Avocent 280ES User Manual

 

OutLook ES Series Installer/User Guide

KEYBOARD
Console keyboard is not working or cannot start OSCAR
 

Ensure that Delay Time is off. Click Setup - Menu, Type 0 secs for Delay Time.

 

Check keyboard operation. See if the Num Lock and Caps Lock keys light.

Keyboard worked, but then stopped working with one server
 

Check for loose keyboard cable connection or bad keyboard cable.

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Check maximum length of the keyboard cable (maximum length = 12 feet).

 

Check maximum length of station cable extension.

 

Press the Reset button on the back panel of the switch to reset all keyboards 

and mouse devices on all servers (must have performed Snapshot).

Keyboard never worked on one server 
 

Check for PS/2 keyboard and mouse cable cross connections.

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Replace interconnecting keyboard cable.

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Disconnect and reconnect the interconnecting keyboard cable.

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Check length of the interconnecting keyboard cable (maximum length = 12 feet).

 

Check maximum length of station cable extension.

 

Replace the station keyboard.

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Keyboard signal never worked on all servers or stopped working with one server 
 

Check for loose station keyboard cable.

 

Check maximum length of station cable extension (maximum length = 12 feet).

 

Replace the station keyboard.

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Press the Reset button on the back panel of the switch (must have performed 

Snapshot in order for reset function to work properly).

 

Check for loose interconnecting keyboard cables.

Keyboard error on startup 
 

 Check the Web for the latest firmware version of the keyboard.

Keystrokes shifted, swaps upper case for lower case 
 

Server keyboard left in shifted state when last selected. Press both Shift keys to 

change keystrokes to lower case or upper case.

Keystrokes are not working properly 
 

Check that keystrokes are not in locked mode. On the left side of the keyboard, 

press Caps Lock+Shift+Control+Alt.

 

On the right side of the keyboard, press Alt+Control+Shift.

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Some servers require restarting when the keyboard cable is disconnected from the server. 

For this reason, perform these tests when the server can be restarted.