Rackmount Solutions PS-2 User Manual

Quick Installation Guide Applicable models: 4/8/16-port 19” Rackmount PS/2 KVM Switch

AGDI FEATURING HOT-PLUGGING & PLUG-AND-PLAY

4/8/16-port 19” Rackmount PS/2 KVM Switch

Quick Installation Guide

Thank you for purchasing the 4/8/16-port 19” Rackmount PS/2 KVM Switch! This Rackmount KVM Switch is designed for computer/server

management on a centralized single admin desk in corporate, factory as well as in campus computing environment. It features a console port to connect your shared keyboard, video and mouse, and 4/8/16 PC ports to connect to your computers/servers. You can simply place it on desktop or mount it on a standard 19” rack for more secured and centralized management.

This KVM Switch features a metal enclosure for better shielding against electromagnetic interference commonly seen in lab or factory floor environment. It also features a hot-plugging capability that allows you to plug off and on the KVM cablings without powering down a whole rack of servers, especially convenient when you are working on a sever rack. With our highly reliable and quality product, user can enjoy countless benefits from using it.

4-port

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16-port

Before you install

The default setting of the 4/8/16-port 19” Rackmount PS/2 KVM Switch is appropriate for most systems. In fact, you do not have to make any configuration before installation. It’s an out-of-the-box installation: Just connect and set up the cable connections for the KVM switch and your computers, boot them up in correct sequence and you can start to operate immediately! For a quick start on installation and operation, please follow the instructions below.

Out-of-the-box Installation

Take the KVM Switch out of the box and begin installation...

If you are using only window PCs: for the first-time installation, you don’t even need to power down all the computers that are going to be connected to the KVM Switch…..

The hot-pluggability of this KVM Switch allows “hot-plugging” of the KVM cables while the computer is powered on, and your mouse will stay alive throughout. It is especially convenient when you have to change or rearrange the KVM cablings of your computers while still want to keep the computers working.

If you are using any Linux PCs: you might possibly experience a lock on mouse if hot-plugging it to the KVM switch (since Linux is not a PnP OS somehow)… If your mouse gets locked, you can try to use the mouse reset hotkeys (see the Quick Reference Sheet) to bring it back to normal. Another alternative is to turn the Linux PC off before connecting it to KVM Switch.

Step 1. Connect the shared mouse, keyboard and monitor to the console

interface, it is powered on immediately when connected to the PS/2 keyboard/mouse port of your PC (nonetheless even when the PC being in powered off state, the PS/2 interface is still live with electricity).

Step 2. Just connect your computers (no matter they are powered on or

Step 3. If your computer is still not powered up, then power them up.

the mouse reset hotkey sequence to regain the mouse control (see the Quick Reference Sheet).

port connectors on the backpanel of your KVM Switch.

Note that since the KVM Switch is powered through the PS/2

off!) to the PC ports at the backpanel of the KVM Switch using the KVM combo cables. You can use individual standard keyboard, mouse and video cables for connection, although the 3-in-1 combo cable is highly recommended for your convenience.

Once the computers are powered up (or they are already powered on before connecting to KVM Switch), you can manage all of them through the KVM Switch.

If you experience mouse lock on any of your computer, You can use

Easy Operation

There are two methods to select a specific computer, using a front-panel push button or a hotkey sequence.

Front-panel push buttons

The front-panel buttons let you have direct control over KVM switch operation and channel switching. Simply press a button to switch to its corresponding channel.

Keyboard hotkeys

A keyboard hotkey sequence consists of at least three specific keystrokes:

See Quick Reference Sheet

Hotkey sequence = ScrLk + ScrLk + Command key(s)

The two consecutive ScrLk keystrokes should be pressed within 2 seconds and the following command key(s) should also be pressed within 2 seconds in likewise manner. Otherwise, the hotkey sequence will not be validated.

For detailed Hotkey sequences and their corresponding functional

commands.

See Quick Reference Sheet

System Requirements

Model

Number

PC Side

Console Side

4/8/16-port Rackmount PS/2 KVM

4/8/16 x KVM Combo Cable ( PS/2-PS/2-

HDB-15 interface, all-male)

1 x PS/2 Keyboard

1 x PS/2 Mouse

1 x Monitor

Quick Reference Sheet Applicable models: 4/8/16-port 19” Rackmount PS/2 KVM Switch

Quick Reference Sheet

19” Rackmount KVM Switch / Operation Commands for Hotkeys/ Front-Panel Button

Command Hotkeys Front-panel Button Description

For 4-port/8-port model

ScrLk + ScrLk + (x)

Select PC Channel

Next lower PC channel ScrLk + ScrLk + ↑ (arrow up)

Next higher PC channel

Previous PC channel

Beep Sound On/Off

Console Mouse/Keyboard Reset2 ScrLk + ScrLk + End

Autoscan ScrLk + ScrLk + S

Autoscan with Programmable Delay Time

Stop Autoscan

x = 1 ~ 4/1~8 for PC channel number

For 16-port model ScrLk + ScrLk + (x) + (y) 1

xy = 01~16 for PC channel number

ScrLk + ScrLk + ↓ (arrow down) --

ScrLk + ScrLk + Å (Backspace) -- Toggle between the previous channel and current channel

ScrLk + ScrLk + B --

ScrLk + ScrLk + S + (x)

x = 0~9 1 Æ 10” ; 2 Æ 20” ; 3 Æ 30” ; 4 Æ 40” ; 5 Æ 50” 6 Æ 60” ; 7 Æ 70” ; 8 Æ 80” ; 9 Æ 90” ; 0 Æ 100”

Press any key on keyboard Press any button Terminate Autoscan activity

Press the corresponding front-panel button to select the desired PC channel

Button 1

(Press and hold down for 2”)

Last Button

(Press and hold down for 2”)

Select the active PC channel

Select the next lower PC channel (Switch only to the next lower channel with live power input from PS/2 interface)

Select the next higher PC channel (Switch only to the next higher channel with live power input from PS/2 interface)

Toggle on/off the beep sound for hotkey/channel switching operation

Reset mouse/keyboard on the console side (This hotkey command works only for PnP OS such as Windows 98 SE or later Windows OS; for non-PnP OS, see Note 2).

Autoscan through every connected channel for quick screen browsing of each channel (scan delay = 5 sec.)

Autoscan with a user-defined delay time within a range of 5 ~ 100 seconds

Notes:

1. You can use either top row number keys or the keypad number keys for hotkeys commands.

2. Normally, you should have no problem with mouse hot-plugging on a Plug-and-Play OS. However, a non-PnP OS only performs hardware detection while booting up--that is why hot-plugging sometimes will

see a mouse lock….. Mouse Troubleshooting on a non-PnP OS (Linux, NT4.0): If you experience mouse lock when hot-plugging mouse on a non-PnP OS such as Linux or WinNT 4.0, just hit one of the following hotkey commands for

mouse reset according to your mouse configuration on the non-PnP OS ….

ScrLk + ScrLk + M + 1 for a 2-key mouse setting; ScrLk + ScrLk + M + 2 for a 3-key wheel mouse setting; ScrLk + ScrLk + M + 3 for a 5-key wheel mouse setting. LED information: a solid red-lit LED indicates a live power input for that specific port; a solid green-lit LED indicates an active port; a flashing green LED indicates no connection for the active port (i.e. no power input

from the active port).

Hotkey convention: The hotkey notation ScrLk + ScrLk + (key) , denotes that you should hit the individual keys consecutively one at a time, not simultaneously.

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