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VX640 Router Manual, Rev. D

August, 2013

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Thinklogical, LLC

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Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A.
Telephone: 1-203-647-8700

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Subject: VX640 KVM Matrix Switch Product Manual
Revision: D, August, 2013

Summary of Contents for VX640

Page 1: ...KVM Matrix Switch Thinklogical LLC 100 Washington Street Milford Connecticut 06460 U S A Telephone 1 203 647 8700 Fax 1 203 783 9949 www thinklogical com router...

Page 2: ...rights reserved Printed in the U S A Thinklogical LLC 100 Washington Street Milford Connecticut 06460 U S A Telephone 1 203 647 8700 All trademarks and service marks are property of their respective o...

Page 3: ...uirements 12 Pluggable SFP 12 Input Output Cards 13 PART 2 SET UP AND INSTALLATION 15 Set Up 15 Connecting to the VX640 16 Fiber Optic Cable 16 Requirements 16 Handling Fiber Optic Cable 16 Connecting...

Page 4: ...y 24 Standards with Which Our Products Comply 24 Supplementary Information 24 Product Serial Number 25 Connection to the Product 25 PART 4 THINKLOGICAL SUPPORT 25 Customer Support 25 Website 26 FTP Si...

Page 5: ...r to starting the hardware assembly Part 4 Thinklogical Support Thinklogical provides the best customer support available If you have any questions or need to contact the company please refer to this...

Page 6: ...nk SDI USB 1 1 USB 2 0 and audio Thinklogical s VX640 Router includes 2 Redundant Current Sharing Power Supply Modules for the Upper Cage 2 Redundant Current Sharing Power Supply Modules for the Lower...

Page 7: ...ology has the ability to transport every frame of a 1920 x 1200 60Hz or higher video stream with no compression along with all desktop peripherals keyboard mouse etc including 480Mbps USB 2 0 with no...

Page 8: ...G Video Redundant Hot Swappable and Current Sharing Power Supply Modules Hot Swappable 20 Port Scalability for In and Out Cards Hot Swappable SFP Optical Port Connections Hot Swappable Fan Tray with A...

Page 9: ...e Fan Tray VXM 000027 Spare Power Module VXM 000028 Data Input Output Card 20 Ports VXM DI0R20 Chassis Dimensions Rack Size Width EIA 19 482 6 mm Height 28 RU 49 1244 6 mm Depth 16 07 408 2 Depth with...

Page 10: ...Description VX640 Chassis VXR 000640 Velocity Matrix Router 640 Chassis includes Upper and Lower Cage Backplanes Upper and Lower Interconnect Boards 8 Switch Cards 1 Fan Tray 1 Controller Card and 4...

Page 11: ...onnect Card is modular but not hot swappable It can be easily replaced in the field but the VX640 will need to be shut down Detailed Front View of VX640 Warning KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED WHEN IN USE The VX...

Page 12: ...le can be accessed through the front of the router See the DIP Switch Instructional Guide in Appendix C Setting the DIP Switch Instruction Guide page 31 for detailed instructions on how to access the...

Page 13: ...from right Card 1 to left Card 8 These cards contain the cross point fabric of the router allowing for 8 possible paths to make connections In the event that a Switch Card fails some con nections may...

Page 14: ...VX640 Router Manual Rev D 9 August 2013 Detailed Rear Panel View of VX640...

Page 15: ...signed for easy replacement without interrupting system functionality The Fan Tray forces air into the chassis through air baffles in the front door This cools the vertically mounted I O cards the int...

Page 16: ...rator Software can be used to control the VX Router via the LAN port Ethernet Control If the VX640 KVM Matrix Switch is to be controlled via Ethernet it will require a static IP address This value can...

Page 17: ...on AMX serial access A Back Up Controller Card is optional to ensure uninterrupted functionality if the Primary Controller Card fails or needs to be replaced The Primary Controller Card should always...

Page 18: ...PUT Input Output Cards The hot swappable Input Output I O cards provide excellent in service expansion capabilities in convenient sets of 20 ports per card allowing re configuration without interrupti...

Page 19: ...m of one I O Card 20 x 20 and a maximum of 32 I O Cards Each VX640 I O card contains 20 ports When fully configured the VX640 will contain 16 I O cards in the Upper Card Cage and 16 I O cards in the L...

Page 20: ...umb screws are finger tight so that all the modules are properly held in the chassis Step 1 Carefully remove the VX640 KVM Matrix Switch from its shipping container Inspect the router to make certain...

Page 21: ...condition Warning Do not open or remove the front door for more than a few minutes when the unit is powered The door includes air flow baffles that are part of the cooling system The Switch Card inte...

Page 22: ...ting switching and extension of video and high speed data peripherals to remote destinations with ease Connecting to the Receiver The Velocity Receiver serves as the Destination desktops theaters conf...

Page 23: ...and must end with a carriage return CR and line feed LF or just a line feed LF The characters are not echoed The serial port is configured for 9600 baud 1 stop bit no parity and no flow control The ne...

Page 24: ...ded period of time The timeouts can be set in increments of one second Typical timeouts are in the order of 10 seconds Upgrades Firmware upgrades are available through Thinklogical For technical assis...

Page 25: ...ength of time if the unit is running Keeping the front door open for an extended period of time will lead to a malfunction of the VX640 Step 3 There are two thumb screws holding the front panel to the...

Page 26: ...seated hand tighten the thumbscrews Warning Do not tighten the thumbscrews with a screwdriver How to Install or Replace a Controller Card Note When using a single Controller the top Controller slot is...

Page 27: ...h black handles Step 3 Place the new module so that the aluminum housing is on the bottom Hold the new Fan Tray by the black handles and slide the aluminum housing into the black card guides Warning D...

Page 28: ...over PART 3 REGULATORY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS Symbols Found on Our Products Markings and labels on our products follow industry standard conventions Regulatory markings found on our products comply with...

Page 29: ...cs EN61000 4 2 1995 Electro Static Discharge Test EN61000 4 3 1996 Radiated Immunity Field Test EN61000 4 4 1995 Electrical Fast Transient Test EN61000 4 5 1995 Power Supply Surge Test EN61000 4 6 199...

Page 30: ...using a keyboard that is noise susceptible a ferrite ring on the keyboard cable may be needed to comply with Immunity Requirements Product Serial Number Thinklogical products have a unique serial num...

Page 31: ...ts and files In addition to technical documents it contains ISO files that may be used to burn copies of the CDs we include with our routers the X4 Configurator manual and an installable version of X4...

Page 32: ...ovide return contact information Product Support Thinklogical s support personnel are available Monday through Friday from 8 30am to 5 00pm Eastern Time Zone If your application requires assistance at...

Page 33: ...d CT 06460 USA PH 1 800 291 3211 USA only Our Address If you have any issue with a product have product questions or need technical assistance with your Thinklogical system please call us at 1 800 291...

Page 34: ...VX640 Router Manual Rev D 29 August 2013 APPENDIX A VX640 QUICK START GUIDE...

Page 35: ...VX640 Router Manual Rev D 30 August 2013 Appendix B Setting the DIP Switch Instruction...

Page 36: ...mechanisms to ensure that only trusted administrators have access Thinklogical s VX Routers use two methods for secure routing One is known as Restricted Switching and the other is known as Partitioni...

Page 37: ...riage Return character code 13 CR Line Feed character code 10 LF The VX Router will interpret the Restricted Switching Table csv file during the boot up Any errors that occur during the Restricted Swi...

Page 38: ...following command s on the Primary Controller F var local router restrict upstream csv ssh secondary cat F diff bq F echo Files Match F var local router restrict downstream csv ssh secondary cat F di...

Page 39: ...in the BLACK GREEN networks Destination workstations in the BLACK network can control source computers in the BLACK network only Restricted switching is configured via firmware loaded into the VX Rou...

Page 40: ...rtition and not across partitions The maximum number of partitions is the number of ports that make up the VX Router 80 160 320 640 A VX40 or VX80 Router can be configured with up to 80 partitions a V...

Page 41: ...ing Tables files for the Router are stored on the Controller Card at the following location var local router partition upstream csv var local router partition downstream csv Note that the downstream c...

Page 42: ...are using an MD5 password it should be approximately 15 characters long With DES passwords use the maximum eight character length MIX UPPER AND LOWER CASE LETTERS Passwords are case sensitive so mixin...

Page 43: ...the Restricted Switching feature For example the VX640 Matrix Router Network Diagram should be configured with the following csv file I 1 2 I 2 2 O 2 2 I 42 2 O 41 2 O 42 2 I 5 1 O 5 1 I 45 1 O 45 1 T...

Page 44: ...0 Router Manual Rev D 39 August 2013 DVI from CPU DVI to Local Display DVI to Display DVI to Display DDC DVI to Display DVI to Display DDC DVI from CPU DVI to Local Display VX640 Video Secure Applicat...

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