Belkin OmniView - Manuals

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 444 1-3 Equipment Requirements Overview Hardware Requirements • OmniView Series Remote IP Manager (included) • PS/2 Cable Kit (included) • VGA Cable (included) • Mini-USB Cable (included) • 5V DC, 2A Power Supply (included) • Keyboard, monitor, and mouse • Connection to networ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 6 1-5 Specifications Overview Part Number: F1DE101H Power: 5V DC, 2A No. of Users Supported: 1 local, 1 digital (1 simultaneous user) Keyboard Emulation: PS/2 and USB Mouse Emulation: PS/2 and USB Monitors Supported: CRT and LCD (with VGA support) Resolution Support: Up to 160...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 8 2-1 Hardware Installation Installation 8 Typical RIPM Configuration with a Computer Typical RIPM Configuration with a KVM Switch ������� ��� ����� ���� ������ ����� ���� ��������������� �������������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� �������������������� ������������

9 2-1 Hardware Installation Installation Step 1 Installing the RIPM into a Server Rack The RIPM includes mounting brackets for installation in 19-inch racks. 1.1 Attach the included bracket to the top or bottom of the RIPM with the provided screws. Fig. 1 1.2 Mount the RIPM to the rack. See Fig. 1. ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 10 2-1 Hardware Installation Installation Step 3 Option 1: Connecting the RIPM to a KVM Switch (Host System) ������� ��� ����� ���� ������ ����� ���� ��������������� �������������� ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� �������������������� ������������ Fig. 3 3.1 Power down ...

11 2-1 Hardware Installation Installation 11 Step 4 Connecting the Mini-USB Cable to Support Virtual Media 4.1 Power down the computer. Fig. 5 4.2 Using the provided mini-USB cable, connect one end to the mini-USB port on the RIPM and the other end to an available USB port on your computer. See Fig....

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 12 2-2 Device Setup Installation 12 There are two ways to set up and configure the RIPM. You can use the device-setup software provided on the CD enclosed in the box, or you can connect a serial interface cable to the RIPM and use terminal software (e.g., HyperTerminal ® ). No...

13 2-3 Software Installation Installation 13 Device-Setup Software The software contained on the enclosed CD will help to configure the RIPM to your network so that you can access it remotely. 1. Connect the RIPM to your computer via local network. Start the setup tool from the CD-ROM on the compute...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 14 2-4 Configuration via Serial Interface Installation To configure the RIPM via serial interface, a null modem cable is required (provided). Connect the null modem cable to the “Serial 01” port on the RIPM and the other end to the serial port on the computer. The serial inter...

15 2-5 Using your Remote IP Manager Installation Web Interface The RIPM may be accessed using a standard Java ™ -enabled web browser. You may use the HTTP protocol or a secure encrypted connection via HTTPS. Just enter the configured IP address of the RIPM into your web browser. The initial login se...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 16 3-1 Login to the Remote IP Manager The Remote Console Open your web browser. Type in the address of your RIPM that you configured during the installation process. For this, you can use an IP address or a host and domain name, in the event that you have given your RIPM a sym...

17 3-2 Remote IP Manager Interface The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard, and mouse of the remote host system in which the RIPM is installed. The web browser that is used for accessing the RIPM must supply a Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher. However, ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 18 3-3 Mouse, Keyboard, and Video Configuration The Remote Console Between the RIPM and the host, there are two interfaces available for transmitting keyboard and mouse data: USB and PS/2 (available separately). The correct operation of the remote mouse depends on several sett...

19 3-3 Mouse, Keyboard, and Video Configuration The Remote Console Auto-Mouse-Speed and Mouse Synchronization The automatic-mouse-speed mode performs the speed detection during mouse synchronization. Whenever the mouse does not move correctly, there are two ways for re-synchronizing the local and re...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 20 3-3 Mouse, Keyboard, and Video Configuration The Remote Console Host System Mouse Settings The host’s operating system knows various settings for the mouse driver.While the RIPM works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local- with the remote-mouse pointer,...

21 3-3 Mouse, Keyboard, and Video Configuration The Remote Console Recommended Mouse Settings Windows 2000, 2003, XP (all versions) In general, Belkin recommends the usage of a mouse via USB. Choose USB without mouse sync. Mac OS X Belkin recommends using the single-mouse mode. Sun Solaris Adjust th...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 22 3-3 Mouse, Keyboard, and Video Configuration The Remote Console Navigation Once you have logged into the RIPM successfully, the main page of the RIPM appears. This page consists of three parts, each of them containing specific information. The buttons on the top allow you t...

23 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar. By using its elements, you can see the status of the Remote Console and influence the local Remote Console settings. A description of each control follows. • Auto-Adjust Button If...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 24 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console • Scaling Allows you to scale down the Remote Console. You can still use both the mouse and keyboard; however, the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details. • Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offe...

25 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console • Local Cursor Offers a list of different cursor shapes from which to choose for the local-mouse pointer. The selected shape will be saved for the current user and activated the next time this user opens the Remote Console. The number of available...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 26 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console Video Settings through the Remote Console 1 2 3 6 5 9 4 7 10 8 1. Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture. 2. Contrast Controls the contrast sharpness of the picture. 3. Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a...

27 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console Mapping Sequence Soft Keyboard Opens up the menu for the soft keyboard. Show Pops up the soft keyboard. The soft keyboard is necessary in the event that your host system runs a completely different language and country mapping than your administra...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 28 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console applet. Normally, the applet automatically determines the correct value. However, depending on your particular JVM and you...

29 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console The status line shows both the Remote Console and the connection state. The size of the remote screen is displayed on the left. The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console. “Norm” means a standard connection without encryp...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 30 3-4 Remote Console Control Bar The Remote Console A remote user has exclusive access. You may not access the remote host via the Remote Console unless the other user disables this option. The outer-right button displays the state of the “Monitor Only” settings. The “Monitor...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 32 4-1 Remote Control Menu Options KVM Console Remote Console Preview To open the KVM console, click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right. To refresh the picture, click the “Refresh” button. Telnet Console The RIPM firmware features a Telnet gat...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 34 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options Floppy Disk This feature is for uploading and transferring image files. This option allows you to upload a binary image (example.img) with a maximum size of 1.44MB to the RIPM. This image will be emulated to the host as a USB device. All other...

35 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options CD-ROM Image Use Image on Windows Share (SAMBA).To include an image from a Windows Share, select “CD-ROM” from the submenu.You must provide the following information in order to mount the selected image properly: 1 2 3 45 1. Share Host The server name or its IP addr...

37 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options Step 3: Click “Re-Activate” in the Active Image section. Step 4: Enter the IP Address provided by the drive re-direction software into the “Share Host “ field. Step 5: Enter the “Share name” and the “Path to Image.” Step 6: To upload the file, click the “Set” button...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 38 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options Drive Redirection The drive-redirection feature provides another way to use a virtual disc drive on the remote computer. You can work with a drive on your local computer from the remote machine by sharing the drive over a TCP network connectio...

39 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options 1. Open the drive-redirection application. c a b 2. Specify the parameters of the network connection. a. Device This is the IP address of the RIPM to which you would like to connect. b. Port This is the network port. By default, the RIPM uses the remote console port...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 40 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options 6. Establish drive redirection by pressing the “Connect” button once. If all the settings are correct, the status bar displays that the connection has been established, the “Connect” button is disabled, and the “Disconnect” button is enabled. ...

41 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options Creating an Image Floppy Images UNIX ® and UNIX-Like Operating Systems (OS ) To create an image file, make use of “dd”. This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Sun Solaris, Linux). To create a floppy image file, copy t...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 42 4-2 Virtual Media Menu Options CD-ROM/ISO 9660 Images UNIX and UNIX-Like OS To create an image file, make use of “dd”. This is one of the original UNIX utilities and is included in every UNIX-like OS (UNIX, Sun Solaris, Linux). To create a CD-ROM image, copy the contents of...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 44 4-3 User Management Menu Options Users 12 3 4567 User Management The RIPM comes with a pre-configured user account for the administrator that has fixed permissions. This user has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions the RIPM offers. Upon deli...

45 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options User Console The following settings are user-specific. That means the administrator can customize these settings for every user separately. Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users. 1 2 2a 2b 2c 1. Remote Console Settings fo...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 46 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options 4 4b 3 3b 3a 4a 5 6 3. Remote Console Type Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use. 3a. Default Java Virtual Machine (JVM ) This function uses the default JVM of your web browser, either the Microsoft JVM for Internet Explorer or the Sun J...

47 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options 6. Remote Console Button Keys The button keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally. This might be necessary if there is a key missing or if the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching a key...

49 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options 4. Mouse Speed • Auto Mouse Speed Use this option if the mouse settings on the host use an additional acceleration setting. The RIPM detects the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse-sync process. • Fixed Mouse Speed Use this option for a direct transl...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 50 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options Video 3 1 2 2a 3b 3a 3c 3d 3e 3f 3g 2b To set the options (see below), click the “Apply” button. 1. Local Video Port Settings Enable Local Video Port This option monitors the local video output of the RIPM, and indicates whether it is active an...

51 4-4 KVM Settings Menu Options 3a. X Resolution This refers to the visible number of horizontal pixels. 3b. Y Resolution This refers to the visible number of vertical pixels. 3c. Horizontal Frequency ( Hz) This refers to the horizontal (line) frequency in hertz. 3d. Vertical Frequency ( Hz) This r...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 52 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Network The “Network Settings” panel (shown below) allows you to change network-related parameters, as explained below. Once applied, the new network settings take effect immediately. 1 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 2 2a2b2c2d 2e Warning : Changing the ...

53 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 2. Network Miscellaneous Settings 2a. Remote Console and HTTPS Port This is the port number at which the RIPM’s Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening. If left empty, the default value will be used. 2b. HTTP Port This is the port number at which the ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 54 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service (dyndns.org) can be used in the following scenario: Dynamic DNS Scenario You can reach the RIPM via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically assigned by the provider. Since the...

55 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Dynamic DNS Settiings 12 3 45678 1. Enable Dynamic DNS This enables the Dynamic DNS service. This requires a configured DNS server IP address. 2. Dynamic DNS Server The RIPM registers itself in regular intervals at this location. At the time of this publication, t...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 56 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Security 1 2 2f 2g 2h 2i 3 1a 1b 2a 2b 3b 3a 2c 2d 2e 1. Encryption Settings 1a. Force HTTPS If this option is enabled, access to the Web front end is possible using a HTTPS connection only. The RIPM will not “listen” through the HTTP port f...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 58 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Certificate Certificate Settings The RIPM uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client. During the connection establishment, the RIPM must expose its identity to a client...

59 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 1. Common Name This is the network name of the RIPM once it is installed in the user’s network (usually the fully qualified domain name). It is identical to the name that is used to access the RIPM with a web browser but without the prefix “htt...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 60 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Serial Port 1 2 3 45 6 7 The RIPM Serial Settings allow you to specify which device is connected to the serial port and how to use it. To access the serial interface, a null modem cable is required. 1. Configuration or Con s ole Login Do not...

61 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 5. Modem Server IP Address This IP address will be assigned to the RIPM itself during the PPP handshake. Since it is a point-to-point IP connection, virtually any IP address may be assigned, but you must make sure that it does not interfere with the IP settings of...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 62 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2 1 The RIPM IPMI facilities provide an additional way to power the system on or off or to perform a hard reset. Furthermore, these facilities allow you to view an event log of the host system...

63 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Date and Time This link refers to a page where the internal real-time clock of the RIPM can be set up. You can adjust the clock manually or use a Network Time Protocol (NTP) time server. Without a time server, your time setting will not be persistent, so you must ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 64 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Authentication 1 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 2 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f The RIPM lets you either use a local authentication or keep the information in a central Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) or in a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Servic...

65 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 1f. User Search Sub-Filter Here you can refine the search for users that should be known to the RIPM. 1g. Active Directory Domain This option represents the active directory domain that is configured in the Microsoft Active Directory server. This option is only va...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 66 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 2d. Accounting Port The port the RADIUS server listens to for accounting requests. The default value is #1813. 2e. Timeout Sets the request time-to-live in seconds. The time-to-live is the time to wait for the completion of the request. If t...

67 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options Event Log 1 1a 1b 2 Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations (see Figure 6-33). Each event belongs to an event group, which can be activated separately. The common way to log events is to use the ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 68 4-5 Device Settings Menu Options 1b. SNMP Settings Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ( SMTP) Logging Enabled With this option, the RIPM is able to send email to an address entered into the email-address text field in Event Log Settings. These mails contain the same description ...

4-6 Maintenance Menu Options 71 Update Firmware The RIPM is a complete standalone computer; it runs on software known as firmware, which is written onto its read-only memory (ROM). The RIPM’s firmware can be updated remotely to install new or improved functionality or special features. A new firmwar...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 4-6 Maintenance Menu Options 72 Unit Reset This section describes methods used to reset specific parts of the device. This involves the keyboard and mouse, the video display of the computer attached to the RIPM, and the RIPM itself. To activate newly updated firmware, you must...

73 5-0 Troubleshooting Guide The remote mouse does not work or is not synchronous. First, check the VGA connection. Both the RIPM and the local monitor must support the same video resolution. Make sure that your mouse settings match your mouse model, i.e., PS/2 or USB. Also, the mouse model must be ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 74 5-0 Troubleshooting Guide The RIPM web pages are not displayed correctly. Check your browser’s cache settings. Make sure the cache settings are NOT set to “never check for newer pages”. Under that setting, the RIPM pages could be loaded from your browser cache and not from ...

75 6-0 Information FCC Statement Declaration of Conformity with FCC Rules for Electromagnetic Compatibility We, Belkin Corporation, of 501 West Walnut Street, Compton, CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that the product: F1DE101H to which this declaration relates: Complies with Part 15 ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 se ct io n 76 6-0 Information Belkin Corporation reserves the right to review the damaged Belkin product. All costs of shipping the Belkin product to Belkin Corporation for inspection shall be borne solely by the purchaser. If Belkin determines, in its sole discretion, that it is impract...

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