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3.9 Querying the LINDY CPU Switch USB’s firmware version

For technical support reasons it may sometimes be desirable to know the firmware version of your LINDY CPU Switch USB. If the front panel key is held down whilst the LINDY CPU Switch USB is powered on then the firmware version will be displayed as a sequence of numbers and characters. The three digits of the firmware version are shown in sequence on the 7-segment display, one at a time, alternating with the letter F. When the firmware version has been displayed the LINDY CPU Switch USB will display and equals sign and resume normal operation. For example the following sequence would indicate firmware version 1.23.

)￿￿￿￿￿)￿￿￿￿￿)￿￿￿￿￿ ￿

3.10 PC and Macintosh keyboard equivalent key mappings

If you are connecting a mixture of IBM compatible PCs and Macintosh computers to the LINDY CPU Switch USB then you have several possible keyboard configuration options. You may decide to connect both a Macintosh and PC style keyboard to the LINDY CPU Switch USB and use the appropriate keyboard for the appropriate system. Alternatively you may wish to use the same keyboard to control both systems. In this case we recommend that you use a PC 104/105-key keyboard. This has more keys than the Macintosh keyboard and so is more suited to universal use.

The equivalent key mappings on the IBM PC 104/105 –key keyboard and the Apple keyboard are shown in the following table:

IBM 104/105-key Apple keyboard

keyboard

Left Ctrl

Left Win Start ()

Left Alt

Right Alt or Alt Graph Right Win Start () Right Ctrl

Windows Application ( No equivalent

Left Control

Left Command () Left Option (alt) Right Option (alt) Right Command () Right Control

) No equivalent On / off key

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