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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Single Port PS/2 KVM over IP SWITCH Preliminary USER’S MANUAL Rev 1.0 ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE QUICK INST ALLA TION GUIDE 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 When the sever is up and running 2.2 When the server is dead 2.3 FEA TURES 2.4 P ACKAGE CONTENTS 2.5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS 2.6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 2.7 CABLE DIAGRAMS PRODUCT DET AILS 3. HARDW ARE INST ALLA TION 3.1 Operation overview 3.2 Connecti ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 5.4.5 Remote console type 5.4.6 Mouse hotkey 5.4.7 Button keys 5.5 Network settings 5.5.1 Dynamic DNS 5.6 Serial settings 5.6.1 Modern setting 5.7 User settings 5.8 Maintenance 5.8.1 PS/2 KVM over IP switch board summary 5.8.2 Maintenance Features 5.8.2.1 Event log 5.8.2.1.1 Event log setting 5.8.2.1.2 Log event assignme ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 1. The Quick Installation Guide Installation PS/2 KVM over IP switch r edirects local keyboard, mous e and video data to a remote administration console. All data is transmitted via IP . PS/2 KVM over IP switch can be used in a multi administrator and multi server environment as well. Besides this, PS/2 KVM over IP switc ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Parameter V alue IP auto configuration DHCP IP-Address — Net-mask 255.255.255.0 Default-Gateway none IP access control disabled Table 1.1: Initial configuration If this initial configuration doesn’t meet your lo cal requirements, you n eed to do the initial IP configuration. Use one of the following ways: 1. Connect ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Remote Console will behave exactly the same way as if you were sitting directly in front of the screen of your remote system. That means keyboar d and mouse can be used in the usual way . Open the console by choosing the appropriate link in the navigatio n frame of the HTML fronted. Figure 1.2 shows the top of the Remote ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 2. Introduction Figure 2.1 Single port PS/2 KVM over IP Thank you for purchasing PS/2 KVM over IP switch. PS/2 KVM over IP switch can save your MONEY, TIME, SPACE, EQUIPMEN T and POWER. PS/2 KVM over IP defines a new class of remote KVM access devices. PS/2 KVM OVER IP defines a new class of remote KVM access devices (se ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 2.2 When the server is dead Obviously, fixing hardware defects is not possible using a remote management device. Nevertheless PS/2 KVM over IP gi ves the administrator valuable information about the type of a hardware failure. Serious hardware failures can be ca tegorized into five diffe rent categories with different ch ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 2.4 Package contents Base unit- Single port PS/2 KVM over IP Switch 1 PCS User ’s manual 1 PCS Installation and User Manual on CD-ROM 1 PCS AC to DC Power Adapter 1 PCS Rack Mount Kit 1 SET Null modem cable 1 PCS 2.5 Technical specifications Model No. Single port PS/2 KVM over IP Switch PC Port 1 Console Port 1 PC Port ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 2.6 System requirement Model No. Single port PS/2 KVM over IP Switch Local console side One Ke yboard, one Mouse and one monitor Remote Console side One PC is linked into the network Computer side One PC or Serv er or the console port of KVM switch unit 2.7 Cable diagrams PS/2 Cable: Mini Din 6 pin Male to Male VGA Cable ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 3. Hardware installation 3.1 Operation Overview Figure 3.1 shows the connections of PS/2 KVM over IP switch to its host, to peripheral devices, to the power source and to the local area network. Figure 3.1: PS/2 KVM over IP switch usage scenario PS/2 KVM over IP switch redi rects local keyboard, mouse, and video data to ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Step 3 Connect the keyboard to the PS/2 KVM over IP switch console side. Step 4 Connect the mouse to the PS/2 KVM over IP switch console side. Step 5 Connect a VGA cable (15-pin HDDB Male / Male) wit h the Male side to both of the PC and the host of the PS/2 KVM over IP switch. Step 6 Connect one end to the PS/2 mouse po ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP  . A vocent.SPC1 800/1600  . Sentry In-Line Power Module  . Leuning ePowerSwitch 3.2.2 Connecting Ethernet The rear side of PS/2 KVM over IP switch provides a RJ-45 connector for Ethernet. The connector is used either for a 100 Mbps 100BAS E-TX connection or fo r a 10 Mbps 10BASE-T connection. The adapter can se ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP DHCP connection fails on boot up, PS/2 KVM over IP switch will not have an IPv4 address. 4.1.2 Initial configuration via serial interface PS/2 KVM over IP switch has a serial line interface at its rear side. The connector is compliant to RS 232 serial line standard. The serial line has to be configured wit h the paramete ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP over IP switch works with accele rated mice and is able to synchro nize the local with the remote mouse pointer (see Secti on 5.3.3), there are the following limitations which may prevent this synchronization from working properly: Special Mouse Driver - There ar e mouse drivers, which influence the synchronization proce ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP that leads you to information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme. Figure 5.1 shows the dialog pr esented by Internet Explorer 6.0. However the US export regulations have been dec lared obsolete recently. Therefore, new browser versions do support strong encryption. We recommend the fol ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.2 PS/2 KVM over IP switch login screen The PS/2 KVM over IP switch has a built-in super user that has all permissions to administrate your PS/2 KVM over IP switch: Login name Password Attention: Please make sure to change the super user pa ssword immediately after you have installed and firstly accessed your PS/ ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.3: PS/2 KVM over IP switch home menu window The upper left frame contains a home link that br ings you instantly back to the home page after you stepped down to one of the administration menu points. The logout link logs you out of PS/2 KVM over IP switch. That m eans the current session will be te rminated and ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Telnet interface please refer to 5.9. Remove Console Preview This picture contains the current video buffer content. That means, it shows what is actually disp layed on the desktop of the remote host. You can click on the picture to open the Remote Console. Server Power Status If serial port is set to IP-Power, t he stat ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP With respect to the keyboard, the very exact remo te representation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes its keyboard layout according to the remote host system. For instance, special keys on the German keyboar d won’t work anymore as expected but will result in their US English counterpart if yo ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP connection error, it will be displayed in this li ne as well. You can double click the state line in order to see a history (see Figure 5.5) of all the state messages. Figure 5.5 Shows history of all the state messages . Auto adjust Starts the auto adjustm ent procedure to determine the settings for best visual quality o ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP activate the ’Exclusive Mouse Mode’ (see Section 5.3.5 for an explanation). . Options --Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your br owser machine running the Remote Console Applet. Normally the Applet determines the co rrect value automatically. However, depending on your particular JVM and your bro ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Intelligent Sync - If the fast sync doesn’t work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system, use the intelligent resynchronization. This method takes more time than the fast one and can be accesse d with the appropriate item in the Remote Console option menu. The intelligent synchronization requires a c ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 5.3.4.2 Video Settings through the remote console PS/2 KVM over IP switch featur es a panel to setup the following video options (see Figure 5.6), available in the Remote Console Options menu. Figure 5.6: Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the br ightness of the picture Contrast Controls the c ontrast of the pictur ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.7: Example of Remote Console settings All the settings for the Remote Console window are user specific. That means, each user can individually customize the Remote Console fo r his needs. Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for others. 5.4.1 SSL Settings Table 5.3 explains the possibl ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.8: Security settings Parameter Description Force HTTPS If this option is enabled access to the web front-end is only possible using an HTTPS connection. PS/2 KVM over IP switch won’t listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections. In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identif y ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 2. 3. Certificate Signing Request gene ration. The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the ‘Download CSR’ button (see Figure 5.10). Send the saved CSR to a CA for certification. You will get the new ce rtificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process (dep ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP The city where the organization is located. . State/Province The state or province where the organization is located. . Country The country where the organization is located. Th is is the two-letter ISO code, e.g. DE for Germany or US for the USA. . Challenge Password Some certification authorities require a cha llenge p ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP on the Host interface setting, not all of the following options are always visible. Warning: To get USB remote keyboard access during t he boot process of th e host, the following conditions must be fulfilled: – the host’s bios must have USB keyboard support – the USB cable must be connected – “USB” or “Aut ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Video quality and speed Using this option it is possible to tune the video system of PS/2 KVM over IP switch to either maximize picture quality or s peed. When set to "best quality" t he picture looks clean but the video update speed won’t be as fast as possible. If responsiveness is more important to you tha ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Linux for terminating the X-Server. The syntax to define a new Button Key is as follows: [confirm] < keycode > [+| - [_] < keycode >]_ confirm requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent. keycode is the key to be sent. Multiple key codes can be concatenated wit h a + or a - sign. ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.12: PS/2 KVM over IP switch network settings . IP auto configuration With this option you can control if PS/2 KVM over IP switch should fetch its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server. For DHCP you have to enter dhcp and for BOOTP supply bootp accordingly. If you specify none then IP autoconfiguration is ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Port number at which PS/2 KVM ov er IP switch’s Remote Consol e server and HTTPS server are listening. If left empty the default value will be used. . HTTP port Port number at which PS/2 KVM ov er IP switch’s HTTP server is listening. If left empty the default value will be used. . Telnet port Port number at which PS ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.14: Dynamic DNS configuration panel You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS: 1. Make sure the LAN interface of PS/2 KVM over IP switch is properly configured. 2. Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configurat ion dialog as shown in Figure 5.14 (Menu → Network Settings → Dynamic DNS ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 5.6 Serial Settings The PS/2 KVM over IP switch Serial Settings (Figure 5.15 on the following page) allow you to specify, what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it. Figure 5.15: Serial Settings Configuration login Don’t use the serial port for any special functi on; use it only for the initial confi ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP This is an optionally availabl e external module to switch power of a single system by putting it in the power supply line of the controlled system. 5.6.1 Modem Settings PS/2 KVM over IP switch offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built-in Ethernet adapter. The modem nee ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP and use the Remote Console. Even his user name and password can only be changed by the ’super’ account. Upon deliver y, both accounts have the passw ord ’pass’. Make sure to change these passwords immediately after you hav e installed and firstly accessed your PS/2 KVM over IP switch. While the ’user’ account ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP 5.8 Maintenance Figure 5.17: Maintenance 5.8.1 PS/2 KVM over IP switch Board Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this PS/2 KVM over IP switch and its current firmware and allows you to reset the device. Have a look at Figure 5.17 for an example. 5.8.2 Maintenance features 5.8.2.1 Event ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.18: Event Log Important events like a login failure or a fi rmware update are logged to a choice of logging destinations (see Figure 5.18). Ea ch of those events belong to an event group which can be activated separately. For a detail ed specification of the existing event groups and the log events belonging to ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Figure 5.19: Event Log Settings . Internal Log The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of PS/2 KVM over IP switch. To show the log list, click on ’Event Log’ on the ’Maintenance’ page and then use the ’Prev’ and ’Next’ button to browse th rough the events. In the Event Log Settings yo ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Email address text field in the Event Log Settings . These mails contain the same description strings as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event. In order to us e this log destination you must specify a SMTP server, that has to be reachable from the PS/2 KVM ove ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP to an event group which can be activated or deacti vated separately for each destination. This is done with a checkbox table, w here each row is representing an event group and a column stands for one logging destination. Press the Apply button to activate your changes. 5.8.2.2 Date/Time Setting Figure 5.21: Date/Time se ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Before you can start updating the firmware of your PS/2 KVM over IP switch the new uncompressed firmware file must be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to PS/2 KVM over IP switch. Updating the firmware is a three-stage process: Firstly the new firmware file is upl oaded onto PS/2 KVM over IP switch. In ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Attention: The three-stage firmware update process and comp lete consistency check are making a mistake in updating the firmware almost impossi ble. However, only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update. Make sure PS/2 KVM over IP switch’s power supply won’t be interrupted! 5.8.3 ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP Shows a compound string o_ all available version numbers . terminal Starts the terminal passthrough m ode for serial port . The key sequence ‘<esc> exit’ switches back to command modus. 6. T roubleshooting Q 001: The remote mouse doesn’t work or is not synchronous A 001: Make sure the mouse se ttings in PS/2 ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP to install the certificate. Q 010: Can’t upload the signed certificate in MacOS X A 010: If an ’internal error’ occurs while upload ing the signed certificate either change the extension of the file to .txt or add a file helper us ing the Internet Explorer preferences for this type of file. Make sure that the encod ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP A. Pin Assignments A.1 VGA HD-15 A.2 RJ 45 Connector Ethernet ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP A.3 RJ 45 Connector ISDN A.4 Serial SUB-D 9 Connector 1 A.5 KVM 15 pin connector ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP B Key Codes Table C.1 shows the key codes used to defines key strokes or hotkeys for several functions. Please note that these key codes do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards. They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping. The layout f ...

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    Single port PS2 KVM over IP F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK BREAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END PAGE DOWN UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT NUM LOCK NUMPAD0 NUMPAD1 NUMPAD2 NUMPAD3 NUMPAD4 NUMPAD5 NUMPAD6 NUMPAD7 NUMPAD8 NUMPAD9 NUMPADPLUS,NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD/ NUMPADMUL,NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS,NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU Ta ...

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