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FEBRUARY 2003

KV1510A

User Guide for the ServSwitch™ Summit

User Station Module

You can use the ServSwitch™ Summit system to manage any practical number of
computer CPUs, from just a few to thousands. This user guide describes how to
configure and operate a keyboard/video/mouse user station attached to a
ServSwitch™ Summit User Station Module (“USM,” product code KV1510A). For
USM specifications, installation instructions, system-administrator functions, etc., see
the manual for the ServSwitch™ Summit Base Units (KV1500A through KV1503A).

1. Logging In

You need to login in order to access computers and other devices connected to the
Summit system. The Login Menu (shown in Figure 1 on the next page) is
automatically displayed on every user-station monitor after the attached Summit
Base Unit is powered on; to bring up the Login Menu on a user-station monitor at
any other time, press the system’s hotkey (the factory default is [Scroll Lock]) twice
in quick succession to bring up the On Screen User Interface (“OSUI”), then press
function key [F9].

NOTE

If a user-station monitor displays the message “…No Connection to
Summit…” instead of the Login Menu, either the USM isn’t connected
properly to the Base Unit, the Base Unit is powered off, or the Base Unit
is malfunctioning. Notify your system administrator.

Summary of Contents for ServSwitch KV1510A

Page 1: ...ifications installation instructions system administrator functions etc see the manual for the ServSwitch Summit Base Units KV1500A through KV1503A 1 Logging In You need to login in order to access computers and other devices connected to the Summit system The Login Menu shown in Figure 1 on the next page is automatically displayed on every user station monitor after the attached Summit Base Unit ...

Page 2: ...u ve been assigned by the system administrator If user names haven t been assigned yet the defaults are user01 through user15 depending on the model for regular users and admin for the administrator User names are not case sensitive When you finish press Enter 2 If a password is necessary you ll be prompted to enter a password as well Type the password you ve been assigned by the system administra...

Page 3: ...nd not changeable by the user and Scn is its current individual scan delay time in seconds set by the admin unless the channel has a subsidiary Base Unit attached to it in which case the Scn column will show The Selection Menu can display eight channels per page it will show you how many total pages there are and which of them you re viewing in its upper right hand corner Page 2 5 for the second o...

Page 4: ... has set the Display All Computers admin option to Yes you can press F10 to toggle between the restricted and unrestricted views In the unrestricted all channels view the Summit displays a red S next to the scan rate of any channel that you aren t allowed to access 2 Use the up and down arrow keys and in large systems the PageUp and PageDown keys to move the highlight bar to the channel you want t...

Page 5: ...you can continue switching by pressing the hotkey factory default is Scroll Lock twice in quick succession to bring the Selection Menu back on screen If instead you want to go back to your previously selected channel without seeing any OSUI menus you can press the previous channel command key factory default is Num Lock twice in quick succession In the Selection Menu each channel s availability is...

Page 6: ...s select various CPUs When you select a computer that someone else is already controlling the message below showing the name of the computer being viewed will be displayed on your monitor for the currently set ID Display interval Press Esc to return to the main Selection Menu If another user chooses to view the video of a computer you have already selected you will see the messages shown below bea...

Page 7: ...re identifiers that can t be changed by the user The Connected field displays the name and channel ID of the currently selected device or computer if you re currently connected to a channel The User field displays the user name you entered at login The User Port field shows which user port on the Base Unit your USM and user station are attached to The Admin field shows whether or not you have admi...

Page 8: ... function key Press S to save the changes to long term memory N to discard your changes or Esc to discard your changes and exit the menu Here s what the User Profile parameters mean and how you can change their settings Scan Mode The method the system uses to determine how long to pause at each channel during autoscanning refer to the Base Unit manual The two possible settings are Global the defau...

Page 9: ...ayed on screen see Section 2 Green Mode A power saving mode that blanks the monitor screen if the user station is idle no keyboard or mouse activity for the specified amount of time You can edit the two fields of this parameter to determine how the system handles this feature Possible values in the first field are On Green Mode is enabled and the screen is blanked after a period of inactivity and ...

Page 10: ...he hotkey see the earlier Hotkey entry Help This parameter determines the format of the help message at the bottom of each OSUI menu It s always set to Single Line it can t be selected or altered Local PC Use any of the arrow keys to toggle Local PC Mode on or off the default for the attached USM Only turn this on if you ve used a KV1519A CIM to attach a local PC between the USM and the Base Unit ...

Page 11: ...active channel without logging out F10 If the administrator has set Display All Computers to Yes and the Selection Menu is sorted by channel ID Toggle the display of all channels including inaccessible ones on or off F12 If you are at the Selection Menu Toggle the Selection Menu between sorting the channel entries by name or by channel ID Esc Exit the OSUI returns user to the Selection Menu or to ...

Page 12: ...se Unit it s attached to and the number of KVM switches and PC CPUs that can be accessed through it Figure 7 The Information Menu Information Menu Firmware Ver 4L3 Hardware Ver 0B FPGA Ver 0C Serial Number D3C80002 Console Port 1 Accessible KVM Sws 2 Accessible PCs 105 ScrlLock Scan Skip NCSL Help F1 Help ESC Exit F2 Channel Selection F12 Sort by Channel Name F4 User Profile F5 Administrative Func...

Page 13: ... manual for details Figure 8 A Summit system that uses a KV1519A to support a local CPU If this has been done at your user station you can control the local PC by activating Local PC Mode on your USM Take these steps 1 Login at the attached user station 2 Press the hotkey Scroll Lock is the default twice in quick succession to bring up the OSUI 3 Press F4 to bring up the User Profile Menu see Sect...

Page 14: ...t be able to access the local PC unless they log in using your user name and password To return to the Summit system and its switched CPUs bring up the OSUI by pressing the hotkey twice Scroll Lock is the factory default then press F2 to bring up the Selection Menu and access any of the listed computers 7 Calling Black Box If you determine that your ServSwitch Summit USM is malfunctioning do not a...

Page 15: ...ure you include everything you received with it Before you ship for return or repair contact Black Box to get a Return Authorization RA number TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the logo are registered trademarks and ServSwitch and ServSwitch Summit are trademarks of Black Box Corporation Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark o...

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