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Avocent SwitchView SC manual

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    Inst aller/User Guide Av ocent Corporation 499 1 Corporate Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35805-620 1 • USA (T el) 256-430-4000 (Fax) 256-430-4030 http://www.av ocent.com S WITC H V IE W SC ®[...]

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    ©2003 A vocent Corporation. All r ights reser ved. Av ocent is a trademark of Av ocent Cor poration. IBM, PC, PC/AT and PS/2 are registered trademar k s of Inter national Business Machines Corporation. Cybex, the Cybex logo, AutoBoot and SwitchView are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cybex Computer Products Corporation. IntelliMouse is a tr[...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide FCC Notifi cation Canadian Notifi cation Wa r ning: Changes or modifi cations to this unit not expressly approv ed by the par ty r esponsible f or compliance could v oid the user's author ity to operate the equipment. No te : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B [...]

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    T able of Contents Chapter 4 - Appendices A: Specifi cations .............................................................................................................. ........................ 1 1 B: T roubleshoo ting ............................................................................................................. .................[...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide INSTRUCTIONS: This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important op er at ing and maintenance instr uctions in the literature ac com pa n y ing the appliance. DA N GEROUS V OL T A GE: This symbol is intended to alert t he user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous v olt age” within the [...]

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    1 Product Over view 1 Feature Over view The SwitchView SC is specifi cally designed to mak e data transfer between connected computers virtually impossible. Users who access secure and unsecure netw orks from one set of peripherals can rely on the unique architecture of the SwitchView SC to keep their private data completely separate and secure at[...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide 2 Indicator LEDs give y ou const ant readings on the st atus of your SwitchView SC. Channel LEDs take the guesswor k out of system operation and diagnostics. A typical SwitchView SC confi guration is shown below . Status indicator LEDs[...]

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    Product Over view 3 The SwitchView SC requires a PS/2 mouse and k eyboard. The follo wing mice are known to be com patible: IBM PS/2-style Logitech Trackman Kensington Microsoft Ser ial-PS/2 mouse Logitech Mouseman (PS/2) Microsoft Int elliMouse Other manufacturers' mice may operate with the SwitchVie w SC. If you experience problems using an [...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide 4[...]

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    5 Inst allation 2 Basic Install Getting started Before installing your SwitchView SC, ref er to t he following list to ensur e you have all items that shipped with the unit, as well as other items necessar y for proper installation. Supplied with the SwitchView SC • SwitchView SC unit • P o w er cord • SwitchView SC Inst aller/User Guide • [...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide 6 VGA MONITOR CABLE PS/2 MOUSE CABLE PS/2 KEYBOARD CABLE T AMPER EVIDENT STICKER T AMPER EVIDENT STICKER 2. Locate your PS/2 k e yboard and mouse, as w ell as your V GA video monitor . 3. Plug your V GA monitor cable into the por t labeled “ VIDEO” on the back of your SwitchView SC. Plug your PS/2 k e yboard c[...]

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    Installation 7 2. Locate y our next input cable. R epeat step 1 until all computers are properly attached to t he SwitchView SC. 3. Locate the power cord that came with your SwitchView SC unit. Plug it into the IEC pow er connector on the unit and make sure that the pow er switch is of f. Then, plug the other end of the power cord into an appr opr [...]

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    9 Oper ations 3 Over view PCs may be pow ered up one at a time or all at once. No operator intervention is re quired during booting. As the system st abilizes, the g reen LEDs ov er each channel will light, indicating that the att ached computer is pow ered. The amber LED will light at the active computer . A PC may now be selected via channel push[...]

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    11 Appendices 4 A: Specifi cations Mechanical Height: 1 .7" (4.5 cm) Width: 1 7 .2" (43.7 cm) Depth: 8.5" (2 1 .6 cm) W eight: 6.3 lbs (2.9 kg) Environmental/Power Operating T emperature: 4 1° (5°C) to 1 04° (40°C) Storage T emperatur e: -4° (-20°C) to 1 22° (50°C) Input P ower: 8.0 W Operating V olt age: 1 00 - 230 V AC Po [...]

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    SwitchView SC Installer/User Guide 12 Symptom Action Green channel LED not lit V erify unit is turned on. Check the cabling between your computer and the SwitchView SC. V erify that a keyboard wo rk s when plugged directly into your PC. Unable to switch channels V erify that all att ached PCs are powered and correctly connected to the unit. No vide[...]

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    LIMITED WARRANT Y Av oc ent Corporation warrants to t he original retail purc haser that this produc t is and will be free from defec ts in materials and w orkmanship for a period of 2 4 mont hs from the date of purc hase. A ddit ionally , all A v ocent produc t s carry an unc ondit ional thirt y-day satisfac tion guarant ee. If, for any reason, y [...]

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