Minicom Advanced Systems 5UM20114 manual

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SM A RT C AT5 SWITCH 16 IP . 1 Table of Contents Welcome........................................................................................................................................ 3 Section 1: T he Smart CAT5 Sw itch 16 IP system .......................................... 4 1. Configur ing th e IP sy st em .............................[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 2 Section 2: Operating the Smart 16 IP s ystem locall y .................................. 56 39. Switch ing betwee n c ompute rs ...................................................................................... 56 40. The k ey board hot key s ...................................................................................[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 3 Welcome The Smart CAT5 Switch 16 I P system is produ ced by Minicom Advanced System s Limited. Technical precautions This equipm ent generates radio frequency energy and if not insta lled in accordan ce with the manufacture r’s instruction s, may cause rad io frequen cy interfer ence. This equipm ent complies w ith[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 4 Secti on 1: The S mart CAT5 S witch 16 IP system This sec tion exp lains how to configure a nd operate the Sm art CAT5 Switch 16 IP (Smart 16 I P) system remo tely ov er IP. When Opera ting the Sm art 16 IP Sw itching system locally throug h the On Screen Display (OSD) or Con t rol software see Sect ion 2 pag e 56. 1. Configurin[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 5 4. Configuration via local console There are two ways of doing this: (A) Connect the NULL m odem cable to the com puter’s Seria l port and to Smart 16 I P’s Serial 1 port. Use any Terminal software to con nect to Smart 16 I P. The screen shots b elow use Windows Hypert erminal. 1. Choose Start/P rograms/Acc essor[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 6 Figure 3 T he Hy perterm inal 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice inform ation and a prom pt appear. 7. Type config and press Enter . Config uration questions appear. DHCP can be enabled or disab led. You can change th e IP address, net mask and default gat ewa y. Pr essi ng Enter w ithout entering values keeps the default v alues. To[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 7 Host system mouse settings The host ope rating system has various set tings for the mouse driv er. Smart 16 I P works w ith accelerat ed mic e and is able to synchron ize the host w ith th e client mouse point er. This is further discu ssed on page 14. The follow ing may prev ent proper mouse sy nchronizati on. Speci[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 8 All the ab ove interfaces a r e acce ssed using the T CP/I P protocol. They can thus be used via the b uilt-in Ethe rnet ad apter or modem . This chap ter deals with the HTTP interf ace. The other tw o interfaces are explained on p a ges 37 an d 19. The Web brow ser must co me with a J ava Runtim e Environment v ersion 1.1 or hi[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 9 Menu Wo rk ar ea Figure 5 The Smart 16 IP Home page 9. Tim eout After half an hour of non- activi ty the sy stem automatically logs out. Clicking anywhere on the screen will le ad back to the Login s creen. 10. The Work a rea The Work area has a short summ ary about your Smart 16 IP. • Server Power St atus – Alwa[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 10 Informat ion bar Control buttons Computer butt ons Figure 6 The re mote console You can work on it with the keyboard and m ouse. The delay with k eyboard and mouse reac tions - if any - depends on t he line connec tion bandwidth. 12. Keyboar d layout Your host k eyboard ch anges it s layout t o match the re mote host syst em. S[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 11 In case Sm art 16 IP is conn ected to y our local network environment and your connection to the I nternet is availab le using a proxy server only withou t NAT being con figured, the Rem ote Console is very unlikely to be able to es tablish the according connec tion. T his is becau se today' s Web proxies ar e [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 12 Mouse handling - T he sub menu for mouse hand ling offe rs 3 options for synchronizing the host and the client mouse poin ter - explained on pag es 14 and 16. The option fo r 'Fast Sync' shows the hotkey if you defined o ne using the Remote Console Settings. Local cu rsor - Choose a cursor shape f or the host m ouse. [...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 13 Type here Figure 7 Chat window All messag es are broadcast to ALL connected user s. There is no op tion to direct a messag e to a particular use r only. There is no messag e history, so m essages c an only be rece ived after open ing the Remote Conso le. Type your m essage and press Enter. To en d the Cha t, close t[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 14 Pha se - Sets th e phase for v ideo sam pling. Ho rizont al O ffset - Mov es the pictur e in a horizontal direction. Vertical Offset - Moves the pic ture in a v ertical di rection. Brightne ss and con trast af fect al l modes and KVM por t s globa lly; the othe r settings a re changed specifi cally for each m ode on each KVM po[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 15 Pressing the button usua lly leads to a fast sync, excep t when the KVM port or the vid eo mode re cently changed. 15. Mouse synchronization limit ations Synchronizat i on m ay not work properly in the followin g cases: 1. For the i ntelligent sync to work , the picture MUST be correc tly adjusted. U se the auto adj[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 16 Figure 10 Motion tab The Speed sec tion s lider bar m ust be in the ce nter, an d the Ac celeration section m ust be set to None . Cli ck OK to sa ve ch ange s. 4. Disable Activ e Desktop. Or do not use a plain backg round, use a wallpaper. Disabling mo use acceleration i n for other Operati ng Systems To disable m ouse acceler[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 17 17. Remote Cons ole Settings From the Sm art 16 IP Menu cl ick Remote Console Se ttings. The Rem ote Console Settings window appears. See Fig ure 11. Figure 11 T he Remote Cons ole Settings The setting s and their func tions are now described. All setting s are user speci f ic. Choose a user f rom the Dro p-down m e[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 18 Color De pth – The lower the dep th the faster th e speed. Various Remote C ons ole Options Start in Monitor Mode - Check this option to op en the Remote Console windo w in read only mode. (No keyboard or mouse t ransferr e d to Hos t computer). Exclusive A cces s- Enables the Exclusive A ccess mode at Rem ote Console startup[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 19 The * sign inserts a p ause with a defina ble duration. See pag e 25. To requir e a confirmatio n request before k eystrok es are sent, writ e confirm at th e start. E.g. confirm Ctrl+Alt+D elete. For a list o f key codes and aliases Sm art 16 IP recog nizes, ref er to Appendix B on page 80. Press Apply for the chan[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 20 quit - Logs out cur r ent us er and disconnects from the client. version - Shows all availab l e vers ion numbers termina l - Start s the term inal pass throug h mode for serial port 1. Th e key sequence `<e sc> exit' switc hes back to comm and m od us. 19. Status via IPMI The Status via I PM I function shows the cur[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 21 Internal po wer Once connec ted enab le the internal pow er option using the Serial sett ings on pag e 37. The Power Co ntrol panel e nables a ccess to the m ost important e xterna l buttons o f your host system . T hese bu ttons are the reset a nd the A TX power button. The power button represents the A TX power bu[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 22 the pane l that is load ed into the browse r becau se of th e button pr ess. The power state will be o ff. Externa l power If the exte rnal power option is enabled it w i ll lo ok like Figure 13. Figure 13 External power control The upper half is used to sw itch the power for the KVM port curr ently activ e. Use the KVM set tin[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 23 Figure 14 Key board & Mouse Se ttings The elem ents of the Keyboard & Mo use Settings a re explained below. Host In terface – Only Auto or PS/2 are act ive. USB is fo r future app lications. Targeted KV M port 1. Choose a port t o which a Host com puter is connected. 2. Press to display the cu rrent values[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 24 Fixed Mo use speed When Mouse Acce leration on the Host computer is disabled, se lect Fixed Mouse Speed see F igure 15. A l so i n the Scal ing drop- down menu select 1.00. Repeat this p rocedure separate ly for each Host c omputer. Figure 15 Mouse settings G&D Equalizer – This supports t o the mouse synchr onization for [...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 25 Figure 16 KV M Settings The elem ents of the KVM Settings are expla ined below. Active Port To switch to a com puter: 1. Choose a num ber in the Active port Dro p-down list. 2. Press . The com puter scree n appears in the Rem ote Console. Number of Ports To set the number of ports the KVM uses: 1. Choose a num ber i[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 26 Figure 17 KV M Port Settings 25. KVM Port S ettings 1. Assign nam es for each port. 2. Define ho tkeys to switch to each port. Choose either Minicom defaul t hotkey s by sele cting Minicom KVM-Switch in the Defau lt config uration box, and then click the S et Defau lts button. Or choose your own ho tkeys. The synt ax to de fine[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 27 If an exter nal power option is enabled i t is poss ible to assig n a port of this control for power sw itching to each KVM port, see page 20. Show in console – ch eck this op tion to have a button w ith the port nam e appear on the top of the Remote co nsole. Click the button to s witch to that computer. Powe r C[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 28 Each select ion adds the out let to th e list at the bo ttom. The order o f powering off/on, will be the order as set o ut in this lis t . Changing th e order To change th e order the outlet s are powered on/off : Highlig ht the desired ou tlet and m ove it using the arro ws. 26. Vide o Settings From the Sm art 16 IP Menu choos[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 29 Custom Vide o Modes Add video m odes to Smart 16 I P, which are not recognized using the factory settings, when for exam ple using special m odel lines in an X- Window configurat ion on the host o r with uncomm on hosts or operating systems. Click Add Custom Vi deo Modes. The Custom Vid eo Modes window appears see F[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 30 Polar ity - The polarity (po sitiv e/negative) of the synchroniz ation sig nals. V means v ertical, H means ho rizontal. Desc ription Give th e mode a name. Th e name appea r s in th e Remote Console when the custom mode is activ ated. 27. User/Group Management From the Sm art 16 IP Menu choos e User/Group Manag e ment. The Use[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 31 Email a ddress /Mobile nu mber These are optional. Group membe rship/M ember of/Not Member of Each user can b e a member of one or more groups and inhe rit the r ights of that group. Use the a rrows to add or rem ove a user from a group. Existing groups Select an ex isting g roup for copy ing, modifica tion or delet[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 32 2. Enter a new use r name in the New user name box. 3. Click the Copy User bu tton. All p roperties of the selected use r will be co pied to the new o ne, except us er specif ic permissi ons. Group Manag ement The follow ing headings ap pear under Group Man agement. Create group button To create a group: 1. Type a nam e into th[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 33 Figure 22 User/Group Permissions Each user or g roup has a set of access rights to the Sm art 16 IP funct ions. The user 'super' always has unal terable fu ll access rig hts. A newly created user ha s the access rig hts of all grou ps he belong s to. You can chang e the ac cess rights in the Us er/Group P [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 34 Changing a field setting. Al low change m eans you can change it. (This d oesn’t giv e an automatic right to view the v alue, the allow v iew value m ust also be set). Deny chang e means y ou cannot change it. Using a fun ction. allow access m eans you can use it. deny access m eans you cannot use i t . 3. Select the d esired[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 35 gateway address and net mask . Before you connect S mart 16 IP to y our local sub- net, com plete the correspon ding configuration o f your DHCP server. BOOT P - When selected, S mart 16 IP w ill contact a BO OTP (Boo tstrap Protocol) s erver in the lo cal sub- net to obtain a v alid I P address, gateway addre ss an[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 36 Telnet port Port num ber at which Smar t 16 IP' s Telnet server is list ening. If em pt y the defaul t value is used. Bandwidth limitati on The m aximum network traffic gene rated through the S mart 16 I P Ethernet device. Di sable Se tup Pro tocol Exclude th e Smart 16 I P from the setu p protocol. 30. Dynamic DNS Use the[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 37 2 . From the Sm art 16 IP menu choose Netwo rk Settings / Dy na mic DNS. The Dynamic DNS Setting s appear. See Fig ure 25. Figure 25 Dy namic DNS Settings 3. Check the Enable Dynamic DNS box. 4. Change the set tings as de sired. Hostnam e - The Hos tname reg istered du ring m anual registration with the Dynamic DNS [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 38 Figure 26 Serial P o rt Set tings In the Sm art 16 IP Serial S ettings specify the devices connected to the two Serial ports. Serial Port 1 The port op tions are listed below Configuration login –If thi s option is c hecked you can only use the port fo r the initial config uration and no other function. Modem - Sm art 16 IP h[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 39 Modem Server IP address – This add ress is used only when connecting to Smart 16 IP v ia a modem . When y ou dial into th e Smart 16 I P the clien t computer will receiv e a Modem Client IP address from the Smart 1 6 IP. Open th e Web browse r and type Modem server I P address to log in to the Sm art 16 IP. The Cl[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 40 Serial Port 2 This port provide s the pow er control o ptions, see pag e 20. Choose a sui t able setting and fill in additi onal required op tions. Smart 16 I P supports the following: Internal Powe r Option - This opti on gives access to the A TX power and reset functions o f a single connected system. You can ch ang e the dur[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 41 Figure 29 Serial Port 2 externa l power option IPM 220-L ( Inl ine Power Modul e ) - External m odule option to switch power of a single system by putting it in the power supply line o f the control l ed syst em. SPC 800/1600 - Using the A vocent TM SPC, switch po wer for m ore than one system connected to Smart 16 [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 42 Figure 30 Security Settings SSL settings Force HTT PS - Access the Web front-end only using an HTTPS connect ion. Smart 16 I P won't listen on the H TTP port for in coming connections. KVM encryp tion - Contro ls the encry pting of the RF B protocol, use d by the Rem ote Console to transmit th e scree n data to the adminis[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 43 1. From the Secu rity Settings page choose Crea te your own SSL certi f icate . The window appears as in Figure 31. Figure 31 CSR 2. Fill in the fields: Common name - Network nam e of Smart 16 I P once insta lled in th e user' s network. I t is identical to the nam e that is used to access the card with a Web b[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 44 Key length - Length of the generated key in bi ts. 1024 Bits are supposed be suf fic ient for most c ase s. Lar ger ke ys ma y res ul t in s lowe r res pons e ti me dur ing the connect ion. 3. Click . 4. Press Download CSR to download the CSR to your adm inistration machine. 5. Send the CSR to a CA for c ertifica tion. They wil[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 45 0.0.0.0/0 m atches any IP packet Poli cy - Determ ines what to do wi th matching pack ets. Th ey are accepted or dropped. NOTE: The order of the rules is im portant. The rules a re checked in a s cending order un til a rul e matches. Rules below the matching o ne are ignored. T he def ault policy appl ies if no matc[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 46 • Currently active user s with login t ime (log in time is only valid if tim e is synchroniz ed on Sm art 16 IP) • Server' s power state • The fo llowing actions can b e init iated v i a SNMP : • Reset serv er • Power on/off s erver • Reset Smart 16 IP The follow ing events are reported by Sm art 16 IP via SNMP[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 47 Read Community - T his is the SNMP comm unity, which allows y ou to retrieve inform ation via SNMP. Write Co mmunity - Th is comm unity allows you to set options and r eset Smart 16 IP or the hos t via SNMP. System Locati on - Type a descrip tion of the phy sical location o f the host. This will be u sed in reply to[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 48 Both require I PMI V1.5. From the Sm art 16 IP Menu choose I PM I Settings. The I PMI Setting s appears. See Figure 33. Figure 33 IPMI Settings IPMI disab led - Disabl es IPMI. Status v ia IPMI and Ev ent Log v i a IPMI are not availab le and the powe r on/off and rese t functions won't use I PMI. BMC address - Hexadecimal[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 49 35. LDAP Settings You can keep a uthenticatio n information in a central L DAP directory . The purpose of LDAP is simply to confi rm the pa ssword during login w ith the LDAP server. The user m ust exist on both the LDAP and Smart I P 16 side. On login Sm art IP 16 intern al user m anagement check s the u ser. I f t[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 50 Name of user-en try object class - The object class t hat identifies a user in the LDAP directory . T o use the default le ave th is field em pty. The default de pends on the select ed LDAP se rver type. User search subfilter - Ref ine the search for u sers that shoul d be known to the Smart 16 I P. 36. Maintenance From the Sm [...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 51 Dire ct SmartIP Lin ks You can set up di rect links to any Minicom IP hardwar e over a LAN or WAN. Use the link s to directly co nnect to these I P units without hav ing to remem ber their I P addresses. You can also see the statu s of the rem ote I P units as explained below. All the I P units must hav e firmware t[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 52 4. In the Dev ice Name column type a de scription. 5. Click Apply . On the Hom e page Monitor ic ons representing the direct connection I P units appear. See Fig ure 38. Figure 38 The Moni tor i cons The icons a r e colo r coded as fo llows: Icon Mean ing Gray Powered off or disc onnected from the network Green Powered on but n[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 53 Fact ory War ehouse Offices LAN or WAN Direct Conn ection Links for all Minico m IP Solutions Shop On-Line Status and Direct Links to all Minico m IP product s in organizat ion. Phantom MX IP Smart Switch IP 16 Smart IP Extender Smart IP Link Remo te Ad ministr ator IP Exte nde r MINICOM GI E R V F RESET SMART MINIC[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 54 37. Frequently Asked Questions Q 1: The rem ote mouse doesn' t work or is not synchr oniz ed. A: Ensure the Sm art 16 IP mouse setting s match the m ouse model. Also see pag e 14 Q 2: Bad video qua lity or grainy pi cture A: Use the brig htness and contr ast sett ings - see page 13. Use t he auto adjustm ent feature to cor[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 55 38. Glossa ry of term s ACPI - A specifi cation that enab les the operating syste m to im plement power manag e m ent and system configuration. ATX - Advanced Technology Extended: A particular s pecification of a motherboar d introduced by Intel in 1995. BMC - Board Manag ement Controller : implements the IPMI based[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 56 Sect ion 2: Operating the Smart 16 IP system l ocally This sec tion exp l ains how to operate the Sm art 16 IP Switching system locally through the On Sc reen Display (OSD) or Control software. 39. Switching between computers Switch betw een the connec ted com puters by either : • Keyboard hotk e ys • The OSD ( On Screen Di[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 57 Figure 40. L i nes wit h blue text show ac tive computers. Lines with grey text show inactiv e compute rs. The Type co lumn indic ates whether a com puter “C” or another switch “S” i s connected to the por t. Port num ber appears here Instruction keys C=compute r S=s witch Figure 40 The O S D Ma in window 42[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 58 Figure 41 The Settings window Note! When the OSD is password protected (ex plained below) only the Administrator has acce ss to the F2 settings window. 45. The General s ettings With the b lue line on the w ord GENERAL, press Enter . The Gen eral setting s window appears se e Figure 42. Figure 42 The Genera l Settings wi ndow F[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 59 • Set and m odify all Passwor ds and security profiles • Fully acc ess any computer • Use all OSD f unctions Supervis or (Status S) The Superv isor can : • Fully acc ess any computer • Access the fo llowing OSD function s only – F4 S can, F5 Tune an d F6 Moving the Conf irmation label. User (Status U) Th[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 60 2. Press the Spac e bar to togg l e betw een options. T o di splay the OSD in future press the new ho tkey. Autoskip With the A utoskip feature, the arrow key s only access the act ive com puter lines on the OSD. When Autoskip is O ff, The arrow k eys access both activ e and inactiv e compute r lines. To chang e the A utosk ip [...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 61 Figure 43 Ports Settings window Editing th e comput er name In this window y ou can edit the com puter names with u p to 15 characte rs. To erase a characte r: Select it and pres s the Space bar . Blank spaces remain in p lace of the era sed character. To erase a n entire lin e: Place th e curso r at th e beginning [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 62 Add ing/c ha nging a hotke y (H KEY) Cascade th e Smart 16 I P by connecting another Sm art Switch to a Com puter port instead of a computer, and t hen connecting m ore RICCs to the seco nd Switch. You must defi ne a different hotkey for the OSD of eac h Switch. The hotk eys can be any of the choices as set out above on pag e 5[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 63 1. On the desired line press Tab to jump to the desi red column. 2. Place the cu rsor over one o f the 3 digits and ty pe a new num ber. Enter a leading zero where ne cessary. For exam ple, type 040 for 40 s econds. Typing 999 i n the LBL colu mn display s the label con tinuou sly. Typing 000 – the label will not [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 64 50. Secur ity In the Sett ings window navig ate to th e Secur ity line an d press Enter . T he Security se ttings window appear s see Figure 46. Figure 46 The Security settings window The ‘T’ co lumn on the rig ht hand si de stands for Ty pe of pa ssword. There can o nly be 1 Adm inistrator password, 1 Supervisor password, [...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 65 Please no te! All th e functions se t out in the Help window are p erformed from the Main window. The Help window is m erely a rem i nder of th e hotkeys and the i r function s. 52. Scanning computers – F4 Where neces sary adjust th e scan time in the Time Setti ngs window, see above. To activate scan ning: 1. Pre[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 66 55. Using t he Control software As an alte rnative to th e OSD operate the system with the Control sof t wa re located on the Mark eting & Documenta tion CD. With the OSD you opera te the sy stem and view the com puter screens on the same m onitor. The Control software require s 2 monito rs: 1 for th e softwa re and 1 to vi[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 67 4. Double-click the icon to ru n the software. Or choose S tart / Program s / Smart CAT5 RS232 Control / Sm art CAT5 RS232 Contro l. To run the software from the CD: Choose Run Smart CA T 5 s witch RS232 Control Sof tware from CD. Selecting a C om port During the S etup pr ocess you wil l be prom pted to cho ose a C[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 68 Communi cation Error If a Comm unication Error box appe ars when trying to s can the system – see Figure 49. Check that : • The RS232 Serial cable is connec ted to the c omputer’s and Sm art 16 IP Manager’s s erial ports. • The Com Port setting s in Opti ons / Com Port are se t corr ectl y. Aft er changing the Com por[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 69 computers in system. The s ystem autom atically updates the status befor e every switching . Read Confi guration To see the current setting s of the enti re system (names, scan settings etc .) click . All cur rent setting s are rec eived. You view th e computer settings f rom the Control w indow and other se ttings [...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 70 1. Edit the L ogo and Pas swords by choos ing them from the Edit menu. See figures below. Figure 50 T he l ogo Figure 51 T h e names and passwords 2. Make the des ired changes. 3. Click OK . Settings Choose Setting s from the Edit m enu. The Computers ’ Prope rties box appears. Se e Figure 52. Figure 52 The Co mputers’ Prop[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 71 3. Check the Selec t box next to the chang ed setting. 4. Click OK . Single comput er setti n gs To see al l the se ttings of a sing le computer, rig ht click the com puter icon. The settings ap pear as in the figure below . Note! There i s no Select bo x to check. Figure 53 The single computer Setti ngs box Loading[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 72 To change th e security ac cess, c lose and reop en the Control so ftware, and ty pe in the diffe rent password. Administrator (Status A) The Ad minist rator can: • Set and m odify all Passwor ds and security profiles • Fully acc ess any computer • Use all f unction s Supervis or (Status S) The Superv isor can : • Fully[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 73 The Update so ftware enables you to add new features and fix bugs i n a quick and ef ficie nt ma nner . I nstall the Update so ftwa re on any computer, even one not part of the Smart 16 I P s ystem. The softwa re and latest fi rmware i s on the Marketing & Documentation CD. To obtain the late st firmware for you[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 74 RICCs Smart Sw it ch Status box Figure 54 The Smart CA T5 Swi tch U pdate windo w The table below exp lains th e functions of the bu ttons a nd boxes in the Updat e window. Button or Box Function Selects all RICCs Unselect s selected RI CCs Starts firm ware download Displays the firmware versi on number Displays the h ardware v[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 75 Figure 55 The Com O ption box 3. Choose an avail a ble Com Port and click OK. Note! The RS232 Ser i al ca ble must be connected to th e selected S erial port. Verifying the version numbers Before upg rading the firm ware, you mu st first v erify which firm ware and hardware vers ions you have. The OSD ve rsion num b[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 76 To verify the RICC version num ber: 1. Open the Sm art CAT5 Switch Update p rogram . 2. Check one or m ore or all of the RI CCs. 3. Click . The fi rmware v ersion number appe ars after th e RICC number. 4. Click . The hardwa re version num ber appears afte r the RICC number. When “ Not responding ” a ppears, ther e is no co[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 77 Figure 56 The Ope n box 5. Open the file . 6. Click Start . The Sm art CAT 5 Sw itch Update flashes the firm ware. On completio n the firm ware versio n number appears. 7. Check that the upda ted vers ion number is co rrect by pressing . Firmware Upda te generates one log file per session t hat displays a ch ronolog[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 78 Troublesho oting tips When using Firm ware Update softwar e you m ay sometimes g et a Communication Error m essage. When upda ting a un it and a Comm unication Error messag e appears, do the following : 1. Check that the RS232 Seri al cable’s RS232 conn ector is conn ected to th e Switch ’s Com munication p ort. 2. Check th[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 79 Appe ndix A : Sm art 16 I P Vide o mode s The Smart 16 I P supports the fo llowing video m odes. Do not use other custom video sett ings. Reso lution Refres h ra tes (Hz) 640x350 70, 85 640x400 56, 70, 85 640x480 60, 67, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100 , 120 720x400 70, 85 800x600 56, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 90, 100 832x624 75 1024[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 80 Append ix B: Key c odes Figure 57 illustr ates the k eys on a standar d 104 key PC keyboard with a US English lang uage mapping . These key s are used to def ine key strokes or hotkey s for sev eral Sm art 16 IP functi ons. The keys m ay not represent k eys used on internat ional k e yboards. Most modif ier key s and other alph[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 81 Key Key code Alternative Sc rl S CR OLL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins INS ER T Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RI GHT The numerical ke ypad codes Key Key code Alternative num NUM_LOCK 0 NUMPAD0 1 NUMPAD1 2 NUMPAD2 3 NUMPAD3 4 NUMPAD4 5 NUMPAD5 6 NUMPAD6 7 NUMPAD7 8 NUMPAD8 9 NUMPAD9 + NUMPADP L US[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 82 Append ix C: Dis abling m ouse acceler ation The follow ing steps descr ibe how to disable m ouse acceleration in a num ber of different O perating Sy stems. Windo ws 98 an d Windows M E 1. From the Cont rol Pane l, click the Mouse icon. 2. From the Mou se Properties dia log box, click th e Pointer Options tab. 3. Center the Po[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 83 Linux 1. Execute the f ollowing com mand line param eter: xset 0 255 2. Or- xset m 0[...]

OPERATING GUIDE . 84 Appe ndix D: USB SU N Combo keys The connec ted PS/2 k eyboard does not hav e a spec ial S UN keypad to pe rform special fun ctions in the SU N Operating System env i ronm ent. So when a RICC USB or SUN is connecte d to a SUN computer, the RI CC emulates these SUN keys usi ng a s et of key c ombi nati ons ca lled Combo keys. Se[...]

SM A R T CAT5 SW ITCH 16 IP . 85 Region al Offi ces Germany Kiel Tel: + 49 431 668 7933 b.christiansen@minic om.ch France Vincennes Tel: + 33 1 49 57 00 00 info.france@minicom. com Italy Rome Tel: + 39 06 8209 7902 info.italy@minicom.c om www.min icom.co m[...]

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