Specifications
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SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY
Screen saver time
Determines the period in seconds of keyboard and mouse inactivity before the
Affinity activates the screen saver. Value may be from 0 to 9999 seconds. Entering 0
disables the screen saver. Factory default is 1200 seconds (20 minutes).
Background color, text color
Use these fields to set the background colors and text colors, respectively, of the
connection-status and computer-select screens, as well as the serial terminal screen
(see Chapter 8). The “solid” colors available are black, red, green, yellow, blue,
magenta, cyan, and white; these are opaque and cause the window to hide part of
the video coming from the CPUs. The “transparent” colors available are clear, red,
green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, and white; these are translucent, so the video
coming from the CPUs is tinted but can be seen through the window. (In fact, the
“clear” setting makes the background or text completely transparent; don’t set
both to clear, or the window will become totally invisible, and you will probably
have to reset the Affinity to its factory defaults to get the window to reappear.)
Factory defaults are solid cyan for the background color and black for the text
color.
Position
Sets and maintains the position of the connection-status box, which can be
anywhere on-screen, even at different video resolutions. Use arrow keys to move
the position box, and press [Enter] when the desired position is reached. The
position setting wraps at the edges of the screen. Horizontal (X) and vertical (Y)
positions are updated in the position field. Range of horizontal movement is 0 to
64. Range of vertical movement is 0 to 99. Factory default is X=25 and Y=45.
Fadeout
Sets the time that the connection-status box is displayed before it disappears. If you
set this parameter to 0, the connection-status box will not be displayed at all. If you
set it to 255, the connection-status box will always be displayed. Some monitors will
not display the connection-status box if the fadeout time is less than the time it
takes to synchronize to a new video signal. If you aren’t seeing the connection-
status box when you switch CPUs, try setting the fadeout to a longer time. Factory
default is 5 seconds.