Lindy Switch - Manuals

              Installation Mounting LINDY KVM IP offers three main mounting methods: • Supplied four self-adhesive rubber feet• Optional single unit rack brackets• Optional double unit rack brackets Connections 5V 2A A MOD EM DVI DVI VGA VGA K...

              Connections Installation of the LINDY KVM IP involves a number of basic connections to some or all of the following items: • Host computer links: (Keyboard and mouse  ) ( Video ) ( Audio ) ( Virtual Media ) • Local console conne...

              8 5V 2A A MOD EM DVI DVI VGA VGA K / M K/M V M PO WER CONTR OL INDO OR USE ONL Y B 1 2 CFG COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH KVMA CONSOLE 1 2 ON Host computer links: Video The LINDY KVM IP uses DVI/I video ports that support both digital an...

              Host computer links: Audio The LINDY KVM IP supports and distributes the stereo sound originated by the host computer to the local console port, and also to the remotely connected users. To make an audio link 1 Connect an audio l...

              0 Local console connections: Keyboard and mouse The LINDY KVM IP supports both PS/2-style and USB-style keyboard and mouse connections. To connect a local keyboard and mouse 1 Wherever possible, ensure that power is disconnected ...

              5V 2A A MOD EM DVI DVI VGA VGA K / M K/M V M PO WER CONTR OL INDO OR USE ONL Y B 1 2 CFG COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH KVMA CONSOLE 1 2 ON Local console connections: Video The LINDY KVM IP uses DVI/I video ports that support both digita...

              Local console connections: Audio The LINDY KVM IP supports and distributes the stereo sound originated by the host computer to the local console port, and also to the remotely connected users. To connect local speakers 1 Position...

              5V 2A A MOD EM DVI DVI VGA VGA K / M K/M V M PO WER CONTR OL INDO OR USE ONL Y B 1 2 CFG COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH KVMA CONSOLE 1 2 ON Modem/ISDN port The LINDY KVM IP provides a serial port specifically for you to connect either a ...

              5V 2A A MOD EM DVI DVI VGA VGA K / M K/M V M PO WER CONT ROL INDO OR USE ONL Y B 1 2 CFG COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH KVMA CONSOLE 1 2 ON Power control port The CPU IP provides a serial port for connection to one or more optional power...

              Configuration Initial configuration The initial configuration occurs as two distinct parts: Part – Local configuration This part of the configuration takes place using the locally connected keyboard and video monitor. It allows y...

              To perform the initial local configuration 3 If necessary, edit the Modem config screen. IP Access + Unit Config Hot Keys Ctrl+Alt ScreensaverTime Encryption Video Source Date 10 mins 21 Prefer Off Analogue 15 27 Apr 31 2004 Next...

              Once the username and password have been accepted, the screen should now show the host computer screen (or, if none is connected, a blank image). 6 To view the options menu: Press . More about hotkeys . (if the standard hotkeys w...

              8 Hot plugging and mouse restoration It is strongly recommended that you switch off a host computer before attempting to connect it to the LINDY KVM IP. However, if this is not possible then you need to ‘hot plug’ the computer wh...

              Resetting the configuration The LINDY KVM IP asks for an unknown admin password This may occur if the LINDY KVM IP has been previously configured. If the existing admin password cannot be discovered, then your only recourse is to...

              0 Part 2 – Remote configuration The second part of the configuration requires you to log into the LINDY KVM IP from a system via either a network connection or a dial-up connection (via modem or ISDN). In either case there are tw...

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

              Addressing When the LINDY KVM IP is situated within the local network, you will need to give it an appropriate local IP address and IP network mask. This is achieved most easily using the DHCP server option which will apply these...

              Placing LINDY KVM IP alongside the firewall LINDY KVM IP 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 be highly secure (a sec...

              Power switching configuration Power switch configuration comprises two main steps: • Configure the COM2 serial port to the same speed as used by the power switch box(es) - see Serial port configuration for details. • Configure po...

              The KVMADMIN utility Particularly useful for complex LINDY KVM IP configurations and the control of remote installations, KVMADMIN is a powerful administration tool.KVMADMIN is based upon the successful VNC viewer and uses the sa...

              Maintenance Reset Configuration return to normal operation. Configure Network Put option switch 1 up to To upgrade unit, visit: http://192.168.42.154 Network Config Net Mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.42.154 No Gateway OK IP Address 0...

              Operation Connecting to the LINDY KVM IP The LINDY KVM IP offers you three ways to connect: • Local connection,• Remote connection by network link, • Remote connection by direct dial up (modem or ISDN) link, ...and two types of v...

              8 Remote connections From a remote system, you connect to the LINDY KVM IP using a viewer and a link. There are two types of viewer and two types of link, which can be used in any combination. OR OR LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR IP Acc...

              Remote connection by VNC viewer The VNC viewer is a compact application that runs on your remote system and allows you to view and use the LINDY KVM IP and its host computer(s). VNC viewer is readily available from a number of di...

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

              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-on (four remote users plus one local user) and during normal operation, all are able to see the same view of the currently selected host. If you need to p...

              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 LINDY K...

              Video Settings This dialog provides access to all of the key video settings that determine image quality and link performance. Note: Calibration is not required for digital video sources. Threshold The threshold is effectively a ...

              Virtual Media The Virtual Media feature allows you to remotely make files available to any host computer that is linked to the LINDY KVM IP. Single files or collections of files and folders up to 2GB in size can be quickly transf...

              If you need to enter a port number Usually, when you make a network connection to the LINDY KVM IP (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 configurat...

              8 Viewer encryption settings The web browser viewers and VNC viewers (of level 4.0b5S or higher) offer four encryption options. The resulting actions of certain options depend upon how the LINDY KVM IP to which you are connecting...

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

              0 Appendix 1 - Local configuration menus This section covers the control menus that are available when you are using the locally connected keyboard, video monitor and mouse. To access the local configuration menus • On the locall...

              Unit configuration This page provides access to a selection of both basic and fundamental settings for the LINDY KVM IP. IP Access + Unit Config Hot Keys Ctrl+Alt ScreensaverTime Encryption Video Source Date 10 mins 21 Prefer Off...

              Network configuration This page allows you to configure the various aspects of the IP port and its relationship with the local network. Network Config Net Mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.42.154 No Gateway VNC Port HTTP Port 5900 80 Cl...

              Modem configuration This page allows you to configure the COM1 serial port located at the rear of the LINDY KVM IP. Modem Config ATZS0=1 192.168.3.2 192.168.3.1 115200 Initialize Port Restore Defaults Cancel Save Init String Baud...

              Reset configuration This option allows you to completely reset the LINDY KVM IP. Reset Config DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? Cancel RESET WARNING: Continuing will cause your existing configuration to be erased. The unit will then reset...

              Clear IP access control This option removes all entries from the IP access control feature within the LINDY KVM IP. What is IP access control? The IP access control feature (configurable by a remote admin user) allows certain net...

              Colour/Encoding Auto select When ticked, this option will examine the speed of your connection to the LINDY KVM IP and apply the most suitable encoding method. This option is suggested for the majority of installations. Preferred...

              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 ...

              8 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 i...

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

              0 Appendix 3 - 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 ...

              There are four options pages: Encoding and colour level Auto select When ticked, this option will examine the speed of your connection to the LINDY KVM IP and apply the most suitable encoding method. This option is suggested for ...

              Appendix 5 - Remote configuration menus This section covers the configuration menus that are available to remote admin users using either the VNC viewer or the browser methods of access. To access the remote configuration menus •...

              User accounts This section 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 acce...

              Advanced unit configuration Click this button to display advanced options that do not normally require alteration. Mouse Latency Allowance This option is used during calibration to account for latency delays (caused as signals pa...

              Time & date configuration This page allows you to configure all aspects relating to time and date within the LINDY KVM IP unit. Time and Date Use the arrow buttons to set the correct current time. Use NTP When this option is ...

              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 ...

              8 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 ...

              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 LINDY KVM IP. Modem port PPP Server IP Address / PPP Client IP...

              0 Host configuration This page provides the opportunity to configure various details for each of the host systems that may be connected to the LINDY KVM IP via one or more KVM switch units. There are 128 entries, each of which ca...

              Hotkey sequences and Port Direct LINDY KVM IP allows you to enter commands suitable for any KVM switch in order to choose from up to 128 host systems. These switching commands can take the form of hotkey sequences that emulate st...

              Logging and status This screen provides various details about the user activity on the LINDY KVM IP. Note: The log has a maximum capacity of 1000 event lines. After 1000 entries, the oldest entries are overwritten. If log data ar...

              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...

              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 n...

              LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR IP Access Switch Plus Internet Web server 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 genera...

              Appendix 7 – Cable and connector specifications RS232 serial mouse to PS/2 converter cable 5 1 CLK DCD NC NC NC 1 2 DAT RXD 2 5 TXD GND 3 4 GND Female 6 5 4 3 2 1 DTR 4 6 +5V DSR 6 7 -12V RTS 3 TXD (-12V) 8 CTS 9 RI pin mini-DIN ...

              8 Appendix 8 – 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 ...

              Appendix 9 – Supported video modes The following video modes are supported and can be automatically configured by the LINDY KVM IP. If a recognised video mode cannot be found, the LINDY KVM IP will gradually change some of the ke...

              0 Other products in the CPU Switch range The following related LINDY CPU Switch items are available: KVM switches • Matrix CPU Switch Dual Junior 2 user, 8 computer (part number: 32351) • Matrix CPU Switch Dual Junior 2 user, 16 ...

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

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

              HT Index A Access control configuration 58mask calculation 65 Access mode shared & private 32 Account creation for users 53 Address explanation 63 Addressing DNS 22network issues 22power switch boxes 14 Admin password initial...