Avocent LongView 5000 Installer/user Manual

The Avocent® LongView™ 5000 Series

High Performance KVM Extender System

Installer/User Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Product Overview 1

Features and Benefits 1

Video support 1

EDID management 1

USB support 1

Audio support 1

Serial support 2

Unit Overview 2

Operating modes 4

Basic Operation 5

Upgrades 5

Receiver 5

Video display connections 5

EDID management 6

USB connections 6

Link connection 6

Audio connections 6

Power connection 7

Using hotkeys 7

Dashboard 8

Appendices 9

Appendix A: Pinouts 9

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Product Overview

The Avocent®LongView™ 5000 series high performance KVM extender system is a DisplayPort KVM

extender that enables you to locate your critical computing hardware in a secure and temperature controlled

environment away from the user workstation while maintaining the same user desktop experience. Using

either one or two CATx cable links you can achieve separation distances of up to 150 meters/492 feet

between the transmitters and receivers. At such distances the units can transfer high resolution DisplayPort

video, USB 2.0 (low/full and hi-speed), digital and analog audio plus RS-232 serial.

Features and Benefits

Video support

The LongView™ 5000 extender system provides the highest possible video bandwidth between the

transmitters and receivers. To allow for the differing grades of CATx links, the extender system periodically

checks the quality of the link and can accurately determine which of the two video transfer modes can be

supported. In low rate mode, the local and remote extender units may be placed up to 492 feet (150 m) apart.

The units actively monitor video link quality and at link distances of less than 328 feet (100 m). High rate mode

provides a second video port and more than twice the video bandwidth capability. In high rate mode, there is

enough video bandwidth to support a single high resolution 2560 x 1600 display or two 1920 x 1200 displays

(at 60 Hz refresh) or even 4K video, 4096 x 2160 (at 30 Hz refresh, single display).

EDID management

The extender system intelligently manages the EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) information that

each video display provides before reporting to the host computer. If sufficient bandwidth does not exist for

the modes declared by the second display, it is not reported to the host computer.

USB support

A wide range of USB devices are supported on the receiver via the four ports on the front of the unit. Three of

the ports support low/full speed (version 2.0) USB for keyboards and mice. The fourth port provides hi-speed

(version 2.0) USB with transfer rates up to 80 Mbits/sec and supports mass storage and isochronous devices.

NOTE: Availability of the fourth USB port depends upon the use of CATx link B cable which is used for the

transport of hi-speed USB signals.

Audio support

The LongView extenders can transfer analog and digital audio signals across the CATx cable link. Standard

analog audio is supported through 3.5 mm jacks on the transmitters and receivers. Additionally, the line-in jack

on the transmitter and the line-out jack on the receiver are dual purpose. They can accept either 3.5 mm

analog jacks or mini-TOSLINK optical fiber connectors.