21 keyboard equivalent key mappings – Lindy 32354 User Manual

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connectors). All data should be sent using the following RS232 protocol.

Baud: 19200, bits: 8, stopbits: 1, parity:none

No handshaking is implemented but valid command characters will be echoed back

to the sender.

The top nibble (4 bits) of the command byte defines the user port that is to be

switched (1=port 1, 2=port 2). The bottom nibble defines the computer port that the

user port is to be switched to (e.g. 0=port 1, 1=port 2, E=port 15, F=port 16).

For example:

Hexadecimal code

14

switches user port 1 to computer port 5

Hexadecimal code

28

switches user port 2 to computer port 9

Hexadecimal code

2D

switches user port 2 to computer port 14

Special codes are:

Hexadecimal code

71

switches user port 1 to computer port 0 (off)

Hexadecimal code

72

switches user port 2 to computer port 0 (off)

The 9-pin female RS232 connector at the rear of the LINDY CPU Switch has the

following pinout:

4.21 Keyboard equivalent key mappings

If you are connecting a mixture of IBM compatible PCs, Sun and Macintosh

computers to the LINDY CPU Switch then you have several possible keyboard

configuration options.

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