops you getting back into HSM mode to do any further config of the KVM... Huh?

How are you supposed to do anything, even just turning back on that Keyboard Emulation mode?
 
Alas, seemingly once you turn off Keyboard Emulation, the keys to enter the config mode (HSM) no longer work, so there's then no way to re-enabled Keyboard Emulation, or infact do any of the config operators. Bizarre!
 
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Yeh, tried the alternative key sequence too... I'll keep trying.

I'm in the process of moving from a CS1782A DVI (the one I'm trying to change the config with) to a new CS1822 HDMI one. My nightmare is I have to disable keyboard emulation on the new CS1822 too - as I have an Corsair RGB Keyboard - and it's a one way trip on that one too.
 
BTW, one problem I found with the dedicate mouse port was it had a VERY slow polling rate (seemed to affect gaming possibly?). In the end I put the mouse in the front general USB port on the KVM which offered a much faster polling rate.

I actually plugged my keyboard in a general USB slot too on the KVM else the iCue features for my Corsair RGB keyboard don't work.

So I have nothing plugged into the dedicated keyboard/mouse USB ports.
 
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So you've disabled hotkeys (HSM) etc?

In my case I've just left it on, but I'm just using the two regular USB ports for the keyboard and mouse, not the dedicated ones. I just use the buttons on the front of the KVM to switch input.

PS: Shame there's not just a pair of physical switches on the rear to turn on/off the hotkey behaviour for the keyboard and mouse USB ports.
 
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Is there any suggestion the USB performance (speed) for a keyboard and mouse is worse through the CS1822 KVM than direct from the PC directly? From the KVM's non emulation USB ports or if emulation is turned off for the dedicated mouse/keyboard ports?

Is there any suggestion monitor response is compromised?
 
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