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Selection Menu

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Sara

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PC0005

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Market-4

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JoePC

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Selection Menu (Two-Tier, Second Tier)

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Summary of Contents for MasterConsole II MCC16

Page 1: ...U Us se er r s sM Ma an nu ua al l MCC4 MCC8 MCC16 MCC4R MCC8R MCC16R MCC8RD MCC16RD ...

Page 2: ...ierbaan 16 2908 LV Capelle aan den IJssel The Netherlands Tel 31 10 284 4053 Fax 31 10 284 4049 E mail sales europe raritan com http www raritan com Raritan C Computer T Taiwan I Inc 5F 121 Lane 235 Pao Chiao Rd Hsin Tien City Taipei Hsien Taiwan ROC Tel 886 2 8919 1333 Fax 886 2 8919 1338 E mail sales asia raritan com http www raritan com Raritan C Computer J Japan I Inc Kuga Building 7F 11 6 Kur...

Page 3: ...pment in a residential environment may cause harmful interference Product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective companies MasterConsole MX 4 MasterConsole and their respective logos are registered trademarks of Raritan Computer Inc PS 2 RS 6000 and PC AT are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation Mac is a reg...

Page 4: ... MASTERCONSOLE II ONE TIER 4 CONFIGURING MASTERCONSOLE II ONE TIER 6 ASSIGNING NAMES AND SCAN RATES ONE TIER 8 USING MASTERCONSOLE II SECURITY FEATURE ONE TIER 10 Passwords 10 Turning Security on off and Changing Passwords 10 OPERATING MASTERCONSOLE II USING ON SCREEN USER INTERFACE ONE TIER 12 Selecting a Computer 12 Setting AutoScan 14 OPERATING MASTERCONSOLE II USING FRONT PANEL BUTTONS ONE TIE...

Page 5: ...CURITY FEATURES TWO TIER 23 OPERATING MASTERCONSOLE II TWO TIER 23 Selecting a Computer 23 REMOTE ACCESS USING CAT5 REACH 27 APPENDICES 28 SYSTEM DEFAULT SETTINGS 28 ON SCREEN USER INTERFACE FUNCTION KEYS 29 MASTERCONSOLE CONFIGURATIONS AND PROGRAMMING MASTERCONSOLE II AT POWER UP 30 MasterConsole II product Design Background and Considerations 30 Programming MasterConsole II 30 MASTERCONSOLE II C...

Page 6: ...WO TIER CONFIGURATION CABLING DETAILS 17 FIGURE 14 CONFIGURATION MENU TWO TIER 19 FIGURE 15 DEVICE TYPES 20 FIGURE 16 DEVICE FIELD 20 FIGURE 17 DEFAULT MASTERCONSOLE II CHANNEL IDS AND NAMES 21 FIGURE 18 EDIT NAMES AND SCAN RATE MENU BASE MASTERCONSOLE II 22 FIGURE 19 EDIT NAMES AND SCAN RATE MENU SECOND TIER MCC8 23 FIGURE 20 SELECTION MENU TWO TIER BASE MASTERCONSOLE II 25 FIGURE 21 SELECTION ME...

Page 7: ...omputers are running the most demanding operating systems Features Models for 4 8 or 16 computers Mix any brand PCs Macs Suns Alphas RS 6000s HP9000s SGIs Keep alive emulation ensures non stop computer operation in the event of power loss to the switch High resolution video 1600x1280 Tangle proof double shielded coaxial cable from 6 5 to 30 feet On screen user interface for simple control and syst...

Page 8: ... In a one tier configuration only computers are connected to a single MasterConsole II unit See Figure 1 In a two tier configuration either a computer or another MasterConsole unit is connected to each channel of the base MasterConsole II unit See Figure 2 2 Figure 1 One Tier Configuration Figure 2 Two Tier Configuration With optional Remote Access ...

Page 9: ...ont panel buttons 6 Install optional Cat5 Reach for remote console or satellite unit 3 Quick Start Operation After you connect computers to your MasterConsole II you may wish to explore MasterConsole II operation with the default names and parameters You may operate using the front panel buttons and or the On Screen User Interface To activate On Screen User Interface press the ScrollLock key twice...

Page 10: ...AT style PCs See Figure 5 6 Power ON the connected computer 7 Select the connected computer by pressing the corresponding front panel button Verify that the monitor attached to MasterConsole II displays the video for the connected computer Use the keyboard and mouse attached to MasterConsole II to verify that they operate the connected computer 8 Repeat Steps 4 through 7 to connect the remaining c...

Page 11: ...5 Figure 5 Cable Adapters to convert PS 2 to AT Figure 4 One Tier Configuration Cabling Details ...

Page 12: ...y ScrollLock by default twice rapidly 6 Figure 6 MasterConsole II Front Panel Figure 7 MasterConsole II Front Panel Channel lights Configuration Menu Connected 01 PC0001 Model MCC8 Name MCC8 Device Scan Off Set 15 Seconds Mode Global Skip On ID Display 20 Seconds Hot Key Scroll Lock Display Position Menu ID Green Mode Off 15 Minutes Previous Channel Key CapLck F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Esc Figure 8 Con...

Page 13: ...exit On Screen User Interface with AutoScan ON MasterConsole II will scan according to the currently set mode Individual Global and scan rate a a To change the Global Scan Rate default is 3 sec onds Move to Set and type a number from 01 to 99 or press the Ï Ð keys to specify the Scan Rate in seconds for Global AutoScan b To change AutoScan mode default setting is Global Move to Mode and press the ...

Page 14: ... CapsLock This feature enables the user to toggle between the previous and current selected channel Press F4 to display the Configuration menu Figure 1 and move the cursor to the Previous Channel Key Use the or keys to select the key caps lock scroll lock num lock left shift or left alt to be used This feature enables the user to switch back to a previous channel by pressing the selected key twice...

Page 15: ...mode is set to Global the global value will be used 4 When you move to a different page or exit this Menu you are prompted to save your changes Press Y to save 5 To exit the Edit Names and Scan Rate Menu Press any Menu F key to go to another menu or press Esc to go to the Selection Menu 9 Edit Names and Scan Rate MC MCC8 Page 1 1 Ch ID Name Scan Rate 01 PC0001 05 02 Sara 03 03 Sales 2 10 04 Bob 04...

Page 16: ...y to you and other authorized users MasterConsole II is delivered with system default passwords They are as follows Turning Security ON OFF and Changing Passwords 1 Activate On Screen User Interface 2 Press F5 to access the Administration Password prompt 3 Type in the Administration Password then press Enter The Administration Menu will be displayed See Figure 10 4 Use the Tab forward Shift Tab ba...

Page 17: ...sword up to eight alphanu meric characters no spaces Press Enter Confirm the password by typing it again Press Enter To change a User Password press the Tab key to highlight one of the desired Users Press Enter Type a new password up to eight alphanumeric characters no spaces Press Enter Confirm the password by typing it again Press Enter Repeat this process for the remaining four Users pressing t...

Page 18: ...lphabetically by Name Default sorting is by Channel ID Press F12 to toggle between Channel ID and alphabetical The Selection Menu displays a maximum of eight channels at a time The Status column shows each channel s activity and Channel Specific Scan Rate A in the first column indicates a device is connected and powered ON while a indicates the device is powered OFF or there is no device connected...

Page 19: ...nnel ID press the desired computer s Key number shown in the left hand col umn OR When the Selection Menu is sorted by Name arranged alphabetically use the Page Up Page Down or Ï Ð keys or type the first character s of the desired Name to quickly jump to the Name that most closely matches what you type To back up a character press the Backspace key Highlight the desired computer and press Enter Wh...

Page 20: ...ure 6 and Figure 7 1 To select a computer Be sure the green light next to the Scan button is OFF toggle ON OFF Press the numbered button corresponding to desired channel The light above the selected Channel button turns green video from the selected computer displays on screen and you may now operate the selected computer The Channel ID and Name will be displayed on the screen for the time interva...

Page 21: ...channel light to set the Global Scan Rate If the Scan Mode in the Configuration Menu had been previously set to Individual it will be reset to Global after the front panel button is pressed 4 To activate AutoSkip Press the Skip button toggle ON OFF The green light next to the Skip button will be ON and only active channels will be selected 15 ...

Page 22: ...h may be banked Only computers may be connected to the channels of the any second tier MasterConsole Installing MasterConsole II Two Tier Install Base Unit First Tier MasterConsole II 1 Plug the keyboard monitor and mouse into the keyboard mon itor and mouse ports on the MasterConsole II back panel See Figure 13 2 Power ON the MasterConsole II base unit 3 Connect computers to any Channels on the b...

Page 23: ...mputer by pressing the corresponding front panel button Verify that the monitor attached to MasterConsole II displays the video for the connected computer Use the keyboard and mouse attached to the base MasterConsole II to verify that they operate the connected computer f Repeat Steps 3 a through 3 e to connect additional computers to the base MasterConsole II Connect Second Tier MasterConsole s t...

Page 24: ...hannel 1 button on the front panel during a subsequent power ON process For MasterConsole P Model Turn the power switch on d Repeat steps 4a through 4c to connect additional second tier MasterConsole units to the base MasterConsole II e For second tier units located more than 30 feet away from the base unit see Remote Access Using Cat5 Reach page 25 Connect Computers to Second Tier MasterConsole s...

Page 25: ...ber of this MasterConsole unit MCCn 3 Use the Tab forward Shift Tab backward keys to select the desired field and make your change as follows To change Name default is the unit s model number Move to Name and type a name up to five characters This field is used for your identification purposes only The Device field specifies the type of device computer or 19 Configuration Menu Connected 01 PC0001 ...

Page 26: ...MCC8 model is connected to the first channel on the base MasterConsole II an 8 channel MasterConsole P Model is connected to the sixth channel and computers are connected or to be connected to all other channels See One Tier Configuration for instructions on setting changing other operational parameters AutoScan AutoSkip ID Display hot key Menu Display PowerSave 20 Note If you specify a MasterCons...

Page 27: ...he MasterConsole II default Channel ID and Names for connected devices in a two tier configuration To change Names and or Channel Specific Scan Rates 1 Activate On Screen User Interface 2 Press F3 to access the Edit Names and Scan Rate Menu See Figure 18 and Figure 19 21 Figure 17 Default MasterConsole II Channel IDs and Names Base MasterConsole II Connected Devices Channel ID Default Name compute...

Page 28: ...Scan Rate for any highlighted channel default is 3 seconds Type a number from 00 to 99 in seconds When the AutoScan Mode in the Configuration Menu is set to Individual these Channel Specific Scan Rates are enabled If the AutoScan mode is set to Global the global scan rate will be used 22 Edit Names and Scan Rate MC MCX8 Page 1 3 Ch ID Name Scan Rate 01 MCS01 08 02 PC0002 03 03 Market 3 10 04 Jen 0...

Page 29: ...ole II s Security Feature One Tier page 9 Operating MasterConsole II Two Tier Selecting a Computer 1 1 Activate On Screen User Interface 23 Edit Names and Scan Rate MC MCS01 Page 2 3 Ch ID Name Scan Rate 01 01 PC0101 05 01 02 Sara 03 01 03 Sales 2 10 01 04 Bob 04 01 05 PC0105 06 01 06 PC0106 08 01 07 Market 4 03 01 08 JoePC 02 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Esc Figure 19 Edit Names and Scan Rate Menu Second...

Page 30: ...r is undetermined Snn indi cates the individual Scan Rate of nn seconds As the computer status changes active inactive the MCC updates the Status column periodically To enable a user to see the new status immediately activate the OSUI and press F8 Upgrade Computer Status The MCC will scan the channels and update the computer status and then return to the previous menu For any inactive channel the ...

Page 31: ...nnel button turns green and the monitor displays video from the selected computer The Channel ID and Name will display on the monitor for the time interval specified in the Configuration Menu Press Home at any time to return to the first channel on the first page of the Selection Menu Press End at any time to advance to the last channel on the last page of the Selection Menu 25 Selection Menu MC M...

Page 32: ...y Ch ID Name Status 2 01 02 Sara S03 3 01 03 Sales 2 S10 4 01 04 Bob S04 5 01 05 PC0005 S06 6 01 06 PC0006 S08 7 01 07 Market 4 S03 8 01 08 JoePC S02 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 Esc Figure 21 Selection Menu Two Tier Second Tier 1 01 01 PC0101 S05 ...

Page 33: ...procedure The MasterConsole II with Cat5 Reach provides Dual Remote User Console Remote access point to a base MasterConsole II plus a local user console See Figure 22 Satellite Unit Second tier MasterConsole located more than 30 feet from the base unit See Figure 23 27 Figure 23 Two Tier Configuration with Satellite Unit Figure 22 Remote Access with Cat5 Reach ...

Page 34: ...er devices Global Scan Rate 3 seconds Hot Key ScrollLock ScrollLock ID Display Interval 3 seconds MasterConsole II unit configuration First tier PowerSave OFF PowerSave delay time Green Mode 15 minutes Remote Time Out interval 3 seconds Security OFF Security activation delay time 15 minutes Selection Menu sorting Channel ID User password User 1 111 User 2 222 User 3 333 User 4 444 ...

Page 35: ...on Global Individual Scanning AutoScan OFF ON Scan Rate AutoSkip OFF ON Hot Key duration of ID display F5 go to the Administration Menu turn Security ON OFF change User Passwords F6 exit On Screen User Interface and turn ON AutoScan Alt F6 exit On Screen User Interface and turn OFF AutoScan F7 exit On Screen User Interface and turn ON AutoSkip Alt F7 exit On Screen User Interface and turn OFF Auto...

Page 36: ...rom the base unit This is accomplished by connecting MasterConsole II computer cable from the base unit to the KVM port of the second tier unit The base unit s local KVM port and remote access port are first tier ports with an active On Screen User Interface and the base unit s on screen menus include the names of all the computers accessible from the base unit s console This way the base unit s c...

Page 37: ...o Tier Configuration with Remote Access Kit Figure 25 One Tier with Remote Access Kit CCP xU UTP Cat5 Cable Up to 650 feet CCP xU Cat5 Local KVM Module Cat5 Remote KVM Module One Tier Configuration with a Rem ote and a Local Accesses MCC16 Figure 24 Basic One Tier Configurations CCPxU MasterConsole II Basic Configurations of 2 to 16 Computers MCC8 CCPxU MCC4 CCPxU MCC16 ...

Page 38: ...erConsole P Model CCPxU Cable CCPxU CCPxU Cable MasterConsole II Two Tier Configuration with MasterConsole P Model CCPxU MCC16 MCP16 MCC16 Figure 26 Two Tier Configuration of up to 256 Computers CCPxU Cable User Port Channel Ports CCPxU CCPxU CCPxU MasterConsole II Two Tier Configuration for Up to 256 Computers MCC16 MCC16 MCC16 MCC16 CCPxU Cable MCC16 ...

Page 39: ...able MasterConsole II Two Tier Configuration with Satellite Unit CCPxU CCPxU U T P C a t 5 C a b l e U p t o 6 5 0 f e e t Cat5 Local KVM Module Cat5 Remote KVM Module CCPxU Satellite Unit Second Tier MCP16 MCC16 MCC8 MCC16 MasterConsole II Two Tier Configuration with Satellite Unit ...

Page 40: ... each computer s video for a specified period AutoSkip When activated channel selection is restricted to active channels Base Unit MasterConsole II unit to which devices computers and or other MasterConsoles are connected in a two tier configuration Channel The 25 pin connector by which a device is connected to MasterConsole II Active A channel is active when a powered ON device is connected to it...

Page 41: ...el of a base MasterConsole II unit Edit Names and Scan Rate Menu Used to assign meaningful Names to each channel and set Channel Specific Scan Rates Green Mode A field in the Configuration Menu used to toggle the PowerSave feature ON OFF Hot Key Used to activate On Screen User Interface To activate On Screen User Interface press the hot key twice rapidly ID Display The display shown on the monitor...

Page 42: ...I channel On Screen User Interface OSUI Series of Menus displayed on the monitor that can be used through keystrokes to operate MasterConsole II All keystrokes are captured and interpreted as MasterConsole II commands PowerSave Allows a properly equipped monitor to operate in low energy mode Remote Console Keyboard monitor and mouse plugged into the Remote access kit Cat5 Remote KVM Module Optiona...

Page 43: ...d for each computer during the Scan cycle if the Mode field in the Configuration Menu is set to Individual Channel specific scan rates can be set in the Edit Names and Scan Rate Menu Security When activated and the system remains idle for a period of time the next user must enter an authorized User Password to establish access Selection Menu Used to select a computer Sorting Order of the channels ...

Page 44: ...roubleshooting 3 3 The monitor cannot correctly display the video output from some of the PCs a The monitor probably does not match the video outputs If the monitor is a single mode type VGA all PCs must have the same type of video output b Note this problem occurs most often with some IBM PS 2s and IBM 63xx 85xx and 95xx monitors The intelligent type display card outputs video signals based on th...

Page 45: ... PCs that have previously worked with MasterConsole II then some components are out of order Verify that the PC works with the keyboard when connected directly Then contact your dealer or Raritan Computer for service 6 After a period of trouble free operation the keyboard attached to MasterConsole II locks unable to input keystrokes when a particular PC is selected but works normally when other PC...

Page 46: ...inating from the PC by reconnecting the PC to a different channel with a dif ferent cable Then power up the PC If the problem is not with the cable or with the specific channel then connect the mouse directly to the PC If the problem persists then the PC s mouse port is out of order Otherwise contact your dealer or Raritan Computer b If the problem occurs after MasterConsole II has been installed ...

Page 47: ...t Model MCC4R 4 channel model 19 W x 9 D x 1 75 H 3 0 kg 6 66 lbs MCC8R 8 channel model 19 W x 9 D x 1 75 H 3 77 kg 8 37 lbs MCC16R 16 channel model 19 W x 9 D x 3 5 H 4 8 kg 10 66 lbs Power 115V 230V Auto Sensing 60 Hz 50 Hz 0 2A 0 1A Rackmount 48 Volt DC Model MCC8RD 8 channel model 19 W x 9 D x 1 75 H 2 97 kg 6 6 lbs MCC16RD 16 channel model 19 W x 9 D x 3 5 H 4 52 kg 10 05 lbs Power 48Volt DC ...

Page 48: ...IN 6F to DIN 5M and 1 DIN 6F to DB9F Accessories RMCS4 for 4 channel model 19 Rack Mount Bracket 1U RMCS8 for 8 channel model 19 Rack Mount Bracket 1U RMCS16 for 16 channel model 19 Rack Mount Bracket 2U PCE60 20 6 M Extension Cable for Keyboard Video and Mouse PCE110 35 11 M Extension Cable for Keyboard Video and Mouse Remote Access Kit See Cat5 Reach Specification Sheet for complete details UKVM...

Page 49: ...y video at distances greater than 200 Category 5 UTP Enhanced 350Mhz bandwidth cable is recom mended UKVM URKVM Lo calKV M P o r t Statu s P or t Ou t KVM Mo dul e To P C Lo calKV M P o r t Statu s Por t Out KVM Mo dul e To P C Category 5 UTP cable not included CCP06U C H A N NEL SELECT AUTO SCA N R ATE 1 SEC 3 SEC 9 SEC 1 1 SEC 1 3 SEC 1 6 SEC 5 SEC 7 SEC SKIP SCAN s 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8...

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