Black Box ServSwitch manual Keyboard Commands

CHAPTER 6: Keyboard Commands

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

Command	Keystroke Sequence	Description
Switch to the	[Ctrl] [←] or	Switches back to the CPU port you were
Prior Port	[Ctrl] [Backspace]	connected to before you selected the current one.
Toggle Station-	[Ctrl] D	Causes the most recent status message about
Status Display		your user station to be redisplayed, or removes
		the message if it’s currently on screen.
Log Out	[Ctrl] L	Logs user out if their user station has logins enabled.
Disconnect	[Ctrl] Q	Disconnects user from (that is, deselects)
		currently selected computer.
Reset	[Ctrl] R	Resets and enables the keyboard and mouse;
Keyboard and		also enables the PS/2 mouse port of the currently
Mouse		selected computer, if it has one. Issue this
		command to correct your keyboard or mouse if
		one of them malfunctions or gets stuck.
Reset Mouse	[Ctrl] O	Resets the PS/2 mouse port of the currently
(Windows NT		selected computer running Windows NT or UNIX.
and UNIX)		Also switches the NT mouse driver from “non-
		wheel” mode to “wheel” mode.
Send Null Byte	[Ctrl] N	Causes the Switch to send a null byte to the
		CPU’s PS/2 mouse port. Issue this command to
		correct the current CPU if it gets “out of sync” with
		the PS/2 mouse.
Identify	[Ctrl] I	Causes the Switch to report the version of ROM it
Firmware		is using. Issue this command if you are asked to
Revision		do so by a technical-support person.
Start Scan	[Ctrl] S	Turns Scan mode ON, causing the Switch to start
		scanning sequentially from the current CPU port
		through the remaining ports in your group and
		then begin again at the lowest-numbered port.
End Scan	[Ctrl] X	Turns Scan mode OFF; the user station is given
		access—as much as the user’s profile allows—to
		the CPU port being scanned at the time the
		command is entered.
		Note: Scan can also be stopped by entering a
		Select Computer command.
Pass Through	[Ctrl] X or	Bypasses the Matrix ServSwitch, passing the
Command	[Ctrl] [Tab]	command through to an attached KVM switch.

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