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SERVSWITCH™ WIZARD MULTIMEDIA KVM EXTENDER
5.4 Switching Between CPUs at the Primary Control Station
If you have the optional local CPU connected to Unit B as well as the primary CPU
connected to Unit A, you can switch between the two CPUs
at the primary control
station only
. 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 corresponding pair of Unit B’s
LEDs will be
steadily lit
if you aren’t sending keyboard or mouse data or
flashing
if
you are: either the “Primary CPU” LEDs for the CPU attached to Unit A, or the
“Local CPU” LEDs for the CPU attached to Unit B. (These LEDs are red. The
main LED of each pair is labeled and is on Unit B’s top panel. The auxiliary LED
of each pair is unlabeled and is on the Unit’s right side: The auxiliary “Primary
CPU” LED is the left-hand one, while the auxiliary “Local CPU” LED is the right-
hand one.)
If you also have a local control station attached to Unit A, and its user is
controlling the primary CPU, you can still switch from the local CPU to the
primary CPU. But although you might be able to see the video from that CPU, you
won’t get keyboard and mouse control until the local station’s user relinquishes
control, as described in the next section.
You can always “switch to” the nonexistent “CPU zero” to blank the primary
monitor and deselect your currently selected CPU (see
Section 5.7
). While CPU
zero is selected, all of Unit B’s CPU LEDs will be dark.
Note that no matter what CPU you switch to, any local
↔
remote communication
in progress through the Extender’s serial ports (see
Section 5.11
) will continue
uninterrupted.
