Installation; Overview Of The Interfaces; Setting Up The Device - G&D DVIMUX4-USB Installation Und Bedienung

Installation

Installation

Overview of the interfaces

The front panel of the KVM switch
The front panel of the KVM switch provides two USB 2.0 interfaces to connect
USB 2.0 devices.
NOTE:
USB devices such as a printer or a mass storage device connected to one of
these interfaces are available to the computer of the active channel.
After enabling the USB hold function (see page 32) the USB devices can be perma-
nently switched to,a defined computer (see page 13). The switching of the USB
devices maintains the same when switching the KVM channel.
The front panel also provides a Service port. This port is used for operating the setup
menu (see Operating the setup menu on page 16 ff.), for switching the active channel
via a serial device and for carrying out firmware updates.
Figure 1: Front view of the KVM switch
The active channel can be selected by using one of the four buttons on the front
panel. The front panel also provides several LEDs (see Status displays on page 8).
The back panel of the KVM switch
The back panel of the KVM switch provides interfaces to connect the console devices
and the computers. The following page contains a detailed description of these inter-
faces.

Setting up the device

1. Ensure that the computers, which are to be connected to the KVM switch, are
turned off. If the computers are provided with both keyboards and mouses,
unplug the cables of the input devices from the USB interfaces.
2. Place the KVM switch between the computers and the console. Please mind the
maximum cable length of five metres between the KVM switch and the computers
which are to be connected.
3. Before installing the KVM switch, decide which button on the front panel of the
device should be assigned to which computer.
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CPU 1 CPU 2 CPU 3
Active
Status
USB 2.0
Devices
User
CPU 4 Service