Rose Electronics Vista Mini - Manuals

GETTING STARTED To acquaint you with your Vista Mini unit, this manual first describes Vista Mini’s front and rear panels. Then follow the installation on page 6, which is simply a description of how to plug in the connectors. Package contents Your Vista Mini package includes the Vista Mini unit, yo...

Most installations use cable no longer than 20 feet in length. Cable length will af- fect the quality of the video, depending upon which resolution you will be using. You can improve the video resolution and distance by ordering coax cables, see A ppendix C for the part number of the cable. 3 VIStA ...

VIStA MINI HARDWARE The front panel The Vista Mini front panel features five LEDs and two switches. To familiarize yourself with Vista Mini’s controls and indicators, review the illustration and de- scriptions given below. 4 VIStA MINI INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL RESETSWITCH STATUSLED SELECTLE...

The connectors All cables are connected at the Vista Mini’s side and rear panels. The side pan- els are used to connect to the computers. The rear panel is to connect the key- board, monitor, mouse, and speakers. For these you do not need an adapter cable, since these should plug in directly. Table ...

INSTALLATION Step 1. Connecting monitor, keyboard, and mouse 1.1 Plug the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speaker cables directly into the rear panel of the unit. Step 2. Connecting the computers CPU cables connect your computers to Vista Mini. Each computer requires its own cables, with appropriate c...

WARNING: Avoid routing cable near fluorescent lights, air conditioning compressors, or machines that may create electrical noise. For best quality video, when exceeding 20 feet use coax cable. Appendix A, B, and E for fur- ther cable information. Step 3. Powering up the system 3.1 Boot up each of th...

OPERATION Vista Mini is simple to operate. Computer selection and function commands are entered from the keyboard. You can also select computers manually from the Vista Mini’s front panel by using switches 1-4. This section details each Vista Mini function. IMPORTANT OPERATION NOTE: To send Vista Mi...

when holding a key down to repeat the key, such as when moving a cursor across a line. The rate is the speed at which the keys are sent in keys/second. The delay is the wait time in milliseconds after the key is initially pressed, before additional keystrokes are sent. To issue the command press and...

PS/2 to serial mouse translation, wheel mouse You can use some computers with PS/2 mouse interfaces and some computers with serial interfaces. You must issue this command on each computer which is serial. You must switch to each computer and issue the command. To configure a computer for a serial mo...

ROM Identification command This command is used to identify the revision level of Vista Mini firmware cur- rently installed. Before entering this command, your currently selected CPU should be at a command prompt, word processor, or editor, so that when the Vista Mini sends the ROM revision level th...

KEYBOARD COMMAND SUMMARY To enter any keyboard command, first press and release the left Control Key, represented by <Ctrl>. Then enter the command followed by any parameters you wish to specify, for example the computer number. Letter commands are not case sensitive, and are shown in upper ca...

TROUBLESHOOTING 1. CPU does not boot, keyboard error received a. Cable is loose, reseat cable and hit F1 to continue or reboot com- puter. b. Wrong cable plugged in, keyboard and mouse cables reversed.c. Cable is defective, try using cable from another CPU. If problem goes away cable is defective. d...

b. PS/2 mouse was not connected when Vista Mini powered up or has been disconnected and reconnected. Issue the reset command. c. Mouse translation set incorrectly, see page 11. 6. PS/2 mouse gets out of sync a. Cabling was disturbed during mouse movement. Issue the null command once or twice to re-s...

APPENDIX A. FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS Setting Default Scan enable Off Scan Time Interval 5 seconds Caps/Numlock/Scroll Numlock On Keyboard Mode 2 Typematic Value 43 (Rate=10.9 chars/sec, delay = 500 millisec.) Mouse translation 0 (PS/2 mouse input to PS/2 mouse output) APPENDIX B. GENERAL SPECIFICATI...

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