Rose electronic Vista Mini ROM Identification command, Reset command, Reset to factory default

ROM Identification command

This command is used to identify the revision level of Vista Mini firmware cur- rently installed. Before entering this command, your currently selected CPU should be at a command prompt, word processor, or editor, so that when the Vista Mini sends the ROM revision level that the result will be displayed. To issue the command, press and release the left Control Key, then type “I”. Vista Mini will send back its current firmware revision level, in the format majorlevel.minorlevel.

Reset command

This command is used to re-boot the mouse and keyboard without removing power from the Vista Mini. This is most useful to reset a PS/2 mouse which has been unplugged and plugged back in. This command is also useful to enable mouse data to be sent to a CPU which has not enabled the mouse. This may be the case if the Vista Mini was not connected or powered off after a CPU was booted up. To issue the command, press and release the left Control Key, then type “R”. This command should not be issued to a CPU which has a PS/2 mouse connected, but no mouse driver is loaded, since many CPUs will crash if you send them unexpected mouse data.

Immediately upon issuing the command, you will see the keyboard LEDs all go on and then resume their previous state.

Reset computer mouse command

This command sends a mouse reset command to the currently selected com- puter. Don’t confuse this command with the reset command which resets the mouse itself. This command can be used to recover a stuck mouse on NT. To is- sue the command, press and release the left Control Key, then type “O”.

Do not use this on older computers which can not recover the mouse by plug- ging a mouse in directly as it will make the mouse go out of sync.

Reset to factory default

The settings that have been previously set and saved in non-volatile memory can be returned to their factory default settings. This can be useful when the unit is being moved to a new installation or to put the settings into a known condi-

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