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CHAPTER 4: Operation: Hardware and Keyboard Commands
IBM/multiplatform only: Tells the ServSwitch how
many submasters are attached to it.
[CTRL] Uxxx [ENTER]
(xxx = a 1- to 3-digit
number from 0 to 255)
Set Units
IBM/multiplatform only: Tells the ServSwitch how
wide all of the attached submasters are (that is,
how many CPU ports each submaster has).
[CTRL] Wxxx [ENTER]
(xxx = a 1- to 3-digit
number from 2 to 255)
Set Width of
Submasters
Tells the ServSwitch the total number of ports to
which devices are (or will be) connected. Issue
this command when you’re not using all of the
ports on a unit with 4 or more ports, or when you
cascade units.
[CTRL] Pxxx [ENTER]
(xx = a 1- to 3-digit
number from 2 to 256)
Set Maximum
Number of
Ports
IBM/multiplatform only: Tells the ServSwitch
either the type of shared keyboard you’re using,
the keyboard mode expected by the CPU on the
currently selected port, the type of shared mouse
you’re using, or the mouse type expected by the
CPU on the given port. Issue this command to
force a port to operate in a given mode, or before
any time you attach an already-booted CPU to the
ServSwitch.
[CTRL] Mxx [ENTER]
(xx = a 1- or 2-digit
number from 1 to 32)
Set Keyboard
or Mouse
Sets the time of inactivity, in seconds, after which
the ServSwitch will blank the shared monitor’s
screen. (The monitor is reactivated when the
mouse is moved or any key on the shared
keyboard is pressed.)
[CTRL] Vxxx [ENTER]
(xxx = delay in seconds)
Set Screen
Saver’s Delay
Time
Sets the time, in seconds, that the ServSwitch will
pause at each port when scanning.
[CTRL] Txx [ENTER]
(xx = delay in seconds
from 1 to 15)
Set Scan-
Delay Time
Enter this command after you enter any of the
following eight commands (it saves new settings
to nonvolatile memory):
[CTRL] K
Keep Settings
Turns Scan mode OFF (the port being scanned at
the time the command is entered is given access
to the shared monitor, keyboard, and mouse).
Note: Scan can also be stopped by entering a
Select Port command.
[CTRL] X
Scan OFF
DescriptionKeystroke Sequence
Command