Lindy 32353, User Manual

Page 1: ...LINDY ELEKTRONIK GMBH FIRST EDITION October 2003 CPU Switch Dual Multi Platform User Manual English LINDY Art No 32353 8 ports LINDY Art No 32354 16 ports All manuals and user guides at all guides co...

Page 2: ...Dual MP yourself Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP its power adapter and its accessories Warning live parts contained within power adapter No user serviceable...

Page 3: ...does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is encouraged to correct the interference with one or more of the followin...

Page 4: ...ces 14 2 4 Configuring your PCs 16 2 5 Structuring your LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP installation 17 2 6 Maximising the video quality 21 2 7 Other useful installation information 22 2 8 Hot plugging the L...

Page 5: ...REFERENCES 52 4 13 Using the FUNCTIONS menu 53 4 14 Querying the routing status 54 4 15 Cascading LINDY CPU Switches 54 4 16 Resetting user port keyboards and mice 55 4 17 Using the LINDYLink extender...

Page 6: ...for keyboard and mouse used on older style Sun computers USB style keyboards and mice are available for all the different styles of computer that may be controlled and so the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP...

Page 7: ...ly consists of a keyboard monitor and mouse although sometimes only a keyboard and monitor may be used Devices such as the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP are generally known as KVM sharers or KVM switches W...

Page 8: ...tors at resolutions up to 1920 x 1440 Fully flash upgradeable via the serial port Supports a very wide range of software including Windows 3 X WFWG 95 98 2000 NT ME XP DOS Unix Linux NetWare OS 2 BSD...

Page 9: ...to the LINDY CPU Switch Can be cascaded to a depth of four levels to provide a video switching network Automatically restores keyboard and mouse states when channel changed Supports PC keyboard modes...

Page 10: ...on self adhesive rubber feet A CD ROM containing this manual in PDF format 1 3 LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP rackmount kit for model 32353 Part No 32285 2 x mounting brackets for fixing the unit into a 19...

Page 11: ...ual Multi Platform Installation and Use Page 10 1 5 Product information Fig 1 LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP 32353 and 32354 models viewed from the front All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l...

Page 12: ...LINDY CPU Switch Dual Multi Platform Installation and Use Page 11 Fig 2 LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP 32353 and 32354 models viewed from the rear All manuals and user guides at all guides com...

Page 13: ...tended keyboard and a wheel mouse on one user port and a smaller monitor with a basic mouse and keyboard on another The LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP intelligently handles these mixtures of devices 2 1 Wha...

Page 14: ...e connection then you will need an adapter to convert this to the 6 pin mini DIN format There are several specifications of these adapters that are provided with various mice They all look the same bu...

Page 15: ...he LINDY CPU Switch 2 3 Connecting your devices Ensure that the power is disconnected from the LINDY CPU Switch and all devices which are to be attached Connect any keyboards monitors and mice to the...

Page 16: ...ctions and AT style keyboard connections use the PC cable together with the adapters specified in appendix A If you have an existing 6 pin mini DIN to 9 pin serial adapter that came with a mouse it ma...

Page 17: ...turn Failure to switch the LINDY CPU Switch and computers on in the correct order can lead to the mouse and or keyboard not being recognised by the computers when they are switched on There is no ON O...

Page 18: ...sponded to a switching request from the user The LINDY CPU Switches communicate with each other via the keyboard cables LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP may be cascaded in a very flexible manner Either 1 or 2...

Page 19: ...maximised by using the shortest possible total cable run from computer to KVM If you are making multiple cascade links then ensure that the cables are approximately the same length You must choose gr...

Page 20: ...orm Installation and Use Page 19 The following diagrams show some typical LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP installations Fig 4 A typical installation using a single LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP 32353 All manuals...

Page 21: ...Y CPU Switch Dual Multi Platform Installation and Use Page 20 Fig 5 A cascaded application using multiple LINDY CPU Switch Dual units All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c...

Page 22: ...with smudging ghosting and loss of focus Cables that are designed to carry video signals are constructed using three separate co axial cores to carry the red green and blue signals These co axial core...

Page 23: ...ormal operation RS232 mice can usually be unplugged and plugged back in provided that a mouse was connected when the operating system initially booted Keyboard and mouse mode switching The LINDY CPU S...

Page 24: ...connected when the driver was booted The following table may be used as a guide Note that the mouse reset functions predict the likely mouse resolution settings but may not restore the speed or sensit...

Page 25: ...de if you are going to use password security The LINDY CPU Switch may be run with security enabled or disabled With security disabled all user ports have full access to all of the computers and full a...

Page 26: ...then each computer will have a four six or eight digit port number depending on the number of cascade levels that have been connected see section 4 10 for details Step 5 Set the required SETUP OPTIONS...

Page 27: ...stem parameters Consequently it is advisable to set a password for this user To set a password for the ADMIN user From the main on screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS Select EDIT USER LIST from the me...

Page 28: ...can select computers by port number see sections 4 8 and 4 15 but when you have several computers it becomes hard to remember which computer is attached to which port By defining descriptive computer...

Page 29: ...puter name When you are adding computers it is advisable to setup just one name for any particular port Avoid creating two names for the same port as this can lead to confusion Also if you are using p...

Page 30: ...that the computer is attached to Port numbers for computers connected to cascaded LINDY CPU Switches are constructed by defining the port routing that is required to get from the user s KVM to the com...

Page 31: ...ch Dual Multi Platform Installation and Use Page 30 Fig 6 Creating menu entries for computers that are connected to cascaded LINDY CPU Switches All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u...

Page 32: ...ividual users These may only be setup or changed by the system administrator logged in using the ADMIN account From the main menu press F1 for MORE MENUS Use the cursor keys to position the menu bar o...

Page 33: ...have a QWERTY format The new language settings are enabled when you quit from the SETUP OPTIONS menu The language option only affects the way that the LINDY CPU Switch interprets the keyboard keys it...

Page 34: ...computer s keyboard and mouse at any one time The LINDY CPU Switch detects an active user by looking for keyboard and mouse data A user becomes inactive if no keyboard or mouse data has been received...

Page 35: ...ed 3 6 7 KEYBOARD COUNTRY and DEFAULT COUNTRY Accessed from menu SETUP OPTIONS Settings AUTOMATIC MANUAL DISABLED Some computers query the keyboard to find out its country code and key layout These co...

Page 36: ...D Like most LINDY KVM switches the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP s channel may be switched using a three button mouse or IntelliMouse see section 4 9 Pressing the central button or wheel button together wi...

Page 37: ...ly powered on the ACTIVE computers Scanning just the active computers avoids blank screens from being displayed and stops the monitor from going into a power down state on every scan cycle WARNING Man...

Page 38: ...CES Settings 1 2 3 5 10 SECONDS After a successful computer channel change the LINDY CPU Switch will display a confirmation message for a few seconds The length of time that this confirmation message...

Page 39: ...others that send three byte mouse reports RS232 mice are almost always more sluggish than PS 2 types because the data rate is much slower 3 6 15 Mouse Type Accessed from menu GLOBAL PREFERENCES Setti...

Page 40: ...pply connections and indicators Plug the power adapter into the power inlet The power indicator on the front of the LINDY CPU Switch see figure 1 monitors the voltage that is being supplied to the pow...

Page 41: ...that the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP is configured There are two special computer ports that may be selected using the COMPUTER key switch These are the on screen menu port o and the non existent channel...

Page 42: ...y shows the user port number that your keyboard and mouse are connected to Then press the COMPUTER key until the red COMPUTER display shows the computer that you wish to connect to Pressing the comput...

Page 43: ...ter ports 1 3 and 7 Action of the COMPUTER key if the front panel controls have been disabled 4 7 Logging on to the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP If password security has been set on the system then the fo...

Page 44: ...the hotkeys and the command key before a new hotkey command is accepted by the LINDY CPU Switch HOTKEYs TAB is an exception and this allows you to tab through the ports by holding down the hotkeys and...

Page 45: ...s only HOTKEYs and TAB selects the next available channel HOTKEYs and M displays the on screen menu for selecting computers by name this is the recommended way of selecting computers for systems with...

Page 46: ...ch port 2 02 on the next cascaded LINDY CPU Switch and port 16 on the last LINDY CPU Switch Examples of common hotkey sequences assuming CTRL ALT hotkey option To select channel 2 press ba2release 2ba...

Page 47: ...h will select the next available channel otherwise it will select the next numerical channel Mouse switching may be enabled or disabled see section 3 6 8 When mouse switching is disabled the third but...

Page 48: ...lt hotkeys CTRL ALT the key combination to launch the on screen menu would be press baMrelease Mba You may also use a 3 button mouse or wheel mouse to launch the on screen menu if you have enabled mou...

Page 49: ...e the menu bar over the computer name using a combination of the up and down cursor keys and the page up page down keys You may also use the wheel on a wheel mouse to move the menu bar up and down if...

Page 50: ...omputer is selected in EXCLUSIVE mode the computer s video picture will only be displayed on the KVM console that has exclusive access Other KVM consoles will not be able to access the computer or vie...

Page 51: ...f you have many connected computers then you can do an alphabetic search of the list of computer names by pressing F3 and then entering the name that you want to find When you select a computer the LI...

Page 52: ...so this banner serves as a useful reminder of which computer you are working on The colour and transparency of the banner can be selected to make it as discreet as possible It may also be moved aroun...

Page 53: ...n use SPACE BAR to change the option as required Press ESC to quit and save the changes 4 12 1 OSD COLOUR Accessed from menu USER PREFERENCES Settings DEFAULT SCHEME 1 SCHEME 2 As you toggle between t...

Page 54: ...u select BLANK then the screen will blank completely If you select MOVING DOT then a moving dot will be displayed on a blank background The dot regularly changes colour and bounces off the sides of th...

Page 55: ...INDY CPU Switch denies you access to a particular computer you may wish to know if another KVM console has exclusive use of this computer and consequently is preventing your access To query the routin...

Page 56: ...r to check that the cabling is working as expected To do this you can use a hotkey sequence similar to the example shown below For example to connect to port 14 on a LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP that is c...

Page 57: ...rform a complete reset and return the LINDY CPU Switch to its factory default state 1 Power on the LINDY CPU Switch normally 2 Whilst the LINDY CPU Switch is powered on move switch 2 on the rear panel...

Page 58: ...gram LDYREAD EXE on the computer that is connected to the LINDY CPU Switch s serial port Follow the instructions given by the program 4 Make sure that you are logged onto the LINDY CPU Switch as the A...

Page 59: ...INDY CPU Switch 2 Copy the program LDYWRITE and LDYDATA CSV into the same directory on the PC that is connected to the LINDY CPU Switch s serial port 3 Run the program LDYWRITE EXE and follow the inst...

Page 60: ...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...

Page 61: ...s i e if you are connecting any Suns then you are recommended to use a Sun keyboard If you are using a Sun style controlling keyboard the equivalent key mappings are Sun keyboard IBM 104 105 key Apple...

Page 62: ...No equivalent Right Control Win Right Mouse Click Compose No equivalent Right Ctrl F1 Stop No equivalent Right Ctrl F2 Again No equivalent Right Ctrl F3 Props No equivalent Right Ctrl F4 Undo No equiv...

Page 63: ...he on screen menu using the keyboard hotkeys see section 4 10 and then press F1 The version number of the current firmware will then be displayed at the bottom of the Configuration Menu To perform a f...

Page 64: ...uld be switched off or disconnected before performing an upgrade Step 2 Connect your computer to the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP Connect your computer s serial port COM1 or COM2 to the LINDY CPU Switch D...

Page 65: ...of the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP firmware is available from LINDY The upgrade files will be supplied to you as a group and consist of several files as explained below These files should be downloaded...

Page 66: ...with 16 computer ports The next four digits represent the version number e g V129 equals firmware version 1 29 To upgrade the LINDY CPU Switch check that the DAT file designation matches the model tha...

Page 67: ...firmware Some useful issues to bear in mind when performing flash upgrades The upgrade program rewrites the LINDY CPU Switch s firmware code If the upgrade process is interrupted then the LINDY CPU Sw...

Page 68: ...on its serial interface The LINDY CPU Switch switches its channel if it receives the same command on its serial interface Consequently by linking the serial interfaces a master unit may be made to aut...

Page 69: ...Platform Installation and Use Page 68 Synchronised LINDY CPU Switches used for a Dual head video switching application The pinout of the RS232 synchronisation cable is as shown below All manuals and u...

Page 70: ...rinter This logging program uses the Excel compatible file LYDATA CSV that may be downloaded from the LINDY CPU Switch see section 4 19 to cross reference the port and user information to computer and...

Page 71: ...datalog txt LYLOG PRINT 2 would print activity information received on COM2 to the printer attached to the computer s LPT1 printer port These programs will run continuously until the user presses the...

Page 72: ...to LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP All of the shared devices plug directly into the relevant ports at the rear of the LINDY CPU Switch Dual MP Cable specification Cables should be no longer than 5 metres A2...

Page 73: ...711 Cable for PC connection PS 2 style 1 metre 33712 Cable for PC connection PS 2 style 2 metres 33714 Cable for PC connection PS 2 style 5 metres 33716 Cable for PC connection PS 2 style 10 metres Th...

Page 74: ...ard mouse connectors Cables to Sun computers with 8 pin mini DIN keyboard mouse connectors may be up to 20 metres long If you use an extension cable then this should be added to the Dual MP end of the...

Page 75: ...es to computers with USB keyboard mouse connectors may be up to 20 metres long If you use an extension cable then this should be added to the Dual MP end of the cable as the USB end can only be extend...

Page 76: ...s should be no longer than 30 metres NOTE There are several common wiring specifications for 6 pin mini DIN to 9 pin serial adapters If you have an adapter that has been supplied with a mouse it may h...

Page 77: ...style keyboard connector you will need a PS 2 to AT keyboard adapter 6 pin mini DIN female to 5 pin DIN male 70127 video adapter If your Sun computer has a 13W3 video connector then you will need to...

Page 78: ...oblem Solving Problem Poor video quality with smearing fuzziness or ripple Action Use screened coaxial video cables to connect your devices to the LINDY CPU Switch For more help with problems visit th...

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