7: Interfaces
Spider™ and SpiderDuo® KVM-over-IP Device User Guide 66
Keyboard/Mouse Settings
Keyboard Model
Key Release Timeout
Country Code
Field Description
Host Interface
In general, the USB interface is preferred because it provides superior
mouse tracking. The Host Interface drop-down provides three selections.
In the default mode, Auto, the Spider device attempts to determine whether
the attached computer supports a USB keyboard/mouse. If it does, that
interface gets activated. If it does not, the Spider device falls back to PS/2. If
you have a USB model Spider device and the attached computer does not
support USB, the system will be view only.
On the PS/2 model Spider device, select PS/2 to force the PS/2 interface or
USB to require USB. This selection has no effect on the USB model Spider
device.
Force USB Full Speed
Mode
Some older systems do not support USB high-speed mode and may not
recognize the keyboard/mouse. Enable this option for Spider device to
negotiate in USB full speed mode.
Field Description
<PS/2 keyboard model
drop-down menu>
When operating in PS/2 interface mode, key codes from several layouts may
be emulated.
Generic 104-key PC for the traditional layout.
Generic 109-key PC for keyboard with added Windows keys.
(Use 109 for Japanese keyboard.)
Apple Macintosh for Mac layout.
Field Description
Key release timeout Network delays may sometimes result in duplicated keystrokes. Enable Key
Release Timeout to fix this problem.
Timeout after Enter time, in msec.
Field Description
Country Code Select the check box to enable the Spider device to recognize the country
code. Enable if the host machine requires the keyboard to send a country
code to use a certain language. Most operating systems do not require this
except Sun Solaris.
Country From the drop-down list, select the code of the desired country.