Adder 5000 - Manuals

              Power switch CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR www.adder.com IP network/ Internet Introduction Thank you for choosing the AdderView CATxIP 5000 from Adder Technology. This compact unit allows one local user plus fou...

              Creating larger installations Alone, the AdderView CATxIP 5000 can support sixteen host computers and allow up to five users (four global and one local) to concurrently access any of those hosts. In many cases the number of hosts...

              AdderView CATxIP 5000 features - front and rear The AdderView CATxIP 5000 units pack a great deal of functionality into a compact space. It occupies half of a single 1U rack space and presents most of its connectors at the rear f...

              What’s in the box Power adapter and country- specific power lead CD-ROM x Slave power switches for connection to AdderView CATxIP 000 or master power switch Part number: EPS-S8 (not available in North America) Master power switch...

              INDOOR USE ONL Y 5V 4.0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS INDOOR USE ON LY 5V 4.0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIO NS COMPUTER CONNECTIO NS...

              REMOTE CONTROL LOCAL USER HOST COMPUTER CAM CAM LOCAL USER Connections The AdderView CATxIP 5000 provides a great deal of flexibility in its configurations. This chapter details the various connections that can be made to achieve...

              0 Local user A locally connected video monitor, keyboard (and mouse) are required during the initial configuration. These are also useful during normal use to allow quick local control of any connected computer systems. The Adder...

              Global users (IP network port) The AdderView CATxIP 5000 provides an autosensing Ethernet IP port that can operate at 10 or 100Mbps, according to the network speed. The AdderView CATxIP 5000 is designed to reside quite easily at ...

              Computer system (via CAM) Each computer system is connected to the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit via a Computer Access Module (CAM) and standard category 5, 5e or 6 cabling. CAMs are available in various formats to suit differing co...

              Power in connection The AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit is powered by the supplied 5V power adapter. There is no on/off switch on the unit, so operation begins as soon as a power adapter is connected. 2 Connect the IEC connector of th...

              8 IN IN IN IN OUT OUT OUT 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR www.adder.com Power control port The options port of the AdderView CATxIP 5000 can be used to connect to one or more ...

              INDOOR USE ONL Y 5V 4.0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS INDOOR USE ONL Y 5V 4.0A 4 12 3 11 2 10 1 9 8 16 7 15 6 14 5 13 OPTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS COMPUTER CONNECTIONS C...

              5V 4.0A 12 1 16 1 OPTIONS COMPUT Remote switching control The port switching functions of the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit can be remotely controlled by an RS232 link to the OPTIONS port on the rear panel. The sending device must u...

              Configuration Almost all configuration and operational aspects of the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit are controlled via on-screen menu displays. Overall initial configuration When setting up a new installation, the following stages a...

              Initial configuration The AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit provides an initial configuration sequence to assist you to make the necessary settings. When the AdderView CATxIP 5000 is switched on for the first time, you should see the un...

                                                   ...

              0 General security and configuration steps To enable general security 1 Display the Main menu . 2 Highlight ‘Setup Options’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘Security’ and press (or click one of the arrow buttons) to select ‘Enabled’. 4 N...

              What to do if the ADMIN password has been forgotten If the ADMIN password becomes mislaid or forgotten, you will not be able to you will not be able to access the AdderView CATxIP 5000 to add or edit users and computer names, unl...

              Click here to remove all IP access restrictions                             ...

              To configure the unit from a global user location 1 Use either the VNC viewer or a standard web browser to make remote contact with the AdderView CATxIP 5000 – see Global user access for more details. 2 If the username entry is n...

              Encryption settings The AdderView CATxIP 5000 offers a great deal of flexibility in its configuration and this extends equally to its encryption settings that are used to prevent unauthorised interception of signals. Due to the v...

              Networking issues Thanks to its robust security the AdderView CATxIP 5000 offers you great flexibility in how it integrates into an existing network structure. The AdderView CATxIP 5000 is designed to reside either on an internal...

              Placing AdderView CATxIP 5000 behind a router or firewall A possible point of contention between the AdderView CATxIP 5000 and a firewall can occasionally arise over the use of IP ports. Every port through the firewall represents...

              To discover a DHCP-allocated IP address Once a DHCP server has allocated an IP address, you will need to know it in order to access the AdderView CATxIP 5000 via a network connection. To discover the allocated IP address: 1 In ne...

              Placing AdderView CATxIP 5000 alongside the firewall The AdderView CATxIP 5000 is built from the ground-up to be secure. It employs a sophisticated 128bit public/private key system that has been rigorously analysed and found to b...

              Power switching configuration Power switch configuration comprises two main steps: • Configure the OPTIONS serial port to the same speed as used by the power switch box(es), using the configuration menu . • Configure power ON and...

              0 Upgrading AdderView CATxIP 5000 models The AdderView CATxIP 5000 models are upgraded via global connection (through the IP network port). Upgrades are digitally signed by Adder using a secure key. This prevents unauthorised or ...

              LOCAL USER GLOBAL USER IP COMPUTER SYSTEM CAM OR LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR www.adder.com HT Operation Accessing the AdderView CATxIP 5000 The AdderView CATxIP 5000 provides two ways to gain access: • Local user access , or • Global...

                   Enter your Login name here Selecting a computer There are three main ways for local users to select a specific computer channel: • Using hotkeys (as described below) – this is a good method i...

                                                            ...

              To select a computer using mouse buttons Note: This procedure works only with three-button or IntelliMouse devices and only if the ‘Mouse Switching’ option has been enabled by your administrator. 1 Hold down the middle button (or...

              The confirmation (status) box The AdderView CATxIP 5000 provides the option of a confirmation box that is displayed on screen for three seconds after a computer is selected. The confirmation box indicates the current user port an...

              Orange dot indicators in the Select Host menu Within the Select Host menu, each listed host has a coloured dot associated with it to indicate its general status: Green for accessible and Red for inaccessible.    ...

              Global user access Global users access the AdderView CATxIP 5000 using a viewer and a network/internet link. There are two types of viewer: a standalone VNC viewer or a VNC Java application used within a standard web browser. Sel...

              IMPORTANT: During login, if you see a warning message similar to the one shown here, then stop and do not proceed. Global user access via VNC viewer The VNC viewer is a compact application that runs on your IP-connected ‘global’ ...

              Global user access via web browser You can use a standard Web browser ( supported versions ) to gain access to the AdderView CATxIP 5000 and its host computer(s). As soon as you make contact with the AdderView CATxIP 5000 it will...

              0 Using the viewer window The viewer window gives you the ability to view and control the AdderView CATxIP 5000 and its host computer(s). Its operation is almost identical regardless of whether you used the VNC viewer or your Web...

              Host selection The Hosts button on the menu bar provides the quickest and most efficient way to switch between host computers. This is because the button is close at hand, but also because the screen calibration details for each ...

              Access mode - shared/private Up to five users can be simultaneously logged-in (four global users plus one local) and all can view the same or different hosts according to their permission status. If you need to perform a sensitiv...

              Mouse Control This option displays a mouse control dialog and is useful when the remote cursor is failing to respond correctly to your mouse movements, even after using the Resync mouse option. The mouse control dialog allows you...

              Click to send the code Enter the code here Keyboard Control This option displays a keyboard control dialog and is useful for sending keyboard combinations (to the host) that are needed regularly or that are trapped by the AdderVi...

              Video Settings This dialog provides access to all of the key video settings that determine image quality and link performance. Using automatic configurations • Every setting can be individually subjected to an automatic configura...

              Advanced Video Settings This option contains video signal settings that do not normally need to be adjusted. Pixel Format Determines the colour depth and data required to represent each video pixel. Tile Width and Height Determin...

              VNC hotkey selection During a VNC session, you can use hotkey presses to quickly display the Host selection menu or to choose a host by its port number: To select a computer using hotkeys 1 Simultaneously press and hold and . Not...

              If you need to enter a port number Usually, when you make a network connection to the AdderView CATxIP 5000 (either using the VNC viewer or a Web browser) you simply enter the IP address, i.e. 192.168.0.3. However, if a special c...

              Further information This chapter contains a variety of information, including the following: • Getting assistance - see below• Troubleshooting - see right• Appendices • Appendix 1 - Configuration menus • Appendix 2 - Configuratio...

              0              Appendix 1 – Local setup menus The AdderView CATxIP 5000 local setup menus allow a range of settings to be made both to the in...

                                Functions The Functions menu contains a collection of procedures that affect various aspects of AdderVi...

                           User Preferences The User Preferences are system operating parameters that are independently selectable for each user and affect only their scre...

                                    Global Preferences Global preferences are available only to the Admin user and allow sett...

                              Setup Options Setup options are available only to the Admin user. Auto Logout Settings: Disabled, Enabled The AdderVi...

              To get here 1 From a local keyboard, log on as the ‘admin’ user. 2 Press (hotkeys can change). 3 Press to show the Main Menu.4 Select ‘Configuration’ and press .        ...

              Network Configuration This page allows you to configure the various aspects of the IP port and its relationship with the local network.                 ...

              Serial Configuration This page allows you to configure the OPTIONS serial port located at the rear of the AdderView CATxIP 5000.              Options Port Sett...

              Reset Configuration This option allows you to completely reset the IP portion of the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit. WARNING: This process will remove all network settings and return the unit to use its original state. A complete rec...

              0 Appendix 2 - Configuration pages via viewer This section covers the configuration pages that are available to global admin users, using either the VNC viewer or the browser methods of access. To access the remote configuration ...

              User accounts This page allows you to manage up to sixteen separate accounts. The first of the sixteen accounts is the admin account and is the only account with access rights to the configuration menus. The user name and access ...

              Unit configuration This page provides access to a selection of both basic and advanced settings for the AdderView CATxIP 5000. Many of the settings displayed here are also accessible through the on-screen menu. Unit Name The name...

              Advanced unit configuration Click this button to display advanced options that do not normally require alteration. Background Refresh Rate Use the arrow keys to alter the refresh rate for screen images via remote links. This allo...

              Time & date configuration This page allows you to configure all aspects relating to time and date within the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit. Timezone specifier Optionally enter a recognised timezone specifier related to the curre...

              Network configuration This page allows you to configure the various aspects of the IP port and its relationship with the local network. MAC address Media Access Control address – this is the unique and unchangeable code that was ...

              Setting IP access control The golden rule with this feature is ‘Include before you exclude’ or to put it another way ‘Arrange allowed addresses in the list before the denied addresses’. This is because the positions of entries in...

              Serial port configuration This page provides all access to settings concerned with the two serial ports (modem and power control) that are situated at the rear of the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit. Options Port Use This option deter...

              Host configuration This page provides the opportunity to configure various details for each of the host systems that may be connected to the AdderView CATxIP 5000. Each entry can be configured with a name, the permitted users, th...

              Logging and status This screen provides various details about the user activity on the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit. To get here 1 Using VNC viewer or a browser, log on as the ‘admin’ user.2 Click the ‘Configure’ button in the top ...

              0 LDAP configuration The AdderView CATxIP 5000 can optionally use the industry standard LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to allow user authentication to occur in conjunction with an externally held database. This scre...

              Appendix 3 - VNC viewer connection options When you are connecting to the AdderView CATxIP 5000 using the VNC viewer, a number of options are available. Colour/Encoding Auto select When ticked, this option will examine the speed ...

              Inputs Enable all inputs When selected, allows keyboard, mouse and clipboard data to be transferred between server and viewer systems. Disable all inputs (view-only mode) When selected, prevents control data being passed between ...

              Misc Shared connection (do not dis-connect other viewers) This option does not apply to AdderView CATxIP 5000 connections. Full screen mode When ticked, the VNC viewer will launch in full screen mode. Use the menu key (usually F8...

              Scaling No Scaling No attempt is made to make the screen image fit the viewer window. You may need to scroll horizontally and/or vertically to view all parts of the screen image. Scale to Window Size Adjusts the server screen ima...

              Identities This feature helps your VNC viewer to confirm that a revisited AdderView CATxIP 5000 is genuine and not another device masquerading as an AdderView CATxIP 5000. The list given will retain the identities of all visited ...

              Appendix 4 - VNC viewer window options Click the VNC icon in the top left corner of the viewer window (or press F8) to display the window options: Standard window control items Full screen Expands the VNC viewer window to fill th...

              Appendix 5 - Browser viewer options When you are connecting to the AdderView CATxIP 5000 using a Web browser, a number of options are available. There are four options pages: Encoding and colour level Auto select When ticked, thi...

              Appendix 6 – Addresses, masks and ports IP address, network masks and ports are all closely linked in the quest for one device to find another across disparate network links. IP addresses As a rough analogy, consider how you use ...

              Net masks - the binary explanation To really understand the operation of a net mask it is necessary to delve deeper into the life blood of computers – binary ; this is native digital, where everything is either a 1 (one) or 0 (ze...

              0 Calculating the mask for IP access control The IP access control function uses a standard IP address and a net mask notation to specify both single locations and ranges of addresses. In order to use this function correctly, you...

              Ports If you accept the analogy of IP addresses being rather like telephone numbers, then think of ports as extension numbers. In a company of any size, you generally wouldn’t expect the accounts department to share the same tele...

              When you need to control more than sixteen host computers using AdderView CATxIP 5000 units, there are two main ways to achieve this: • The preferred method is to use multiple AdderView CATxIP 5000 units to control groups of sixt...

              3 Connect the other end of the cascade link cable to the remote user port (RJ45 socket) on the front panel of the AdderView CATx 1000 unit. AdderView CATx 1000 unit. unit. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the cascade links between the ...

              The unique address of this host is: 1203 08 CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM CAM AdderView CATxIP 5000 AdderView CATx 1000 The unique address of this host is: 1203 Port 12 at cascade level 1 Addressing computers in a cascade Computer ...

              Appendix 8 – Cable and connector specifications AdderView CATxIP 5000 to power switch cable Power switch to power switch daisy chain cable pin D-type female pin RJ pin RJ pin RJ Multi-head synchronisation cable MASTER end pin D-t...

              Appendix 9 – Hotkey sequence codes These codes are used when defining hotkey switching sequences (macros) for host computers and allow you to include almost any of the special keys on the keyboard. Permissible key presses Main co...

              Appendix 10 – Supported video modes The following video modes are supported and can be automatically configured by the AdderView CATxIP 5000 units. Support for VESA GTF (Generalized Timing Formula) is available and can be enabled...

              Safety information • For use in dry, oil free indoor environments only.• Both the AdderView CATxIP 5000 and its power supply generate heat when in operation and will become warm to the touch. Do not enclose them or place them loc...

              End user licence agreement PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT CONCERNS ENHANCED VNC VIEWER SOFTWARE (“the SOFTWARE”) FOR USE WITH THE AdderView CATxIP 5000 PRODUCT (“the PRODUCT”). THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO EN...

              0 Radio Frequency Energy A Category 5 (or better) twisted pair cable must be used to connect the units in order to maintain compliance with radio frequency energy emission regulations and ensure a suitably high level of immunity ...