VISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
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Keep command
The Keep command saves the current state of the Vista's custom settings. These settings are scan
enable, scan interval, each CPU's mode and keyboard LED state, maximum computers, the
keyboard typematic value, and the mouse translation for each CPU. These settings are saved in
non-volatile memory and become the power-up settings. To enter the command, press and release
the
left
Control Key, then type
"K".
ROM Identification command
This command is used to identify the revision level of Vista firmware currently installed. Before
entering this command, your currently selected CPU should be at a command prompt, word
processor, or editor, so that when Vista sends the ROM revision level that the result will be displayed.
To issue the command, press and release the
left
Control Key, then type "
I
". Vista will send back its
current firmware revision level, in the format
majorversion.minorversion
.
Reset command
This command is used to re-boot the mouse and keyboard without removing power from Vista. This
is most useful to reset a PS/2 mouse that has been unplugged and plugged back in. This command
is also useful to enable mouse data to be sent to a CPU that has not enabled the mouse. This may
be the case if Vista was not connected or powered off after a CPU was booted up. To issue the
command, press and release the
left
Control Key, then type
"R".
This command should not be
issued to a CPU which has a PS/2 mouse connected, but no mouse driver is loaded, since many
CPUs will crash if you send them unexpected mouse data.
Immediately upon issuing the command, you will see the keyboard LEDs all go on and then resume
their previous state.
Reset computer mouse command
This command sends a mouse-reset command to the currently selected computer. Don't confuse
this command with the reset command, which resets the mouse itself. This command can be used to
recover a stuck mouse on NT and Windows 95/98. To issue the command, press and release the
left
Control Key, then type "O".
Do not use this on older computers that can not recover the mouse by plugging a mouse in directly,
as it will make the mouse go out of sync.
