Black Box ServSwitch SW721AE-R2, User Manual

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“R2” SERVSWITCH
One last note of caution about video: The IBM 9515, 9517, and 9518 monitors that
come with some PS/2 systems are not normal VGA monitors and require special
cabling in order for video to be correctly sized and synchronized. Call Black Box
for technical support if you want to use one of these monitors.
4.2 Keyboard Command Summary
Table 4-2 below and on the next two pages summarizes the commands that can be
sent to the ServSwitch. To enter any command at the shared keyboard, first press
and release the left Control Key, represented by “
[CTRL]
.” (This cues the
ServSwitch to look for commands from that keyboard.) Then enter the command
followed by any arguments you wish to specify (the port number, for example).
Letter commands are not case-sensitive; they are all shown in uppercase for clarity
only.
When you enter numeric commands or arguments, use only the numbered keys at
the top of your alphanumeric keyboard. Numbers entered from the numeric
keypad to the right will not be recognized as valid commands.
All of these commands have a two-second timeout between characters. This means
that if you begin entering a command, but you stop for more than two seconds at
any time before you type the final character, the command is aborted and the
ServSwitch returns to normal operation. This keeps the ServSwitch from getting
stuck waiting for you to finish the command.
The
[CTRL]
character is always passed through to the CPU. The command
characters and operands, however, are absorbed by the ServSwitch and are not sent
to the CPU.
Table 4-2. The ServSwitch’s keyboard commands.
Command Keystroke Sequence Description
Select Port
[CTRL] xxx
Connects your shared monitor,
( xxx = a 1- to 3-digit keyboard, and mouse to the specified
port number) port.
Switch to the
[CTRL] +
Switches to the next port in sequence.
Next Port (You can also access the next port by
pressing the NEXT button on the
ServSwitch’s front panel.)