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Basic Operations

The following notational conventions appear throughout this chapter to illustrate
commands for operating the APC KVM Switch. Whenever you see one of the
symbols listed on the left side of the table, substitute the corresponding steps
or values listed on the right side of the table.

Convention Key Sequence or Value

Enter Command Mode:
1. Press and hold down the ‘Num Lock’ key.
2. Press and release the minus (-) key on the numeric keypad.
. 3. Release the ‘Num Lock’ key.
Note: For alternate hot-key sequences, see ‘System Control &

Maintenance’ later in this chapter.

Press the ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ key. The command is used to

execute an instruction and exit from Command Mode.

Addr The numbers over the push-buttons on your APC KVM Switch are

your computers' addresses. Enter the number, 1-8, for the computer
you're selecting. For cascaded systems, enter the address of the
base unit, then the address of the cascaded unit.

Example: You have an APC KVM Switch unit cascaded from

channel 1 of your base unit. To access the computer at channel 3
of this second (cascaded) unit, enter 13.

Press the ‘Escape’ key. The command is used to exit

Command Mode without executing an instruction.

3.2 Keyboard Control