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    1 Owner ’s Manual Cat5 Rackmount KVM Switch Model: B064-016 1111 W . 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609 USA www .tripplite.com/support Copyright © 2010 T ripp Lite. All rights reserved. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. W arranty Registration Register online today for a chance to win a FREE T [...]

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    2 Over view P ackage Contents •B064-016KVMSwitch •RackmountHardware •RJ11toDB9FirmwareUpgradeCable •C13to5-15PPowerCord •GroundingW ire •FootP ads •Owner’sManualCD System F eatures •Directlyconnectupto16computers;or ,expandthenumber?[...]

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    1 1 5 6 7 2 3 4 2 3 5 6 7 4 3 Over view Component F eatures Front P anel 1 Push-Buttons: Pressapush-buttontobringtheKVMfocustothatport.Simultaneouslypressingpush-buttons1and 2 for three seconds will perform a keyboard/mouse reset. Simultaneously pressing push-buttons 15 and 16 for three secondswill[...]

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    4 Over view Hardware Setup General Safety Instructions •Readalloftheseinstructions.Savethemforfuturereference. •Followallwarningsandinstructionsmarkedonthedevice. •Useofthisequipmentinlifesupportapplicationswherefailureofthisequipmentcanreaso[...]

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    UsetheM3x8Phillipsheadhexscrews provided with the rack mount kit Useusersupplied hardware to attach to the rack 5 Installation Rackmount W arnings •Beforeworkingontherack,makesurethatthestabilizersaresecuredtotherack,extendedtotheoor ,andthatthef[...]

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    SIU SIU Cat5e/6 Cable Cat5e/6 Cable 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 6 Installation Single-Stage Installation Inasingle-stageinstallation,therearenoadditionalKVMswitchesdaisy-chainedfromtheKVMswitch.T osetupasingle- stageinstallation,refertothefollowinginstructionsandthecorresponding?[...]

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    SIU SIU Cat5e/6 Cable Cat5e/6 Cable SIU SIU Cat5e/6 Cable Cat5e/6 Cable SIU SIU Cat5e/6 Cable Up to 32 Levels Cat5e/6 Cable 6 6 6 2 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 7 7 7 7 Installation Daisy-Chain Installation Upto32levelsofB064-016KVMSwitchescanbedaisy-chainedtogethertoincreasethenumberofconnectedcompu[...]

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    8 Operation ThissectioncoversbasicoperationoftheKVMswitch;logginginforthersttime,turningtheinstallationOFF/ON,hotplugging and port selection. P owering Off and Restarting Ifitbecomesnecessarytopower -OFFtheKVMswitch,followthesestepstopowerit?[...]

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    9 Operation OSD Port Selection WhenintheOSDmainscreen,youcanaccessacomputer/serverbyhighlightingitintheportlistandpressingthe [Enter] key;or ,bydouble-clickingonitwiththemouse.Y oucanhighlightaportusingthe [ i ] and [ h ] arrowkeys?[...]

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    10 Operation Selecting the Active Port EachportontheKVMisassignedafourdigitportID,whichcanbeusedwhenin Hotkey Setting Mode to switch the focus of theKVMtoadesiredport.ThersttwodigitsoftheportIDrepresenttheStationIDoftheKVMthatt[...]

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    11 Operation Computer Keyboard/Mouse Reset Intheeventthatthekeyboardandmousearenotoperatingcorrectly ,aresetmaybeneeded.T operformaUSBkeyboard/ mouseresetonthecurrentlyselectedcomputer ,dothefollowing: 1. Activate Hotkey Setting Mode using the aforementioned c[...]

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    12 Installation Hotk ey Command Summary T able Action Hotk ey Command ActivateHotkeySettingMode Press and hold the [Num Lock] key ,pressandreleasethe minus [-] key ,releasethe [Num Lock] key . ChangeHotkeySettingModeactivationcommandto [ Ctrl], [F12] ActivateHotkeySettingMode, [...]

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    13 OSD Operation TheOn-ScreenDisplay(OSD)isamenu-basedinterfacethatallowsyoutoaccessconnectedcomputersandchangeKVM settings.T oopentheOSD,hitthe [Scroll Lock] keytwice.Ifaskedforausernameandpassword,enterintheusernameand passworda[...]

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    14 OSD Operation F2:LIST ThisfunctionallowsyoutochoosewhichportsaredisplayedintheOSDmainscreen.Whenselected,the F2:LIST function takesyoutoapagethatgivesyoutheoptionslistedbelow .T ochooseanoption,simplyhighlightitandpressthe [Enter][...]

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    15 Setting Description ScreenBlanker AllowsyoutodetermineiftheScreenBlankerfeatureisturnedon,andthetimeframeitisset for .Whenselected,ahighlightbarwillappearatthebottomoftheOSD,allowingyoutoenter a time frame from 0 to 30 minutes. If th[...]

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    16 OSD Operation F4:ADM ThisfunctionisavailableonlytotheKVMadministrator ,andwillnotbeaccessiblebyusers.Itallowstheadministratortoset upuseraccountsandaccessrights,andcongure/controltheoveralloperationoftheKVMswitch.T ochangeas[...]

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    17 SETCA T5LENGTH Allows the administrator to specify the length of the Cat5e/6 cable being used to connect a computertooneoftheKVMsports.Whenselected,alistofallportsisdisplayed,withthe currentCat5lengthsettingshowninthecolumntotherightoftheport[...]

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    18 OSD Operation F7:SCAN Thisfunctionallowsyoutoautomaticallyscanthroughportsatsettimeintervals,sothatyoucanmonitorconnected computers without having to manually switch between them. T o enter Auto Scan modeviatheOSDmainscreen,pressthe [ F7 ] key or click on the F7:[...]

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    19 Firmware Upgrade Asrmwareupgradesbecomeavailable,theycanbefoundatwww .tripplite.com/support.Asingleupgradelecontainsthe FirmwareUpgradeUtility ,KVMrmwareandSIUrmware.T oupgradethermwareofyourKVMswitchand/orSIUs,follow these?[...]

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    20 Firmware Upgrade 7. If the Check Firmware Version boxischecked,andtheFirmwareUpgradeUtilityndstheKVMsrmwareisnewerthan thatofthermwareupgradele,youwillbepromptedtocontinueorcancel.Oncethermwareupgradestarts,status messagesap[...]

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    21 Firmware Upgrade SIU Firmware Upgrade Recovery 1. UnplugtheSIUfromthecomputeritisconnectedto. 2. Slidethermwareupgraderecoveryswitchtothe Recover position. 3. PlugtheSIUbackintothecomputer . 4. Connecttheincludedrmwareupgradecablefromthe?[...]

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    22 Appendix Mac Keyboard Emulation ThePCcompatible(101/104key)keyboardcanemulatethe functionsoftheMackeyboardusingthePCkeystrokesinthe tablebelow .Note:Whenmorethanonekeyisrequiredon thePCKeyboardtoemulatetheMackeyboard,pressand?[...]

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    23 Appendix F actor y Default Settings Specifications[...]

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    24 1- Y ear Limited W arranty TRIPPLITEwarrantsitsproductstobefreefromdefectsinmaterialsandworkmanshipforaperiodofone(1)yearfromthedateofinitialpurchase.TRIPP LITE’sobligationunderthiswarrantyislimitedtorepairingorreplacing(atit[...]