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7. OSD Operation 
 

7.1. OSD Main Menu 

Press 

< Scroll Lock>

 twice and 

<Enter>

, then you will enter to 

OSD

 

(On 

Screen Display) 

main menu. The channel number, names and the status will 

be displayed on the monitor screen. Please refer to ( Fig. 16 ) 

 

 

Figure 16: OSD main menu 

 

 

7.1.1. KVM 

layer 

number 

1

st

, 2

nd

 or 3

rd

. indicates the current cascade level. 

 

7.1.2. Channel 

name 

      The channel name can be defined by using function key 

F4

, it can               

remind user which computer is connected to this channel. 

      A highlighted pink bar is shown in the selected channel row.   

      A plus mark (

+

) showing in the left of channel name indicates that the         

port has cascades.   

 

 

 

s 

s 

Summary of Contents for DS-15202

Page 1: ...CAT 5 COMBO KVM SWITCH 8 PORT 16 PORT User Manual DS 15202 DS 16202 ...

Page 2: ... 6 2 LEADING HOT KEY SELECT 16 6 3 CHANNEL SELECT SINGLE KVM 17 6 3 1 Specific channel selection 17 6 3 2 Arrow Key Channel Shift Function 17 6 3 3 ALT Channel Shift Function 18 6 4 CHANNEL SELECT CASCADE CHAIN LAYER 19 6 5 BUZZER SOUND DISABLE ENABLE 20 6 6 AUTO SCAN FUNCTION 20 6 6 1 Start auto scan function 21 6 6 2 Stop auto scan function 21 6 6 3 Auto scan mode 21 6 6 4 Auto scan time interva...

Page 3: ...8 7 4 AUTO SCAN IN OSD F2 29 7 4 1 Start to auto scan in OSD 29 7 4 2 Stop auto scan 29 7 4 3 Auto scan mode 29 7 4 4 Auto scan time interval 29 7 5 CONSOLE LOCK IN OSD F3 30 7 6 CHANNEL RENAME F4 31 7 7 SECURITY SETUP F5 31 7 7 1 Security mode login 31 7 7 2 Security Mode 32 7 7 3 Change administrator password 32 7 7 4 Authorized user setup 33 7 7 5 User Authority setup 33 7 8 LOCK PORT F6 34 7 8...

Page 4: ...efficient navigation 8 Supports cascade chain with 3 level cascades up to 3 levels control up to 8 64 512 for 8 port only and 16 256 4096 PCs for 16 port only from a single console cascaded chaining units does not need special configuration 9 Emulates PS 2 or USB keyboard on each PC to allow your computers to boot normally without a keyboard error 10 Supports hot pluggable All devices connected to...

Page 5: ...control of focus and brightness to improve video quality by Hot Keys 17 Fully compliant with the USB 1 1 2 0 specification 18 Rack Mountable in 19 system tack 1U 19 KVM firmware is upgradeable via on board mini USB download connector and external mini programmer ...

Page 6: ...45 connector Console port Keyboard 1 x 6 pin mini DIN female Mouse 1 x 6 pin mini DIN female Video 1 x HDB 15 female Keyboard 1 x USB A type female Mouse 1 x USB A type female Firmware upgrade connector 1 x Mini USB female DDC DDC2 monitor Supports DDC2B max resolution up to 1920 x 1200 60Hz Operating system supported Win 98 98SE ME 2000 XP Vista 7 2003 Mac OS9 X Linux Sun Micro OS Power By Extern...

Page 7: ...ouse Local console side A VGA SVGA Multisync monitor capable of the highest resolution PS 2 and or USB Keyboard Mouse Cables The CAT5 KVM Switch must be used CAT5 UTP cables with specific custom CAT5 dongle such as DS 19202 To purchase this specific CAT5 dongle please contact your dealer 4 Installation 4 1 Front View 8 Port Figure 1 CAT5 8 port KVM front view 16 Port Figure 2 CAT5 16 port KVM fron...

Page 8: ...is switch must be pushed with a thin object like the end of a paper clip or a ball point pen 4 2 Rear View 8 Port Figure 3 CAT5 8 port KVM rear view 16 Port Figure 4 CAT5 16 port KVM rear view 4 3 Single stage installation 4 3 1 Precaution Please turn off computers and devices when you start to install KVM Switch For computers with Keyboard Power On function please unplug the power cords in advanc...

Page 9: ...gh USB HID installation driver Some kind of old computers must be enabled USB setting in BIOS in advance to make USB interface work This KVM switch does not quarantee to fully support all of USB keyboards with USB HUB 4 3 2 Console connection Plug keyboard mouse and monitor to the console ports on the real panel of CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT KVM Figure 5 Figure 5 Console connection ...

Page 10: ...ct your dealer to purchase the custom combo 4 in 1 CAT5 dongle DS 19202 if you need Figure 6 Custom Combo 4 in 1 CAT5 dongle DS 19202 You can connect CAT5 8 PORT 16 PORT KVM to computers via three methods shown below A Connect USB PS 2 keyboard mouse and VGA connectors to computers We recommand users to connect computers in this way Figure 7 USB PS 2 Keyboard Mouse and VGA connected ...

Page 11: ...1 B Connect only PS 2 keyboard mouse and VGA connectors to computers Figure 8 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse and VGA connected C Connect only USB and VGA connectors to computers Figure 9 USB and VGA video connected ...

Page 12: ...es Recommends Combo KVM Switches connected to 2nd 3rd layers To Install cascade chain please follow the instruction below A Please turn off computers and devices when you start to install KVM Switch B Uses the custom combo 4 in 1 CAT5 dongle DS 19202 See Figure 6 to connect one or more Slave KVM Switches to any PC port of Master KVM Switch The connection between KVM cascaded to KVM must be connect...

Page 13: ... Switch if any 4 All computers connecting to Master Slave KVM Switch G After all KVM Switches are powerd by power adaptor trun on the computers Initial Plug in Process Please plug in the Master KVM Switch first before turning on any other devices like montior or computers Hot plug and Hot Swap Combo Free 8 port 16 port KVM switch support Hot plug and Hot swap function Figure 10 Cascade chaining ...

Page 14: ...ate your KVM firmware please contact your dealer 4 5 Rack Mounting Figure 11 Rack mounting Figure 11 shows you how to attach mounting brackets to the KVM Switches unit for standard 19 inch rack cabinet 1 Screw the mounting brackets into the sides of the KVM Switches unit See Figure 11 2 Install the KVM Switches unit into the rack cabinet ...

Page 15: ...Port Combo Free KVM Switch by push button hot key and OSD Push button operation Press the front panel push button to select the PC and operate it Hot Key operation Please refer to section 6 Hot Key Operation OSD operation Please refer to section 7 OSD Operation ...

Page 16: ...leading key is Scroll Lock by default However you can change the leading hot key if you want By pressing CTRL twice New Hot Key then press Enter you can change the leading hot key The available leading hot key are Scroll Lock Num Lock or Caps Lock for option Setup leading hot key to Scroll Lock CTRL CTRL Scroll Lock Enter Setup leading hot key to Num Lock CTRL CTRL Num Lock Enter Setup leading hot...

Page 17: ... selection hot key Scroll Lock Scroll Lock 1 Enter or Scroll Lock Scroll Lock 2 Enter or Scroll Lock Scroll Lock 16 Enter Note You can also select computers in OSD menu Move the indicator bar to the chanel to switch by using arrow key Page Up or Page Down then press Enter to select the connected computer Please refer section 7 2 Channel Selection in OSD 6 3 2 Arrow Key Channel Shift Function Press...

Page 18: ... Lock twice ALT and then press Enter to turn on or turn off this function alternately 2 Shift the channel by ALT key Press left ALT or right ALT key twice the PC channel will automatically shift to left or right one channel channel decrease increase to next when ALT channel shift function is enabled Enable Disable ALT channel shift function Scroll Lock Scroll Lock ALT Enter Switch to left one chan...

Page 19: ...D CH L1 D CH L2 Enter Channel select to third layer Scroll Lock Scroll Lock D CH L1 D CH L2 D CH L3 Enter Note With cascading 3 layers you can select last layer directly Example press Scroll Lock twice then D2D5D7 and Enter D2 layer 1 channel 2 links to D5 layer 2 channel 5 links to D7 layer 3 channel 7 selected Note You can also select active channel of cascade chain in OSD menu Move the indicato...

Page 20: ...SD main menu Please refer section 7 3 6 Setup in OSD Sound Figure 13 Buzzer setup hot key 6 6 Auto Scan Function You can enable Auto Scan function by pressing Scroll Lock twice then S and Enter The KVM Switch will shift through all the ports and display them on the monitor The mouse and keyboard will be disabled under this mode This is necessary to prevent errors such as erratic movement and wrong...

Page 21: ...Mode Figure 15 Auto scan Banner 6 6 2 Stop auto scan function Press any key on keyboard to STOP the auto scan function Press the push button on KVM front panel to select active port can stop the auto scan function too 6 6 3 Auto scan mode There are two auto scan modes please refer section 7 3 1 Setup in OSD Scan Mode to setup the auto scan mode Scan all working computers Scan all computers which a...

Page 22: ...Enter The KVM will be locked until an authorized user login Scroll Lock Scroll Lock H Enter To UNLOCK console please press any key according to screen message then key in User Name and Password The KVM switch and console devices will be unlocked and back to normal status Note You can also execute console lock function by pressing F3 in OSD main menu Please refer section 7 5 Console Lock in OSD 6 8...

Page 23: ...Please refer to Fig 16 Figure 16 OSD main menu 7 1 1 KVM layer number 1st 2nd or 3rd indicates the current cascade level 7 1 2 Channel name The channel name can be defined by using function key F4 it can remind user which computer is connected to this channel A highlighted pink bar is shown in the selected channel row A plus mark showing in the left of channel name indicates that the port has casc...

Page 24: ...auto scan if the scan mode is Select type BLANK Indicating this computer is not marked for auto scan 7 1 4 Current active channel number Indicate current active channel number The channel of the currently selected computer is displayed in the right upper corner If the active channel is in 2nd or 3rd cascade layer the display string is like XX YY ZZ For example 02 05 07 means the active channel is ...

Page 25: ...tions The list of control functions F1 Set up basic set up menu F2 Scan autoscan function F3 Lock setup lock unlock only available when F5 Security is enabled F4 Rename rename selected channel name F5 Security security function and user authority settings F6 Lock Port PC port lock function for administrator only 7 2 Channel selection in OSD 7 2 1 Channel select to computer Use the UP and DOWN arro...

Page 26: ...f the slave KVM Channel Name Channel Number 2nd Layer Channel Number 1st Layer Channel Number Figure 18 Channel Banner Cascade Layer 7 2 3 Return from cascade port After entering cascade port press R will return to upper layer OSD menu 7 3 Setup in OSD F1 Please use Up or Down arrow key to select the item you want to change and use Left or Right arrow key to change the settings Press ESC to exit a...

Page 27: ...nds by stepping 5 seconds 7 3 3 Banner Time The default banner time is 5 seconds It can be changed to 10 seconds 15 seconds or always on 7 3 4 Position Menu Use four arrow keys to move the OSD main menu to the desired position Press ESC to save the changed menu position Figure 20 Menu Position Setup Note The different resolution setting between PC and KVM will change the desired position of OSD bl...

Page 28: ...the hot key Note You can also change leading hot key via hot key by using CTRL CTRL New Hotkey Enter outside the OSD mode Please refer to section 6 2 Leading Hot Key Select 7 3 6 Sound ON Buzzer sound enabled OFF Buzzer sound disabled Note You can also enable disable buzzer sound via hot key by using Scroll Lock Scroll Lock B Enter outside the OSD mode Please refer section 6 5 Buzzer sound Disable...

Page 29: ...n 6 6 1 Start Auto Scan Function 7 4 2 Stop auto scan Press any key on keyboard to STOP the auto scan function The auto scan banner will be disappeared when the scan stopped 7 4 3 Auto scan mode There are two auto scan modes please refer section 7 3 1 Setup in OSD Scan Mode to set up the auto scan mode Scan all computers which are power on Scan all computers which are marked for auto scan 7 4 4 Au...

Page 30: ... an authorized user login Figure 24 Unlock window Note You can also logout to lock console via hot key by using Scroll Lock Scroll Lock H Enter outside the OSD mode Please refer section 6 7 Console Lock Note If you forget the password the only way to permanently disable the security function is to key in a universal password to unlock KVM You need to key in this unlock password to release your dev...

Page 31: ...ame Press ENTER to save the renamed channel name or ESC to cancel Figure 25 Channel Rename window 7 7 Security Setup F5 7 7 1 Security mode login Press F5 in OSD main menu to enter security setup mode the administrator login is required before entering into the security mode Figure 26 Security mode login window The default administrator account is User Name admin Password 123456 ...

Page 32: ... please move the highlight bar to Security Mode and press left arrow or right arrow key to change it The F3 Console Lock and user authority functions can not be executed until the security mode is enabled 7 7 3 Change administrator password To change the administrator password move the highlight bar to Admin password and press left arrow or right arrow key The administrator password setup window w...

Page 33: ...right arrow key the user name and password setup window will be shown on the screen Please Input the new user s name and password twice then press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel Figure 29 User name password setup window 7 7 5 User Authority setup You can setup the authority which only supports Layer 1 and Layer 2 and Layer 3 authority always enable for each user Different user has different acc...

Page 34: ...r since the administrator has all channel access authorized right Please refer to section 7 2 2 and 7 2 3 to operate OSD menu properly Figure 30 User authority setup window 7 8 Lock Port F6 7 8 1 Lock Port Only administrator can lock port Please move the highlight bar to the channel to lock and press F6 to lock the selected channel A red L mark will be shown in STA column of locked port Figure 31 ...

Page 35: ...ord can unlock the port After the administrator login the red L mark in STA column will disappear 7 9 Exit OSD ESC Press ESC to exit OSD and to return to the selected computer A banner with the channel name will be shown on left upper corner of the screen 7 10 Adjust Video in OSD Please use Up or Down arrow key to options for video adjustment and use Left or Right arrow key to change the value Pre...

Page 36: ...B keyboard you have to press the LEFT Window key first this key usually is located between the LEFT CTRL and LEFT ALT Then press the second key Sun Microsystems Function Key Please do not release LEFT Window when you press the second key Sun Microsystems Function Key USB or PS 2 Keyboard Stop L_Win L_Alt Props L_Win L_Ctrl Compose L_Win L_Shift Front L_Win F1 Open L_Win F2 Find L_Win F3 Again L_Wi...

Page 37: ...ation The firmware filename for PORT1 is like CK_PortCOM_Vxxx 300 CSL1 Update for PS 2 console and on screen display The firmware filename for CSL1 is like CK_CSLOSD_Vxxx 300 CSL2 Update for PS 2 console keyboard mouse compatibility The firmware filename for CSL2 is like CK_CSL2_Vxxx 300 To update the firmware please do the followings 1 Disconnect all the KVM cable between KVM and computer 2 Disco...

Page 38: ...ure 33 Firmware Upgrade Utility 6 Use the mini USB cable to connect KVM firmware update port and the USB port of computer which runs the firmware update utility Figure 34 Connect KVM and PC by mini USB cable ...

Page 39: ...grammer automatically Figure 35 Programmer Connection Status 8 Please select the target by enabling the check box for example USB Console and click the file browsing button to select the firmware file to update Figure 36 Check Updated Port ...

Page 40: ...o update Figure 37 Select Firmware File 10 Click the Program button to start firmware programming Figure 38 Click Program button 11 A status bar is shown under the panel to indicate the update progress Figure 39 Programming Progress ...

Page 41: ...41 12 The firmware is updated successfully Figure 40 Programming Finished ...

Page 42: ...on or improper installation procedures Make sure the console of the Slave s connected to Master s PC port Remove any possible power supplies to the slave unplug all cables before connecting it to the Master Double OSD images at cascade configuration Improper slave connection procedure Failed connection Remove any possible power supplies to the Slave unplug all cables before connecting it to the Ma...

Page 43: ...erates and uses radio frequency and may cause interference to radio and television reception if not installed and used properly This has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of the FCC Rules These specifications are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installat...

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