User Manual
ACS-1208L
ACS-1216L
2002-01-15
Page 1: ...User Manual ACS 1208L ACS 1216L 2002 01 15...
Page 2: ...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 caus...
Page 3: ...t was not damaged in shipping If you encounter a problem contact your dealer Read this manual thoroughly and follow the installation and operation procedures carefully to prevent any damage to the uni...
Page 4: ...estarting 10 Port ID Numbering 11 Port Selection 11 Hotkeys 12 Hotkey Port Control 12 Hotkey Beeper Control 15 Hotkey Summary Table 15 OSD Operation 16 OSD Overview 16 OSD Navigation 17 OSD Main Scree...
Page 5: ...16 port switch to be installed in a 1U system rack Because of its modular design the KVM section can be detached from the switch section If you ever need to expand your connections you can remove the...
Page 6: ...lected Computers w Hot Pluggable Add or Remove Computers Without Having To Power Down the Switch w Auto Sensing of Station Position on Daisy Chained Installations No Need For Manual DIP Switch Setting...
Page 7: ...onnected devices or degrade overall performance For optimum signal integrity and to simplify the layout we strongly recommend that you use the following high quality CS Custom Cable sets Function CS P...
Page 8: ...n Line LEDs light ORANGE to indicate that the computer attached to the corresponding port is up and running w A Selected LEDs light GREEN to indicate that the computer attached to the corresponding po...
Page 9: ...ons to control the position and picture settings of the LCD display See the LCD OSD Quick Reference provided with this package for details 6 Locking Tabs There is a locking tab on each side of the uni...
Page 10: ...e of these 15 pin connectors has been specifically modified so that only extender cables designed to work with this switch can plug in see the Cables section on p 3 for details Do NOT attempt to use o...
Page 11: ...hained down from the first unit To set up a single stage installation do the following 1 Use connector cable sets as described in the Cables section on p 3 to connect any available CPU Port to the Key...
Page 12: ...rt of the parent unit to the Chain In port of the child unit 3 Use connector cable sets described in the Cables section p 3 to connect any available Master View CPU Port to the Keyboard Video and Mous...
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Page 14: ...Operating System does not support hot plugging this function may not work properly M Hot Plugging CPU Ports In order for the OSD menus to correspond to the change you must manually reconfigure the OS...
Page 15: ...t on the ACS 1208L ACS 1216L Station that the computer is connected to w The Station Number precedes the Port Number w Station and Port numbers from 1 9 are padded with a preceding zero so they become...
Page 16: ...2 Press and release the minus key 3 Release the Num Lock key Num Lock Note The minus key must be released within one half second otherwise Hotkey invokation is cancelled and it has no effect 2 When H...
Page 17: ...le to the currently logged on User see Scan Skip Mode of the OSD F3 SET function p 21 at regular intervals so that he can monitor their activity automatically Setting the Scan Interval The amount of t...
Page 18: ...on 1 Invoke Hotkey Mode with the NumLock combination 2 Key in Arrow Where Arrow refers to the left or right Arrow key After you press Arrow you automatically exit Hotkey Mode and enter Skip Mode where...
Page 19: ...ID T n Enter Sets the Auto Scan interval to n seconds where n is a number from 1 255 A Invokes Auto Scan Mode Invokes Skip Mode and skips from the current port to the first accessible port previous t...
Page 20: ...Mode In this mode you have administrator privileges with access to all Administrator and User functions and can set up operations including password authorization for the future as you would like When...
Page 21: ...ctivate a port Double Click it or move the Highlight Bar to it then press Enter w After executing any action you automatically go back to the menu one level above OSD Main Screen Headings Heading Expl...
Page 22: ...return to the previous menu level w F1 GOTO Clicking the F1 field or pressing F1 activates the GOTO function GOTO allows you to switch directly to a port either by keying in the port s Name or its Por...
Page 23: ...ached computers Powered On QVIEW Lists only the ports that have been selected as Quick View Ports see SET ACCESSIBLE PORTS p 24 QVIEW POWERED ON Lists only the ports that have been selected as Quick V...
Page 24: ...ORT ID DISPLAY POSITION Allows you to position where the Port ID appears on the screen The default is the upper right corner but you can choose to have it appear anywhere on the screen Use the Mouse o...
Page 25: ...ERED ON Only those Ports which have been set Accessible and are Powered On QUICK VIEW Only those Ports which have been set Accessible and have been selected as Quick View Ports see SET QUICK VIEW PORT...
Page 26: ...elds or the Administrator field a screen that allows you to key in your password appears The password may be up to 12 characters long and can consist of any combination of letters and numbers A Z 0 9...
Page 27: ...have finished editing press Enter to have the change take effect To abort the change press Esc RESTORE DEFAULT VALUES This function is used to undo all changes and return the setup to the original fac...
Page 28: ...s the Administrator to define User access to the computers on the installation on a Port by Port basis For each User select the target Port then press the Spacebar to cycle through the choices F Full...
Page 29: ...function You must exit Skip Mode in order to regain control of the console w To exit Skip Mode press Esc w F6 BRC F6 is an Administrator only function Clicking the F6 field or pressing F6 invokes Broa...
Page 30: ...puter is accessed an S appears in front of the Port ID display to indicate that it is being accessed under Auto Scan Mode w While Auto Scan Mode is in effect the console will not function You must exi...
Page 31: ...104 15 217 232 23 345 360 31 473 488 8 105 120 16 233 248 24 361 376 32 489 504 ACS 1216L Computer Connection Table The following tables indicate the relationship between the number of Master View Un...
Page 32: ...module can be removed from the unit chassis To do so 1 Remove the four module attachment screws 2 Unplug the data cable 3 Pull the KVM module away Note The slider brackets and extender arm go with th...
Page 33: ...Number plus the Port Name Scan Duration 5 Seconds Scan Skip Mode All Screen Blanker 0 Disabled Logout Timeout 0 Disabled Beeper Y Activated Accessible Ports F Full For all Users on all Ports Troubles...
Page 34: ...Blue Computer Port Connectors 8 x SPDB 15 F 16 x SPDB 15 F Daisy Chain Ports 1 x DB 25 M Scan Interval OSD Select User Specified 1 255 secs Emulation Keyboard PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Video 1024 x 768 Power Co...
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