Re: DEC Keyboard Question

From: FredK (fred.nospam_at_nospam.dec.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:59:55 GMT

"Christoph Gartmann" <gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens> wrote in message
news:ct8eo2$oqv$1@news.BelWue.DE...
> In article <tTNJd.6603$wy5.240@news.cpqcorp.net>, "FredK"
<fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com> writes:

>
> >VMS will poll the KB when the driver is reset to force a powerup sequence
> >as well. But if no KB is there, the sequence may never complete.
>
> So if I could tell the KVM to send 0xAA to the Alpha this should force the
> Alpha to start the keyboard negotiation?
>

Yes. If the KVM, when switched sent an 0xAA sequence, life would be
perfect.

> Or is it possible to "tell" a LK411 to genereate 0xAA via some key
combination?
>

Not that I know of. Hot-plugging the KB is the only standard way I know of.
A
server reset also will do it.

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