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1 THE SERVSWITCH™ FAMILY Welcome to the ServSwitch™ Family! Thank you for purchasing a BLACK BOX ® ServSwitch™ Brand KVM switch! We appreciate your business, and we think you’ll appreciate the many ways that thisproduct will save you money, time, and effort. Our ServSwitch family is all about breaki...
2 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if notinstalled and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’sinstructions, may cau...
3 EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY, VCCI STATEMENT EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class Acomputing device in accordance with the specifications in the European standardEN55022. These limits are designed to provide reasona...
4 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para ...
5 NOM STATEMENT 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos,poniendo particular aten...
6 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Contents Chapter Page 1. Quick Install Guide .................................................................................... 81.1 Basic Installation ................................................................................. 91.2 Initial Administrative Testing ..........
7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 7. Troubleshooting ...................................................................................... 537.1 Calling Black Box .............................................................................. 537.2 Shipping and Packaging ................................
8 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 1. Quick Install Guide Figur e 1-1. The elements of a Ser vSwitch Summit system. Numbers refer to basic- installation steps on the facing page
9 CHAPTER 1: Quick Install Guide 1.1 Basic Installation CAUTION! The Summit and all devices you want to attach to it must be unpluggedand powered OFF prior to installation. To install a ServSwitch Summit system with a single Base Unit, take the followingsteps, referring to Figure 1-1 on the facing p...
10 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 1.2 Initial Administrative Testing To verify that an attached computer can be viewed and controlled through theServSwitch Summit system, take these steps: 1. When you first power ON the ServSwitch Summit Base Unit, an attached USM, and the USM’s attached monitor, a Login Menu w...
11 CHAPTER 1: Quick Install Guide For more information about installing, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting a Summit system, read the rest of this manual. Figure 1-3. The Selection Menu for a KV1502A (shown after a hypothetical basic system configuration is finished). Selection Menu Summit ...
12 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 2. Specifications Cable Required: Between Base Units, USMs, and CIMs: Four-pair (eight- wire) Category 5 solid-core unshielded twisted-pair(UTP) pinned and paired according to TIA-568B Compliance: EMI/RFI radiation: CE; FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A, IC Class/classe A; EMI/RFI ...
13 CHAPTER 2: Specifications Serial (continued): KV1518A: Supports X-ON/X-OFF flow control to attached device; other characteristics are user-selectable: 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19,200 bps; 7 or 8 databits; even, odd, or no parity; and 1 or 2 stop bits (if7 data bits has been selected, there must be 2 ...
14 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Connectors(continued): On all CIMs: (1) HD15 male to CPU’s video port;(1) RJ-45 female to Base Unit; On KV1515A and KV1519A: (2) 6-pin mini-DIN male: (1) to CPU’s PS/2 keyboard port, (1) to CPU’s PS/2 mouse port; On KV1519A: (1) RJ-45 female to USM; On KV1516A: (1) 8-pin mini-D...
15 CHAPTER 2: Specifications MTBF (continued): KV1517A: 2,308,000 hours;KV1518A: 1,691,000 hours;KV1519A: 879,000 hours Power: All Base Units and USM: From utility-power (mains) outlet, through detachable power cord and IEC 320inlet, to internal transformer:Input: 100 to 240 VAC at 47 to 63 Hz, up t...
17 CHAPTER 3: Introduction 3. Introduction 3.1 Overview The ServSwitch™ Summit is designed to perform heavy-duty multiple-user-to-many-computer keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) matrix switching withoutburdening you with big, confusing hydra-headed cables. Instead, the Summit usesstandard Category 5 unshie...
18 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 3.2 Features and Benefits Some useful features of the Summit: • Base Unit available in models to which you can directly attach 2 users and 42 computers (KV1500A), 4 users and 42 computers (KV1501A), 8 users and32 computers (KV1502A), or 16 users and 64 computers (KV1503A). • Ca...
19 CHAPTER 3: Introduction 3.3 Complete Packages The ServSwitch Summit Base Units come with: • (1) Base Unit; • (2) 20-ft. (6.1-m) CAT5 test cables (replacement product code EYN737MS-0020); • (1) Pair of rackmount brackets and associated screws (replacement product code RMKSM2 for KV1503A, RMKSM1 fo...
21 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Initial Configuration 4. Installation and Initial Configuration NOTE This chapter includes full instructions for how to install single BaseUnits or cascades of multiple Base Units. If you want to install a simpleSummit system with a single Base Unit, you might be able ...
22 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT You can use function keys [F1], [F2], [F4], and [F8] to switch between first-levelmenus. Pressing [F1] while the OSUI is active brings up the help screen, which listsall available options. While the OSUI is on screen, the user-station keyboard’s[Scroll Lock] LED indicator blink...
23 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Initial Configuration Figure 4-2. Rear panels of a Ser vSwitch Summit USM (KV1510A, top) and 8 x 32 Base Unit (KV1502A, bottom) (not shown at the same scale). 3. Initially configure the USM. a. The Login Menu (shown in Figure 4-3) should be displayed on the USM’s attac...
24 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure 4-4. The Selection Menu for a KV1502A (shown after a hypothetical basic system configuration is finished). 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each USM you want to connect to the Base Unit. 5. Connect a CIM and its computer CPU. a. Connect the cable strands of an appropriate CIM...
25 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Initial Configuration b. Plug in and turn ON the CPU. If the CIM is installed and operating properly, the CIM’s green LED will start blinking: once per second whilethe CIM is idle, more quickly while it’s passing data in either direction. c. Connect one end of a CAT5 U...
26 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure 4-5. The Administration Menu. Figure 4-6. The Channel Configuration Menu of a KV1502A (shown after a hypothetical basic system configuration is finished). Channel Configuration Summit 8x32 Page: 1/8 ChID Name Scn Device ---- ------------ -- ------- 1 03 CPU 2 NT40-Mail 0...
28 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Take these steps to install a cascaded system with multiple Base Units: 1. Connect one end of a CAT5 UTP cable to user port # 1 on the back of the master Base Unit. (If the cascade consists of both 16 x 64 Base Units andother Base Unit models, a 16 x 64 Base Unit must be the ma...
30 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure 4-9. The Channel Configuration Menu for a KV1502A (shown after a hypothetical cascaded system configuration is finished). e. Continue using the up- and down-arrow keys and [PageUp] and [PageDown] keys to move the yellow highlight to the Name field for thechannel number w...
31 CHAPTER 4: Installation and Initial Configuration j. Press [Enter] to access the dedicated Selection Menu for that subsidiaryBase Unit. Verify that new names appear in the Selection Menu in green. k. If you are configuring a second-tier subsidiary Base Unit, and there are any third-tier Base Unit...
32 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 5. User Functions This chapter discusses how to use the On-Screen User Interface (OSUI) to configureand operate your ServSwitch™ Summit system. (See Appendixes G and C for information about using the KV1518A CIM or using the KV1519A with a local PC.) 5.1 Login You need to login...
33 CHAPTER 5: User Functions To login at the Login Menu and start operating the system, take these steps: 1. Type in the user name that you’ve been assigned by the system administrator. (If user names haven’t been assigned yet, the defaults are user01 through user15 —depending on the model—for regul...
34 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure 5-2. The Selection Menu ordered by channel number. Figure 5-3. The Selection Menu ordered by name. Figure 5-4. The ID Display that appears on screen after a selection. Purchas_16x64.02 NT40-Mail Selection Menu by Name Main_16x64 Page 1/8 Name Ch.ID ------------ ---------...
35 CHAPTER 5: User Functions To choose a computer from the Selection Menu, take these steps: 1. Press [F12] to toggle the menu to your desired sort-order view (by channel-ID number or alphabetically by device name). The entry for the channel youcurrently have selected (if any) will be highlighted an...
36 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT In the Selection Menu, each channel’s availability is visually indicated by thefollowing text colors. (For more information about Private Mode, Public ViewMode, and PC Share Mode, see “Operation Mode” in Section 6.2 .) • Black = No device is connected or the connected device is...
37 CHAPTER 5: User Functions 5.3 Customizing How the USM Operates for You When the OSUI is active, you can bring up the User Profile Menu, shown inFigure 5-5, by pressing function key [F4]. This menu is for displaying the Summit’sconfiguration and for setting preferred operating parameters for indiv...
38 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 3. If you want to change the value of any of the other fields, use your keyboard keys to select the field you want to edit: Press [Tab] to move forward throughthe editable fields, [Shift]+[Tab] to move backward, the up- and down-arrowkeys to move up and down, and the left- and ...
39 CHAPTER 5: User Functions • ID Display: The ID Display is a small window that can pop up on screen to show you the name and ID of each channel as you switch between them orscan them. You can edit the two fields of this parameter to determine how thesystem will show you this window: – Possible val...
40 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT • Display Position: Use this parameter to move the OSUI menus and ID Display to the desired position on your monitor screen. First move the highlight to“Menu” (for the OSUI) or “ID” (for the ID Display, which will pop up if it’s notalready on screen while the OSUI temporarily d...
41 CHAPTER 5: User Functions 5.4 Keyboard-Controlled OSUI Functions Use the following function keys to access the Summit’s OSUI functions: Press… When you want to… [F1] View the Help Menu (shown in Figure 5-6). [F2] Access the Selection Menu (see Section 5.2 ) in order to view or select channels or ...
42 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure 5-6. The Help Menu. 5.5 The Information Menu When the OSUI is active, you can bring up the Information Menu, shown inFigure 5-7, by pressing function key [F8]. This menu displays the “vital statistics” ofthe USM that your user station is attached to, including its firmwa...
43 CHAPTER 6: Administrator Functions 6. Administrator Functions This chapter discusses the special On-Screen User Interface (OSUI) functions withwhich an administrator can configure and operate the ServSwitch™ Summitsystem, including assigning access rights (discussed in more detail in Appendix A )...
44 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 6.2 System Configuration Administrators can use the System Configuration Menu, shown in Figure 6-2, forsetting certain global parameters. 1. From the Administration Menu (see Section 6.1 ), press “1” or use the up- and down-arrow keys to move the highlight to “System Configurat...
45 CHAPTER 6: Administrator Functions • Display All Computers: You can set this option to “Yes” or “No” to respectively allow or disallow users from viewing channel listings for all connected devicesthrough the OSUI, even if the user doesn’t have the security privileges toaccess them. The factory-de...
46 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT • P-View Admin Silent: When the Operation Mode is set to “Public View” (see the previous page), the user in control of a computer is normally notifiedwhen other users start and stop viewing their channel’s video. However, whenP-View Admin Silent is set to “Yes,” administrators ...
47 CHAPTER 6: Administrator Functions • Default Login Name Blank: Determines whether the User Name field in the Login Menu (see Section 5.1 ) will be blank when the menu appears or will contain the default user name (the first available “user xy ” name, where “ xy ” is a two-digit number with leadin...
48 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT • You can login as a different user by highlighting a user name and pressing “L”. The user name will appear in a Login Menu, prompting you to login. Caution: If you define a new user but login as that user before pressing “S” or doing something else to permanently save that acc...
49 CHAPTER 6: Administrator Functions 6.4 Channel Configuration Administrators can use the Channel Configuration Menu, shown in Figures 6-5and 6-6, to edit or initialize a CIM. You can change the device name, individualscan rate, device type, and group IDs associated with each computer or device.Whe...
50 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT While the cursor is in the Device column, you can press [Tab] or the right-arrow key to move to the “right end” of this menu (see Figure 6-6) and display devices’group information: The Group columns display which groups (if any) the device has been assigned to; see Appendix A ....
51 CHAPTER 6: Administrator Functions 6.5 User Station Profile Administrators can select option 4 at the Administration Menu to bring up theUser Station Profile, shown in Figure 6-7. They can use this menu to set the globalkeyboard type and video delay. The Summit’s OSUI supports three types of keyb...
52 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 6.6 Refresh Configurations If the system is slow to recognize new devices, administrators can select item 5,“Refresh Configurations,” from the Administration Menu in order to have thesingle or master Base Unit they’re attached to repoll its attached devices. 6.7 Autoscanning an...
53 CHAPTER 7: Troubleshooting 7. Troubleshooting 7.1 Calling Black Box If you determine that any of your ServSwitch™ Summit Base Units, USMs, or CIMsis malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit . It contains no user- serviceable parts. Contact Black Box Technical Support at 724-746-...
54 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Appendix A: Group Settings (Access Rights) If you’d like to assign access rights to users and security levels to computer CPUs ina ServSwitch™ Summit system, you can assign users to user groups with definedrights and CPUs to channel groups with defined accessibility. Each group...
56 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Appendix B: USM Direct Mode A ServSwitch™ Summit USM set to Direct Mode can be directly connected to aCIM, either temporarily for emergency “crash cart” access or permanently for non-switched extension purposes, without having to go through a Base Unit. To makethis kind of “Dir...
57 APPENDIX C: Using a KV1519A to Access a Local CPU Appendix C: Using a KV1519A to Access a Local CPU If you have a local PC CPU that you want only the user(s) at a certain user stationto be able to access, but you want that user station to be able to access the CPUsattached to the ServSwitch Summi...
58 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT 3. Connect the free end of this cable to the RJ-45 port labeled “UTP OUT” on the KV1519A. 4. Run another CAT5 cable (not included; we recommend product code EYN737MS) from the RJ-45 port labeled “UTP IN” on the KV1519A to thesame user port on the Base Unit from which you discon...
59 APPENDIX D: Updating the Summit’s Firmware Appendix D: Updating the Summit’s Firmware The ServSwitch™ Summit Update Utility is a 32-bit Windows ® based program that handles the transfer of new firmware to Summit Base Units and USMs. If you neednew firmware for your system, Black Box Technical Sup...
60 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure D-1. The main window of the Update Utility. 4. Select the correct serial port (COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4) and click on the Activate Port button to initiate communication with the USM. 5. Click on “Load Hex File” and select the USM firmware contained in the firmware-distr...
61 APPENDIX D: Updating the Summit’s Firmware The upload typically takes about two minutes. Once the USM successfully finishes receiving the new firmware, it should beep and reset itselfautomatically. (If the automatic reset doesn’t occur, you can manually resetthe USM by cycling power to it—no data...
64 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Figure E-2. Frontward rackmounting of the USM. To mount a USM or Base Unit facing rearward, as shown in Figures E-3 and E-4, take these steps (matching the step numbers to the numbers in the figures): 1. Secure the cable-support bar to the front end of the side brackets, near t...
66 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT The USM also comes with a plate that you can use to mount the USM on a flat vertical or horizontal surface. (If you lose or damage this plate, replace it with anRMKSM0 kit—the final character in the product code is a zero, not the letter “O”.)To surface-mount a USM with this pl...
68 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT Appendix F: CAT5 Cable Guidelines Use only straight-through-pinned four-pair (eight-wire) Category 5 unshieldedtwisted pair (UTP) cables, terminated with standard RJ-45 plugs, for the CAT5cabling links in your ServSwitch™ Summit system. We recommend CAT5 patchcables such as pro...
69 APPENDIX G: Using the RS-232 Serial CIM (KV1518A) Appendix G: Using the RS-232 Serial CIM (KV1518A) G.1 Introduction to the KV1518A If you want to use your ServSwitch™ Summit system to access a CPU or otherdevice through an RS-232 port, attach one of our RS-232 serial CIMs (product codeKV1518A) t...
70 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT G.2 Installing the KV1518A Take these steps to attach a KV1518A CIM to the serial port of a computer CPU orother device and to your Summit system: 1. Run an appropriate cable from the KV1518A’s DB25 female DTE connector to the device’s serial port. The type of cable will depend...
71 APPENDIX G: Using the RS-232 Serial CIM (KV1518A) 4. Plug the KV1518A’s power supply into the KV1518A and a working AC outlet. If the KV1518A and its power supply are installed and operating properly, theKV1518A’s green LED will start blinking: once per second while the CIM isidle, more quickly w...
73 APPENDIX G: Using the RS-232 Serial CIM (KV1518A) G.3.2 O N -L INE M ODE When you operate the KV1518A in On-Line Mode (see Figure G-1), the mainscreen area displays your interactions with the ASCII device, as if it were the screenof an ASCII terminal. Simultaneously, the data stream being output ...
78 SERVSWITCH™ SUMMIT G.5 Troubleshooting the KV1518A If you don’t get a device prompt: 1. If the KV1518A’s screen is displayed on your monitor with the top and bottom help windows, make sure that it indicates “On Line” status. If not, press [Esc]to return to On-Line Mode. 2. Make sure that the KV15...
79 APPENDIX H: Emulating Sun Keys with a PS/2 Keyboard Appendix H: Emulating Sun Keys with a PS/2 Keyboard We recommend that you use a Sun keyboard and mouse at your user stations ifthere are any Sun CPUs in your ServSwitch™ Summit system. If you must use aPS/2 keyboard to control a Sun CPU attached...
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