18SwitchView MP Installer/User Guide

Keyboard Translation

The SwitchView MP allows you to use PS/2 or Sun keyboards to operate any type of attached computer. However, when crossing platforms, certain keys will need to be ‘remapped’ in order to provide all of the functions available on the keyboard native to that platform. For example, if you access a Sun workstation with a PS/2 keyboard, you will notice that the PS/2 keyboard does not have the STOP and AGAIN keys that are on a true Sun keyboard. But, by turning Scroll Lock on, the F1 and F2 keys on the PS/2 keyboard function as the Sun STOP and AGAIN keys. With Scroll Lock off, F1 and F2 function normally. Table 1 below shows the translations for a PS/2 keyboard to a Sun computer. All mapped functions in Table 1 will only be valid when the Scroll Lock is on.

 

TABLE 1: PS/2 KEYBOARD TO SUN COMPUTER

Key

Sun

Key

Sun

 

 

 

 

F1

STOP

F9

FIND

 

 

 

 

F2

AGAIN

F10

CUT

 

 

 

 

F3

PROPS

F11

POWER

 

 

 

 

F4

UNDO

F12

COMMAND

 

 

 

 

F5

FRONT

keyboard *

COMPOSE

 

 

 

 

F6

COPY

NUMLOCK

HELP

 

 

 

 

F7

OPEN

keypad /

MUTE

 

 

 

 

F8

PASTE

keypad -

VOL -

 

 

 

 

 

 

keypad +

VOL +

 

 

 

 

Sun keyboards have a power key used to power the workstation on and off. PS/2 keyboards may have a sleep key to place the computer in a stand-by or power saving mode.