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will remain in effect: The local user will still not have access to the local PC,
and the remote keyboard’s Scroll Lock LED will resume flashing as soon as the
remote user selects the local PC again. To exit Private Mode, the remote user
must select the local PC, press and release the hotkey, then press and release
Scroll Lock.
If the
local
station goes into Private Mode and locks out the
remote
station,
the remote station will be automatically switched to any attached and powered
remote PC. (If a remote PC isn’t attached and powered, the remote monitor’s
screen will be blanked, the remote keyboard and mouse will be disabled, and
all three of the local keyboard’s LEDs [Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll
Lock] will light to show that the station is locked out and can’t access the local
PC. In that situation, the remote station will be unusable until the local station
exits Private Mode or the remote PC is switched ON—if the remote PC is
switched ON, the remote user will be able to switch to it.) In the meantime,
the local keyboard’s Scroll Lock LED will continue to flash and the local user
will have exclusive use of the local PC; the remote user will be able to access
the remote PC as normal, but the Extender won’t allow the remote user to
switch back to the local PC while Private Mode is in effect. To exit Private
Mode, the local user must press and release the hotkey, then press and release
Scroll Lock.
The Extender will not go into Private Mode unless there’s a powered PC attached
to the Local Unit.
7.3.5 S
WITCHING
B
ETWEEN
CPU
S
(S
WITCHING
E
XTENDER
O
NLY
)
If the local user isn’t using the local PC, the remote user in a Switching Extender
system is able to switch back and forth between the local and remote PCs and
access either of them as necessary. To do this, the remote user must press and
release the hotkey, then press and release the plus key (“[+]”) on the keyboard’s
numeric keypad (
not
the plus/equals key on the top row of the keyboard). The
keyboard’s Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs will flash to show which
PC is selected: once for the remote PC, twice for the local PC. (When the Extender
is in Private Mode, switching might be constrained and the LEDs will behave
differently; see
Section 7.3.4
.)
Be aware that automatic switching can happen at startup. When the Remote
Unit powers up, it will search for a powered PC. If powered PCs are attached to
both the Local and Remote Units, it will connect the remote station to the remote
PC, so that the remote user can use the remote PC and the local user can use the
local PC. However, if the only powered PC attached to the Extender is attached to
the Local Unit, the remote user will be automatically switched to the local PC
instead (see
Section 7.3.3
).
