Lindy LF1TBELRG manual

LINDY CPU Switch Smart ENGLISH Quick In stallatio n and Operat ion G uide QUICK I NST ALLAT ION Pow er off all your com puters and connect them to the LIGHT GRE EN ports on the rear of the LINDY CPU Sw itch Sm art. LINDY 3-in-1 keyboard/vi deo/m ouse com binati on cables are recom m ended for conveni ence. Suitable i ndivi dual standard keyboard, v[...]

LINDY CPU Switch Smart GERMA N Kurzhandbuc h, E inführung FEAT URES Der L INDY CPU Switch SMART u nter st ü tzt M oni toraufl ö sungen bi s 1900x 1440 bis 75Hz sowie DDC Monitorerkennung. Der L I NDY CPU Sw i tch be n ö tigt bei Kabel l ä ngen unter 5m kei n Netztei l. W erden gr öß ere Kabell ä ngen ben ö tigt, so sol lte ei n optional er[...]

LINDY CPU Switch Smart GERMA N SPEZIELL E EIGENSCHA F T EN Der LINDY CPU Sw i tch SM ART ist Flash-uprgradable. Di e Firm ware ist dam it an zuk ü nftige neue Hardware prinzipi ell anpassbar. Der LINDY CPU S witch kann kaskadiert werden. Der LINDY CPU S witch SM ART hat ein robustes Metallgeh ä use f ü r hohe S tab ilit ä t und optim ale EMV Ab[...]

LINDY CPU Switch Smart SPANI SH Gu í a r á pida de in stalaci ó n y funcionamiento INS T AL AC I Ó N R Á PIDA Desc onecte todos los ordenadores y con é ctelos a los puertos VERDE C LARO en la parte poster ior del LI NDY CPU Switc h Smart. Par a mayor comodidad s e recom iendan cables combi nados 3-en- 1 teclado/v í deo/rat ó n. T ambi é n [...]

LINDY CPU Switch Smart FRENCH Guide d ’ installation r a pide et mode d ’ e mploi INST ALLAT ION RA PIDE Mettez tous vos ordinateurs hors tension et raccordez-l es aux ports VERT CLA IR à l'arri è re du LINDY C PU Sw itch Sm art. Les c â bles cl avie r/vi d é o/souri s Adder 3- in-1 sont recom m and é s pour des rai sons pratiques. De[...]

LINDY CPU Switch Smart ITALIA N Guida di installa zione rapida e funzionamento INST A L LAZIONE RAPI DA Spegnere tutti i computer e collegarl i al le porte VERDE CHIAR O sul retro del LI ND Y CP U Sw it ch S m a rt. Pe r f ac ilit à c ons iglia m o i ca vi L IN DY co m b ina ti 3- in- 1 tastiera/vi deo/m ouse. Sono pure disponib ili cav i m o us e[...]

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LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 1 A bout this manual LINDY CPU Sw itch Sm art - Installati on and Use Third edi tion (June 2001) (c) 2001 LINDY Electroni cs Ltd. Part No. LY 0039/3 www. l i n d y . c o m Part No. 32298 LINDY CPU Sw itch Sm art 2 Port Part No. 32299 LINDY CPU Sw itch Sm art 4 Port All ri ghts reserved. W hi l s[...]

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LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 3 Warran ty LINDY E lectroni cs Ltd warrants that this product shall be free from defects i n w orkm anship and materials for a peri od of one year from the date of ori ginal purchase. If the product should fai l to operate correctl y in norm al use during the w arra nt y p erio d, LI ND Y w ill[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 4 Radio Fre quency Ener gy Shiel ded cabl es m ust be used with this equipment to m ain tai n com pli ance with radio frequency energy em i ssi on regul ati ons and ensure a sui tably hi gh l evel of i mm unity to electrom agneti c disturbances. Euro pean EMC d irect i ve 89/336/ EEC Thi s equip[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 5 Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................... 6 1.1 Key features ........................................................................................... 6 1.2 Package contents ..................................................[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 6 appli cations .......................................................................................... 25 4. LINDY CPU Switch Smar t config uration option s ........................ 27 4.1 Screen saver time delay ....................................................................... 27 4.2 [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 7 1. Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing the LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art. Your LINDY CPU S witch Sm art i s a high perform ance keyboard, m onitor and m ouse shari ng device which supports a w i de range of PC hardware and softw are pl atform s. 1.1 Key features Control multipl e PCs from a sin[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 8 Includes screen saver, auto-scan and vari able hotkey opti ons. Supports M i crosoft Inte lliM ou se , I nte lliM ou se E x plor er and other com m on wheel mi c e . Mouse restoration functions to enabl e ‘ hot pluggi ng ’ of certain systems. Keyboard, m ouse and LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 9 1.4 Pr oduct infor mation Figu re 1 - LI NDY CPU Switch Sm art fr ont v iew Figu re 2 - LI NDY CPU Switch Sm art rear v iew (4 port m odel) Figur e 3 - Remote con trol pad / display (optional accessor y - par t 32255)[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 10 2. Installation 2.1 What y ou will need Cables to connect the LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art to each of your PC keyboard, video and m ouse ports. Cabl e speci ficati ons are given i n appendix A. (Y ou do not need to connect a m ouse cabl e i f you are not usi ng the m ouse). A m oni tor w ith a s[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 11 2.2 M ounting the LIND Y CPU Switch S mar t The LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art has been designed for use on a desktop or shel f i n close proxim i ty to the user ’ s m oni tor and peripheral s. The optional rem ote control ler m a y be used i f you wish to locate the LINDY CP U Sw i tch Sm art o[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 12 connected com puters. Fai l u re to switch the LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art and com puters on i n the correct order can l ead to the mouse and/or keyboard not being recognised by the com puters when they are sw i tched on. 2.4 ‘ Interface power ed ’ operation w ithout the optional power adap[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 13 keyboard cable and so w ill p ow er it se lf o n w hen the attached PC is switched on or w hen the opti onal power adapter is connected. Do not release the key unti l the LINDY CPU Switch Smart di spl ays ’ C ’ to show that i t has entered configure mode. T o ent er c o nf ig ure mod e w [...]

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LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 15 L7 - Cascade query code = A D (default) L8 - Cascade query code = E F T1 - 2 seconds autoscan del ay tim e before switching to next port (default) T2 - 5 seconds autoscan del ay tim e before switching to next port T3 - 7 seconds autoscan del ay tim e before switching to next port T4 - 10 seco[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 16 F1 - Displ ay firm ware first digi t (Note: F1 i s ) fol l o wed by  NOT O ) F2 - Display fi rm w are second di git F3 - Displ ay firm ware third digi t F5 - Restore PS /2 m ouse function F6 - R est ore In te lliMo us e f un ct ion F8 - RESET al l con fi gur at i o ns t o de f aul t sett i[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 17 system which al l ows you to disconnect and re-connect the shared m ouse without pow eri ng dow n the system (although thi s is general ly not advisabl e) - see section 2.10 for detail s. Key board an d mouse m ode switchin g - The LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art keeps a log of the keyboard and m o[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 18 On m any PC s, m ous e m ove m ent w ill be lo st if th e P S/ 2 m ou se is unplugged and plugged back i n w hi lst the PC is runni ng. Mouse m ovem ent can then only be restored by rebooting the PC. This i s because the m ouse dri vers only setup and enable the m ouse when the P C is i niti [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 19 ) I 4) Exit from confi gure m ode by typi ng ( I 5) Test the m ouse m ovem ent by m ovi ng the m ouse a short di stance. F5 - Restore PS /2 m ouse function F6 - R est ore In te lliMo us e f un ct ion 2.12 Upgr ading the LINDY flash mem ory The LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm art uses fl[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 20 you m a y reset the LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art by powering off all the attached com puters and removing the optional pow er adapter. Step 4 - E nsur e that th e LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art is powered on Ensure that the LINDY CPU S witch Sm art is powered on. It is norm all y possibl e to upgrade[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 21 You m ay check the new firm ware version by enteri ng configure m ode and usi ng the firm ware version query function.[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 22 Some u seful issues to bear in mi nd when perform ing flash upgr ades The upgrade program rewrites the LINDY CP U Sw i tch Sm art ’ s firm ware code. If the upgrade process is i nterrupted then the LINDY CPU S witch Sm art w ill h av e inv alid code and w ill not be a ble t o operate. It is[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 23 3. Using the LINDY CPU Sw itch Smart This secti on ex pl ains the general operation of the LINDY CP U Sw itch Sm art. W e recom mend that you read this section before starti ng to use the product. 3.1 Power on status At pow er on the LINDY CPU S witch Sm art selects computer 1 and displays ?[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 24 3.3 Status display The status displ ay usuall y show s the currentl y selected port. If autoscan m ode i s se lec te d, the se gm en ts w ill illum inat e in s equence in a clockwise di recti on interspersed with a di spl ay of the currentl y sel ected channel. If LINDY CPU S w i tch Sm art h[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 25 3.4 Key board hotkey contr ol LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm art can be conveni ently control led by sel ecting channel , autoscan m ode or securi ty l o cki ng from the keyboard. All of the hotkey control com mands are invoked by holdi ng dow n the two hotkeys and then pressing a com mand key. B y d[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 26 Ex am ples of com m on hotkey sequences (assum i ng CTRL + A LT hotkey opti on): To select channel 2: press ED rel ease ED To ’ tab through’ channels: press ED Y rel ease Y press Y release Y press Y release YED 3.5 Mouse contr ol Com puters may conveniently be sel ected usi ng a thr[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 27 3.6 RS232 contr ol LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art can be control led by a rem ote RS232 device. To select a channel the data rate of the sendi ng device m ust be set to 1200 baud, 8 bi ts, no parity and 1 stop bi t. No handshaking i s used by the LINDY CPU S witch Sm art. Sim ply send the characte[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 28 A typical cascade of two LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm arts 3.8 Sy nchronising LINDY CPU Switch Sm arts for m ultiple v ideo head applications Multipl e LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm arts m ay be connected together so that they operate in a synchroni sed m anner. Synchronised operation i s useful for appl i[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 29 channel i f it recei ves the sam e comm and on its seri al i nterface. Consequently, by li nking the seri al i nterfaces a m aster uni t may be m ade to autom atical ly switch a da isy ch ain of s lav ed unit s as sh ow n in t he dia gra m belo w . The sla ve un its w ill require the opti ona[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 30 4. LINDY CP U S w itch Smar t configuration options All the opti ons described i n thi s secti on are entered in LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art configure m ode - see secti on 2.6 for instructi ons on entering confi gure m ode. 4.1 Scr een sav er time delay LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art contains a prog[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 31 L1 - CPU S witch Sm art onl y locks on to acti ve ports during autoscanni ng (default) L2 - CPU Sw i tch Sm art l o cks on to every port i n turn duri ng autoscanni ng L3 - CPU Sw i tch pow ers on i n autoscan m ode and l ocks on to acti ve ports onl y L4 - CPU Sw i tch Sm art powers on in au[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 32 The LINDY CPU Sw i tch Sm art supports ‘ Internet Mice ’ that are com pati ble with the M icr os oft In te lliM ous e. Th es e a re f itt ed w ith a w heel or other scroll control and som e ti m es have addi ti onal buttons. Ex am pl es are: M icr os oft In te lliMo us e Logitech Pil ot M[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 33 again). The fol lowing keyboard hotkey com bi nati ons can be sel ected. These hotkey com bi nati ons are used together with the com m and keys to trigger the requi red CPU Sw itch functi on. The left and ri ght shift key combination i s particul arly sui table for ex tended keyboards where a[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 34 connections.[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 35 F1 - Di spl ay fi rm ware first di git (Note: F1 i s ) fol l owed by  NOT O ) F2 - Displ ay firm ware second digit F3 - Di spl ay fi rmw are thi rd di gi t F5 - Restore PS /2 m ouse function to the currentl y selected CPU ’ s m ouse port F6 - Re st or e In te lliM ous e fu nc tion to th [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 36 4.8 Cascade quer y code The LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm arts use a speci al ‘ query code ’ to detect whether or not they are connected to another LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm art. By default your LINDY CPU S w i tch Sm art uses query code AD. LINDY CPU S witch Junior OSD (another range of keyboard /[...]

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LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 38 4.10 Exit configur e mode W hen you have fini shed configuri ng any specia l opti ons, si m pl y type ‘ E ’ fol l owed by (return) to ex i t configure m ode and return to norm al operati on m ode. The attached com puters can now be sw itched on.[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 39 A ppendix A . Cable a nd connector specificat ions IMPORTANT NOT E T he m aximu m cable len gths suppor ted va ry widely between devices an d cables. I t may be possible to use cables that ar e longer than those specified below with cer tain P Cs and per ipher als but th is cann ot be guaran [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 40 have these DDC li nes connected. Key board an d PS/2 m ice - 6 pin m i ni-DIN m al e connector to 6 pin mini-DIN m al e connector w i th all li nes connected straight through (1-1,2-2 etc.). If the PC has a 5- pin DIN AT style keyboard connector you w ill need a PS/2 to A T keyboard adapter 6[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 41 Recom mended cables: 3-in-1 key board, video an d mou se combination cable - For conveni ence, neatness and high vi deo quali ty w e recom m end the LINDY brand 3-in-1 com bi nati on cables. These cabl es are constructed w i th tri-coax video l inks to ensure that hi gh video qual ity i s m a[...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 42 A.4 Flash upgrade cable connection The cable connecti ons show n bel ow are to connect either COM1 or COM 2 of a PC to the LINDY C PU Sw i tch Sm art to al low flash upgrades. A.5 RS232 sy nchr onisation cable pin assignments The cable connecti ons show n bel ow are to connect two LIN DY CPU [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 43 A ppendix B. Proble m Solving Problem: Poor vi deo quality with s mear ing fuzziness or ri pple. A c tion: Use sc reened coax ial vi deo cables to connect your devices . Problem: M ouse does not mov e cursor on scr een. A c tion: Ensure that the m ouse and computer are both connec ted to LIN [...]

LI NDY C PU Switch Sm art I nstallation an d Use Page 44 A c tion: Change the mous e driv er to a M icros of t mous e driver or take the ac tion recom mended i n section 4.9 of this m anual.[...]