Avocent SWITCHVIEW OSD - Operation manual

Installer/User Guide

SwitchView®

OSD

INSTRUCTIONS

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important

operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature

accompanying the appliance.

DANGEROUS VOLTAGE

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated

dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

POWER ON

This symbol indicates the principle on/off switch is in the on position.

POWER OFF

This symbol indicates the principle on/off switch is in the off position.

PROTECTIVE GROUNDING TERMINAL

This symbol indicates a terminal which must be connected to earth ground

prior to making any other connections to the equipment.

SwitchView

OSD

Installer/User Guide

Avocent, the Avocent logo, the Power of Being There,

SwitchView and AutoView are trademarks or registered

trademarks of Avocent Corporation or its affiliates. All other

marks are the property of their respective owners.

FCC Notification

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for

a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the

equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,

uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to

cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the

interference at his own expense.

Canadian Notification

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions

from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian

Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les

limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règle-

ment sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le Ministère des Communications

du Canada.

VCCI Approvals

Agency Approvals

UL 1950, CSA C22. 2 No. 950, EN60950, IEC 950

FCC part 15A, EN55022, EN50082

SwitchView

OSD Installer/User Guide

Contents

Chapter 1 - Product Overview

Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 2 - Installation

Basic Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Advanced Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Chapter 3 - Basic Operations

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Keyboard Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Keyboard Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

System Control & Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Chapter 4 - On-Screen Display Operation

Activating OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

The OSD Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Command Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Basic Channel Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The ID Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Administrator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 5 - Channel Scanning

Choosing a Scanning Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Setting the Scanning Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Turning Scanning On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Setting the Scanning Dwell Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Scanning and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 6 - Appendices

A: Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

B: Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

C: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

CHAPTER

Product Overview

Contents

Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 1: Product Overview 3

Product Overview

Feature Overview

The SwitchView OSD allows you to control up to 64 PCs with one keyboard,

monitor and mouse. Each computer can be up to 30 feet away from the

SwitchView OSD. The SwitchView OSD works with IBM PC/AT and PS/2

systems, and 100% compatible machines with support for VGA, SVGA, XGA

and XGA-II video. PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse peripherals are supported

through the rear of the unit.

Expansion for up to 64 computers

A SwitchView OSD unit will support from one to eight attached PCs, or

channels. If more than eight channels are needed, multiple units can be

cascaded together for expansion. Up to 2 tiers of units can be connected for

a total of 64 attached computers in one system.

AutoBoot technology

The AutoBoot feature boots all attached servers during initial power-up

or after a power failure. PCs are booted transparently without operator

intervention, and may be powered-up one-at-a-time or all at once. When

the power stabilizes, a channel may be selected. The first available channel

is automatically selected upon power-up of the base SwitchView OSD.

On-screen display capability

Configure and control your SwitchView OSD with on-screen menuing!

Name your computer channels anything you wish, then select the desired

computer from an easy-to-use menu. Secondary menus let you configure

and initiate channel scanning and other system features.

Advanced security for total control over system access

Use the advanced bi-level security feature to configure and control server

access for every type of user in the system. The administrator has full

access privileges; individual users can have viewing or viewing/editing

capability for each attached server.

IntelliMouse support

The SwitchView OSD offers full support for the Microsoft IntelliMouse.

OSD Configuration Utility

The OSD Configuration Utility allows the administrator to easily configure

and download a channel list with defined users and access privileges to the

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entire system. This utility will also read and save your current configura-

tion for extra security.

Push-button & keyboard switching

In addition to using the on-screen menus, you can switch computer chan-

nels with a simple keyboard sequence. You can also cycle through active

channels with SwitchView OSD’s select button.

“Keep Alive” feature

SwitchView OSD’s “Keep Alive ”feature allows attached servers to power the

unit in the event of a SwitchView OSD power failure. This prevents attached

PCs from locking up and keeps you from losing time and data.

Built-in scanning capabilities

A built-in scanning feature allows you to automatically monitor, or scan,

your PCs without intervention. When keyboard activity is detected, scan-

ning is suspended until all activity stops. Scanning then resumes with the

next channel in sequence.

Figure 1 A typical SwitchView OSD configuration is shown below.

Compatibility

XGA/XGA-II support

If you wish to use XGA or XGA-II video, you will need to purchase an

adaptor available through Avocent.

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