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• Use {Hotkeys} + [0] to select nonexistent “channel zero” in order to shut off
the video output from the Wizard MP to the shared monitors. The Wizard
MP’s front-panel display will show “0”. You can re-enable video by selecting
another channel through the keyboard, front-panel pushbutton, or mouse.
• Use {Hotkeys} + [L] to lock the Wizard MP (disable its shared keyboard and
mouse and select nonexistent “channel zero” in order to shut off the video
output from the Wizard MP to the shared monitors). If a password has not
been set (see
Section 4.2.10
), the Wizard MP behaves exactly as if you had
entered {Hotkeys} + [0] (see above). If a password has been set, the Wizard MP
displays “P” to indicate that a valid password must be entered to unlock the
switch; simply type in the password followed by the [Enter] key to do so. Note
that if anyone has tried to type something at the shared keyboard while the
Wizard MP 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} + {Channel Address} to select a CPU channel in a cascaded
system (see
Sections 3.3.2
and
5.10
). The {Channel Address} is a series of one-
or two-digit channel numbers that specify the “path” to follow to get from the
master ServSwitch Wizard MP (or other switch) to the desired CPU channel on
the subsidiary Wizard MP (or other switch). The numbers in the {Channel
Address} can be single digits if
all
of the switches in the cascade are 2-, 4-, or
8-port switches; if
any
are 12- or 16-port switches, you’ll have to add a leading
zero before the single-digit numbers. For example, if you want to access
→
CPU port 4 (“
04
”) on a “second-layer” subsidiary Wizard MP attached to
→
CPU port 2 (“
02
”) on a “first-layer” subsidiary Wizard MP attached to
→
CPU port
16
on a master Duo, you would enter:
{Hotkeys} + [1][6][0][2][0][4].
To make sure that the Wizard MP doesn’t switch prematurely to the wrong
channel, hold down the hotkeys until you enter the last digit,
then
release
them.
Examples of common hotkey commands (assuming the hotkeys are [Ctrl] and [Alt]):
•
To select channel 2:
Press and hold [Ctrl] and [Alt], press and release [2], release [Ctrl] and [Alt].
•
To “tab through” channels:
Press and hold [Ctrl] and [Alt], press and release [Tab] (repeat as many times
as necessary), release [Ctrl] and [Alt].
