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CHAPTER 4: Operation: Hardware and Keyboard Commands
4.3 The Commands in Detail
4.3.1 S
ELECTING A
P
ORT FROM THE
S
HARED
K
EYBOARD
To select a port from your keyboard, press and release your keyboard’s left Control
key ([Ctrl]), then type in the port number:
If “Maximum Ports” is set to 1 to 9: The ServSwitch Ultra will immediately switch
to the desired port when you press the one-digit number’s numeral key.
If “Maximum Ports” is set to 10 to 99: The ServSwitch Ultra will immediately
switch to the desired port when you press the two-digit number’s second numeral
key. For single-digit ports, you can enter the number by including a leading zero
(“01” for port 1) or by pressing [Enter] after you press the single numeral key. If
you press the key of only one digit, and do not follow it with [Enter], the Switch
will wait two seconds for you to press [Enter] or another numeral key; then, if no
key is pressed, it will switch immediately to the single-digit port.
If “Maximum Ports” is set to 100 to 256: The ServSwitch Ultra will immediately
switch to the desired port when you press the three-digit number’s third numeral
key. For single- and double-digit ports, you can enter the number by including one
or two leading zeros (“001” for port 1 or “027” for port 27) or by pressing [Enter]
after you press the single or second numeral key. As noted above, the Switch will
wait two seconds for you to enter another digit, then will switch to the partially
entered port number.
4.3.2 S
WITCHING TO THE
N
EXT OR
P
REVIOUS
P
ORT
From the keyboard you can go forward or backward through the ServSwitch Ultra’s
ports by selecting either the next or the previous port respectively. To switch to the
next port, press and release the left Control key ([Ctrl]), then press the plus key
(the key at the top of the keyboard marked with [=] and [+]). To switch to the
previous port, press and release [Ctrl], then press the minus key (the key at the top
Logs out the current user if an access password
has been set; video is blanked and keyboard and
mouse input is locked until a user enters the
access password. If no access password has
been set, turns on the screen saver.
[Ctrl] L
Log Out
Causes the ServSwitch Ultra to display its
“computer select window” (see Section 5.5).
[Ctrl] [ESC]
Activate Select
Window
DescriptionKeystroke Sequence
Command