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    1 RACKMUX-V15/17-N-PRIMUX RACKMUX KVM DRAWER WITH PRIMUX ® KVM SWITCH VIA CAT5 Quick Start Guide What's in the Box • NTI RACKMUX-V15/17-N-PRIMUX • Line cord, country specific • Terminating Plug (for last Host Adapter in chain) • CDROM w/ Owner's Manual and Quick Start Guide (pdf files) • This Quick Start Guide What's also [...]

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    2 (Rear View) CAT 5 Cab le to Us er Station Cab le t o CPU Termin a ting Plug ( Supplied) Hardware Setup 1. Disconnect power from the CPU. Note: The Host Adapter must be con nected to the CPU before power is connected to the CPU. Failure to do so may result in damage to the Host Adapter. 2. Plug the Host Adapter into the devices and video ports on [...]

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    3 5. Connect the power cord to the User Station. 6. Press the switch to power-up t he RACKMUX. 7. Plug in the power cord(s) and power-up the CPU(s). Daisy-Chained Host Adapters Up to 64 CPUs can be connected in a daisy-c hain to a create a segmen t of CPUs controll ed by a single user from a User Station. (A "segment" is a User Station co[...]

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    4 Initial Startup Upon startup, the Command Mode screen will be displayed, autolog ging you in as NEWUSER1 without administrative rights. No password will be necessary. As NEWUSER1 you have full access to all Host Adapters and their connected CPUs. To logout as a user, press < L > and the login screen will ap pear If you logout and want to lo[...]