ServSwitch User's Manual

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MATRIX SERVSWITCH™
6. Keyboard Commands
This chapter covers the keyboard commands that can be sent to the Matrix ServSwitch:
Section 6.1 explains how to enter commands and lists all of the available
commands. Sections 6.2 through 6.17 describe the commands more fully.
6.1 Command Summary
To enter any command at the shared keyboard, first press and release the left
Control Key, represented by “[Ctrl].” (This cues the Matrix ServSwitch to look for
commands from that keyboard.) Then press the command-character key(s). (Letter
commands are not case-sensitive; they are all shown in uppercase for clarity only.
Do not use the [Shift], [Caps Lock], or [Alt] keys while you type in commands.)
Important: Use the keypad plus and minus keys ([+] and [–]) for the [Ctrl][+]
“switch to next port” and the [Ctrl][–] “switch to previous port” commands (see
Sections 6.5 and 6.6). For other commands composed of numbers or math
symbols, however, don’t use the keypad keys; use only the number and symbol keys
at the top of your alphanumeric keyboard instead.
All of the Switch commands have a two-second timeout between characters. This
means that if you begin entering a command, but you stop for more than two
seconds at any time before you type the final character, the command is aborted
and the Matrix ServSwitch returns to normal operation. This keeps the Switch
from getting stuck waiting for you to finish the command.
The [Ctrl] character is always passed through to the CPU. The command
characters, however, are absorbed by the Switch and are not sent to the CPU.
Table 6-1. The Matrix ServSwitch’s keyboard commands.
Switches to the previous CPU port in sequence in
your group.
[Ctrl] [–]
Switch to the
Previous Port
Switches to the next CPU port in sequence in
your group.
[Ctrl] [+]
Switch to the
Next Port
Connects your user (KVM) station to the
computer with the CPU number you specify.
[Ctrl] xxxx [Enter]
(xxxx = a CPU number
from 1 to 1024)
Select
Computer
Causes a list of CPU ports to be displayed.
[Ctrl] [Esc]
Display CPUs
Causes the configuration menu to be displayed.
[Ctrl] [F12]
Display Menu
DescriptionKeystroke Sequence
Command