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MasterConsole

 Z  

 

User Manual 

 

Copyright © 2006 Raritan Computer, Inc. 

MCZ-0B-E 

May 2006 

255-33-1200

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for MasterConsole Z

Page 1: ...MasterConsole Z User Manual Copyright 2006 Raritan Computer Inc MCZ 0B E May 2006 255 33 1200...

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Page 3: ...he FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy a...

Page 4: ...In Raritan products which require Rack Mounting please follow these precautions Operation temperature in a closed rack environment may be greater than room temperature Do not exceed the rated maximum...

Page 5: ...s 2 User Station MZUST Features 3 Chapter 2 Installation 5 Pre configuration Notes 5 Hardware Installation 5 Chapter 3 Operation 9 OSD Functions 9 Help Menu 10 Administration Menu 12 Appendix A Specif...

Page 6: ...CIM SUN 2 Figure 5 MZCIM Installation 5 Figure 6 On Screen Display OSD 7 Figure 7 MZUST Selection Menu Screen 9 Figure 8 F1 Help Menu 10 Figure 9 Selection Menu by Name 10 Figure 10 CIM Configuration...

Page 7: ...are connected to each of the MZCIMs Please note that these MZCIMs are not compatible with P2ZCIMs or ZU4200 CIMs With a MasterConsole Z system you can Add a computer anywhere in the chain at any time...

Page 8: ...nstallation Keep alive keyboard mouse emulation for flawless operation Password authorization PC share video share capability User Station supports PS 2 or USB keyboards and mice Automatic Video Tunin...

Page 9: ...o operate MZUST PS 2 Mouse Connect PS 2 Mouse to operate MZUST VGA Monitor Connect multisync VGA monitor to view connected computers Cat5 Ports In Connect up to 64 computers using Cat5 UTP cable and a...

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Page 11: ...spective port for each computer Hardware Installation Important MZUST must be powered OFF prior to installation 1 Install MasterConsole Z User Station MZUST A Connect one end of an AC power cable to t...

Page 12: ...name and serial number appear 2 2 For MZCIM USB A Attach an MZCIM USB video HD15 connector to the computer s video port B Connect the MZCIM USB keyboard mouse USB connector to the computer s USB keyb...

Page 13: ...the terminator has been just removed Connect the other end of the Category 5e UTP cable to the O OUT port on the next MZCIM SUN being added If no more computers are added insert the TER ZCIM terminato...

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Page 15: ...ss the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard twice rapidly to activate the OSD PRESS WHEN YOU WANT TO F1 View the Help Menu listing all function keys F2 View the Selection Menu listing available channels s...

Page 16: ...Selection Menu Press F2 to view the Selection Menu which lists all port names currently detected by the system sorted by computer name in alphabetical order Press the PageUp or PageDown keys on your...

Page 17: ...ng as well as to designate a channel as a Home computer 1 Press the or keys to highlight the field to be edited in yellow 2 Press ENTER to edit the field the highlight turns green 3 Edit name and or s...

Page 18: ...Security Profile and Preferences Figure 11 Administrative Menu User Station Information On the Administration Menu press the or key to highlight option 1 User Station Information and press ENTER The U...

Page 19: ...your personal preferences for MasterConsole Z operation Figure 14 User Preferences Screen 1 Navigate to fields you want to edit using the or keys 2 When you reach the field you want to edit it is high...

Page 20: ...ashed line indicates the ID window will be shown continuously Default setting is On 03 seconds Green Mode PowerSave Mode Blackens the screen if the user console is idle for a specified time period Two...

Page 21: ...25mm MZCIM USB MZCIM for USB 5 lbs 22 kg 2 x 4 x 1 50 x 101 x 25mm MZCIM SUN MZCIM for SUN 5 lbs 22 kg 2 x 4 x 1 50 x 101 x 25mm TER ZCIM ZCIM Terminator 2 lbs 12 kg 1 x 1 x 5 25 x 25 x 13mm MODELS D...

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Page 23: ...Terminator is in place in the last MZCIM s UTP I IN port I have located the second port on the Selection Menu but it is not connecting to the second computer in the MZCIM chain Computer ports are orga...

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Page 25: ...nitor to identify a port that has just been selected Individual Scan Rate Scan rate specified for each port when Scan Mode field in System Profile Menu is set to Individual Individual per port scan ra...

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Page 27: ...or and mouse without consuming precious rack space MasterConsole Z employs Raritan s unique communication technology to control up to 64 servers and eliminate the traditional KVM switch box and all ha...

Page 28: ...The MZCIM USB will also print out the current USB keyboard settings Press the ESC key to exit this mode I connected a powered on MZCIM to another chain and now the chain size is wrong What happened T...

Page 29: ...he Master and the database had to be rebuilt This is normal operation I only see some of my MZCIMs What is going on This can happen for a variety of reasons Below are some common fixes for this issue...

Page 30: ...the Chain size If the size is correct the problem should disappear after a couple of minutes If not check again to make sure the chain size is correct The beeping MZCIM will increase the Communication...

Page 31: ...certified Category 5e UTP or Category 6 UTP cables Using non certified Category 5e UTP cable with Raritan products results in degraded video performance ranging from mildly irritating to severely unus...

Page 32: ...sts foot Over long lengths of cable however slight differences in twist rates results in measurably different rates of data transmission among each twisted pair The arrival time delta is called delay...

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