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4.2.2 SETTING THE KEYBOARD/MOUSE-INACTIVITY TIMEOUT
While multiple consoles can view a computer’s video at the same time, only one of them can have keyboard and
mouse control over a computer at any given time. The amount of time that a console’s keyboard and mouse
must be inactive before another console can take control is called the timeout. You can choose a 1-second
timeout by setting DIP-switch position 4 to OFF; this is also the factory-default timeout setting. Alternatively, you
can choose a 10-second timeout by setting DIP-switch position 4 to ON.
4.2.3 SETTING THE KEYBOARD TRANSLATION (MAPPING) FOR MACINTOSH COMPUTERS
When you have an Apple Macintosh compatible computer attached to the ServSwitch Multi through a CPU-
Interface Card, any user with a PC keyboard who selects that Mac can turn on Scroll Lock to have the
ServSwitch Multi remap (translate) some of the PC keys, so that they can perform Mac functions not normally
accessible through the PC keyboard.
In this mode (while Scroll Lock is ON), the Switch always maps the PC’s [F11] key to the Macintosh
(Power) key. If the PCkeyboard is a Windows 104-/105-key type, it will also normally always tr y to remap the
Windows Start key to the Mac (Command) key—but see the Caution notice below.
Here’s where position 5 of the CPU-Interface Card’s DIP switch comes in: By default (position 5 set to OFF),
the Switch also maps the PC’s [F12] key to the Mac (Command) key and the PC’s [Alt] key to the Mac
[Option (Alt)] key. To use the PC’s [F12] key as the Mac [Option (Alt)] key and the PC’s [Alt] key as the
Mac (Command) key instead, set DIP-switch position 5 to ON.
While Scroll Lock is OFF, the PC keyboard’s [F11], [F12], and [Alt] keys function normally. For more
information, see Section 8.4.
CAUTION!