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Operating the DVI KVM over IP

The 

DVI KVM over IP

 provides two video modes:  Video Mode and Graphic Mode.   

Consecutively pressing the 

Mode

 button on the Sender unit will toggle between Video 

Mode and Graphic Mode. 

• 

If the DVI signal is a video source, press the 

Mode

 button on the front panel of the 

Sender unit until “Video Mode” is displayed in the foreground of the video  image. 

Set the 

DVI KVM over IP

 to Video Mode to optimize the frame rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If the DVI signal is a graphic source (e.g. images, pattern generator, etc.), press the 

Mode

 button on the front panel of the Sender unit until “Graphic Mode” is displayed 

in the foreground of the graphic image.   Set the 

DVI KVM over IP

 to Graphic Mode to 

maintain the sharpest image poss ble 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video Mode

Graphic Mode

Video Modes

Summary of Contents for EXT-DVIKVM-LAN

Page 1: ...IP Over DVI KVM Release A1 User Manual EXT DVIKVM LAN...

Page 2: ...ment of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachm...

Page 3: ...isclaimed 1 Proof of sale may be required in order to claim warranty 2 Customers outside the US are responsible for shipping charges to and from Gefen 3 Copper cables are limited to a 30 day warranty...

Page 4: ...m Technical Support Hours 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM Monday Friday Pacific Time DVI KVM over IP is a trademark of Gefen LLC Important Notice Gefen LLC reserves the right to make changes in the hardware packag...

Page 5: ...the table below represents that no specified IP port is required Type Sender A D Receiver Host Client Description Link Manager TCP 6751 A X msg_channel ast_heartbeat UDP MC X D 3246 ast_heartbeat mul...

Page 6: ...er IP TCP 6000 A X USB over IP data TCP 6755 A X vhub_heartbeat USB over IP specific Type Sender A D Receiver Host Client Description Serial over IP TCP X D 6752 type 1 TCP 6752 A X type 2 Type Sender...

Page 7: ...upgradable firmware Locking power supply connectors 1U tall half rack width enclosures are rack mountable using EXT RACK 1U bracket Wall or under shelf mount brackets included Packing List The DVI KV...

Page 8: ...Interface 13 Configuring Auto IP Mode 15 Changing Network Settings on the Computer 18 Configuring Static IP Mode 22 Configuring DHCP Mode 22 Setting the Video Channel 23 Unicast and Multicast Modes 2...

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Page 11: ...ng Started Sender Panel Layout 2 Front 2 Back 3 Bottom 4 Receiver Panel Layout 5 Front 5 Back 6 Installation 7 Connecting to a Local Area Network LAN 7 Direct Connection 7 Supplementary Connections 8...

Page 12: ...ws bright green when the Sender unit and Receiver unit are connected using Ethernet cable 3 Mode Press this button to switch between Graphic Mode and Video Mode Graphic Mode optimizes still images Vid...

Page 13: ...nnect a 3 5mm mini stereo cable from this jack to the Line In jack of a multimedia PC 5 USB Connect a USB cable from the computer to this USB port 6 Link Connects the Sender unit to the network or dir...

Page 14: ...D Name Description 1 Rotary switch Used to set the video channel for the Sender unit Each Sender unit can be set to a different channel See Setting the Video Channel for details Getting Started Sender...

Page 15: ...ntrol 4 Reset Press this button to reset the unit 5 Switch Switches the communication channel when using multiple Receiver units on a network See Setting the Video Channel for details 6 Mic In Connect...

Page 16: ...rnet Connects the Receiver unit to the network or directly to the Sender unit using an Ethernet cable See the next page for installation instructions 4 IR Ext Connect an IR Extender cable Gefen part n...

Page 17: ...necting the Receiver unit to the LAN in order to easily identify this as the LAN cable 3 Connect any additional IP based devices or daisy chain additional Receiver units to Ethernet ports 2 and 3 Dire...

Page 18: ...ceiver unit IR 5 Connect a Gefen IR Emitter Gefen part no EXT 2IREMIT to the Sender unit and attach it to the IR sensor on the device to be controlled 6 Connect an IR Extender Gefen part no EXT RMT EX...

Page 19: ...uded RS 232 cable from the PC or automation system to the RS 232 port on the Sender unit 12 Connect an RS 232 cable from the Receiver unit to the RS 232 device to be con trolled Power 13 Connect the i...

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Page 21: ...Configuring Static IP Mode 22 Configuring DHCP Mode 22 Setting the Video Channel 23 Unicast and Multicast Modes 26 Configuring Unicast Mode 26 Switching between displays in Unicast mode 30 Configuring...

Page 22: ...on both the Sender and Receiver unit will begin to flash and the message Trying to find the gateway will be displayed on the screen Once a successful connection is established the Link LED on the Sen...

Page 23: ...Receiver unit This can be done by viewing the display during the linking process If the Sender and Receiver units are already displaying a picture and the IP addresses are not known switch the video...

Page 24: ...he Receiver client unit The page for the Receiver unit will appear very similar to that of the Sender unit In addition to the IP address the Web page of the Sender unit is identified with an h for hos...

Page 25: ...ill self assign unique IP addresses within the range of 169 254 x x Use this mode when the Sender and Receiver unit are directly connected 1 Access the Web interface of the Sender host unit by enterin...

Page 26: ...save reboot 5 Click the Apply button 6 The Loading message will appear indicating that the commands are being executed 7 After a few moments the following message will appear at the top of the Web pag...

Page 27: ...ew IP address will appear on the display as shown below The new IP address of the Sender unit is no longer in the same subnet as the Receiver unit Therefore the Sender unit will not be able to communi...

Page 28: ...ceiver unit to display the IP information See Setting the Video Channel for information on how to switch the video channel on the Receiver unit As we can see in the illustration above the IP addresses...

Page 29: ...figuration Operating the DVI KVM over IP 4 Double click on the Local Area Connection icon to display the Local Area Connection Status dialog 5 Click the Properties button 6 Click on Internet Protocol...

Page 30: ...e of the Sender unit We will use an IP address of 169 254 7 1 since it is unused STOP If the computer that is connected does not use Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address au...

Page 31: ...for the Sender unit we can also access the Receiver unit 12 To access the Receiver unit disconnect the network cable from the Receiver unit and connect the computer directly to the Receiver unit Once...

Page 32: ...255 0 with the desired values astparam s ip_mode static astparam s ipaddr 192 168 1 100 astparam s netmask 255 255 255 0 astparam save reboot 4 Click the Apply button Configuring DHCP Mode As stated...

Page 33: ...annel 02 to both a Sender and Receiver unit 1 On the bottom of each Sender unit see page 4 is a 16 position rotary switch Alphanumeric characters 0 through F are printed on the black portion of the sw...

Page 34: ...ype reboot in the Console API Command text box and click the Apply button 4 Press the Switch button on the front panel of the Receiver unit 5 The current channel will be displayed In this example we w...

Page 35: ...example that since both the Sender and Receiver unit have been set to channel 02 the source is being displayed However the other Receiver unit in the illustration on page 23 is set to Channel 06 This...

Page 36: ...bitrarily set up three Sender units and two Receiver units For reference we will identify the Sender units as 1 through 3 and the Receiver units A and B 1 Access the Web interface for each Sender and...

Page 37: ...e 27 Unicast and Multicast Modes Operating the DVI KVM over IP 2 Click the Network tab and click the Unicast button When selected the Unicast button will be highlighted in green 3 Click the Apply butt...

Page 38: ...t Modes 4 A message will be displayed indicating that the casting mode has been applied to the Receiver unit 5 After a few moments another message will be displayed stating that the Receiver unit must...

Page 39: ...ne Receiver can display video at a time from the selected channel Let s illustrate this using our original diagram We ve added some numbers in red to denote which channels are being used by each Sende...

Page 40: ...iver unit B are set to channel 02 However because the DVI KVM over IP is in unicast mode only one Receiver can display the source signal from a Sender unit at a time Since Receiver unit B was set to c...

Page 41: ...annel 02 For this example we ll set Receiver unit B to channel 03 Receiver unit A will now display the DVI source signal When using unicast mode the DVI KVM over IP behaves as a DVI KVM Switcher LAN R...

Page 42: ...k the Multicast button When selected the Multicast button will be highlighted in green see Configuring Unicast Mode for a reference to the Web interface 3 Click the Apply button 4 A message will be di...

Page 43: ...el 12 to both the Sender and associated Receiver unit If we look in the user manual for the GTV AUDDEC N we will see that we need to use the following settings in order to control it from the laptop P...

Page 44: ...ng it from the drop down list in the Baudrate field 5 Repeat this process for the Data bits Parity and Stop bits The DVI KVM over IP does not support flow control 6 Click the Apply button in the lower...

Page 45: ...P 7 A message will be displayed indicating that the new Serial over IP settings have been applied to the Sender unit 8 After a few moments another message will be displayed stating that the Sender uni...

Page 46: ...multicast modes Unicast Mode When in unicast mode only a single Receiver will be able to communicate with the RS 232 host Computer device as shown below Multicast Mode When using multicast mode multi...

Page 47: ...r unit B Since we are connecting a USB mouse device to only one of the Receiver units it does not matter whether we are in unicast or multicast mode 1 Connect the USB host device to the Sender unit 2...

Page 48: ...if different USB devices are connected each remote station Receiver unit can use a USB device without interference Audio Input and Output To illustrate how audio works with the DVI KVM over IP we will...

Page 49: ...to computer speakers NOTE When using HDMI sources with an HDMI to DVI adapter the HDMI audio will be passed through to the DVI Out connector However if a 3 5mm to 3 5mm mini stereo cable is connected...

Page 50: ...ver unit The audio signal coming from the microphone will be sent to the Sender unit on the same channel as the Receiver unit If a microphone is not being used an external audio device e g iPod etc ca...

Page 51: ...nctions tab on both the Sender host and Receiver client Web interface as shown below Unicast Mode In unicast mode either the desired Receiver unit or the Sender unit can be disabled Multicast Mode In...

Page 52: ...front panel of the Sender unit until Video Mode is displayed in the foreground of the video image Set the DVI KVM over IP to Video Mode to optimize the frame rate If the DVI signal is a graphic sourc...

Page 53: ...ID from a display etc can be retrieved and stored in the Sender unit Storing a Downstream EDID For this example we will use our original set up We are currently using the default DVI EDID but now we w...

Page 54: ...lay B 4 Click the Copy EDID from this Video Output check box Make sure this box is not checked Check this box Sender unit Receiver unit NOTE Selecting or deselecting any check box within the Web inter...

Page 55: ...xt box and click the Apply button The EDID from Display B will now be used by the Sender unit Sender 3 If any other Receiver units with displays are connected to the network these displays will also u...

Page 56: ...ce for Receiver unit B which was used to transmit the EDID to the Sender unit 2 Uncheck the Copy EDID from this Video Output check box then click the Apply button within the Video over IP section 3 Re...

Page 57: ...will now be used by read by each display When each display reads the EDID of the DVI source it will read the default DVI EDID stored in the Sender unit Operating the DVI KVM over IP EDID Management LA...

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Page 59: ...IP Over DVI KVM 03 Appendix Network Cable Diagram 50 Rack Tray Installation 51 Specifications 52...

Page 60: ...l signal 3 Green White RD Receive Data positive differential signal 4 Blue Unused 5 Blue White Unused 6 Green RD Receive Data negative differential signal 7 Brown White Unused 8 Brown White Unused CAT...

Page 61: ...in the Gefen 1U Rack Tray Gefen part no EXT RACK 1U Appendix Rack Tray Installation Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Turn unit upside down Remove rubber feet Line up holes on unit and rack tr...

Page 62: ...3 5mm mini stereo Mic Out Audio Receiver 1 x 3 5mm mini stereo Line Out 1 x 3 5mm mini stereo Mic In USB Sender 1 x Type B female USB Receiver 2 x Type A female Ethernet Sender 1 x RJ 45 Ethernet Rec...

Page 63: ...onal Power Input Sender Receiver 1 x 5V DC locking Power Consumption Sender Receiver 10W max Physical Dimensions W x H x D Sender Receiver 8 4 x 1 7 x 4 5 213mm x 43mm x 113mm Unit Weight each unit 2...

Page 64: ...t uses UL or CE listed power supplies 20600 Nordhoff St Chatsworth CA 91311 1 800 545 6900 818 772 9100 fax 818 772 9120 www gefen com support gefen com Pb Stretch it Switch it Split it Control it Gef...

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