Expanding switchable signals
G&D ControlCenter-Compact ·
19
English
Expanding switchable signals
You can expand a computer’s or a console’s switchable signals either through
chan-
nel grouping
or
stacking
.
With the
DVICenter
, you can switch various computer modules of
one
computer or
various user modules of
one
console at the same time.
To expand the switchable signals, you can use two different ways of connection:
Channel grouping:
In the
Config Panel
web application, you can assign the KVM
channel of a computer or console with up to seven additional video channels and a
USB or RS232 channel.
Stacking:
In
Stacking
mode, you can switch multiple matrix switches at the same
time. Connect multiple matrix switches to the
Bus
ports. Connect an
additional
satel-
lite matrix switch for each additional user module of
one
console.
Expanding the system through channel grouping
The web application lets you assign up to seven additional video channels and one
USB 2.0 or RS 232 channel to the KVM channel of the console.
You can assign up to seven additional video channels to the KVM channel of the com-
puter, too. In addition, you can create a
pool
of four devices for the USB 2.0/RS 232
channel.
EXAMPLE:
To transmit a second video signal and a USB 2.0 signal of the same
computer, in addition to the
DVI-CPU
computer module, connect a second
DVI-CPU
module (second video channel) and a
U2-CPU
module (USB2.0/RS232) to the
computer.
In addition to the
DVI-CON
user module, connect the
DVI-CON-Video
(second video
channel) and a
U2-CPU
module (USB2.0/RS232) to the console, the aforemen-
tioned computer is accessing.
NOTE:
Only in this mode, you can hold the USB signal using the OSD’s
Operation
menu at the currently accessed computer. If you switch to another computer after
pressing the
hold function
, the USB signal remains on the computer that you
accessed first.
After disabling the
hold function
on the
Operation
menu, the USB signal switches to
the currently accessed computer.
NOTE:
Within the channel groups of the console a USB 2.0/RS 232 channel or a
multi-channel represent one single device. For computers such a channel repre-
sents a group of up to four devices.
