VISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
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Step 3. Powering up the system
3.1
Boot up each of the connected CPUs. Vista emulates all keyboard and mouse functions for
automatic boot-up. You do not have to re-boot the CPU, if it is inconvenient. In this case you may
need to issue the mode command, see page 11, to have proper keyboard communication.
Step 4. Switching from the keyboard
Your Vista is now ready for operation using its default settings. Pressing the numbered switch on the
front panel will switch to that computer. To take full advantage of the Vista features, refer to the
Operation
section beginning on page 10. The
Operation
section gives detailed information about
each of the Vista commands, describing its application and giving the keyboard command sequence.
For your convenience, this information is summarized in the
Keyboard command summary
on page
16.
To begin switching immediately from the keyboard follow the instructions below.
4.1
Press and release your keyboard's
left
Control Key
(<Ctrl>),
then type in the computer
number 1-8.
NOTE:
Before entering any Vista keyboard command, you must press and release the
left
Control Key. This instructs Vista to look for valid commands from the keyboard.
You then have two seconds in which to start entering a valid command before the
command mode is released.
NOTE:
When entering numeric commands, use only the numeral keys located at the
top of your alphanumeric keyboard. Numbers entered from the numeric keypad to the
right will
not
be recognized as valid commands.
