Black Box KV162A manual Setting the KEYBOARD/MOUSE-INACTIVITY Timeout

SERVSWITCH™ MULTI

4.2.2SETTING 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.

4.2.3SETTING 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 PC keyboard is a Windows 104-/105-key type, it will also normally always try 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!

This remapping is intended for input from older 101-/102-key keyboards that don’t have the Windows keys. If you use 104/105-key keyboards that include these keys in your ServSwitch Multi system, we recommend that you install UICDs for those consoles and enable the UICDs’ Remap WIN95 Keys option instead (see Section 9.4.3.E). Do not activate both types of remapping at the same time.

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