Black Box KV812A, KV822A manual Keyboard Key Mappings

CHAPTER 4: Installation

Table 4-1. Keyboard Key Mappings

Generally, USB keyboards have uniform position-based codes for their keys, so any keys that occupy more or less the same positions and perform more or less the same functions across platforms will map one-to-one. However, certain keys available on certain keyboards do not correspond well or are not available on other types of keyboards, so the ServSwitch USB maps the more important of these as shown below.

On the IBM PC 104/		Emulates the
105-key keyboard,		Apple keyboard’s
the ___ key:		___ key:
Left Ctrl		Left Control
Left Windows Start (	)	Left Command (	 )
Left Alt		Left Option (alt)
Right Alt or Alt Graph		Right Option (alt)
Right Windows Start (	)	Right Command (	 )
Right Ctrl		Right Control

On the Apple		Emulates the
keyboard, the		PC 104/105-key
___ key:		keyboard’s ___ key:
Left Control		Left Ctrl
Left Option (alt)		Left Alt
Left Command (	 )	Left Windows Start (	)
Right Command (	 )	Right Windows Start (	)
Right Option (alt)		Right Alt or Alt Graph
Right Control		Right Ctrl

Things to keep in mind:

1.Do not use an older 101/102-key PS/2 keyboard with the ServSwitch USB Plus when you have any Macintosh computers attached, because 101/102-key PC keyboards cannot

emulate the Command (  ) keys on the Apple keyboard.

2. The Power ( ) key on the Mac keyboard does not map to anything on a PC keyboard, nor does anything on a PC keyboard map to it. Similarly, the Windows Application ( ) key on a PC keyboard does not map to anything on a Mac keyboard, nor does anything

on a Mac keyboard map to it. The functions of these keys are simply not available when you use a keyboard designed for the other platform.

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