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Страница 2: ...ultiple video head connections 15 Remote switching control 16 Configuration Overall initial configuration 17 Configuration menus 18 Configuration menus layout 19 General security and configuration steps 19 Registering users edit user list 20 Registering computers edit computer list 21 Video compensation 22 Remote user video compensation 22 Remote user skew adjustment 23 Autoscanning 25 Saving and ...
Страница 3: ...User preferences and functions 36 Further information Getting assistance 37 Appendix 1 Configuration menus 38 Functions 39 User Preferences 40 Global Preferences 41 Setup Options 43 Advanced Options 44 Appendix 2 Cable and connector specifications 46 Multi head synchronisation cable 46 Safety information 47 WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling of Electronic Products 48 Radio...
Страница 4: ...In addition to providing the usual keyboard video and mouse signals the SC5 also provides audio output for full feedback where necessary Many computers SC5 units can directly support 16 computer systems Multiple SC5 units can also be cascaded to support a maximum of 256 computers Each system is linked using a Computer Access Module CAM and category 5 5e or 6 cabling to a maximum distance of 10m 32...
Страница 5: ...USB keyboard and mouse plus a video monitor and optional speakers to these connectors These allow you to perform the initial configuration of the SC5 Additionally you can use these to locally control the connected computer s Computer ports Each computer connects to one of these ports via standard category 5 5e or 6 cabling At the other end of the cabling a CAM Computer Access Module is used to pro...
Страница 6: ...VM Switch KV M onl y Double unit rack brackets Includes twelve screws Part number 39404 Single unit rack brackets Includes four screws Remote User Stations One required per remote user Three different versions are available the User Station C5 Pro and C5 USB 300 have audio and video skew circuitry to overcome extreme video degradation problems The User Station C5 Audio lacks the skew circuitry and...
Страница 7: ...kets plus four screws extend the size of the SC5 so that it fills the full width of a 1U rack slot INDOOR USE ONLY 2 1 6 5 ECTIONS 5V 2 0A 16 15 14 13 OPTIONS INDOOR USE ONLY 5V 2 0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS INDOOR USE ONLY 5V 2 0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS Double unit rac...
Страница 8: ...ation Connections do not need to be carried out in the order given within this guide however where possible connect the power in as a final step Cascading multiple units page 13 Remote user via extender page 9 Local user page 8 Power in page 11 Computer system via CAM page 10 LOCAL USER REMOTE USER U S POWER IN COMPUTER SYSTEM CAM Remote switching control page 17 Multiple video head connections pa...
Страница 9: ...onnected speakers if required To connect the local user port 1 Position a suitable video monitor keyboard mouse and speakers if required in the vicinity of the SC5 unit such that their cables will easily reach 2 Attach the video monitor keyboard mouse and speaker connectors to the sockets collectively labelled as USER CONSOLE at the rear of the SC5 unit 5V 2 0A 12 1 16 1 OPTIONS COMPUT From video ...
Страница 10: ...3 Lay a suitable length of category 5 5e or 6 cabling between the User Station module and the SC5 unit Please refer to the section Cable lengths for remote user locations opposite 4 Attach the connector of the cable run to the socket of the User Station 5 At the other end of the cable run attach the cable connector to the socket on the front panel of the SC5 unit t c h M C 5 User Stati www lindy c...
Страница 11: ...system and the SC5 unit The maximum length of the cable can be up to 10 metres 32 feet however bear in mind that the overall distance between a remote user and any computer must not exceed 300 metres 980 feet 4 Attach the connector of the cable run to the socket of the CAM 5 At the other end of the cable run attach the cable connector to one of the sockets labelled COMPUTER CONNECTIONS on the rear...
Страница 12: ...and its power supply generate heat when in operation and will become warm to the touch Do not enclose them or place them locations where air cannot circulate to cool the equipment Do not operate the equipment in ambient temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Centigrade Do not place the products in contact with equipment whose surface temperature exceeds 40 degrees Centigrade SC5 rear panel output lead ...
Страница 13: ...ranged two levels deep forming a tree or cascade arrangement with computer systems situated at either level within that cascade tree The cascade tree The diagram shows how multiple SC5 units can be cascaded to two levels Computer systems can be connected at any level The local or remote user can access computer systems situated anywhere within the cascade tree See also Connecting units in cascade ...
Страница 14: ...ith an RJ45 connector There must be no crossover connections within the cable The cascade link cables can be up to 50m 160 feet in length However remember that the overall length between the remote user via a User Station extender and any computer via a CAM must not exceed 300m 980 feet that figure includes the cascade link cables Also ensure that the total length from the top SC5 to any CAM does ...
Страница 15: ...ires two digits hence the computer marked in red requires a longer address 1203 as it is situated at cascade level 2 compared to the blue computer at the top level with its two digit port number The first time that you make a connection between two SC5 units the master unit will detect this and ask via the on screen menu if you want to automatically add computers If you choose Yes then the ports o...
Страница 16: ...he rear panel An SC5 will switch its channel if it receives the same command on the serial interface Consequently by linking the serial interfaces a master unit may be made to automatically switch one or more slave units as shown in the diagram It should be noted that the synchronisation cable deliberately does not have the transmit pin of the Slave End connector linked to the receive pin of the M...
Страница 17: ...ity None Stop bits 1 No handshaking is implemented however valid command characters will be echoed back to the sending device The value of the byte received via the serial link determines which computer port should be linked through to the user port The table given here summarises the valid control codes REMOTE CONTROL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C...
Страница 18: ...ivileges 2 Create an ADMIN administration password All SC5 units have a fixed user account that cannot be deleted or renamed called ADMIN This user account is the only one that is able to make important system changes If you intend to use security then it is important to allocate a password to the ADMIN account 3 Create user accounts and allocate access rights Use the ADMIN account to add user pro...
Страница 19: ...enu Functions User Preferences Global Preferences Setup Options Edit Computer List Edit User List EditAutoscan List Enter Select F1 More menus Esc Quit FirmwareVersion 1 01b06 Default names for each computer port Assistance for keypress options Your Login name Connection status Port numbers 2 Press To display the Configuration Menu Hotkeys Note and are the standard hotkeys and can be altered to av...
Страница 20: ...reate a new password for the ADMIN user account To set an ADMIN password 1 Display the Configuration menu 2 Highlight Edit User List and press 3 Highlight ADMIN and press Press again to accept the name ADMIN without change 4 Enter an appropriate password for the ADMIN user account with regard to the following The password can be up to 12 characters long The password can use letters numerals and or...
Страница 21: ... you can determine which of the connected computers can be accessed by the selected user account Only computers that show the marker to the right of the menu box will be accessible to the user account Note Access rights for user accounts to particular computers can also be controlled from the Edit Computer List menu 6 Select and deselect computers as follows Individual computer Highlight a compute...
Страница 22: ...ill move to the computer port column on the right side Change or enter the port address of the computer as required See the Addressing computers in a cascade section for more details 5 When the port address is complete press The Edit access rights menu will be displayed Here you can determine which users should have access to the created edited computer Only users that show a marker to the right o...
Страница 23: ...0 modules see the Remote user skew adjustment section for details To display a suitable high contrast image The best way to clearly view the effect of sharpness and brightness adjustments is to display a high contrast image with vertical edges on the screen Open a word processor type the capital letter H or M and increase the point size to 72 or higher For best results the background should be whi...
Страница 24: ...ly save all settings The new compensation settings will be stored even when power is removed or if a complete reset is initiated These settings should not require further changes unless the cabling arrangements are altered Remote user skew adjustment The category 5 5e and 6 cabling supported by the SC5 consists of four pairs of wires per cable Three of these pairs are used to convey red green and ...
Страница 25: ...ed to a User Station C5 Pro extender simultaneously press the hotkeys by default and along with to enter configuration mode The three keyboard indicators Num Lock Caps Lock and Scroll Lock will now begin to flash in sequence Convergence test pattern showing the RGB crosses In this case the green signal can be seen out of line with the other two colours 3 As appropriate press either the R G or B ke...
Страница 26: ...red to use autoscanning Select the autoscan mode Scan List Active PCs or All PCs Select the autoscan period This is the time that is spent viewing each computer This step also enables and disables the autoscan feature Define the autoscan list This step is only required when the Scan List option is selected and allows you to select which computers will be scanned To select an autoscan mode 1 Displa...
Страница 27: ...nfiguration settings 1 Run the Data Transfer utility on the computer that is connected to the SC5 Options serial port The utility has a single window 2 Click the Configuration button and ensure that the appropriate serial port of the computer is selected 3 Click the Browse button to locate or create a text file that will either provide or receive the SC5 data 4 Choose the direction of data flow Cl...
Страница 28: ... will always be granted access to all computers regardless of the values entered DATA TRANSFER FILE Users ADMIN SAM ROGER PETE Passwords admin letmein roger1 sue2 Computers Main 00000001 1 1 1 Sales 00000002 1 1 1 1 1 Technical 00000011 1 1 1 1 Email 00000012 1 1 1 1 1 Backup 00000010 1 1 1 1 1 server 6 00000016 1 1 1 1 1 server 7 00000004 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 server 8 00000015 1 1 1 1 ...
Страница 29: ...Remove power from the SC5 unit 2 Connect the SC5 unit to a computer in the same manner as you would to carry out a flash upgrade see Performing flash upgrades 3 Press and hold the reset button on the front panel requires paper clip or similar 4 Apply power and after 3 seconds release the reset button The UPG LED should now be iluminated 5 Set the computer serial settings to the following 57600 n 8...
Страница 30: ...upply plug from the rear panel of the unit 3 Connect the upgrade computer to the SC5 Connect the upgrade computer to the OPTIONS port on the rear panel of the SC5 unit using the supplied upgrade cable Set the configuration of the computer s serial port to 19200 baud 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit 4 Power on the SC5 and invoke upgrade mode Use a straightened out paper clip to press and hold the r...
Страница 31: ...s of the unit query will be displayed in the Device Dongle Selection dialog The type and firmware revision of each discovered CAM will be displayed alongside the port number to which it is connected 7 Select the items to be upgraded Using the Device Dongle Selection dialog you can determine which items should receive a firmware upgrade Use the Program Verify Main Unit option to include or exclude ...
Страница 32: ...2 While still holding and press the first numeral of the required port address then If the port address is a single character release all of the keys If the port address is two or more characters release the first numeral key and press the second repeat this procedure until all of the port address numerals have been entered then release and Note The numbers on your keyboard s numeric keypad are no...
Страница 33: ...enu around the screen To select a computer using the on screen menu 1 Select the on screen menu in one of two ways By simultaneously pressing and then releasing or By pressing the middle and right buttons of a three button mouse Note The mouse switching option is usable only if the Mouse Switching option is enabled See Global preferences for more details At this point depending on the security set...
Страница 34: ...is and is relinquished after a certain period of inactivity Escape without selecting a port press the right mouse button User arbitration simultaneous local and remote users During operation if both the local and remote user consoles are both connected and being used the connected video monitors will both continuously receive the output from the selected host system Control of the selected host sy...
Страница 35: ...t helps to prevent unauthorised access to some or all connected computers If the security option has been selected by your administrator then you will be asked to enter a User Name and Password when you first access a user port When you have finished using the computer it is then good practice to logout forcing any other users to authenticate themselves prior to use Note If the security option has...
Страница 36: ... to select 4 Select the required option To disable the banner highlight Reminder Banner and press until DISABLED is shown To change colours highlight Reminder Colour and press until the desired colour combination is displayed 5 Press to save the settings Press twice more to return to the computer port and view your changes The confirmation box The SC5 provides the option of a confirmation box that...
Страница 37: ...o customising the reminder banner as described earlier you can also Change the colour of the on screen menu Select the screen saver style Restore mouse operation or Perform power control functions All of these options are discussed within Appendix 1 ...
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Страница 39: ... forgotten 2 Press to select More menus 3 Use the following keys and to highlight required options to change option values to quit and save the changes The full set of options are only available to the Admin user All other users will see a subset of these LINDY SC5 Configuration Menu Functions User Preferences Global Preferences Setup Options Edit Computer List Edit User List EditAutoscan List Ent...
Страница 40: ...Mouse Restore Intellimouse Clear C5 User Station Password Reset to Factory Defaults Send Data to RS232 port Read Data from RS232 port Enter Run Function Up Down Esc Quit To get here 1 From a local or remote keyboard log on as a standard limited options or admin user 2 Press hotkeys can change 3 Press to select More menus 4 Select Functions Restore Standard Mouse This option is used to resume stand...
Страница 41: ...Toggle Up Down Esc Quit To get here 1 From a local or remote keyboard log on as a standard limited options or admin user 2 Press hotkeys can change 3 Press to select More menus 4 Select User Preferences OSD Colour Settings SCHEME 1 SCHEME 2 SCHEME 3 As you toggle between these options you will see the colour of the menu change to show the selected scheme The menu schemes have been specially chosen...
Страница 42: ...mputers press F1 To remove all named computers press F2 3 When all the computers that you wish to scan are affixed with a press RETURN or ENTER to save the selections The selected computers will be autoscanned in alphabetical order when you activate autoscan mode when the SCAN LIST option is selected Autoscan Period Settings DISABLED 2 5 7 15 30 SECONDS 1 5 MINUTES The autoscan time defines the le...
Страница 43: ...e can have access at any one time When no keyboard or mouse data has been received from the active user port for the user timeout period the SC5 will allow the other user to access the computer The new port then becomes the active port until it too times out To avoid confusion between users it is desirable to set the timeout period to be sufficiently long so that user s work is not needlessly inte...
Страница 44: ...uters This option allows you to determine whether such new computers are automatically added to the computer list or whether you would prefer to update the list manually LINDY SC5 Setup Options Security ENABLED Language ENGLISH Hotkeys CTRL ALT Audio ENABLED Automatic Logout Add Computers DISABLED AUTO Space Toggle Up Down Esc Quit To get here 1 From a local or remote keyboard log on as a standard...
Страница 45: ...er its capabilities AUTO begins with the local user port and if it fails it then checks the remote port and if that also fails to produce a result it uses a set of default values The LOCAL and REMOTE settings force the unit to interrogate only the local and remote monitors respectively and DEFAULT uses only the pre programmed settings DDC Refresh Settings AT START DISABLED AT START sets the SC5 to...
Страница 46: ...14 US 33 Japan Katakana 15 Yugoslavia 34 Korean 16 Turkish F 35 Latin American 17 Reserved 36 255 Netherlands 18 Not supported 00 Norwegian 19 LINDY SC5 USB Country Code Country Code AUTO Default Country 32 Space Toggle Up Down Esc Quit Country Code Settings AUTO MANUAL DISABLED In AUTO mode the SC5 will attempt to query the keyboard attached to the local port to ascertain a country code If a coun...
Страница 47: ...in D type male Multi head synchronisation cable MASTER end 9pin D type male SLAVE end 9pin D type male MASTER end 9pin D type male SLAVE1 end 9pin D type male Use this cable when two SC5 devices are being synchronised Use this cable when three SC5 devices are being synchronised SLAVE2 end 9pin D type male ...
Страница 48: ...er adapter No user serviceable parts within power adapter do not dismantle Plug the power adapter into a socket outlet close to the module that it is powering Replace the power adapter with a manufacturer approved type only Do not use the power adapter if its case becomes damaged cracked or broken or if you suspect that it is not operating properly If you use a power extension cord with the SC5 ma...
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Страница 50: ...ween the equipment and the receiver c Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected d Consult the supplier or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Compliance Statement United States This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with the manu...
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Страница 52: ...ata Transfer utility 26 DDC options 44 45 E Extender remote user 9 F Firmware upgrade 28 29 Functions 39 44 45 G Global preferences 41 44 Global user connection 10 H Host computer connection 10 Hotkeys changing 19 selecting computers 31 Hot plugging 28 I Indicators 4 Initial configuration 17 IP port connection 10 L Local connection 31 Local user connection 8 port 4 Logging in and out section 34 M ...
