Rose electronics Vista L SERIES User manual

Vista KVT Quick Start Guide
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KVM connections:
Plug the video monitor cable into the port on the rear panel marked
Plug the keyboard into the port on the rear panel marked
Plug the speakers into the port on the rear panel marked
CPU connections:
Attach the DB25 Male end of the CPU adapter cable to the DB25F
connector on the side marked
Connect the other end of the CPU adapter cable to the video output,
keyboard, mouse, and speaker ports on the CPU.
Repeat steps and for the other computer, connecting it to the
DB25F connector on the side marked
Apply power to the monitor and computer #1.
Apply power to computer #2.
RESET button:
Press to reinitialize
the Vista Mini and the
keyboard and mouse
STATUS LED:
Flickers when data is received
from the mous
e or keyboard
SELECT LEDs:
Light to show which
CPU is selected
POWER LEDs:
Light to show that the
corresponding CPU is
powered up
SELECT button
:
Press this to switch
to the other CPU

Keyboard commands (Ctrlis a press and release ofthe leftcontrol key / enterother command within 2 sec)
Command
Keystroke
Sequence
Description
Select CPU
[Ctrl] 1 or 2
Switch your monitor, keyboard, and mouse access to computer 1 or 2.
Switch CPU
[Ctrl] [+] or [ -]
Switches to the other CPU for monitor, keyboard, and mouse access
Scanning
[Ctrl] S
Turns Scan mode ON, scans back and forth between the two CPUs.
Stop Scanning
[Ctrl] X
Turns Scan mode OFF, giving you access to the CPU being scanned.
Reset
[Ctrl] R
Resets the Vista Mini and the attached keyboard and mouse.
Send Null Byte to
Resync Mouse
[Ctrl] N
Sends a “null byte” to the CPU’s PS/2 mouse port. Enter this command to
correct the selected CPU if it gets “out of sync” with the mouse.
Reset Computer’s
Mouse Port
[Ctrl] O
Resets the currently selected CPUs PS/2 mouse port.
Identify ROM
[Ctrl] I
Reports the ROM version. Enter if requested by a Technical Support person.
Keep Settings
[Ctrl] K
Enter this command after you enter any of the four commands listed below
(It saves the new settings to nonvolatile memory):
Set Scan-Delay
Time
[Ctrl] Txx [Enter]
(xx = 1 to 15)
Sets the time, in seconds that the Vista Mini will pause at each CPU when
scanning.
Set Mouse Mode
[Ctrl] Qx [Enter]
(x = 0, 1, or 2)
For the selected CPU, Q1 translates PS/2 mouse input to serial mouse
output, Q2 forces PS/2 wheel-mouse output, and Q0 resets to normal PS/2
non-wheel-mouse-output.
Set Keyboard
Mode
[Ctrl] Mx [Enter]
(x = 1,2, or 3)
Sets the keyboard mode (1, 2, or 3) of the currently selected CPU.
Set Keyboard
Typematic
[Ctrl] Axxx [Enter]
(xxx = decimal
value from 0 to
127; see below)
Sets the keyboard typematic (automatic key-repeat) function of the currently
selected CPU, as described in the table below.
Typematic Value = Rate Value + Delay Value
Typematic Rate
Typematic Delay
Keys/sec
Value
Keys/sec
Value
Keys/sec
Value
Keys/sec
Value
Delay in ms
Value
30.0
0
15.0
8
7.5
16
3.7
24
250
0
26.7
1
13.3
9
6.7
17
3.3
25
500
32
24.0
2
12.0
10
6.0
18
3.0
26
750
64
21.8
3
10.9
11
5.5
19
2.7
27
1000
96
20.0
4
10.0
12
5.0
20
2.5
28
18.5
5
9.2
13
4.6
21
2.3
29
17.1
6
8.6
14
4.3
22
2.1
30
16.0
7
8.0
15
4.0
23
2.0
31
Note: Power to the Vista Mini is supplied from the computers;
no external power source is needed.
Keyboard commands:
When entering keyboard commands, press and release the
left control [Ctrl] key, then within 2 seconds enter the
command. Use only the numeric keys above the keyboard.
Do not use the numeric keypad to enter command values.

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