IOGear GCS982U User Manual

Installation Guide

Installation

2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM Switch
with Audio and Microphone Support

GCS982U

PART NO. M1196

Table of Contents

Package Contents 4

System Requirements 5

Overview 6

Standard Installation 7

Advanced Installation 9

LED Indication 12

Port Switching 13

Hotkeys Summary Table 14

Autoscan Interval Table 16

Mac Keyboard Emulation 17

Sun Keyboard Emulation 18

Factory Default Settings 19

Firmware Upgrade 20

Upgrade Fail 24

Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) Statement

CE Compliance 26

SJ/T 11364-2006 27

Limited Warranty 28

Contact 29

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Package Contents

• 1 x 2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM Switch

• 1 x Remote Switch Button

• 1 x Installation Guide

• 1 x Warranty Card

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System Requirements

Console

• DVI-D supported monitor

• USB keyboard and mouse

• Powered speakers and microphone (optional)

Computers

• Two USB ports

• A DVI-D supported connection

• 3.5mm audio and microphone connections (optional)

Operating System

• Windows XP

• Windows Vista (32-bit / 64-bit)

• Windows 7 (32-bit / 64-bit)

• Mac OS X or greater

• Sun Solaris workstation

• Linux, UNIX and other USB supported systems*

*Additional drivers and support may be needed

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Overview

1. LEDs

2. Console DVI-D Video Port

3. Console USB Mouse Port

4. Console USB Keyboard Port

5. Console Mic. Port

6. Console Audio Port

7. Remote Switch Button Port

8. Remote Switch Button

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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9. CPUs USB Keyboard connection

10. CPUs USB Mouse connection

11. CPUs DVI-D connection

12. CPUs Audio connection

13. CPUs Mic. connection

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Standard Installation

Step 1

Please make sure your computers and monitor
are powered off before you start.

Step2

Connect the DVI cable from your monitor to
the console DVI monitor port. Then, turn on the
monitor.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

Step 3

Connect your USB keyboard and mouse to the
console USB keyboard port and console USB
mouse port. If you would like to use the remote
switch button, please connect it to the remote
switch button port.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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Step 4

Connect your powered speaker and mic. to the
console audio port and console mic. port.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

Step 5

Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each of
your computers – DVI cable to the DVI output, USB
cables to open USB ports from your computer,
audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to
the mic. input.

Final Step

Turn on your computers.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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Advanced Installation

Step 1

Please make sure your computers and monitor are
powered off before you start.

Step2

Connect the DVI cable from your monitor to
the console DVI monitor port. Then, turn on the
monitor.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

Step 3

Connect your USB keyboard to the console USB
keyboard port. If you would like to use the remote
switch button, please connect it to the remote
switch button port.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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Step 4

Connect a powered USB hub to the console mouse
port, then connect the mouse to any available USB
port in the hub. Then, connect any peripherals that
you want to share between your computers to the
other available USB ports in the hub.

Note: Please make sure mouse emulation has
been disabled for this setup to function correctly.
Please refer to HotKeys summary on page 14 for
instructions on how to disable mouse emulation.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

Step 5

Connect your powered speaker and mic. to the
console audio port and console mic. port.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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Step 6

Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each of
your computers – DVI cable to the DVI output, USB
cables to open USB ports from your computer,
audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to
the mic. input.

Final Step

Turn on your computers.

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2-Port USB Dual-Link DVI-D Cable KVM

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LED Indication

LED Indication

- LED will light up in Green showing the port that can be controlled by the console.

- Both LEDs will be ashing together when the KVM is in Firmware Upgrade Mode.

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Port Switching

You can switch ports via remote switch button,
mouse or hotkey commands.

Port Switching via Remote Switch Button

Simply press the remote switch button once to
switch focus to the next port.

Port Switching via Mouse

Simply press scroll wheel button twice rapidly to
switch focus to the next port.*

*Note: This feature requires a mouse that has a

scroll wheel. Also, this feature can only be used
when both Mouse Emulation Mode and Mouse
Port-Switching Mode are enabled.

Port Switching via Hotkey Commands

To trigger a Hotkey Mode, simply press [Scroll
Lock] [Scroll Lock]**. Please refer to Hotkey Sum­mary Table for details.

**Note: If there is a conict using [Scroll Lock]

[Scroll Lock] sequence, you can change to the
alternative sequence [Ctrl] [Ctrl] by press and
holding the remote switch button for 3 seconds.
When you press and hold the remote switch
button for 3 second when the sequence is [Ctrl]
[Ctrl], it will change the sequence back to [Scroll
Lock] [Scoll Lock].

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Hotkeys Summary Table

Hotkey combination Description

[Enter] Switch KVM and audio focus to the next port

[k] [Enter] Switch KVM focus to the next port

[s] [Enter] Switch audio focus to the next port

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] +

or

[Ctrl] [Ctrl]* +

*Note: If alternative hotkey
sequence is chosen

[a] [Enter]

[a]/[n], [Enter]

[x] [Enter] Change hotkey sequence to the alternative sequence

[m] [Enter] Enable/disable mouse emulation

[d] [Enter] Capture and store monitor’s EDID on specic port

[w] [Enter]

[F2] [Enter] Enable Mac keyboard emulation

[F3] [Enter] Enable Sun keyboard emulation

Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers every
5 seconds

Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers with the

specic time depending on the interval [n] that you have input. Please see

Autoscan Interval Table for details.

Enable/disable mouse port-switching function

Note: If you enable this feature when Mouse Emulation Mode is disabled,
Mouse Emulation Mode will be enabled automatically

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Hotkey combination Description

[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] +

or

[Ctrl] [Ctrl]* +

*Note: If alternative hotkey
sequence is chosen

List out current settings

[F4] [Enter]

[F5] [Enter] Perform a USB keyboard and mouse reset

[F10] [Enter] Auto detect keyboard operating system

[r] [Enter] Reset to factory default settings

[E]/[e], [Enter]

[N]/[n], [Enter]

[F6]/[nn], [Enter]

Note: Please have a Notepad or word document opened before you
trigger this function.

Enable/Disable Power On detection function

1. Enables/Disable Keyboard emulaion function

2. Default Keyboard emulation enabled

Set the keyboard language layout. Where [nn] is a 2 digits
number that represents the keyboard language code.
(US English: 33, French: 08, Japanese: 15).

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Autoscan Interval Table

n Description

1 3 seconds

2 5 seconds (default)

3 10 seconds

4 20 seconds

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Mac Keyboard Emulation

The PC compatible (101/104 key) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Mac keyboard. The emulation
mappings are listed in the table below.

PC Keyboard Mac Keyboard

[Shift] Shift

[Crtl] Ctrl



[Ctrl] [1]

[Ctrl] [2]

[Ctrl] [3]

[Ctrl] [4]

*Note: When using key combinations, press and release the rst key (Ctrl), then press and release the

second key.

[Alt] Alt

[Print Screen] F13

[Scroll Lock] F14

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[Enter] Return

[Backspace] Delete

[Insert] Help

[Ctrl] F15

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Sun Keyboard Emulation

The PC compatible (101/104 key) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Sun keyboard. The emulation
mappings are listed in the table below.

PC Keyboard Sun Keyboard

[Crtl] [t] Stop

[Crtl] [F2] Again

[Crtl] [F3] Props

[Crtl] [F4] Undo

[Crtl] [F5] Front

[Crtl] [F6] Copy

[Crtl] [F7] Open

[Crtl] [F8] Paste

*Note: When using key combinations, press and release the rst key (Ctrl), then press and release the

second key.

[Ctrl] [F9] Find

[Crtl] [F10] Cut

[Crtl] [1]

[Crtl] [2]

[Crtl] [3]

[Crtl] [4]

[Crtl] [h] Help

Compose



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Factory Default Settings

Function Default Setting

Autoscan Interval 5 seconds

Hotkeys [Scroll Lock] [ Scroll Lock]

Keyboard Operating Platform PC compatible

Mouse Emulation On

Mouse Port-Switching Off

Keyboard Emulation On (Gaming mode: Off)

Power on Detection Enable

Keyboard Language US English

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Firmware Upgrade

Note: In order to perform a rmware upgrade, you

need to use a computer that’s not connected to
the KVM.

Step 1

Go to www.iogear.com to download the latest

available rmware or the specic rmware that you

wish to upgrade to.

Step 2

Please make sure all the computers that are
connected to the KVM are completely shutdown.

Step 3

Press and hold the remote switch button of the
KVM while connecting the 2 USB connections of a
set of KVM cable to the computer that you will use

to perform the rmware upgrade. When you see
the 2 LEDs are ashing on the KVM, you can now

release the remote switch button.

Note: The computer used to perform the rmware

upgrade must be powered on before you connect
the 2 USB connections to it.

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Step 4

Windows will now install all the required drivers.
You may see the below message in the system tray
icon area.

Step 5

After you see the below message “Your new
hardware is installed and ready to use.”, extract

the downloaded le with WinRAR or compatible
software. Then double click on the execute le to

begin with the Firmware Upgrade Utility.

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Step 6

Read the License Agreement and click “I Agree”
then click “Next” if you wish to continue with the

rmware upgrade. Otherwise, click “Cancel” to exit.

Step 7

Choose the correct KVM that you wish to perform

rmware upgrade from the “Device List” and then

click “Next” to continue. Then the Firmware Upgrade
Utility will verify if there is a KVM connected to the

computer by the rmware upgrade cable. (Check

Firmware Version checkbox is optional)

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Step 8

If you have checked the “Check Firmware Version”
checkbox, then the utility will check the cur-

rent rmware that is on your KVM. If the current
rmware is newer than the rmware that you wish

to upgrade to, you will be prompted and asked if
you wish to proceed. Simply click “Yes” to start the
upgrade and “No” to cancel the upgrade.

Note: If you did not check the “Check Firmware
Version” checkbox, utility will perform the upgrade

automatically no matter what version of rmware

you have in the KVM.

Step 9

When the rmware upgrade is done, you will see

“Firmware upgrade OK” in the “Status Messages”
window. Then simply click “Finish” to complete the

whole rmware upgrade process.

Final Step

Now the KVM will reset by itself and it will be ready
for usage after the reset.

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Upgrade Fail

If the upgrade fails to complete, unplug the 2 USB connections from your computer that has performed

the rmware upgrade. Then, repeat the rmware upgrade process by following the procedure of Firmware

Upgrade section starting from step 3.

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

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 setting. This product generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used as directed, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Although
this product complies with the limits for a Class B digital device, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation.

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CE Compliance

This device has been tested and found to comply with the following European Union directives: Electro­magnetic Capability (89/336/EMC), Low Voltage (73/23/EEC) and R&TTED (1999/5/EC).

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SJ/T 11364-2006

The following contains information that relates to China.

部件名称

电器部件 ● ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

机构部件 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

○:表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有均质材料中的含量均在SJ/T 11363-2006规定的限量要求之下。

●:表示符合欧盟的豁免条款，但该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出
SJ/T 11363-2006的限量要求。
×:表示该有毒有害物质至少在该部件的某一均质材料中的含量超出SJ/T 11363-2006的限量要求。

有毒有害物质或元素

铅 (Pb) 汞 (Hg) 镉（Cd） 六价 (Cr(VI))

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多溴联苯
（PBB）

多溴二苯醚
（PBDE）

Limited Warranty

WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU!
NEED ASSISTANCE SETTING UP THIS PRODUCT?

Make sure you:

1. Use the live chat at www.iogear.com to try and solve any issues you may be having with the product

2. Visit the Tech Info Library/FAQ on www.iogear.com (under the Support tab)

3. Call the tech support line at 1(866) 946-4327 (U.S. only) or [phone]

Warranty Information

This product carries a 3 Year Limited Warranty. For the terms and conditions of this warranty, please go
to http://www.iogear.com/support/warranty or call 1-866-946-4327

Register online at http://www.iogear.com/register

Important Product Information

Product Model
Serial Number

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Contact

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