Chapter 4: Configuration

4. Configuration

4.1 Command Mode

The ServSwitch DKM FX has a Command Mode that enables several functions via keyboard command during normal use.

To enter Command Mode, use a hotkey sequence, and to exit Command Mode, press <Esc>. While in Command Mode, the Shift and Scroll LEDs on the console keyboard will flash.

NOTE: In Command Mode, normal keyboard and mouse operation will cease. Only selected keyboard commands are available.

NOTE: If there is no keyboard command executed within 30 seconds after activating Command Mode, it willl be automatically deactivated.

The following table lists the keyboard commands to enter and to exit Command Mode and to change the hotkey sequence:

Table 4-1. Command mode components.

Function

Keyboard command

 

 

Enter Command Mode (default)

2x <Right-Shift> (or hotkey)

 

 

Exit Command Mode

<Esc>

 

 

 

<Left-Ctrl> + <Left-Shift> + <c>, <hotkey code>, <Enter>

Change hotkey sequence

Since 8/10/2011:

 

<current hotkey> + <c>, <new hotkey code>, <Enter>

 

 

NOTE: <Key> + <Key> = Press keys simultaneously; <Key>, <Key> = Press keys successively, 2x <Key> = Press key quickly, twice in a row (similar to a mouse double-click).

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ServSwitch DKM FX and DKM FX Compact, ACXC32, ACXC48, ACXC16 specifications

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