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CHAPTER 5: Operation
5.4 Switching Between the Duo System and a Local CPU (KV6EXT-R2 Only)
If you haven’t attached a local CPU to the full KV6EXT-R2 ServSwitch Duo
Extender, you can keep the Extender switched to the Duo system at all times, and
use the Duo’s on-screen menu or other methods to switch between the Duo
system’s CPUs (see the “Selecting Computers...” sections and the “Keyboard
Hotkey Commands” section in your Duo manual).
If you
have
attached the optional local CPU to the Extender, you won’t be able to
switch to it through the Duo. Instead, you’ll have to use the Extender’s own
switching methods to switch back and forth between the local CPU and whichever
CPU is currently selected by the Duo system. You can do this with a hotkey
command (see
Section 5.7
) or—if you enable mouse switching—with your three-
button mouse or wheel mouse (see
Section 5.8
).
Depending on which CPU you have selected, the Extender’s “Local CPU” LED
pair will be
steadily lit
if you aren’t sending keyboard or mouse data or
flashing
if
you are. (These LEDs are red. The main LED is labeled and is on the Extender’s
top panel, while the auxiliary LED is unlabeled and is the rightmost LED on the
Extender’s right side.)
If a Duo user is controlling a Duo-system CPU, you can still switch to that CPU.
But although you might be able to see the video from that CPU, you won’t get
keyboard and mouse control until the Duo user relinquishes control, as described
in the next section.
You can always “switch to” the nonexistent “CPU zero” to blank the Extender’s
monitor and deselect your currently selected CPU (see
Section 5.7
). While CPU
zero is selected, all of the Extender’s CPU LEDs will be dark.
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