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MAN039 Rev 12/8/08 UNIMUX-USBV -xHD High Density VGA USB KVM Switch Installation and Operation Manual UNIMUX TM Series.
i TRADEMARK UNIMUX is a trademark of Net work Technologi es Inc in the U.S. and other countries. COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2000, 2008 by Net work Technologies Inc.
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... ................................ 1 MATERIALS ........................................................
iii Alternate Comm and Hot Key ...................................................................................................... .................. 26 Reset Port names ..............................................................................
iv TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1- Secure rackm ount ears to switch...................................................................................... ....................................... 5 Figure 2- Secure sw itch to a rack .........................
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 1 INTRODUCTION The UNIMUX-USBV-xHDU High Densit y VGA USB KVM switch (UNIMU X) allows access to any Windows, MAC, or SUN USB CPUs from one monitor, USB keyboard and USB mouse (u p to 32 CPUs as a single switch or 512 CPUs when cascaded).
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 2 MA TERIALS Materials Supplied: • NTI UNIMUX-USBV-xHD High Density USB KVM S witch • IEC Power cord- country specific • Rackmount kit (4,.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 3 FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS 1. CPU Select Switches - push to manua lly switch to a specific CPU or change the s witch operating mode 2. Mode Status LEDs - for visual indication of switch operating mode 3.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 4 Additional Features • Any USB type user device can control any USB CPU (Wind ows, MAC, and SUN platforms). • Power cycle circuit control allows the UNIMUX switch to be powered OFF, then ON, at any time without affecting the attached CPUs.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 5 RACK MOUNTING INSTRUCTIONS This NTI switch was designed to be mount ed to a rack or to sit on a desktop. It includes rackmount ears to make attachment to a rack easy, and rubber feet to be applie d to the bottom of the case if it will instead sit on a flat surface.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 6 INST ALLA TION It is not necessary to turn OFF power to CP Us or monitors during this installation unless RS232 is going to be con nected. All cables, except for the RS232 cables, may be hot plug ged.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 7 2. Connect the user devices to the USB type A female ports la beled wi th the USB symbol ( ) on the rear of the UNIMU X switch (see Figure 5 ).
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 8 3. For each CPU: • Connect a USB type A cable end of a HDUS BVEXT- xx- MM cable to a USB type A female user device p ort on a CPU. • Connect the 15HD blue male cable e nd of a HDUSBVEXT -xx-MM cable to the video port of the same CPU.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 9 Immediately after powering ON the UNIMUX, the following splash screen will appe ar on t he monitor if the OSD option is built int o the sw itc.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 10 Limitations • Only one non-HID (Human Interface Device) can be connect ed at a time (device other than keybo ard or mouse) • A USB hub (single or multi-port) can be used provided onl y USB input devices are plugged into it.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 11 USING THE UNIMUX USB KVM SWITCH Basic Operation Once the UNIMUX is properl y connected, the UNIMUX will enabl e a connection to be m ade between the CPUs attached to its VIDEO and CPU ports and the monitor and input dev ices attac hed to the MONITOR and DEVICES ports.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 12 OSD CONTROL OSD superimposes a menu system on the user’s video screen with a list of all connected CPUs. OSD allows CPUs to be named (with up to 12 character names). OSD then allows selectio n of CPUs by that name.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 13 Initial startup When the UNIMUX is first powered ON, a splash scr een similar to the following will appear: Press any key and the UNIMUX will connect you to the firs t CPU port with a connected CPU that is powered ON.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 14 An arrow to the left of a por t number in the list indicates the port the user is currently connected to.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 15 Function Keystroke Enter Find Mode, add a character to search string and select the CPU’s name that matches bes t.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 16 OSD Settings The OSD Settings screen enables the user to adjust the h eight of the OSD screen on the monitor and the position of it. The position can be adjusted both horizo ntally, as well as vertically.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 17 Help Mode To enter Help Mode press the < F1 > key from the Command Mode menu (see page 13). Help Mode displays a list of c ommands with a short explanation of their function. The following options allo w the user to quickly obtain information on an y command .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 18 When switching to a ne w port the port name is displayed by OSD in the left upper corner of the monitor for 5 seconds or until a key is pressed or the mouse is moved, whichever comes first. The scan dw ell time is programmable from 2 to 255 seconds (default time-out period is 5 seconds).
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 19 F3- Display Information To display information about a selected p ort, pressing the < F3 > key from within the Command Mode main menu will cause a window to open (see below). The window will show the name of the port and its position in the syst em structure, level by level .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 20 Security Enabling Security To enable the security featur e the administr ator must first enter Command Mode. If the Command Mode menu is not alrea dy displayed, press < Ctrl > + < ` > (accent/tilde key).
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 21 User Login User Login Mode requires a user to logi n with a user name and pa ssword from the list created by the administrator.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 22 System Configuration To enter the System Configuration me nu: press < S > from the Administration menu. The S ystem Configuration menu can only be accessed when the administrator is logged-i n.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 23 User Configuration To enter the User Configuration menu: pres s < U > from the Administration menu. The User Configuration menu can only be accessed when the administrator is logged-i n.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 24 User Access Control To enter the Access Control list for a user, press A from the Us er Account screen for that user.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 25 Display Usage To display usage statistics for the UNIMUX, press < D > from the Administration men u. The Display Usage page s hows the user how many times the UNIMUX has been po wer cycled and how many total hours it has been powered ON.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 26 Alternate Command Hot Key To enable the administrator to assign a key in additio n to the < ` > (accent/tilde key) to use w ith < Ctrl > to enter into OSD Command Mode, an Alternate Command H ot Key option is provided.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 27 • To manually program a specific language, select a lang uage and press < Enter > (or click the left mouse button). • To automatically detect the language of the keyboard, select "AutoDetect" a nd press < Enter > (or click the left mouse button) .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 28 Serial Baud Rate The serial baud rate for the UNIMUX can be changed by pressing < B > from the S ystem Configuration m enu.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 29 Keyboard Mapping The keyboard configuration o f each CPU is saved in the UNIMUX switch. For exampl e, if the CPU attached to Port 4 had CAPS LOCK and NUM LOCK selected the last time that CPU was accesse d, then they will automatically be set when that CPU is accessed again.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 30 Figure 38- Key board layouts enter retu rn shift caps Lock tab control alt delete num lock option Windows K eyboard App le USB Keyboa rd Pow .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 31 RS232 CONTROL RS232 enables the UNIMUX to be remotel y controlled via RS232. To control the UNIMUX vi a RS2 32 the user has three options: .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 32 Figure 39- RS232 c onnection with Matrix-Y-1 cable Figure 40- Pinout of Matrix-Y-1 ca ble (U nit #1) (So urc e) 23 33 55 5 22 7 8 1 4 6 Jumpe.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 33 RS232 Command Protocol Host controller commands support ed by the u nit are defined below. RS232 Command Protocol Quick Reference Legend: (Al.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 34 Autostatus When Autostatus is enabled, any output-to-i nput connection change in the UNIMUX will cause an Autostatus message to be sent via RS232 to the administrator.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 35 SerTest- RS232 Interface Test Program This software allows a user to test the functions of an NTI server sw itch, matrix sw itch or Multi-user/Multi-platform switch RS 232 interface.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 36 RMTEST-RS232 Interface Test Program This software also allows a user to test the functions of an NTI server switch, matrix switch or Multi-user/Multi-platform swit ch RS232 interface.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 37 CASCADING The UNIMUX USB Matrix swit ch can be expanded to access up to 1024 CPUs b y cascading multiple units together. As many switches as there are CPU ports may be connected to a UNIMUX USB Matrix s witch.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 38 Figure 42- Cascaded connections with multi-user slaves Operating Cascaded Switches Immediately after powering-ON the Master switch, the following splash screen will display on th e monitor: All the downstream switches should be p owered ON before pressing any ke y.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 39 When a key is pressed, th e master switch will start the pr ocess of detecting the conf ig uration.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 40 FIRMW ARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE This procedure describes ho w to upgrade the firmware in this UNI MUX switch. If you are not certain whether this UNIMUX has the most up-to-date firmware available, see page 45 for instru ction on ho w to determine what version the UNIMUX has.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 41 PREPARATION FOR UPGRADE 1. With the power to the UNIMUX OFF, connect the comput er to the UNIMX as sh own in the figure below. Figure 43- Preparation for firm w are upgrade 2. Power ON the computer only.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 42 UPGRADE PROCEDURES Start the Bootloader In the HyperTerminal windo w on the attached computer, press and hold the < Tab > key and power ON the UNIMUX. The following message (or one similar) will be displayed on the screen: UNIMUX-HD-NxM Bootloader Revision: 1.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 43 Update the User Controller Firmware Note: The User Controller Fi rmware update only nee ds to be done once , whether the UNIMUX switch is a single -user, or a multi-user model. The user controller firmware comes as a file in bin ary format and has the extension .
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 44 To program only one device (CPU port), the corresponding port number must be ty ped (two-digit number, zero leading, n umber between 01 and the last CPU port numb er, depending on switch size.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 45 Read the Checksum of HID or Vendor Specific Port Controller Firmware Reading firmware checksum is useful to dete rmine the version of software running on port controllers.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 46 SAFETY ST A TEMENTS Grounding These products have protective earth gro und terminals and are built with full attention to consumer safe ty. There must be an un- interruptible safety earth ground bet ween the main power source a nd the product's po wer cord or supplied power cord set.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 47 TROUBLESHOOTING Each and every piece of ever y product produced by Net work Tec hnologies Inc is 100% tested to exacting spec ifications. We make every effort to insure trouble-free insta llation and o peration of our products.
NTI UNIMUX SINGLE-USER HIGH DENSITY VGA USB KVM SWI TCH 48 INDEX A lternate command hot ke y, 26 Apple Mouse, 29 autologin, 27 Autostatus, 34 baud rate, 28, 31 B roadcast Mode, 18 cables chart, 46 C a.
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