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AdderView CATxIP 5000 features
The AdderView CATxIP 5000 units pack a great deal of functionality into a compact
space. It occupies half of a single 1U rack space and presents most of its connectors
at the rear face. The smart front face features the network port and the operation
indicators.
Options port
This RS-232 serial port (which utilizes a custom connector) can separately support the
following functions:
•
Console Server connection
- allows remote access to the serial port of a
connected device via the Telnet or SSH protocols.
• Power switching - can be configured to control multiple power switching devices.
• Remote control switching - commands can be received that will change the
channel, as necessary.
• Synchronisation - allows the actions of two or more AdderView CATxIP 5000
switches to be synchronised so that multiple computers/video screens can be
switched and accessed.
Computer ports - x16
Each computer connects to one of these ports
via standard category 5, 5e or 6 cabling. At the
other end of the cabling a CAM (Computer Access
Module) is used to provide the necessary keyboard,
video and mouse (or RS-232 serial) connections.
IP network port - 1x
The port by which global users are linked to the
CAT5-A2 unit. This intelligent Ethernet port can
automatically sense whether it is attached to a
10Mb or 100Mb network.
