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Summary of Contents for ServSwitch KV780A

Page 1: ...EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE PROFESSOR FREE tech support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Dr Law...

Page 2: ...have just two PCs and need an economical alternative to keeping two monitors keyboards and mice on your desk Or do you need to share dozens of computers including a mix of IBM PC RS 6000 Apple Macinto...

Page 3: ...nd RS 6000 are registered trademarks and PC XT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows and IntelliMouse are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Cor...

Page 4: ...environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to c...

Page 5: ...4 SERVSWITCH PROFESSOR EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This equipment complies with the requirements of the European EMC Directive 89 336 EEC...

Page 6: ...ato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo el ctrico m s all a lo descrito en las in...

Page 7: ...stir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado...

Page 8: ...Address 17 3 3 2 Rackmounting Optional 18 3 3 3 Connecting the Keyboard Monitor and Mouse 19 3 3 4 Connecting the CPU 19 3 3 5 Connecting the Bus 20 3 3 6 Powering the Professor 21 3 3 7 Testing the P...

Page 9: ...ay Time 38 4 3 16 Set Minimum and Maximum Scan Stations 38 4 3 17 Set Screen Saver Interval 39 4 3 18 Set Keyboard Timeout 39 4 3 19 Set Keyboard Mode 41 4 3 20 Set Keyboard Typematic 42 4 3 21 Set Mo...

Page 10: ...nnectors DTE Resolution With original Serv cabling Up to 1024 x 768 noninterlaced With coaxial cabling Up to 1280 x 1024 noninterlaced Maximum Distance To local equipment depends on the CPUs monitors...

Page 11: ...lerance 32 to 131 F 0 to 55 C Humidity Tolerance 5 to 80 noncondensing Enclosure Fully shielded steel Power KV780A KV781A KV782A From wallmount power supply PS023 Optimal input 120 VAC 60 Hz 100 mA Ou...

Page 12: ...s on which type of Kit you ordered The Instructor Kit product code KV780A or KV780AE comes with A ServSwitch Professor System Control Module SCM 1 1 ft 0 3 m standard PS 2 type User Cable 1 1 ft 0 3 m...

Page 13: ...n without disturbing their keyboard or mouse XShare mode students see another student s station with interactive keyboard and mouse sharing Show mode allows instructors to send their screen to any or...

Page 14: ...ion LEDs show bus status and video sending state Screen blanking function turns off video after 1 to 999 seconds of inactivity Use the previous channel command for easy back and forth access to two CP...

Page 15: ...s one or more monitors might be receiving the video KEYBOARD Attach the keyboard mouse and monitor of a user station to MONITOR this DB25 female connector using a User Cable MKM Adapter MOUSE Cable At...

Page 16: ...s that is if there is going to be at least for now a cable attached to the BUS OUT port but not the BUS IN port you ll need to attach a terminator to the BUS IN port Similarly if the unit is the last...

Page 17: ...8 position configuration DIP switch determines the bus address of the ServSwitch Professor and the CPU attached to it Each of the switch positions corresponds to a binary multiple from left to right p...

Page 18: ...ngle User Cable also called a MKM Adapter Cable Lastly the communication between each pair of Professor units is carried on a single high quality bus cable You will also need to attach terminators to...

Page 19: ...ssor as well as interconnecting a set of Professors with bus cables Local device connectors will vary depending on the types of equipment you are installing Figure 3 1 Basic system setup local equipme...

Page 20: ...le ServSwitch Professor system simply repeat these steps for each ServSwitch Professor and your system will be ready in no time For an illustrated example of the elements of a basic setup see Figure 3...

Page 21: ...6 and 7 up Address 7 positions 6 7 and 8 up Address 8 position 5 up Address 9 positions 5 and 8 up and Address 10 positions 5 and 7 up One note of caution If you set two units to the same address the...

Page 22: ...s front panel 2 Plug the cables from your shared monitor keyboard and mouse into the corresponding connectors on the other ends of the User Cable 3 3 4 CONNECTING THE CPU An included CPU Cable runs fr...

Page 23: ...o will probably require trial and error 3 3 5 CONNECTING THE BUS To interconnect ServSwitch Professors you ll use high quality coaxial bus cables with robust 13W3 male connectors One such cable 5 ft 1...

Page 24: ...ly s transformer 115 VAC or input cord 230 VAC into a nearby AC power outlet 2 Push in the ON OFF button on each Professor s rear panel to power it up 3 When you power up each Professor its yellow sta...

Page 25: ...nding to the station s to which the command will apply For example To view the screen of student 2 Press and release the left Ctrl key then press F1 view and F2 CPU 2 To share the CPU of student 1 Pre...

Page 26: ...en entering commands that contain numbers or math symbols use only the numeral keys located at the top of your alphanumeric keyboard Numbers and symbols entered from the numeric keypad to the right wi...

Page 27: ...but older IBM ThinkPad models have to handle mouse data in prompt mode burst on request don t try to attach any older ThinkPad computers to the Professor either directly or through docking stations S...

Page 28: ...t if you try to use original Serv type cables with higher resolutions or across longer distances The distances listed are total lengths of original Serv cable between a CPU and monitor they do not inc...

Page 29: ...istance 10 ft 20 ft 30 ft 50 ft 75 ft 100 ft 150 ft 200 ft 3 m 6 1 m 9 1 m 15 2 m 22 9 m 30 5 m 45 7 m 61 m 640 x 480 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 800 x 600 noninterl 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1024 x 768 interlaced 3 3 3 3...

Page 30: ...to normal operation This keeps the Professor from getting stuck waiting for you to finish the command The CTRL character is always passed through to the CPU but cues the Professor to accept commands...

Page 31: ...s ON when you issue the Keep Settings command the unit will power up in scan mode CTRL S Scan ON Switches back to the station you were connected to before you selected the current one view only access...

Page 32: ...that must elapse before another keyboard can take control of the CPU attached to the selected station Zero is an instant timeout 255 disables the timeout CTRL Hxxx ENTER xxx delay in seconds from 0 to...

Page 33: ...sed to observe a student s screen Issue the command by pressing and releasing the left Ctrl key pressing the F1 key designating a station address CPU number see the Note above and pressing Enter While...

Page 34: ...be turned ON at all sharing keyboards any that are OFF will be turned OFF If anyone at any of the sharing keyboards turns one of these Locks ON or OFF later it will be turned ON or OFF at all of the s...

Page 35: ...le Station command blanks any or all students screens and locks their keyboards and mice Issue the command by pressing and releasing the left Ctrl key pressing the F6 key designating a station address...

Page 36: ...on 2 and station 4 However the ServSwitch Professor s bus will only handle video data from a single source at any given time so although multiple students can view a single student s video at the same...

Page 37: ...is using the keyboard and mouse when you issue this command that student will retain control but any of the other sharing students can take control as soon as the student at the shared station stops u...

Page 38: ...The Professor will ignore any XShare command with a shared station address of All F12 ServSwitch Professors that are sharing the same CPU will synchronize their keyboard Lock states Any of Num Lock C...

Page 39: ...e minus key the key at the top of the keyboard marked with and _ The command is not case sensitive Do not use the and keys on the keyboard s numeric pad the Professor doesn t recognize these These com...

Page 40: ...ough the higher numbered stations until it reaches the Maximum Scan Station then begin again at the Minimum Scan Station If the currently selected station is outside that range the Professor will swit...

Page 41: ...the left Ctrl key type T followed by the new delay time in seconds 1 to 15 and press Enter Issue the Keep Settings command after you enter this command 4 3 16 SET MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SCAN STATIONS The...

Page 42: ...oard or move the mouse The default setting of this option is 0 screen saver disabled 4 3 18 SET KEYBOARD TIMEOUT This is a very powerful feature that controls access when two or more keyboards are sha...

Page 43: ...s station The factory default keyboard timeout setting for each station is two seconds To set a different interval for a given station first select that station see the Note on the previous page then...

Page 44: ...he CPU s keyboard mode when you turn on the CPU after it has been cabled to the Professor However the Professor doesn t automatically save this value unless you send it a Keep Settings command it will...

Page 45: ...the Set Keyboard Typematic command Press and release the left Control key type A followed by the desired typematic value and press ENTER The typematic value is the decimal equivalent of the binary sev...

Page 46: ...6 xx 00110 17 1 7 xx 00111 16 8 xx 01000 15 9 xx 01001 13 3 10 xx 01010 12 11 xx 01011 10 9 12 xx 01100 10 13 xx 01101 9 2 14 xx 01110 8 6 15 xx 01111 8 16 xx 10000 7 5 17 xx 10001 6 7 18 xx 10010 6...

Page 47: ...s turn on RS 232 to PS 2 translation at those stations First select one of the affected stations again see the Note above Section 4 3 17 then press and release the left Ctrl key type Q 2 and press Ent...

Page 48: ...7 press and release the left Ctrl key then type L 1 Enter To change a station s access level to 4 select that station see the Note above Section 4 3 17 press and release the left Ctrl key then type L...

Page 49: ...with a DOS or Windows 3 x CPU don t issue this command if the CPU doesn t have a mouse driver loaded many such CPUs will crash if you send them unexpected mouse data CPUs running UNIX or Windows 95 9...

Page 50: ...S 2 mouse port If you have version 9 01 or higher of the Microsoft mouse driver the CPU should never get out of sync Contact Microsoft if you are running DOS or any variety of Windows and would like t...

Page 51: ...efaults Follow these steps carefully 1 Turn OFF but do not unplug the Professor and the CPU attached to it Disconnect that Professor from the bus cable and thus from the rest of your ServSwitch Profes...

Page 52: ...f the configuration is OK but the problem persists check your cables Tighten any loose connections If the keyboard and mouse strands of either the CPU or User Cable have been reversed plug them into t...

Page 53: ...o change the station s output keyboard mode see Section 4 3 19 Sometimes this situation can confuse the CPU or keyboard so badly that it is necessary to reboot the CPU or to reset the keyboard by unpl...

Page 54: ...correct port C PS 2 mouse To recognize the mouse the CPU must be directly connected to it or indirectly connected to it through the ServSwitch Professor at boot up time Make sure that all cables are p...

Page 55: ...e than 5 ft 1 5 m total length of coaxial CPU and User Cables should not be more than 20 ft 6 1 m unless your CPUs can drive keyboard and mouse signals strongly enough If you are already using coax CP...

Page 56: ...Switch Professor doesn t work with your IBM ThinkPad The ServSwitch Professor supports only stream mode continuous mouse data It doesn t support the prompt mode burst on request method for handling mo...

Page 57: ...when the problem occurs the components involved in the problem any particular application that when used appears to create the problem or make it worse the results of any testing you ve already done...

Page 58: ...any 1 to 3 digit number see Section 4 3 17 0 screen saver disabled Screen Saver s Delay Time CTRL K Type CTRL xxx ENTER xxx any 1 to 3 digit number up to 255 see Section 4 3 16 Station 16 Maximum Scan...

Page 59: ...own CPU at power up Power On Station CTRL K Select station then type CTRL Qx ENTER x 0 1 or 2 see Section 4 3 21 OFF mouse type autodetected Mouse Translation CTRL K Select station then type CTRL Axxx...

Page 60: ...es respectively The table also lists the product codes for the bus cables Station Extenders CAT5 KVM Extenders etc Depending on your equipment and the video resolution you re using you might be able t...

Page 61: ...vSwitch Professor RS 232 Mouse AC254A ServSwitch Professor to Monitor Keyboard and Mouse RS 232 Mouse AC255A CPU to ServSwitch Professor PS 2 Style Mouse AC258A ServSwitch Professor to Monitor Keyboar...

Page 62: ...rring to Figure C 1 1 Remove the adhesive backed rubber feet from the bottom of the Professor 2 Place the Professor on the rackmount shelf 3 The Professor and the shelf are pre drilled for mounting Us...

Page 63: ...NOTES...

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