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station); if it expires before you reselect the primary CPU (which will reset the
timer), the primary CPU will become available for either station to select. (In
fact, if you are at the local station and have
exclusive
control of the primary
CPU—see
Section 5.5
—this is the only way you can relinquish control.) You
can re-enable video by selecting one of the “real” CPUs with the keyboard
hotkeys or with the mouse (if mouse switching is enabled and the mouse is a
3-button or IntelliMouse type—see
Section 5.8
). If the CPU you select is
available, or if you reselect the primary CPU and the inactivity timeout hasn’t
expired yet, you will gain keyboard and mouse control as well.
• Use {Hotkeys} + [L]
at the primary station’s keyboard only
to lock Unit B. If no
password has been set for the Extender (see
Section 4.4
), this command is
equivalent to the {Hotkeys} + [0] command described on the previous page. If
a password has been set, this command also causes Unit B to (a) stop accepting
keyboard and mouse input except for password attempts until someone enters
the password and (b) alternately light the Num Lock/Scroll Lock LED pair
and the Caps Lock LED on the attached keyboard. Note that if anyone has
tried to type something at Unit B’s keyboard while the Extender is locked, you
will have to press [Enter] to clear those characters so that they won’t invalidate
the password when you proceed to type it in.
• Use {Hotkeys} + [Enter]
at the primary station’s keyboard only
to cause the
Extender to go into configuration mode. See
Section 4.2.2
.
Examples of common hotkey commands (assuming the hotkeys are [Ctrl] and
[Alt]):
•
To select the primary CPU:
Press and hold [Ctrl] and [Alt], press and release [1], release [Ctrl] and [Alt].
•
To “tab back and forth” between CPUs at the primary control station:
Press and hold [Ctrl] and [Alt], press and release [Tab] (repeat as many times
as necessary), release [Ctrl] and [Alt].
