Minicom 5UM20114 manual

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SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 1 Table of Contents Welc ome........................................................................................................................................ 3 Section 1: T he Smart C AT5 Sw itch 16 IP s ystem .......................................... 4 1. Configur ing t he IP sy s tem ........................[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 2 Section 2: Op erating the Smart 16 IP s ystem local l y .................................. 56 39. Switch ing bet ween c om puters ...................................................................................... 56 40. The k ey board hotkey s ................................................................................[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 3 Welcome The Sm art CAT5 Switch 1 6 I P system is produ ced by Minicom Adv anced System s Lim ited. Technical precau tions This equipm ent generat es radio frequen cy energ y and i f not in stalled i n accordan ce wi th the m anufactu rer’s instruct ions, m ay cause radio frequen cy interf erence. This equipm ent c[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 4 Sec tion 1 : The Sma rt CA T5 Swi tch 1 6 IP system This sec tion exp lains how t o config ure and ope rate the Sm art CAT5 Switch 16 I P (Sm art 16 IP ) system rem otely over I P. When Ope rating the Sm art 16 IP Switching system loc ally th rough th e On Scr een Display (OSD) or Control softwa re see Sect ion 2 pag e 56. 1. [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 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 S eria l port and to Sm art 16 IP ’s Serial 1 por t. U se any Term inal sof tware to connec t to Sm art 16 IP. The sc reen sh ots below u se Windows Hy perterm inal. 1. Choose Star t/Prog ram[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 6 Figure 3 T he Hy perterminal 6. Press Enter . Some dev ice inform ation and a prom pt ap pear. 7. Type config and pres s Enter . Configuration q uestio ns appea r. DHCP can be enabled o r disabled. Yo u can chang e the I P address, ne t m ask and defaul t gat e wa y. P re s si ng Ente r wi thout en tering values k eeps the def[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 7 Host system mouse settings The hos t operating sy stem has v arious s etting s for the m ouse driv er. Smart 16 I P work s with a ccele rated m ice and is able to sy nchroniz e the host w ith the cl ient m ouse pointer. Th is is further d iscussed on page 14. The fo llowing m ay prevent proper m ouse synchron iz ati[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 8 All the ab ov e interfac es are acce ssed us ing the TCP/I P protocol . They can thus be used via the bui lt- in Ethern et adapter o r m odem . This c hapter deals wi th the HTTP inte rface. The othe r two int erface s are explained on p ages 37 an d 19. The Web brow ser m ust co m e with a Java Runt ime Env ironm ent version [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 9 Menu Wo rk a r ea Figure 5 The Smart 16 IP H ome page 9. Ti meout After ha lf an hou r of non- activ ity the sy stem autom atical ly log s out. Click ing anyw here on the scr een w ill lead back to the Log in screen. 10. The Work a rea The Wo rk area has a sho rt sum m ary about your Sm art 16 I P. • Server Powe r[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 10 Infor mation ba r Control butt ons Computer but tons Figure 6 T he remote co nsole You can work on it w ith th e key board and mouse. The delay with key board and m ouse reactio ns - if any - depends on the line conn ecti on bandwidth. 12. Keyb oard layout Your host k eyboard ch anges it s lay out to m atch the r em ote host [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 11 I n case Smart 16 I P is connected to y our lo cal netwo rk env ironm ent and y our connection t o the I nternet is av ailable u sing a proxy serv er only without NA T being con figured, the Rem ote Cons ole is v ery unl ikely to be able to estab lish th e according connec tion. This is be cause t oday' s Web [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 12 Mouse handling - The sub m enu for m ouse handling offe rs 3 opt ions fo r synchroniz ing th e host a nd the cli ent m ouse pointe r - expla ined on pag es 14 and 16. The opti on for ' Fast Sy nc' shows the ho tk ey if y ou defined one us ing the Rem ote Console Setting s. Local cu rsor - Choose a cu rsor shap e for[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 13 Ty pe here Figure 7 C hat win dow All m essages a re broadcas t to ALL conn ected u sers. There is n o option to direc t a m essage to a pa rticular user only . Ther e is no m essage his tory, so m essages can only be re ceiv ed after opening the Rem ote Console. Type your m essage and press Enter. To end the Cha t[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 14 Pha se - Sets the pha se for v ideo sam pling. Ho ri zont a l Offset - Moves the pic ture in a ho rizont al dire ction. Vertical Offs et - Mov es the pic ture i n a ver tical direc tion. Brightne ss and con trast af fect all m odes and KVM p orts g lobally; the othe r setting s are chang ed sp ecifical ly for e ach mode on e [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 15 Pressing the button usually lead s to a f ast sync, ex cep t when th e KVM port or the vid eo m ode recen tly chang ed. 15. Mouse synchroniz ation limitations Synchroniz ation m ay not work properly in the followin g cases: 1. For th e inte lligent sy nc to work , the p icture MU ST be corr ectly ad justed. Us e th[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 16 Figure 10 Motion ta b The Speed sectio n slid er ba r m ust be in th e cente r, and the Accel eration section m ust b e set to None . Cl i c k OK to save c ha n ges . 4. Disable Ac tive Desk top. Or do not use a plain back ground, use a wallp aper. Disabling mouse a ccel eration in for other O perating Syst ems To disabl e mo[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 17 17. Remote Console Settings From the Smart 16 I P Menu click Remote Consol e Setting s. The R em ote Console Setting s window appears. S ee Figure 11. Figure 11 T he Re mote Console Settings The sett ings and their func tions are now des cribed. All settings a re user specifi c. Choose a use r from the Dro p- down [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 18 Color Depth – The lowe r the depth t he fas ter the spe ed. Various Rem ote Cons ole Opti ons Start in Monitor Mode - Check this option to open the Rem ote Console window in read on ly m ode. (No keyboard or m ouse transfe rred to Hos t com puter). Ex clusive Acces s- Enabl es the Ex clusiv e Acce ss mode at R emote C onsol[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 19 The * sig n insert s a pause with a def inable duration. S ee page 25. To requ ire a conf irm ation reques t befor e key strokes a re sen t, write con firm at th e start. E.g . confi rm C trl+Alt +Delete. For a li st of k ey codes an d aliase s Sm art 16 IP recogniz es, refer to Appendix B on page 80. Press Apply f[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 20 quit - Log s out current us er and discon nects from the clie nt. version - Shows all availab le vers ion num bers termin al - Start s the term in al pass throug h m ode for serial port 1. The ke y sequence ` <esc> exit' switc hes back to com m and modus. 19. Status via IPMI The Status via I PMI function shows the [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 21 Interna l power Once connec ted enab le the interna l power op tion us ing the Se rial se tting s on page 37. The Power C ont rol pane l enable s acces s to th e mo st im portant exte rnal bu ttons o f your host system . T hese bu ttons a re the rese t and th e A TX power bu tton. The power but ton rep resents the [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 22 the pane l that is load ed into the browse r becau se of th e butt on press. The pow er state will be off. Externa l pow er I f the external powe r opti on is en abled it will lo ok lik e Fig ure 13. Figure 13 External po wer control The upper half is used to sw itch the power for the KVM port curr ently active. Use the KVM s[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 23 Figure 14 K ey board & Mouse Settings The elem ents of th e Keyboard & Mouse S etting s are expla ined bel ow. Host In terface – Only Auto or PS /2 are a ctive. USB i s for fu ture applica tions. Targeted KV M por t 1. Choose a por t to which a H ost computer is connec ted. 2. Press to display the cu rre [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 24 Fixed M ouse s pee d When Mous e Accele ration on the Ho st com puter is d isabled , selec t Fixed Mous e Speed see F igure 15. A lso i n the Scaling drop- down menu se lect 1. 00. Repeat th is proc edure separ ately for each Ho st com puter. Figure 15 Mouse settings G&D Equali zer – This support s to the m ouse sy nchr[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 25 Figure 16 K VM Set tings The elem ents of the KV M Setting s are exp lained belo w. Active Port To switch to a com puter: 1. Choose a num ber in the Active por t Drop- down list. 2. Press . The com puter scr een appears in the Rem ote Console. Number of Ports To set the number of ports t he KVM uses: 1. Choose a nu[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 26 Figure 17 K VM Port Settin gs 25. KVM Por t Setti ngs 1. Assign nam es for each port . 2. Defin e hotk eys to sw itch to each por t. Choose either Minic om default hotk eys by selecting Mini com KVM- Switch in the Defau lt conf igura tion b ox, and then click the Set D efault s button . Or choose y our own hotk eys. The sy nt[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 27 I f an external power option is enabl ed it is po ssibl e to a ssign a po rt of this con trol for power sw itchi ng to eac h KVM p ort, see pag e 20. Show in con sole – check this op tion to hav e a butto n w ith the port nam e appear on the top of the Rem ote c onsole. Click the b utton to switch to tha t comput[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 28 Each sele ction a dds the o utlet t o the l ist at th e bottom . The ord er o f powering off/on, wil l be the o rder as set out in thi s list. Changing th e orde r To chang e the order the out lets a re powered on/o ff: Highlig ht th e desired ou tlet and mo ve it usin g the a rrows. 26. Vi deo Settings From the Smart 16 I P [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 29 Custom Vi deo Modes Add video m odes to Sm art 16 I P, which are n ot recog niz ed using the f actory setting s, when fo r exam ple using specia l model l ines in an X- Window config uration o n the hos t or with uncom mon hosts or op erating system s. Click Add Cus tom Video Modes. The Custom Video Modes window ap[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 30 Pola rity - The pol arity (po s itive/neg ativ e) of the synch ronizat ion sig nals. V m eans vertic al, H means ho rizonta l. Desc ripti on Give th e mode a nam e. T he nam e appears in the Rem ote Conso le when the cus tom m ode is activated. 27. User/Group Management From the Smart 16 I P Men u choose Use r/Group Mana gem [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 31 Email a ddres s /Mobil e numb er These are optiona l. Group me mbership/M emb er of/Not Member of Each user can be a m em ber of one or m ore groups and inhe rit th e rig hts of that group. Use th e arrows to ad d or rem ove a user from a group. Existing groups Select a n exis ting g roup for copying , m odificatio[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 32 2. Enter a new u ser name in the New use r name box. 3. Click the Copy User bu tton . All prope rties of the se lect ed user will be copie d to the new one, ex cept us er spec ific p erm issions. Group Ma nagement The follow i ng head ings ap pear unde r Group Man agem ent. Create group button To cre ate a g roup: 1. Type a n[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 33 Figure 22 User/Gr oup Permiss ions Each user o r group h as a se t of access rig hts to the Smart 16 I P functions. The user ' super' alway s has un alterabl e full access right s. A newly created user has th e access r ights o f all grou ps he bel ongs to. You can chang e the ac cess rights in the Us er/[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 34 Chang ing a field s etting. Allow cha nge m eans you can change it. ( This doesn ’t giv e an autom atic rig ht to v iew th e value, the allow vie w v alue mu st also be set). Deny chang e means y ou cannot chang e it. Using a function. a llow acc ess means y ou can use it. d eny access m eans you cannot us e it. 3. Select t[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 35 gateway address and net m ask. Before y ou connect S m art 16 I P to your loca l sub- net, com plete the corres ponding config uration o f your DHCP serv er. BOOT P - When sele cted, Sm art 16 IP will con tact a B OOTP (B oots trap Protocol ) serv er in th e local sub- net to obta in a valid I P address, gateway ad[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 36 Telnet port Port num ber at which Sm art 16 I P's Telnet server is li stening . I f empty the def ault value is used. Bandwidth limitati on The m axim um network traffic g enerated throug h the S mart 16 I P Ethernet device. Di sab le S etu p Pro toc ol Exclude th e Sm art 16 I P from the setup pro tocol. 30. Dynamic DNS[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 37 2 . From the Smart 16 I P m enu choose Network Setting s / Dynam ic DNS. The Dynamic DNS Sett ings app ear. See F igure 25. Figure 25 Dy nami c DNS Set tings 3. Check the Ena ble Dynam i c DNS box. 4. Change the s ettings as de sired. Hostnam e - The Hos tname reg istered du ring m anual registration with the Dynam[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 38 Figure 26 Serial Port Set tings I n the Smart 16 I P Serial Setting s speci fy the d evices connected to the two Se rial ports. Serial P ort 1 The port op tions a re liste d below Configuration login –I f this option is check ed you can only use the port for th e initial conf igurat ion and no other function. Modem - Smart [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 39 Modem Serv er I P address – This address is used only when connec ting to Sm art 16 I P via a modem . When y ou dial int o the Sm art 16 I P the c lient com puter wil l receiv e a Modem Clien t IP address from the Sm art 16 IP . Open the W eb browser and type M odem server I P addre ss to log in to the Sm art 16 [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 40 Serial P ort 2 This port provide s the pow er cont rol opt ions, see pag e 20. Choose a s uitab le setting and fill in addi tiona l requir ed option s. Sm art 16 I P supports the following : Internal Po wer Opt ion - T his op tion g ives access to the A TX powe r and reset function s of a s ingle conne cted sy stem . You can [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 41 Figure 29 Serial Port 2 external power option IPM 220-L ( Inline Powe r Module ) - External m odule option to swi tch power of a single system by putting i t in the pow er supp ly lin e of th e contro lled sy stem . SPC 800/1600 - Using the Avocent TM SPC, switch po wer fo r mo re than one system connected t o Sm a[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 42 Figure 30 Securit y Settings SSL setti ngs Force HTT P S - Access the Web fron t- end only using an HTTPS conn ection. Sm art 16 IP won't listen on the H TTP port for incom i ng connect ions. KVM en cryption - Contro ls the en crypt ing of th e RFB proto col, used by the Rem ote Console to tr ansmit th e sc reen da ta to[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 43 1. From the Security Setting s pag e choose C reate you r own SSL ce rtifica te . The window appears as in Figure 31. Figure 31 CSR 2. Fill in the fields: Common name - Network name of Sm art 16 IP once insta lled in th e user' s network . I t is identic al to the nam e that is used to acces s the ca rd wi th [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 44 Key leng th - Length of th e g enerated key in bits. 10 24 Bits are suppo sed be su f fi cie nt for mos t cas e s. La r ger ke ys ma y r e su l t i n sl owe r r esp ons e ti me d ur ing the conne ction. 3. Click . 4. Press Download CSR to d ownload the CSR to your a dministr ation machin e. 5. Send the CSR to a CA for c ertif[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 45 0.0.0.0/0 m atches any I P packet Po licy - D eterm ines what t o do with m atching packets . They are accep ted or dropped. NOTE: The order of the rules i s import ant. The ru les ar e checked in ascen ding order un til a rule m atches. Rules b elow the m atch ing o ne are ig nored. The default policy applies if n[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 46 • Curren tly ac tive us ers wi th log in tim e (login t im e is only valid i f tim e is synchroniz ed on Sm art 16 IP) • Server' s power st ate • The fo llow ing actions can b e in itia ted via SNMP : • Reset se rver • Power on/of f server • Reset Sm art 16 I P The fo llowing events a re re ported by Sm art 1[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 47 Read Communit y - This is the SNMP com m unity, which a llows you to retriev e inform ation v ia SNMP. Write Co mmun ity - This comm unity allows you to set options and rese t Sm art 16 I P or the host v ia SNMP. System Loca tion - Ty pe a desc riptio n of the physic al l ocation o f the ho st. This will be used in[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 48 Both require I PMI V1.5. From the Smart 16 I P Menu choose I PMI Settings. The I PMI Setting s appears. See Figure 33. Figure 33 IPMI Settings IPMI disab led - Disables I PMI . Status via I PMI and Event Log via IP MI are not availab le and th e power on/ off and r eset func tions won' t use I PMI . BMC addres s - Hexade[...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 49 35. LDA P Settings You can k eep auth entica tion inform ation in a centr al L DAP direc tory . The purpose of LDAP is sim ply to con firm the password d uring log in w ith the LDAP server. The user m ust exist on both th e LDAP and Sm art IP 16 side. On login Sm art I P 16 intern al user m anagement check s the u [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 50 Name of use r-entry object clas s - The object c lass tha t ident ifies a us er in the LDAP directo ry. To use the defa ult le ave th is field em pty . The defaul t depend s on the sel ected LDAP serv er type. User se arch sub filter - Refine the search for use rs tha t should be k nown to th e Sm art 16 IP . 36. Maintenance [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 51 Dire c t SmartIP Lin ks You can set u p direct links to any M inicom IP hardware ov er a LAN or WAN. Use the l inks to d irectly connect to the se I P units with out hav ing to rem ember their I P addres ses. You ca n also see the st atus of the re m ote IP units a s explaine d below. All the I P units m ust h ave [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 52 4. I n the Device Nam e column ty pe a descr iption. 5. Click Apply . On the Hom e page Monitor ic ons rep rese nting th e dire ct connection I P units appear. See Figure 38. Figure 38 T he Monitor icons The ic ons are colo r coded as fo llows: Icon M eaning Gray Powered off or dis connected from the network Green Powered on [...]

SM A R T C AT5 SWI TCH 16 IP . 53 Fac tory War eho use Offic es LAN or WAN Direct C onnectio n Links for all M inicom IP Solutions Shop On-Line Status and Dire ct Links to all Minico m IP pr oduct s in organ izatio n. Phantom MX IP Smart Swit ch IP 16 Smart IP Ex tender Smart IP Link Remo te A dmin istr ator IP Ext e nd er MINICOM GI E R V F RESET [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 54 37. Frequently Asked Questions Q 1: The rem ote mouse doesn' t work or is no t synchr oniz ed. A: Ensure t he Smart 16 I P mouse sett ings m atch the m ouse model. Also s ee page 14 Q 2: Bad video quality or grainy pictu re A: Use the b rightn ess and c ontrast se tting s - see pag e 13. Use the au to ad justm ent featur[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 55 38. Glo ssary of t erms ACPI - A specification that enables the operat ing sy stem to im plement power m anagem ent and system configura tio n. ATX - Advanced Technolo gy Extended : A particu lar speci fication of a m otherboard in troduced by I ntel in 199 5. BMC - Board Managem ent Controll er: im plem ents the [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 56 Sect io n 2: Operat ing th e Smart 16 IP system loca lly This sec tion exp lains how to operat e the Sm art 16 I P Switch ing sy stem loca lly through t he On Screen Display (OSD) or Cont rol sof tware. 39. Switching between computers Switch betw een the c onnec ted com puters by eith er: • Keyboard hotk eys • Th e OSD (O[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 57 Figure 40. L ines wit h blue t ext show ac tive com puters. Lines w ith g rey text show inactiv e com puters. Th e Type co lum n indicat es whether a com puter “C” or another switch “S ” is conn ected to the p ort. Port nu mber appears here Instruction keys C=compute r S=s witch Figure 40 The O SD Main win[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 58 Figure 41 The Settings window Note! When the OSD is password protected ( explained below) onl y the Administrator has a ccess to the F2 setting s window. 45. The General s ettings With th e blue lin e on the w ord GENERAL, press Enter . The Gen era l set tings window appear s see Fig ure 42. Figure 42 The Genera l Settings wi[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 59 • Set and m odify all Passwo rds and securi ty prof iles • Fully acc ess any com puter • Use all OSD functi ons Superv isor (Status S) The Superv isor can : • Fully acc ess any com puter • Access the follow ing OSD func tions on ly – F4 Scan, F5 Tune and F6 Moving the Confirm ation label. User (Status [...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 60 2. Press th e Space ba r to tog gle betw een opti ons. To di splay the OSD in future press th e new hotk ey. Autoskip With th e Auto skip feat ure, the arr ow k eys only access the a ctiv e computer lin es on the OSD. When Au toski p is Off, The ar row key s access both ac tive and inactiv e com puter line s. To chang e the A[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 61 Figure 43 Ports Settings window Editing th e comput er name I n this window you can edit the c om puter nam es with up to 15 charac ters. To erase a charac ter: Select it and p ress the Space bar . Blank spaces r em ain in place of the era sed character. To era se an en tire line: Place th e curso r at th e begi n[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 62 Ad di ng /ch ang i ng a hotk ey ( HKE Y) Cascade th e Sm art 16 IP by connecting another Sm art Switch to a Computer po rt instead of a com puter, and then con necting m ore RI CCs to the seco nd Switch. You m ust define a di fferen t hotk ey for the OSD of each Switc h. The h otkey s can be any of the choices as set out abov[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 63 1. On the desi red line p ress Tab to jum p to the de sired c olum n. 2. Place th e curso r over one of th e 3 dig its and ty pe a new num ber. Enter a leading zero wher e necess ary . For example, type 040 f or 40 secon ds. Typing 999 i n the LBL col um n displays th e label con tinuou sly. Typing 000 – the lab[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 64 50. Se curity I n the Setting s window nav igate to th e Secu rity li ne and pre ss Enter . T he Security setting s window a ppears se e Figur e 46. Figure 46 The Security settings window The ‘T’ co lum n on the rig ht hand side s tands for Type of password . There can o nly be 1 Adm i nistrator password, 1 Superv isor pa[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 65 Please no te! All th e fun ctions se t out in th e Help wind ow are per formed fr om the Main window. The Help wi ndow is mere ly a rem inder of th e hotk eys and the ir function s. 52. Scanning computers – F4 Where ne cessary adjus t the scan tim e in the Tim e Setting s window, see abov e. To activ ate scannin[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 66 55. Using t he Control so ftware As an a lterna tive to the O SD opera te the sy stem w ith the Cont rol sof tware located on the Ma rketing & Docum entation CD. W ith the OSD you operate the sy stem and view th e computer scre ens on the same m onitor. The Control sof tware require s 2 m onitors : 1 for the softwa re an [...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 67 4. Double- click th e icon to run the software. Or choose S tart / Prog ram s / Smart CAT5 RS232 Control / Smart CA T5 RS232 Contro l. To run the software from the CD: Choose Run Sm art CAT5 s witch RS2 32 Control Sof tware from CD. Selecti ng a Com port During the S etup pr ocess y ou will be prom pted to cho ose[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 68 Communi cation Err or I f a Communication Er ror b ox appears when try ing to scan t he syst em – see Figure 49. Check that: • The RS232 Seri al cab le is connec ted to the com puter’s and Sm art 16 IP Manager ’s seria l ports. • The C om Port sett ings in Optio ns / Com P ort are set cor rec tl y. Af ter changing t[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 69 com puters in sy stem . The sy stem autom atically upda tes the st atus be fore ev ery switching . Read Confi guration To see the curren t set tings of the en tire system (names, scan se tting s etc. ) click . All c urren t setting s are r eceiv ed. You v iew th e computer setting s from the Contro l window an d o[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 70 1. Edit the L ogo and Pas swords by choosing them from the Edit menu. See figures below . Figure 50 The logo Figure 51 The names and passwords 2. Make the desired ch anges. 3. Click OK . Settings Choose Sett ings from the E dit menu. The Compute rs’ Properties box appea rs. See Figure 52. Figure 52 The C omputers ’ Proper[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 71 3. Check the Se lect box nex t to the changed s etting. 4. Click OK . Single comput er setti ngs To see all the se tting s of a s ingle com pute r, right c lick the com puter ico n. The setting s appea r as in the fig ure b elow. Note! There i s no Sele ct box to ch eck. Figure 53 The si ngle computer Settings box[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 72 To chang e the se curity access, c lose and reopen t he Contro l softw are, and ty pe in the dif ferent pas sword. Administrat or (Status A) The A dm inistra tor can : • Set and m odify all Passwo rds and securi ty prof iles • Fully acc ess any com puter • Use all f unction s Superv isor (Status S) The Superv isor can :[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 73 The Update so ftw are enab les you to a dd new fea tures and f ix bugs in a qu ick and ef fi cie nt man ne r . Install the Update so ftw ar e on any computer, even one not part of the Sm art 16 IP system. The softwa re and l atest firm ware is on the Market ing & Documentatio n CD. To obtain the latest fi rmwa[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 74 RICCs Smart Sw i t c h Status box Figure 54 The Smart CA T5 Sw itch Update window The table below exp lains th e funct ions of the bu ttons and boxe s in the Up date window. Button or Box Functi on Sele cts all RICCs Unsele cts se lected RI CCs Starts firm ware download Display s the firm ware version num ber Display s the ha[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 75 Figure 55 The Co m Option box 3. Choose an av ailable Com Port and c lick OK. Note! The RS232 S erial ca ble must be connect ed to th e selec ted Serial por t. Verifying the version numbers Before upg rad ing the firmw are, you m ust firs t veri fy w hich fi rmw are and hardware v ersion s you hav e. The OSD ve rs[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 76 To verify the RI CC version num ber: 1. Open the Sm art CAT5 Switch Upda te p rogram . 2. Check one or m ore o r all of the RI CCs. 3. Click . The firm ware versio n num ber appears afte r the RICC number. 4. Click . The h ardware v ersion num ber appears afte r th e RICC number. When “ Not res ponding ” appear s, there i[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 77 Figure 56 The Ope n box 5. Open the f ile. 6. Click Star t . The Sm art CAT5 Switc h Update flashes the firm ware. On com pletion th e firm ware versio n num ber appea rs. 7. Check that the upda ted ver sion num ber is co rrect by pr essing . Firm ware Update g enerates one log fil e per se ssion tha t display s a[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 78 Troubles hooting tips When using Firm ware Update sof tware you m a y som etimes g et a Comm unication Erro r messag e. When upda ting a un it and a Comm unication E rror m essage appea rs, do the following : 1. Check that the RS232 Se ria l cable’s RS232 connec tor i s connected t o the Switch ’s Com m unication p ort. 2[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 79 Ap pen di x A: S mar t 16 I P Vi deo m ode s The Sm art 16 I P supports t he follow ing v ideo m odes. Do not use o ther custom video se tting s. Res olution Refre sh r ates (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, 1 00 832x6[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 80 Append ix B: Key code s Figure 57 illus trates th e key s on a sta ndard 104 k ey PC k eyboard with a US English l anguag e mapping . These k eys are used to d efine k eystrok es or ho tkey s for sev eral Sm art 16 I P fun ctions. The key s may not repres ent key s used on interna tional k eyboards. Most m odifier key s and o[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 81 Key K ey code Alternative Sc rl S C R OLL_ LOC K Brk BREAK Ins IN S E RT Pos1 HOME Pup PAGE_UP Del DELETE Pdn PAGE_DOW N UP LE FT DOWN RI GHT The numeric al ke ypad codes Key K ey 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 + NUM[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 82 App endix C: Di sab ling mo use acc eler ati on The fo llowing steps de scribe how to disabl e mouse acc elerat ion in a number of different Operat ing Sy stems. Windo ws 98 an d Win dows M E 1. From the Control Pane l, cli ck the Mou se icon. 2. From the Mouse P roperties dialog box, click the Poi nter Option s tab. 3. Cente[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 83 Linux 1. Execute the f ollowing comm and line paramete r: xset 0 255 2. Or- xset m 0[...]

OPER A TING GUIDE . 84 Appe ndix D: USB SU N Comb o keys The connec ted PS/2 k ey board does not hav e a spec ial S UN key pad to perfo rm special functions in the SU N Op erating Sy stem environm ent. So when a RI CC USB or SUN is conne cted to a SUN com puter, the RI CC emulates the se SUN keys us i ng a s et of key c omb i nat i ons ca lle d C o[...]

SM A RT C A T5 SW I TCH 16 IP . 85 Regi onal Offi ces Germany Kiel Tel: + 49 431 668 7933 b.christians en@minicom. ch France Vincennes Tel: + 33 1 49 57 00 00 info.france@minicom. com Italy Rome Tel: + 39 06 8209 7902 info.italy@minicom. com www.min icom. com[...]

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