Chapter 3: Operations

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4.Terminate the Hotkey feature by pressing the Esc key should you no longer wish to enter a Hotkey command. After the keyboard interface has exited the Hotkey feature, the lock status LEDs will return to the state they were in prior to hotkey activation.

NOTE: Properly terminating the Hotkey feature will prevent unexpected results.

Table 3.1: Hotkey Command Table

Hotkey Command

Key Sequence

Num Lock LED Caps Lock LED Scroll Lock LED

 

 

 

 

 

Activate hotkey

Press/Hold Scroll Lock

Blink

Blink

Blink

 

Press F12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power down computer

S or 0

Blink

Off

Off

 

 

 

 

 

Power up computer

P or 1

Off

Blink

Off

 

 

 

 

 

Reset computer

R

Off

Off

Blink

 

 

 

 

 

Execute Hotkey command

Enter

Previous

Previous

Previous

 

 

 

 

 

Execute hotkey w/o command

Esc

Previous

Previous

Previous

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment requirements

Ensure that the equipment on both ends of the link can support the Hotkey feature. The Desktop Appliance must have a keyboard that is connected to the PS/2 keyboard connector in order to use Hotkey commands.

The Hotkey feature must not be disabled in FLASH memory by the DWorks Administration Utility. For the Hotkey power down, power up and computer reset commands to execute, the RPC cabling must correctly connect the PCI Add In Card and the computer.