Specifications

SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY

6.8 Display User-Station Status: [Ctrl] D

This command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release the letter [D]

key) causes the ServSwitch Affinity to display the most recent connection-status or

disconnection-status message (see Section 5.2) sent to your user station. (If such a

status message is currently on the screen, entering this command causes the

message to disappear.)

6.9 Log Out: [Ctrl] L

If your user station has logins enabled (see Section 4.4), you can log out of an

Affinity session with this command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and

release the letter [L] key). A login box (see Section 5.1) will then appear.

6.10 Disconnect: [Ctrl] Q

You can use this command (press and release left [Ctrl], then press and release the

letter [Q] key) to deselect (disconnect from) your currently selected computer,

allowing other users a chance to access that computer. You will receive a

disconnect message saying “User request” (see Section 5.2.3), and your video will

go blank until you select another computer.

6.11 Reset Keyboard and Mouse: [Ctrl] R

This command can come in handy when certain problems arise. You can use it to

reboot your keyboard and mouse without your having to power down the

ServSwitch Affinity, as well as to re-enable PS/2 mouse communication if the

currently selected CPU has previously disabled it. (With current PCs and operating

systems, this command shouldn’t be necessary, but older CPUs running DOS or

Windows might need it from time to time. Also, if the problem is strictly mouse-

related and is occurring with one or more computers running Windows NT or

UNIX, use the [Ctrl] O command instead—see Section 6.12.)

Issue this command if (a) your shared keyboard gets stuck or begins behaving

oddly, (b) you need to send mouse data to the CPU, but it hasn’t enabled the

mouse (this can happen if you boot up the CPU while the Affinity is off or

disconnected), or (c) while using a PS/2 type mouse, you unplug it, plug it back

in, then have problems. To issue the Reset command, press and release left [Ctrl],

then press and release the letter [R] key.

If you’re using a PS/2 type mouse with a DOS or Windows 3.x CPU, don’t issue

this command if the CPU doesn’t have a mouse driver loaded—many such CPUs

will crash if you send them unexpected mouse data. (CPUs running UNIX or more

recent versions of Windows don’t have this problem.) If your selected CPU is like

this, and you have chronic problems when you try to run applications that don’t