Expanding Switchable Signals; Expanding The System Through Channel Grouping - G&D ControlCenter-Digital-80 Installationsanleitung

Expanding switchable signals

Expanding switchable signals
You can expand a computer's or a console's switchable signals either through chan-
nel grouping or stacking.
EXAMPLE: To transmit a second video signal and a USB 2.0 signal of the same
computer, in addition to the
module (second video channel) and a
computer.
In addition to the
channel) and a
U2-CPU
tioned computer is accessing.
With the ControlCenter-Digital, you can switch various computer modules of one com-
puter or various user modules of one console at the same time.
To expand the switchable signals, you can use two different ways of connection:
 Channel grouping:
channel of a computer or console with up to seven additional video channels and a
USB or RS232 channel.
NOTE:
Only in this mode, you can hold the USB signal using the OSD's
menu at the currently accessed computer. If you switch to another computer after
pressing the hold function, the USB signal remains on the computer that you
accessed first.
After disabling the hold function on the
the currently accessed computer.
In Stacking mode, you can switch multiple matrix switches at the same
 Stacking:
time. Connect multiple matrix switches to the
lite matrix switch for each additional user module of one console.

Expanding the system through channel grouping

In the web application, you can assign up to seven additional video channels and a
USB or RS232 channel to a computer's or a console's KVM channel.
Assigning multiple channels to a console or computer creates a channel group.
NOTE:
The OSD does not show any user or computer modules that you added as
additional channels to the channel group.
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DVI-CPU
user module, connect the
DVI-CON
module (USB2.0/RS232) to the console, the aforemen-
In the Config Panel web application, you can assign the KVM
computer module, connect a second
module (USB2.0/RS232) to the
U2-CPU
DVI-CON-Video
menu, the USB signal switches to
Operation
Bus ports. Connect an additional satel-
DVI-CPU
(second video
Operation