Adder AVM208MP - Manuals

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 4 4. Using the AdderView MATRIX MP ............................................... 39 4.1 Rear panel special function switches ..................................................... 394.2 Power supply connections and indicators ..............................

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 7 1.1 Key features and benefits Enables many computers to be independently controlled by two users. Enables desktop and laptop PCs, Sun (USB), Sun (8-pin), Mac (USB), SGI, Alphaand RS/6000 computers to be controlled from a common KVM console. USB keyboar...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 9 Auto-scan list feature enables scanning of selected computers. 1.2 AdderView MATRIX MP package contents AdderView MATRIX MP. Power supply suitable for your country. 6 x stick on self-adhesive rubber feet. A CD-ROM containing this manual (in PDF format)...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 10 1.5 Product information Fig. 1 - AdderView MATRIX MP 208 and 216 models viewed from the front

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 12 2. Installation Adder explains: Flexible configuration The AdderView MATRIX MP has many ports for connection to computers,keyboards, mice and monitors. There are no restrictions placed upon which portsare connected to devices and you can leave any of ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 13 - PC PS/2 or RS232 two button mouse driver (any manufacturer). - Microsoft mouse driver (including IntelliMouse).- Logitech mouse driver (including two button, three button and wheel mouse). You may also need one or more of the following adapters. The...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 14 connect. This will avoid the need to use key combinations to create any missingkeys (e.g. the Stop, Again, Props and Undo keys for Sun systems). Sun keyboardshave more keys than standard PC keyboards which have more keys than Mackeyboards and so if yo...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 15 Figure 3 - AdderView MATRIX MP cables. See appendix A for part codes and ordering information To connect PCs with serial mouse connections and AT style keyboard connectionsuse the PC cable together with the adapters specified in appendix A. If you hav...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 16 To connect Sun computers with older style 13W3 video connections you will need touse the Sun cable together with a 13W3 to 15 way D-type video adapter. The AdderView is now ready for connection to the mains using the mains poweradapter supplied. It is...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 17 AdderView emulates Microsoft compatible serial, IntelliMouse and PS/2 mice, so ensure that your PC software is configured for a Microsoft mouse of the correct type.Refer to the list of supported drivers in section 2.1. 2.5 Structuring your AdderView M...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 18 number of KVM links that you install defines the number of simultaneous uses thatare supported. The MATRIX MP unit should be used as the master (i.e. at the top of the tree). All other levels should be MATRIX products. Keep all cascade cables as short...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 21 2.6 Maximising the video quality The AdderView MATRIX MP supports very high bandwidth video signals andresolutions up to 1900 x 1440 pixels. It regenerates the video signals usingwideband amplifiers in order to minimise any loss of video quality. All ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 22 2.7 Other useful installation information Intelligent cables – The USB and Sun cables contain miniature active circuits that are moulded into the ends of the cable assembly. These circuits intelligently providesignals to your computers that make them ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 24 3. Configuring the AdderView MATRIX MP 3.1 Configuration summary The AdderView is configured using the on-screen menu system which is activatedby default when you first power on the system. It may also be accessed by using thekeyboard 'hotkeys' (see s...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 25 Step 3 - Create user accounts Login to the AdderView using the ADMIN account and add user profiles andpasswords for each of the system users (see section 3.4). The AdderView supportsup to 16 user profiles. Step 4 - Add / edit names to identify your co...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 26 To switch on the password security system: From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS . Select SETUP OPTIONS from the menu. Move the menu bar over the SECURITY option. Press SPACE BAR to enable security. Press ESC to quit from the menu. 3.3 ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 27 3.4 Creating and editing user accounts To create user accounts: Ensure that you are logged on as the ADMIN user. From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS . Select EDIT USER LIST from the menu. Press INSERT to add a new user. Type in the na...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 31 Fig. 7 - Possible cascade groups and their associated names 3.6 Setting the SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES The SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES are system operating parameters that apply to the whole system rather than to individual users. T...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 32 3.6.1 SECURITY Accessed from menu: SETUP OPTIONSSettings: DISABLED, ENABLED With security disabled there is no requirement for users to login to the system. Allusers have full access to all the connected computers and full administration rights.With s...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 36 set to blank the screen after no keyboard or mouse activity has been detected for aselected timeout period. If preferred, the user can blank the screen manually byselecting channel '0' using the keyboard hotkeys or by pressing ESC from the loginscreen...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 37 When all the computers that you wish to scan have a star to the right hand side of their name, press RETURN or ENTER to save the selections. The selected computers will be autoscanned in alphabetical order when you activate autoscan mode (when the SCA...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 39 4. Using the AdderView MATRIX MP This section explains the general operation of the AdderView MATRIX MP. Werecommend that you read this section before starting to use the product. 4.1 Rear panel special function switches Before powering on the AdderVi...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 40 4.4 COMPUTER display and key switch The COMPUTER key selects the computer port that is to be connected to the userport that is currently displayed on the green USER display (see figure 1). Pressingthe key will cause the red COMPUTER display to change ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 41 4.5 Activity indicators The AdderView MATRIX MP has a front panel activity indicator for each user port(see figure 1). The indicator will flash when keyboard or mouse data is received bythe AdderView. These indicators provide a useful confirmation tha...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 42 Action of the COMPUTER key if no security has been set and the front panelcontrols are enabled Action of the COMPUTER key if the front panel controls are enabled, security hasbeen set and the current logged in user only has access to computer ports 1,...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 43 name and password to access the AdderView. 4.8 Keyboard hotkeys AdderView MATRIX MP can be conveniently controlled using special keyboardhotkey combinations. These hotkey combinations can be used to select computersand perform a number of other useful...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 46 4.9 Selecting computers using the mouse Computers may conveniently be selected using a three button mouse. In order toswitch to the next computer simply hold down the central mouse button (the wheelmouse button on an IntelliMouse) and click on the lef...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 47 4.10 Selecting computers using the on-screen menu You can conveniently select computers by name using the AdderView's on-screenmenu. For systems with many computers this is the recommended method ofcomputer selection. The on-screen menu is called up b...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 49 To select the computer with SHARED access press: e e or f f When a computer is selected in SHARED mode, the computer’s video picture will bedisplayed on all the KVM consoles that are connected to that computer. Only oneuser will have control of the co...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 51 AdderView indicates an unsuccessful connection 4.11 The reminder banner Normally the AdderView will display a discreet computer name reminder banner thatreminds you which computer you are connected to. This banner will normally appearat the top of the...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 52 4.12 Setting the USER PREFERENCES The USER PREFERENCES are system operating parameters that are independently selectable for each user. From the main menu press F1 for MORE MENUS . Use the cursor keys to position the menu bar over USER PREFERENCES Pre...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 53 screen in a central position but may be moved as required (see section 4.8) 4.12.3 REMINDER COLOUR Accessed from menu: USER PREFERENCESSettings: BLUE/TRANS, PINK/TRANS, BLUE/WHITE, WHITE/RED You may select the colour of the reminder banner. The BLUE/T...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 54 will clear all the computer and user names and set all parameters back to the factorydefaults. To avoid activating this function by accident the administrator must confirmthe reset instruction by pressing F8. See section 4.19 for details on using the ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 55 Although it is theoretically possible to select computers on cascaded units bypressing the hotkeys and then typing in the port address this would be highlyconfusing for users and is not generally recommended. Consequently it is normallyadvisable to us...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 56 4.17 Using the AdderLink extender Refer to the installation guide provided with your AdderLink extender. When using an AdderLink extender we highly recommend that you set theAdderLink's hotkeys to be different to the AdderView's hotkeys to avoid anyco...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 58 USERS ADMIN Alan Jim Sue Test PASSWORDS password letmein hello logmein Test COMPUTERS PORT Admin PC 2103 1 1 1 1 Alan's System 2102 1 1 1 Comms Server 3 1 1 Comms PC 4 1 1 1 1 Gateway 1 8 1 Gateway 2 5 1 Test System 15 1 1 Web Browser 9 1 1 1 To resto...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 59 No handshaking is implemented but valid command characters will be echoed backto the sender. The top nibble (4 bits) of the command byte defines the user port that is to beswitched (1=port 1, 2=port 2). The bottom nibble defines the computer port that...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 61 5. Upgrading the AdderView's firmware The AdderView MATRIX MP uses flash memory technology which enables thefirmware code to be upgraded by the user. New keyboards, mice operating systemsand drivers are being launched all the time. From time to time t...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 62 To perform a flash upgrade on the AdderView MATRIX MP: Step 1 - Prepare your computers Ensure that you have saved any important work on the connected computers. TheAdderView MATRIX MP can be upgraded whilst attached to live systems butremember that th...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 63 Step 4 - Power off the AdderView MATRIX MP Remove the power from the MATRIX MP. Step 5 - Power on the AdderView with the UPGRADE switch ON Attach the power adapter to the AdderView whilst the UPGRADE switch is ON. Thegreen USER display should now show...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 64 3) A data file that tells the upgrade program (XPROMP.EXE) which binary code files (HEX files) to download to the AdderView MATRIX MP and where to put each file.Theoretically this DAT file can be modified so that only certain processors areupgraded bu...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 66 6. Special features of the MATRIX MP 6.1 Synchronising AdderView MATRIX MPs for multiple video headapplications Multiple AdderView MATRIX MPs may be connected together so that they operatein a synchronised manner. Synchronised operation is useful for ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 67 Synchronised AdderViews used for a dual head video switching application The pinout of the RS232 synchronisation cable is as shown below.

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 68 The pinout for a “daisy chain” RS232 cable for more than 2 units is shown below: 6.2 Logging access activity By connecting the AdderView’s serial port to a computer, a time stamped log of theAdderView’s activity can be generated. This is useful for ap...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 69 {activity_log_destination} is the file name where the log is to be stored or the word PRINT if the log is to be printed on a printer attached to the computer’s parallel port.LPT1 {com_port} is the computer’s serial port that is connected to the AdderV...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 70 Appendix A. Cable and connectorspecifications IMPORTANT NOTE The maximum cable lengths supported vary widely between devices andcables. It may be possible to use cables that are longer than those specifiedbelow with certain PCs and peripherals but thi...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 72 Cables for connection to Sun computers with 8-pin keyboard/mouseconnectors: Cables to Sun computers with 8 pin mini-DIN keyboard/mouse connectors may beup to 20 metres long. If you use an extension cable then this should be added to theMATRIX MP end o...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 73 Cables for connection to computers with USB keyboard/mouse connections: Cables to computers with USB keyboard/mouse connectors may be up to 20 metreslong. If you use an extension cable then this should be added to the MATRIX MPend of the cable as the ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 74 Adapters: VSA1 mouse adapter - This is required if you wish to connect a computer that has a 9-pin serial mouse connection: Cables should be no longer than 30 metres. NOTE - There are several common wiring specifications for 6-pin mini-DIN to9-pin ser...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 75 VSA2 keyboard adapter - If your PC has a 5-pin DIN AT style keyboard connector you will need a PS/2 to AT keyboard adapter 6-pin mini-DIN female to 5-pin DINmale. VSA7 video adapter - If your Sun computer has a 13W3 video connector then you will need ...

AdderView MATRIX MP Installation and Use Page 76 Appendix B. Problem Solving Problem: Poor video quality with smearing fuzziness or ripple. Action: Use screened coaxial video cables to connect your devices to the AdderView. For more help with problems visit the Adder Technology website at www.adder....

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