LINDY Dual/Quad PRO
Installation and Use
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Each computer name that you add to the on-screen menu has an associated port
number that tells the LINDY Dual/Quad PRO where to find the computer. Port
numbers for computers attached to a single LINDY Dual/Quad PRO are simply the
port number that the computer is attached to. Port numbers for computers
connected to cascaded LINDY Dual/Quad PRO’s are constructed by defining the
port routing that is required to get from the user's KVM to the computer.
Figure 7 illustrates how port numbers are constructed and how the physical
configuration of a cascaded system relates to entries in the on-screen menu. The
illustrated configuration is an unlikely configuration in practice but has been chosen
for explanation purposes. If you make multiple cascade links then they must be
connected to the groups of ports defined in figure 8. These ports have associated
group port numbers. The LINDY Dual/Quad PRO uses this group port number to
connect to the first available port in that group. For example, group port number 21
comprises of ports 1 and 2. If these ports are linked to a cascaded LINDY
Dual/Quad PRO and users try to connect to computers that are attached to the
cascaded LINDY Dual/Quad PRO, the system will allocate the cascade links to the
first two users on a first come first served basis. Further users that try to connect to
computers on the cascaded LINDY Dual/Quad PRO will get a message saying that
no cascade links are available and they will not be able to connect to the cascaded
LINDY Dual/Quad PRO until one of the previous users has finished with one of the
cascade links.
