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Local Console Commands On a dual access system, you can issue the following commands at the local console:
Command Key Sequence
Activate Console Any key and (optionally) mouse
action
Gain control of CPU from remote console. Only operates if inactivity timeout period has
expired.
Start/End Private Mode
<Scroll Lock>
Start/End ‘Private Mode’ at local console. Private Mode prevents the remote console from
being used even if the inactivity timeout period expires.
During a Private Mode session, the extender system:
• Lights the Scroll Lock LED on the local keyboard.
• Lights the Scroll Lock LED on the remote keyboard.
• Locks the remote console’s keyboard and mouse.
• Displays a blank image on the remote console’s monitor. With ACUREM and
ACUSREM Remote Units, you can disable this feature by setting switch 1 on the
SW1 DIP switch block on the Remote Unit’s main circuit board to ON. In this
case, the remote monitor will continue to show PC activity during a Private mode
session.
• Switches remote CPU (ACUREMSW only).
To end a Private Mode session, press the Scroll Lock key on the local console a second time.
Remember that each press of the local console’s Scroll Lock key also resets the keyboard
and mouse.
Reset Local Keyboard and Mouse
<Scroll Lock>
press key twice to avoid
starting/stopping Private Mode
session
Reset the local console’s keyboard and mouse.
Mouse Recovery
Hold down Left and Right Mouse
buttons then press and release
<Scroll Lock>
Use this command if you experience erratic movement of the mouse pointer or you have lost
mouse movement after hot plugging the Local Unit into the CPU. In the case of erratic
mouse movement, you may need to enter the command a number of times to re-synchronize
the mouse signal. Alternatively, stop moving the mouse for a few seconds and the operating
system’s mouse drivers may automatically re-synchronize the signal. If the Local Unit has
been hot-plugged, this command will issue a request to the OS to initialize the mouse. Use
this command with care.