20Digital Desktop System Installer/User Guide

Using the Hotkey Feature

You can initiate certain operations on the Digital Desktop System by using the Hotkey commands. When you enter a Hotkey command on a keyboard connected to the Desktop Appliance PS/2 keyboard jack, the Desktop Appliance acknowledges the command by blinking a pattern with the keyboard Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs. Table 3.1 shows available Hotkey commands and LED indications.

To use the Hotkey feature:

1.Activate the Hotkey feature by pressing and holding down the Scroll Lock key and then press- ing the F12 key. Release the two keys in any order. Initially all the keyboard lock status LEDs will blink to indicate that the Hotkey feature is active, followed by the patterns as shown in the following table.

2.Once the Hotkey feature is active, enter a Hotkey command. The LEDs will blink the pattern associated with the command.

3.Press Enter to execute the last valid Hotkey command. If the command you enter is not valid, the system will not execute an operation. Once the system executes a Hotkey command, the keyboard interface automatically exits the Hotkey feature.

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

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Previous

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