Black Box KV812A User Manual
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CHAPTER 4: Installation
Table 4-1. Keyboard Key Mappings
Generally, USB keyboards have uniform position-based codes for their keys, so any keys that
occupy more or less the same positions and perform more or less the same functions across
platforms will map one-to-one. However, certain keys available on certain keyboards do not
correspond well or are not available on other types of keyboards, so the ServSwitch USB maps
the more important of these as shown below.
occupy more or less the same positions and perform more or less the same functions across
platforms will map one-to-one. However, certain keys available on certain keyboards do not
correspond well or are not available on other types of keyboards, so the ServSwitch USB maps
the more important of these as shown below.
On the IBM PC 104/
Emulates the
105-key keyboard,
Apple keyboard’s
the ___ key:
___ key:
Left Ctrl
Left Control
Left Windows Start (
)
Left Command (
)
Left Alt
Left Option (alt)
Right Alt or Alt Graph
Right Option (alt)
Right Windows Start (
)
Right Command (
)
Right Ctrl
Right Control
On the Apple
Emulates the
keyboard, the
PC 104/105-key
___ key:
keyboard’s ___ key:
Left Control
Left Ctrl
Left Option (alt)
Left Alt
Left Command (
)
Left Windows Start (
)
Right Command (
)
Right Windows Start (
)
Right Option (alt)
Right Alt or Alt Graph
Right Control
Right Ctrl
Things to keep in mind:
1. Do not use an older 101/102-key PS/2 keyboard with the ServSwitch USB Plus when you
have any Macintosh computers attached, because 101/102-key PC keyboards cannot
emulate the Command (
emulate the Command (
) keys on the Apple keyboard.
2. The Power (
) key on the Mac keyboard does not map to anything on a PC keyboard,
nor does anything on a PC keyboard map to it. Similarly, the Windows Application (
)
key on a PC keyboard does not map to anything on a Mac keyboard, nor does anything
on a Mac keyboard map to it. The functions of these keys are simply not available when
you use a keyboard designed for the other platform.
on a Mac keyboard map to it. The functions of these keys are simply not available when
you use a keyboard designed for the other platform.