Prima IP KVM Switch User Guide R1.4
(Alt-Shift/Ctrl-Shift, pressed together) operate more smoothly and interference-free with both
client computer and remote server. Once this option is enabled, you can use separate key
strokes (Alt
Æ
Shift/ Ctrl
Æ
Shift) to do the language/input method switching trick only on the
remote server desktop without acting on the client computer system.
The double-byte language input method switching will pose special interference problem between the
remote login client and the connected server desktop connected via Prima IP viewer program. The problem
arises from the fact that, by Windows default, the Windows hotkey to switch among different input languages
(such as English, Chinese, Japanese) is Alt-Shift (pressed together), and the hotkey to switch among different
input methods (such as Phonetic, Changjie, etc for the Traditional Chinese input method) is Ctrl-Shift
(pressed together). If a user needs to input mixed English and Chinese character strings, one has to switch
constantly between different languages and even different input methods alternately with Alt-Shift and Ctrl-
Shift.
However, these two Windows hotkey will act not only on the local system but also on the remote server.
Thus, situations might arise that both local system and remote server will have the same double-byte input
method switched on. In this case, one might not see any input coming out no matter how one types on the
local system (that is, on the remote login client). If you have constantly changed the input language or input
method, you will be obliged to change the input method either on the local system or the remote server so
that you can effectively input characters on the remote server.
The hotkey transparent mode for the double-byte language input enables the user to use the same sequence,
Alt-Shift as well as Ctrl-Shift, albeit not pressed together, but pressed one after the other sequentially. Thus,
when you pressed Alt then Shift (or Ctrl then Shift), it will not switch either language or input method on the
local system, but will switch only on the remote server. In short, this mode will switch only the remote
desktop through the Prima IP viewer, and not on the local system.
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