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MARCH 2001

SW651A
SW652A

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Содержание ServSwitch Wizard SW651A

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Страница 2: ...le separately as product code FA212 for connecting CPUs with PC AT type keyboard ports 6 pin mini DIN female to DB9 female RS 232 serial mouse port adapters available separately as product code FA314...

Страница 3: ...o you have just two PCs and need an economical alternative to keeping two monitors keyboards and mice on your desk Or do you need to share dozens of computers including a mix of IBM PC RS 6000 Apple M...

Страница 4: ...registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard IBM PC AT PS 2 RS 6000 and ThinkPad are registered trademarks and PC XT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft IntelliMouse M...

Страница 5: ...cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by...

Страница 6: ...rference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is...

Страница 7: ...ato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo el ctrico m s all a lo descrito en las in...

Страница 8: ...tir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado d...

Страница 9: ...rs and PC AT Adapters 22 3 4 Powering the Wizard 24 4 Configuration 25 4 1 Configuring Your PCs 25 4 2 Configuring the ServSwitch Wizard 26 4 2 1 Entering Configuration Mode 26 4 2 2 Setting the Scree...

Страница 10: ...nto the ServSwitch Wizard and Re Enabling Disconnected CPU PS 2 Mouse Ports 43 5 9 RS 232 Control 45 5 10 Operating Cascaded ServSwitch Wizards 45 5 11 Operating Synchronized ServSwitch Wizards 47 5 1...

Страница 11: ...ocol RS 232 Asynchronous Data Format RS 232 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit Data Rate RS 232 1200 bps Flow Control RS 232 None Maximum Distance 2 m 6 ft if interface powered or 10 m 30 ft if AC power...

Страница 12: ...liability of similarly designed and manufactured products Maximum Altitude 10 000 ft 3048 m Temperature Tolerance 32 to 104 F 0 to 40 C Humidity Tolerance 5 to 60 noncondensing Enclosure Steel aluminu...

Страница 13: ...s from the attached CPUs For demanding applications with cascading and or high end video an optional power supply product code PS649 is available Intelligent switching You can scan switch between all...

Страница 14: ...r the IBM PC Includes screen blank autoscan and variable hotkey options Metal enclosure for good shielding and video quality Front panel Power and Activity LEDs Can be soft reset if problems occur 2 2...

Страница 15: ...ection 5 13 SW652A Display shows status and mouse keyboard data activity Display shows status and mouse keyboard data activity Button for changing channels and entering configuration mode Button for c...

Страница 16: ...livering hazardous electric shocks do not attempt to dismantle it Make sure that the total current rating of the devices plugged into the AC outlet that s supplying the Wizard is not greater than the...

Страница 17: ...mpatible mouse or a Microsoft IntelliMouse or IntelliMouse Explorer compatible mouse If you want to use the mouse to switch channels on the ServSwitch Wizard you ll need a three button mouse or an Int...

Страница 18: ...e than four CPUs you ll need multiple cascaded Wizards to connect them together Follow the procedure in Section 3 3 2 If your CPUs have multiple video outputs you will need multiple synchronized Wizar...

Страница 19: ...itch Duo User Extension Cable If you need to place your user equipment farther away than that you ll need to use one of our ServSwitch brand KVM extenders Next connect each computer CPU to the Wizard...

Страница 20: ...m see Section 5 8 Connect your user equipment keyboard PS 2 mouse and monitor to the appropriate control port connectors on the master Wizard s rear panel If you have had to place the Wizard farther f...

Страница 21: ...cabling can be either separate keyboard mouse and video extension cables or ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cable If you need to run farther than 100 ft 30 5 m to a CPU you ll need to use one of our Ser...

Страница 22: ...all of the devices that you want to attach to this Wizard If you have to hot plug any powered computers into your Wizard system see Section 5 8 Connect your primary user equipment your keyboard your P...

Страница 23: ...As with your first CPU video connection these connections can be made with video extension cable or ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cable for distances up to 100 ft 30 5 m or one of our ServSwitch brand...

Страница 24: ...strands apart the keyboard strand is labeled K and colored orange while the mouse strand is labeled M and colored green We offer several types of ServSwitch Brand CAT5 KVM Extenders At the time of th...

Страница 25: ...HD15 Central video strand Keyboard and mouse strands molded to sides Cross section 9 22 9 cm 10 25 4 cm 6 Pin mini DIN 6 Pin mini DIN PS 2 style kbd mouse cable To Wizard s CPU port mouse connector 6...

Страница 26: ...uters As you power up your CPUs watch the Wizard s 7 segment display as discussed in Section 5 1 If it shows the number 1 or the letter P the Wizard will be able to operate using the power it s receiv...

Страница 27: ...in section of the keyboard Do not use the Enter key on the numeric keypad or the extra Enter key found on the main section of some specialized keyboards 4 1 Configuring Your PCs Configure your PCs in...

Страница 28: ...ing the optional power supply or power up one or more of the attached CPUs if you re not using the Wizard s power supply do not release the button until the ServSwitch Wizard displays C to show that i...

Страница 29: ...ront panel display will flash while the Wizard is in screen saver mode To restore the blanked monitor display just type at the keyboard or move the mouse Use the B command type B digit Enter to set ho...

Страница 30: ...whole cascade you must separately scan each Wizard that has CPUs attached to it During a scan when a Wizard switches to a port with a cascaded switch attached to it the system will display the video f...

Страница 31: ...y selected autoscan pause time T1 During autoscan the Wizard pauses at each channel for 2 seconds default T2 5 seconds T3 7 seconds T4 10 seconds T5 15 seconds T6 20 seconds T7 30 seconds T8 60 second...

Страница 32: ...This causes the Wizard to take a more active role in mouse communication ensuring that the CPU won t have timing problems and keeping the mouse up to speed L5 ServSwitch Wizard allows CPU to react to...

Страница 33: ...5 command The ServSwitch Wizard supports Internet mice that are compatible with the Microsoft IntelliMouse These are fitted with a wheel or other type of scrolling control and sometimes have additiona...

Страница 34: ...deo or even if there isn t any device attached to that channel The Wizard will display a blank screen for such channels But if you d rather have the Wizard skip over any ports that don t have a powere...

Страница 35: ...yboards where additional keys can be programmed to act as combinations of other keys Such keyboards are supplied with many Gateway computers If you program one of these spare keys to produce both hotk...

Страница 36: ...the digit 2 your Wizard is using firmware version 1 02 You can also restore the function of previously disconnected PS 2 type CPU mouse ports with the F 5 and F 6 commands see Section 5 8 and you can...

Страница 37: ...ve finished typing in your password press Enter to save it to the Wizard s EEPROM This type of memory does not depend on active power or even a battery backup so it can persist indefinitely Don t worr...

Страница 38: ...egment display as described in Figure 5 1 If the Wizard is not receiving enough power the display will be blank if the Wizard can select CPU 1 the display will show 1 or if a password has been set the...

Страница 39: ...ppears on the Wizard s front panel display An optional Remote Control Module RCM is also available for the ServSwitch Wizard It s a small hand held component with a SELECT key that mimics the Wizard s...

Страница 40: ...password has been typed to unlock the Wizard Finally if the screen saver mode has been activated the channel number will flash Figure 5 2 The front panel status display during regular operation DISPLA...

Страница 41: ...S 2 mouse from the ServSwitch Wizard will have no immediate effect but the CPU will lose mouse function as soon as you plug the mouse back in RS 232 mouse port connections can usually be freely unplug...

Страница 42: ...row of the main section of the keyboard not the number keys on the keypad the Wizard will not recognize keypad numbers Use Hotkeys x where x is a number from one to two on the 2 port model or one to...

Страница 43: ...rd is locked you will have to press Enter to clear those characters so that they won t invalidate the password when you proceed to type it in Use Hotkeys Channel Address to select a CPU channel in a c...

Страница 44: ...r Wizard Press and hold Ctrl and Alt press and release 0 press and release 3 press and release 1 press and release 3 release Ctrl and Alt 5 6 Mouse Control Yet another convenient way to select CPU cha...

Страница 45: ...n the Wizard or of the CPU connections 5 8 Hot Plugging Devices Into the ServSwitch Wizard and Re Enabling Disconnected CPU PS 2 Mouse Ports It is advisable to switch off the computer systems that are...

Страница 46: ...connected expected restoration at bootup data format command PS 2 PS 2 only PS 2 F5 PS 2 IntelliMouse PS 2 F5 IntelliMouse PS 2 only PS 2 F5 IntelliMouse IntelliMouse IntelliMouse F6 To restore lost m...

Страница 47: ...rds isn t possible 5 10 Operating Cascaded ServSwitch Wizards As described in Section 3 3 2 multiple ServSwitch Wizards can be cascaded together To select channels in cascaded systems you will need to...

Страница 48: ...ssible to autoscan every channel in a cascaded system with a single scan Cascaded Wizards must be scanned individually using their front panel pushbuttons or Their Hotkeys A When you switch or scan to...

Страница 49: ...izard is getting power from the attached computers the only way to shut it down is to disconnect it from those computers or turn the computers off which might not be desirable or possible Instead of p...

Страница 50: ...ind these files on our Web site Tech Support can help In these filenames xyz the x yz firmware revision level for example SSW118 EXE would be the installation program for firmware revision 1 18 2 Run...

Страница 51: ...zard to normal operation CAUTION if the upgrade goes wrong The upgrade program rewrites the Wizard s existing firmware code with the code in the SSWxyz HEX file If the upgrade process is interrupted t...

Страница 52: ...not receiving data from the mouse Check the mouse s connection to the Wizard if it s OK try resetting the mouse using the reset function see Section 5 7 warm resetting the Wizard see Section 5 12 or p...

Страница 53: ...using a Microsoft compatible mouse driver on your PC Some drivers by other manufacturers can cause the mouse to use proprietary mouse data formats that the Wizard doesn t support If you have unplugge...

Страница 54: ...attempt to alter or repair it It contains no user serviceable parts Contact Black Box Technical Support at 724 746 5500 Before you do make a record of the history of the problem We will be able to pr...

Страница 55: ...t 20 m but don t count on this A 2 Cabling from the ServSwitch Wizard to the CPUs Video HD15 male to HD15 male wired as a standard VGA CPU to monitor cable There are two types commonly available The b...

Страница 56: ...yboard and mouse strands of our ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cables see Section 3 3 4 as far as 100 ft 30 5 m RS 232 serial mouse ports You ll need a special adapter with the pinning shown in Figure A...

Страница 57: ...r 6 pin mini DIN attaches to Wizard or cable from Wizard N C RLSD DCD RD KDAT TD SGND 5V KCLK 12V TD 12V DTR SGND DSR RTS CTS RI N C N C DB9 attaches to PC s serial port or cable to PC s serial port 1...

Страница 58: ...grade the Wizard s firmware see Section 5 13 The pinout of this connector is pretty simple Pin 9 Signal Ground SGND Pin 10 Transmit Data TD and Pin 11 Receive Data RD are the only pins used for serial...

Страница 59: ...3 The firmware upgrade cable KV6SER DB15 male attaches to master Wizard DB15 male attaches to second Wizard DB9 female attaches to PC DB15 male attaches to Wizard Female 5 1 9 6 Male 8 1 9 15 Male 8...

Страница 60: ...s resulting from the use of the information contained herein They reserve the right to change the specifications functions or circuitry of the product without notice Neither the manufacturer nor its a...

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