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Glossary

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Administration Menu 

Used to restrict access to MasterConsole II; toggle Security 
ON/OFF and to change Administrator’s Password and up to five 
User Passwords.

·

Administration Password 

The only Password with access to the Administration Menu, 
through the Administration password prompt.

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AutoScan 

When activated, MasterConsole II automatically cycles through 
channels, displaying 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.

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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.

· Inactive: 

A channel is inactive when there is no device 

connected to it, or if the connected device is powered OFF.

·

Channel ID

The specific Channel number to which a device is connected.

Summary of Contents for MCC4

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: ...erbaan 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 Pa...

Page 3: ...ment 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 Mast...

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 a...

Page 5: ...URITY 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 K...

Page 6: ...O 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...

Page 7: ...mputers 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...

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...

Page 9: ...ront 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...

Page 10: ...T 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 display...

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

Page 12: ...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 Sca...

Page 13: ...If you 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...

Page 14: ...s 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 ke...

Page 15: ...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 P...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...rd 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 Pres...

Page 18: ...phabetically 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...

Page 19: ...nel 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 keys or type the first c...

Page 20: ...re 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 Ch...

Page 21: ...hannel 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 activa...

Page 22: ...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 keyboa...

Page 23: ...puter 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 bas...

Page 24: ...annel 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 u...

Page 25: ...er 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 N...

Page 26: ...CC8 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 othe...

Page 27: ...e 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 a...

Page 28: ...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...

Page 29: ...le 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 Ra...

Page 30: ...er 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 s...

Page 31: ...l 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...

Page 32: ...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 T...

Page 33: ...rocedure 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 Master...

Page 34: ...r 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...

Page 35: ...n 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...

Page 36: ...om 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...

Page 37: ...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 wit...

Page 38: ...rConsole 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...

Page 39: ...ble 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...

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 MasterCo...

Page 41: ...l 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...

Page 42: ...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 MasterCon...

Page 43: ...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 acti...

Page 44: ...oubleshooting 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 mu...

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 Compu...

Page 46: ...nating 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 d...

Page 47: ...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...

Page 48: ...N 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...

Page 49: ...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...

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