APC AP9254, AP9258 manual Keyboard Control, Esc

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3.2 Keyboard Control

The following notational conventions appear throughout this chapter to illustrate commands for operating the APC KVM Switch. Whenever you see one of the symbols listed on the left side of the table, substitute the corresponding steps or values listed on the right side of the table.

Convention

Key Sequence or Value

 

 

 

Enter Command Mode:

<CM>

1. Press and hold down the ‘Num Lock’ key.

 

2. Press and release the minus (-) key on the numeric keypad.

 

3. Release the ‘Num Lock’ key.

 

Note: For alternate hot-key sequences, see ‘System Control &

 

Maintenance’ later in this chapter.

 

 

<Enter>

Press the ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ key. The <Enter> command is used

 

to execute an instruction and exit from Command Mode.

 

 

Addr

The numbers over the push-buttons on your APC KVM Switch

 

are your servers' addresses. Enter the number, 1-8, for the

 

computer you're selecting. For cascaded systems, enter the

 

address of the base unit first.

 

Example: You have an APC KVM Switch unit cascaded from

 

channel 2 of your base unit. To access the computer at

 

channel 3 of this second (cascaded) unit, enter 23.

 

 

<ESC>

Press the ‘Escape’ key. The <ESC> command is used to exit

 

Command Mode without executing an instruction.

 

 

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