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Operating the MX II Phantom system with the Control software 

 

4-3 

 

Figure 4-3

 

The Control window 

Computer icons 

Icon Meaning

 

 

Remote computer is connected and switched on 

 

Remote computer is switched off or unconnected 

 

Connected and switched on computer with a Local 
Workstation attached and presently being used locally. 
After remaining idle for 30 seconds, it changes to 

yellow

.

 

When you first open the Control window the software automatically gets the status of the Phantom system, 
including the security access settings.  

Summary of Contents for 0SU52016

Page 1: ...HQ Linden New Jersey Tel 1 908 4862100 info usa minicom com German Europe Zurich Switzerland Tel 41 1 455 6220 info german minicom com Italy Rome Tel 39 06 8209 7902 info italy minicom com Web site www minicom com Customer service support minicom com V1 5 4 03 Phantom MXII Operating Guide ...

Page 2: ... are the MX II and the Universal Phantom Manager UPM Remote units The Remote units are Micro sized external boxes called Specters There are a number of Specter types as follows For PS 2 interface computers Specter II PS 2 For SUN computers Specter II SUN For RS232 controllable devices Specter II RS232 For computers with USB interfaces Specter II USB Compatibility The Phantom system is compatible w...

Page 3: ...ptional computers and Specter II PS 2 models Link Active Link Active Link Active CAT5 System Cable CAT5 System Cable First Remote Computer Remote Computer Last Remote Computer Specter Specter Specter SD P50 w w w m i n i c o m c o m USER COMPUTER SYSTEM SERVICE 85 265VAC 50 60 Hz 2nd USER POWER IN OUT www minicom com USER CO MPU TER SERVI CE POW ER 8 5 26 5VAC 50 6 0 H z UPM MXII CAT5 System Cable...

Page 4: ...next key Note When the MX II or UPM are not connected to a local computer the OSD appears automatically Instructions and Hot keys Computers Name Figure 2 1 The Select Computer window The OSD is divided into three sections These are Name Computers Instructions and Hot key guide The Computers section The Computers section displays the computers in groups of eight Navigate between the groups with the...

Page 5: ... However once the other Manager s Timeout period activates the BUSY label is replaced by a FREE label and you can gain control To gain control press Esc To return to the OSD after accessing a computer Press Shift Shift To return to the Manager computer screen Press Shift Esc To return to the previously accessed computer screen Press Shift Tab The hotkey functions The OSD hotkey functions are brief...

Page 6: ...ode window To display the Edit Mode window Press F2 The Edit Mode window with instructions appears see Figure 2 4 Instructions Computers Name Figure 2 4 The Edit Mode window Navigating between sections To navigate between the Name and Station sections use the Up and Down Arrow keys Editing options The editing options below apply to all OSD windows in which you can edit characters You can either ov...

Page 7: ...g at the start of each line is unalterable You can substitute the text that appears after the number with up to 20 characters per line Editing a group of lines You can edit a group of lines with the same data change To edit a group of lines 1 Navigate to the first line you want to change 2 Type the desired change 3 Press End End The rest of the column downwards takes on the same change The Setup w...

Page 8: ... and DSP time spans The SCN and DSP time spans are preset to 030 seconds You can adjust these times to suit your needs To change the time span 1 Navigate with the Tab or Right and Left Arrow keys to the time span you want to change 2 Type the desired time span using the numbers above the keyboard letters 3 Press Esc When typing over a group of three digits the cursor automatically reverts to the f...

Page 9: ... U2 for Alpha UNIX and Open VMS To change the KB column from PS to U1 or U2 1 Navigate to the KB field by using the Tab or Arrow keys 2 Press the Spacebar The display interchanges between PS U1 and U2 Find the desired setting 3 Press Esc The MS column The Phantom system automatically detects the mouse types and configures the system accordingly Timeout period The Management keyboard mouse and scre...

Page 10: ...Note The scan will skip any active computer set to 000 in the SCN column To stop scanning press F4 Image tuning F5 You can tune the image of any remote computer screen from the Select Computer window To adjust the screen image 1 Navigate to the remote computer you wish to adjust 2 Press F5 The screen image of the selected computer appears together with the Image Tuning IN label See Figure 2 8 Figu...

Page 11: ... can change the keyboard language from US English QWERTY US to German QWERTZ DE or French AZERTI FR To change the Language 1 In the Setup window F3 press F8 until you reach the desired language 2 Press Esc Changing the OSD display hotkey F9 The default hotkey to display the OSD is Shift Shift You can replace this hotkey with any of the following Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl F11 Print Screen With a choice of 4 d...

Page 12: ...e following OSD functions only F1 Moving the Confirmation label F4 Scan and F5 Tune User Status U Lowest There are 6 different Users in the Phantom system Each User has a Profile that defines the access level to different computers There are 3 different access levels These are Y Full access to a particular computer V Viewing access only to a particular computer No keyboard mouse functionality N No...

Page 13: ...Figure 3 2 The Password window 4 Press F7 The Confirmation label appears The password indication in the hotkey section of the OSD changes to PASSWORD ON 5 Press Y to confirm Password protection is now enabled 6 Press Esc Disabling password protection To disable the password protection 1 Enter the OSD Select Computer window with the Administrator s password 2 Press F7 The Password window appears 3 ...

Page 14: ...visor name and password Note Password characters are not case sensitive and a space can be a password character A space will appear as an asterix To set up a password 1 Navigate to the desired line number 2 Type i Identifiable name in the Name column ii Password in the Password column between 1 and 8 characters 3 Press Esc Changing a password The Administrator can change any name or password from ...

Page 15: ...m with their password they see the access levels for each computer displayed on the OSD See Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 User access levels Accessing the OSD using a password Once password protection is enabled you can only access the OSD by entering the appropriate password The default Administrator s password is ADMIN The passwords of the other two security statuses are set by the Administrator To acce...

Page 16: ...onds maximum 998 seconds For the rest of the column downwards to take on the same change press End End 4 Press Esc When Timeout is activates the keyboard and mouse are disabled and the monitor blacks out with a Timeout label Figure 3 7 The TIMEOUT label To re enter the system Press Shift Shift Type the password and press Enter You re enter the system Reverting to the default OSD settings F11 The A...

Page 17: ...w Press F7 The Enter Password box appears See Figure 3 8 Figure 3 8 The Enter Password box 2 Type the Administrators password default password is ADMIN and press Enter The Password window appears Figure 3 9 The Password window 3 Press F12 to activate Auto numbering A Confirmation label appears 4 Press Y to confirm The process activates Wait until the process is complete 5 Press Esc to save and ret...

Page 18: ...r properties Save configurations for future use Read configurations from and write configurations to the Phantom Manager Control software system requirements Pentium 166 or higher computer 16Mb RAM Windows 98 NT4 SP6 2000 ME or XP Free Serial port Connecting the RS232 Serial cable To run the software connect the RS232 Serial cable to the computer containing the software and to the Phantom Manager ...

Page 19: ...working in demo mode Start the Marketing Documentation CD and choose Phantom Utilities Softpack The Phantom Softpack window appears To install the software choose Install Phantom RS232 Control Software Once the software is installed a shortcut icon appears on the Desktop To run the software double click Or choose Start Programs Phantom RS232 Control Phantom RS232 Control Selecting a Com port Durin...

Page 20: ...witched on Remote computer is switched off or unconnected Connected and switched on computer with a Local Workstation attached and presently being used locally After remaining idle for 30 seconds it changes to yellow When you first open the Control window the software automatically gets the status of the Phantom system including the security access settings ...

Page 21: ...ions Com Port are set correctly After changing the Com port exit and re enter the Control software The View menu From the View menu choose to display All computers or only active switched on computers The Legend The toolbar Selecting a computer To select a computer Click on the computers icon The system switches to that computer The connected icon appears with a red background Control and monitor ...

Page 22: ...tion With the Control software you can make changes to all OSD settings You can then save these configurations in a file to use in the future by selecting Save or Save As from the File menu Note Save or Save As will have no affect on the OSD To change the OSD settings you must press or choose Write Configuration from the File menu after making changes The changes will then be sent to the Phantom M...

Page 23: ...ake the desired changes 3 Click OK Settings Choose Settings from the Edit menu The Computers Properties box appears See Figure 4 7 Figure 4 7 The Settings box Here you can edit all the data that can be edited in the OSD This includes Scan times Confirmation label display time Timeout mouse type keyboard type User access password mode Autoskip mode keyboard mode Display hotkey To edit a setting 1 S...

Page 24: ... done with the Control software are only reflected in the OSD AFTER pressing Password protection When the Phantom system is password protected the Control software behaves in exactly the same way as the OSD You must type in the required password to access the Control software The access you gain depends on the security status exactly as with the OSD To change the security access close and reopen t...

Page 25: ...mputers There are 3 different access levels These are Y Full access to a particular computer V Viewing access only to a particular computer No keyboard mouse functionality N No access to a particular computer The Administrator defines the desired access levels of each User Profile This is done in the Setting box By default the User Profile settings are full access ...

Page 26: ...ecters the Phantom system must be connected and switched on Connecting the RS232 Serial cable To run the software connect the RS232 Serial cable to the computer containing the software and to the Phantom Manager MXII or UPM See chapter 3 of the Installation Guide RS232 Serial cable system requirements Pentium 166 or higher computer 16Mb RAM Windows 98 NT4 SP6 2000 ME or XP Free Serial port Running...

Page 27: ... ID number at present Existing Specter Has an ID number Remote with dipswitches not relevant to the Phantom MX II system Failure to number Scanning the system In the toolbar click Scan This maps out the computers connected to the system When finished the window appears as in Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 After scanning Position and ID The Position shows the physical location of the computer in the daisy c...

Page 28: ... of the units Manual numbering Manual numbering involves selecting an ID number box and assigning a number from the Drop down numbers list See Figure 5 4 Only numbers that have not been assigned are available Note Numbering a Specter 00 removes it from the system To perform Manual numbering 1 Select an ID number box and choose a number 2 Click Apply The process activates and the ID number assigns ...

Page 29: ...Error If a Communication Error box appears when trying to scan the system see Figure 5 5 Check the following The RS232 Serial cable is connected to the computer s and Phantom Manager s serial ports The Com Port settings in Options Com Port are set correctly The Firmware Upgrade label F10 appears on the screen See Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Communication Error Fail icons When after a carrying out a numb...

Page 30: ...he Phantom Update software Pentium 100 or higher with 16 MB RAM and 10 MB free Hard Drive space Free Serial port Windows 95 98 2000 ME XP or Windows NT 4 0 SP service pack 3 or later Connect the Phantom system To update the firmware the Phantom system must be connected and switched on Connecting the RS232 Serial cable To run the software connect the RS232 Serial cable to the computer containing th...

Page 31: ...w Button or Box Function Selects all remote computers Unselects selected remote computers Starts firmware download Displays the firmware version number Displays the hardware version number Cancels selected function System time Displays download status Name of Update file 2 From the Options menu choose Com Port The Com Port box appears See Figure 6 2 Figure 6 2 The Com Option box 3 Choose an availa...

Page 32: ...grade mode on the Phantom Manager OSD To activate the Firmware Upgrade mode 1 Display the Manager OSD window The default Display hotkey is Shift Shift 2 Press F10 The Firmware Upgrade mode activates The Firmware Upgrade label appears See Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 The Firmware Upgrade label Verifying the version numbers Before upgrading the firmware you must first verify which firmware and hardware ver...

Page 33: ... The Phantom MX II Switch version number To verify the Switch version number 1 Open the Phantom Update program 2 Activate the Firmware Upgrade mode on the Manager OSD 3 In the Manager Unit box check the Phantom Switch option 4 Click The version number appears in the Manager Unit box Verifying the Remote version number Before you can check a remote computer you must uncheck the Manager Unit box opt...

Page 34: ... the Phantom firmware 6 5 When Not responding appears there is no computer connected or it is switched off Obtaining new firmware Download the latest firmware for your system from http www minicom com phandl htm ...

Page 35: ...igure 6 6 5 Navigate to the folder that contains the firmware update file You may only see the files that match the file selection mask Figure 6 6 The Mask for a Remote computer 6 Open the file 7 Click Start The Phantom Update flashes the firmware On completion an Upgrade Successful message appears 8 Check that the updated version number is correct by pressing Firmware Update generates one log fil...

Page 36: ... via the Serial port and avoids the need to shut down the computer NOTE The Reset function does not affect the parameters of the unit settings Resetting the Manager or Specter units To reset the Manager or Specter units 1 For the Manager check the Phantom Manager option in the Manager Unit box For the Specters check one or more Specters in the Remote Units box 2 From the Options menu choose Advanc...

Page 37: ...ithout displaying the Firmware Upgrade label Simply resume the firmware update by opening the folder that contains the firmware update file and continue from there If the electricity fails during the firmware update of the Specter units a Not Responding or Upgrade Error message appears Restart the upgrade from the beginning Should the update fail to work go to http www minicom com phandl htm and d...

Page 38: ...Combo keys See the table below SUN key Combo key Stop Left Ctrl Alt F1 Props Left Ctrl Alt F3 Front Left Ctrl Alt F5 Open Left Ctrl Alt F7 Find Left Ctrl Alt F9 Again Left Ctrl Alt F2 Undo Left Ctrl Alt F4 Copy Left Ctrl Alt F6 Paste Left Ctrl Alt F8 Cut Left Ctrl Alt F10 Help Left Ctrl Alt F11 Compose Application key or Left Ctrl Alt Keypad Crescent Scroll Lock Volume Up Left Ctrl Alt Keypad Volu...

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