Avocent Eletric Keyboard User Manual

SwitchView® MP

Installer/User Guide

Installer/User Guide

INSTRUCTIONS

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the
user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

DANGEROUS VOLTAGE

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is
intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”
within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute
a risk of electric shock to persons.

POWER ON

This symbol indicates the principle on/off switch is in the on position.

POWER OFF

This symbol indicates the principle on/off switch is in the off position.

PROTECTIVE GROUNDING TERMINAL

A terminal which must be connected to earth ground prior to making any other
connections to the equipment.

SwitchView® MP

Installer/User Guide

Avocent and the Avocent logo are trademarks of Avocent Corporation.
AutoView is a trademark of Cybex Computer Products Corporation. All
other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. Cybex Computer Products Corporation is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Avocent Corporation.

© 2001 Avocent Corporation. All rights reserved.

FCC Notication

Canadian Notication

VCCI Approvals

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in
a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numèrique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Agency Approvals

UL 1950, CSA C22.2 No. 950, EN60950, IEC 950
FCC part 15B, EN55022, EN50082

SwitchView® MP Installer/User Guide

Contents

Chapter 1 - Product Overview

Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 - Installation

Connecting your Local Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting Computers to the SwitchView MP . . . . 9

Chapter 3 - Basic Operations

Selecting a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Scanning PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Keyboard Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 4 - Appendices

A: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

B: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

C H A P T E R

Product Overview

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Contents

Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 1: Product Overview 3

Product Overview

Feature Overview

The SwitchView MP allows you to control up to 4 PC, Sun or USB computers
with one keyboard, monitor and mouse. The SwitchView MP works with
Sun Workstations, USB computers, IBM PC/AT and PS/2 systems and 100%
compatible machines with support for VGA, SVGA, XGA and XGA-II video.
Sun and PS/2 keyboard and mouse peripherals are supported through the
rear of the unit.

Multiplatform

The SwitchView MP adds multiplatform capabilities to your switching system
by simultaneously supporting any combination of PS/2, Sun or USB computers
in the same system.

Plug and play

The SwitchView MP supports Plug and Play video and is compliant with the
VESA DDC2B standard.

Mouse translation

For added compatibility with your current equipment, SwitchView MP features
mouse translation capability. Operated through the SwitchView MP, your
mouse will work with any attached computer- regardless of whether the
computer is Sun, USB, serial or PS/2 mouse compatible!

“Keep Alive” feature

SwitchView MP’s “Keep Alive” feature allows attached servers to power the
unit in the event of an SwitchView MP power failure. This prevents attached
computers from locking up and keeps you from losing time and data.

AutoBoot technology

The AutoBoot feature boots all attached servers during initial power-up or
after a power failure. Computers are booted transparently without operator
intervention, and may be powered-up one-at-a-time or all at once. When the
power stabilizes, a channel may be selected.

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Built-in scanning capabilities

A built-in scanning feature allows you to automatically monitor, or scan, con­nected computers without intervention. When keyboard activity is detected,
scanning is suspended until all activity stops. Scanning then resumes with the
next channel in sequence. You can switch computer channels in one of two
ways: via the Select button or with a simple keyboard sequence.

Indicator LEDs give you constant readings on the status of your SwitchView
MP unit. Status and channel LEDs take the guesswork out of system operation
and diagnostics.

Figure 1 A typical SwitchView MP configuration is shown below.

Chapter 1: Product Overview 5

Compatibility

XGA/XGA-II support

If you wish to use XGA or XGA-II video, you will need to purchase an adaptor
available through Avocent.