MATRIX SERVSWITCH™

6. Keyboard Commands

This chapter covers the keyboard commands that can be sent to the Matrix ServSwitch: Section 6.1 explains how to enter commands and lists all of the available commands. Sections 6.2 through 6.17 describe the commands more fully.

6.1 Command Summary

To enter any command at the shared keyboard, first press and release the left Control Key, represented by “[Ctrl].” (This cues the Matrix ServSwitch to look for commands from that keyboard.) Then press the command-character key(s). (Letter commands are not case-sensitive; they are all shown in uppercase for clarity only. Do not use the [Shift], [Caps Lock], or [Alt] keys while you type in commands.)

Important: Use the keypad plus and minus keys ([+] and [–]) for the [Ctrl][+] “switch to next port” and the [Ctrl][–] “switch to previous port” commands (see Sections 6.5 and 6.6). For other commands composed of numbers or math symbols, however, don’t use the keypad keys; use only the number and symbol keys at the top of your alphanumeric keyboard instead.

All of the Switch commands have a two-second timeout between characters. This means that if you begin entering a command, but you stop for more than two seconds at any time before you type the final character, the command is aborted and the Matrix ServSwitch returns to normal operation. This keeps the Switch from getting stuck waiting for you to finish the command.

The [Ctrl] character is always passed through to the CPU. The command characters, however, are absorbed by the Switch and are not sent to the CPU.

Table 6-1. The Matrix ServSwitch’s keyboard commands.

Command

Keystroke Sequence

Description

 

 

 

Display Menu

[Ctrl] [F12]

Causes the configuration menu to be displayed.

 

 

 

Display CPUs

[Ctrl] [Esc]

Causes a list of CPU ports to be displayed.

 

 

 

Select

[Ctrl] xxxx [Enter]

Connects your user (KVM) station to the

Computer

(xxxx = a CPU number

computer with the CPU number you specify.

 

from 1 to 1024)

 

 

 

 

Switch to the

[Ctrl] [+]

Switches to the next CPU port in sequence in

Next Port

 

your group.

 

 

 

Switch to the

[Ctrl] [–]

Switches to the previous CPU port in sequence in

Previous Port

 

your group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ServSwitch specifications

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