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RACKMOUNT SERVSWITCH™ BRAND CAT5 KVM EXTENDER LOCAL HUBS
7.3 Keyboard Commands and Related Functions
This section describes Extender functions that can be controlled with commands
that users can type in at the user-station keyboards, as well as some related
functions. The different Extender Remotes have different command formats:
• Extender links with ACUREM, ACUMREM, ACUSREM, or ACU1006MRA
Remotes use [Scroll Lock] as a single multipurpose “command key”—pressing
and releasing it different numbers of times, sometimes while pressing the
mouse buttons, causes the Extender to do various things.
Very few of today’s software applications make use of the [Scroll Lock] key,
but if you’re using such an application on the PC attached to the Extender,
you can force the Extender to ignore the [Scroll Lock] character and pass it
through to the PC. Do this by setting position 2 of an ACUREM’s DIP switch to
ON (see
Section 5.1
) or position 4 of an ACUREM’s or ACUSREM’s internal
DIP-switch SW1 to OFF (see
Section 5.3.1
). Turning off [Scroll Lock]
recognition will disable the Extender’s reset command (see
Section 7.3.1
), and
on Dual-Access models it will disable Private Mode as well (see
Section 7.3.4
).
• Extender links with ACUREMSW, ACUVREM, ACUWREM, or
ACU1006MRVA Remotes use either left-[Ctrl] or right-[Ctrl] as a “hotkey” that
will trigger the Extender to expect an additional command character. Right-
[Ctrl] is the default hotkey, but you can change it to left-[Ctrl] if necessary by
moving position 2 of an ACUWREM’s or ACU1006MRVA’s DIP switch to ON
(see
Section 5.1
) or position 2 of an ACUREMSW’s or ACUVREM’s internal
DIP-switch SW1 to ON (see
Section 5.3.2
).
For a quick summary of all of the Extender’s keyboard commands, see
Appendix D
.
7.3.1 R
ESETTING THE
K
EYBOARD AND
M
OUSE
When an Extender system is set to its factory defaults, or if a keyboard or mouse
attached to the Extender ever lock up, you can reinitialize a user station’s keyboard
and mouse by typing in a reset command at the keyboard of a user station attached
to the Extender:
• In a Single-Access non-serial or KVM/Serial Extender link with a full-size or
Micro Remote (ACU1006RA or ACU1012RA to ACUREM, ACUMREM, or
ACU1006MRA; ACU1006SRA to ACUSREM), press and release the [Scroll
Lock] key
once
.
