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LIND Y CPU SWITCH DU AL JUNIOR MANU AL LIND Y Par t.No . 32351 LIND Y CPU Switch Dual J unior 8 Port LIND Y Par t.No . 32352 LIND Y CPU Switch Dual J unior 16 Port.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 1 About this manual LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior - Installation and Use First edition (February 2002) www.LINDY.com (c) 2002 LINDY LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior 8 Port Part No. 32351 LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior 16 Port Part No.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 2 Safety information For use in dry, oil free indoor environments only. Do not attempt to service the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior yourself. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior, its power adapter and its accessories.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 3 Radio Frequency Energy Shielded cables must be used with this equipment to maintain compliance with radio frequency energy emission regulations and ensure a suitably high level of immunity to electromagnetic disturbances.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 4 Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 6 1.1 Key features and benefits ...................................................
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 5 4. Using the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior .................................. 38 4.1 Rear panel special function switches ......................................................38 4.2 Power supply c onnections and indicators .
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 6 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior. Your LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior is a very high performance Keyboard, Video monitor and Mouse (KVM) sharing device which supports a wide range of PC hardware and software platforms.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 7 1.1 Key features and benefits Enables many computers to be independently controlled by two users. On-screen menu allows compute rs to be selected by name or description. Configurable security enables administrator to assign access rights to users.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 8 Can be cascaded to a depth of four levels to provide a video switching network. Automatically restores keyboard and mouse states when channel changed. Supports keyboard modes 1,2 and 3 and mouse prompt and stream modes for maximum compatibility.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 9 1.2 LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior package contents LINDY CPU Switch Dual Juni or. Power supply suitable for your country.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 10 1.5 Product information Fig. 1 - LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior models 32351 and 32352 viewed from the front.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 11 Fig. 2 - LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior models 32351 and 32352 viewed from the rear.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 12 2. Installation LINDY explains: Flexible configuration The LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior has many ports for connection to computers, keyboards, mice and monitors.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 13 For the user port connections you will need: A monitor with a standard VGA-style 15-pin analogue video connector that will work when connected directly to each of your PCs. LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior supports low and high resolution monitors.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 14 2.3 Connecting your devices Ensure that the power is disconnected from the LINDY CPU Switch and all devices which are to be attached. Connect any keyboards, monitors and mice to the user port connectors at the rear of the LINDY CPU Switch (see figure 2).
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 15 2.4 Configuring your PCs Configure your PC in the same way that you would if your keyboard, mouse and monitor were all connected directly to y.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 16 When cascading LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior keep in mind the following rules The maximum number of layers in a LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior cascade is four. You may cascade Dual Junior units with 1 or 2 KVM links.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 17 The following diagrams show some typical LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior installations..
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 18 Fig. 3 - A typical installation using a single LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior 32351.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 19 Fig. 4 - A cascaded application using multiple LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior units.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 20 2.6 Maximising the video quality The LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior supports very high bandwidth video signals and resolutions up to 1900 x 1440 pixels. It regenerates the video signals using wideband amplifiers in order to minimise any loss of video quality.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 21 2.7 Other useful installation information PC boot up sequence - When your PCs are powered on they communicate with any attached keyboards and mice and setup parameters required by the particular operating system.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 22 Alternatively you can reset the keyboard and mouse for a given user port by using the LINDY CPU Switch's keyboard and mouse reset function (see section 4.16). This function only resets the keyboard and mouse attached to the selected user port.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 23 Type of mouse / system Driver type Likely expected Suggested Connected at bootup data format restoration PS/2 PS/2 only PS/2 Standard PS/2 Int.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 24 3. Configuring the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior 3.1 Configuration summary The LINDY CPU Switch is configured using the on-screen menu system which is activated by default when you first power on the system.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 25 Step 3 - Create user accounts Login to the LINDY CPU Switch using the ADMIN account and add user profiles and passwords for each of the system users (see section 3.4). The LINDY CPU Switch supports up to 16 user profiles.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 26 controls (see section 4.6). To switch on the password security system: From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS . Select SETUP OPTIONS from the menu. Move the menu bar over the SECURITY option.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 27 3.4 Creating and editing user accounts To create user accounts: Ensure that you are logged on as the ADMIN user. From the main on-screen menu press F1 for MORE MENUS . Select EDIT USER LIST from the menu.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 28 LINDY CPU Switch Dual Juniors then the port numbers will be four, six or eight characters long depending upon whether you have two, three or four levels of cascade (see figure 7). See the end of this section and section 4.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 29 Creating entries for computers connected to cascaded LINDY CPU Switches You can cascade LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior units using one or two KVM links. Section 2.5 explains the rules that you must follow when installing a LINDY CPU Switch cascade.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 30 Fig. 5 - Creating menu entries for computers that are connected to cascaded LINDY CPU Switches.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 31 Fig. 6 - Possible cascade groups and their associated names 3.6 Setting the SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES The SETUP OPTIONS and GLOBAL PREFERENCES are system operating parameters that apply to the whole system rather than to individual users.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 32 3.6.1 SECURITY Accessed from menu: SETUP OPTIONS Settings: DISABLED, ENABLED With security disabled there is no requirement for users to login to the system. All users have full access to all the connected computers and full administration rights.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 33 menu around the screen. You can also use the hotkeys together with the port number to quickly select a chosen computer without activating the on-screen menu. See section 4.8 for full details on using keyboard hotkeys to control the LINDY CPU Switch.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 34 working on the computer until they came back. Consequently the system administrator can disable all exclusive use so that all connections are shared.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 35 manually by selecting channel '0' using the keyboard hotkeys or by pressing ESC from the login screen.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 36 their name, press RETURN or ENTER to save the selections. The selected computers will be autoscanned in alphabetical order when you activate autoscan mode (when the SCAN LIST option is selected).
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 37 LINDY CPU Switch. The IntelliMouse setting sends four byte mouse reports to the computers and is therefore very slightly more sluggish than the others that send three byte mouse reports. RS232 mice are almost always more sluggish than PS/2 types because the data rate is much slower.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 38 4. Using the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior This section explains the general operation of the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior. We recommend that you read this section before starting to use the product.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 39 4.4 COMPUTER display and key switch The COMPUTER key selects the computer port that is to be connected to the user port that is currently displayed on the green USER display (see figure 1).
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 40 4.5 Activity indicators The LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior has a front panel activity indicator for each user port (see figure 1). The indicator will flash when keyboard or mouse data is received by the LINDY CPU Switch.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 41 Action of the COMPUTER key if no security has been set and the front panel controls are enabled Action of the COMPUTER key if the front panel .
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 42 in you user name and password to access the LINDY CPU Switch. 4.8 Keyboard hotkeys LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior can be conveniently controlled using special keyboard hotkey combinations. These hotkey combinations can be used to select computers and perform a number of other useful functions.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 43 ‘HOTKEYs’ and ‘1’ - selects channel 1 ‘HOTKEYs’ and ‘2’ - selects channel 2 ‘HOTKEYs’ and ‘3’ - selects channel 3 ‘H.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 44 be selected. For example HOTKEYs + 0 10216 would select port 1 (01) on the current LINDY CPU Switch, port 2 (02) on the next cascaded LINDY CPU Switch and port 16 on the last LINDY CPU Switch.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 45 4.9 Selecting computers using the mouse Computers may conveniently be selected using a three button mouse.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 46 4.10 Selecting computers using the on-screen menu You can conveniently select computers by name using the LINDY CPU Switch's on- screen menu. For systems with many computers this is the recommended method of computer selection.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 47 To connect to a computer, place the menu bar over the computer name using a combination of the up and down cursor keys and the page up / page down keys. You may also use the wheel on a wheel mouse to move the menu bar up and down if you have enabled mouse control (see section 3.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 48 To select the computer with SHARED access press: e e or f f When a computer is selected in SHARED mode, the computer’s video picture will be displayed on all the KVM consoles that are connected to that computer.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 49 You may also use a 3-button mouse or wheel mouse to select a computer if you have enabled mouse control (see section 3.6.7). To select a computer in SHARED mode use the left hand mouse button ( ) whilst the menu bar is positioned above the required computer name.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 50 LINDY CPU Switch indicates an unsuccessful connection 4.11 The reminder banner Normally the LINDY CPU Switch will display a discreet computer name reminder banner that reminds you which computer you are connected to.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 51 4.12 Setting the USER PREFERENCES The USER PREFERENCES are system operating parameters that are independently selectable for each user.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 52 screen in a central position but may be moved as required (see section 4.8) 4.12.3 REMINDER COLOUR Accessed from menu: USER PREFERENCES Settings: BLUE/TRANS, PINK/TRANS, BLUE/WHITE, WHITE/RED You may select the colour of the reminder banner.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 53 will clear all the computer and user names and set all parameters back to the factory defaults. To avoid activating this function by accident the administrator must confirm the reset instruction by pressing F8.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 54 However it is sometimes useful to be able to connect to ports on cascaded units via a specific cascade cable (rather than the first available of a group) in order to check that the cabling is working as expected.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 55 user port whose keyboard and mouse you wish to reset. 2) The selected user port number should now be shown on the green USER display. 3) Press and hold down the USER key for 5 seconds until the green USER display goes off.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 56 4.19 Saving and restoring the menu configuration to and from an Excel compatible file. The LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior will store up to 512 computer names and 16 sets of user access rights.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 57 To edit the menu names and configuration settings: You may open the LDJDATA.CSV using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel. The format of a typical file is shown below. You will see that the computer names (rows) are tabulated against the user profiles (columns).
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 58 5. The LINDY CPU Switch should then receive the configuration data to your computer and load the new menu names and access rights into the menu.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 59 5. Upgrading the LINDY CPU Switch's firmware The LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior uses flash memory technology which enables the firmware code to be upgraded by the user. New keyboards, mice operating systems and drivers are being launched all the time.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 60 To perform a flash upgrade on the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior: Step 1 - Prepare your computers Ensure that you have saved any important work on the connected computers.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 61 Step 4 - Power off the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Remove the power from the Dual Junior. Step 5 - Power on the LINDY CPU Switch with the UPGRADE switch ON Attach the power adapter to the LINDY CPU Switch whilst the UPGRADE switch is ON.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 62 represent the firmware release version (e.g. 129 equals version 1.29). 3) A data file that tells the upgrade program (LYDJNR.EXE) which binary code files (HEX files) to download to the LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior and where to put each file.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 63 IMPORTANT NOTE The upgrade programs are DOS based to enable compatibility with the widest range of operating systems. They run efficiently on DOS, Windows 3.X, Workgroups, 95, 98, ME and Windows NT.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 64 Appendix A. Cable and connector specifications IMPORTANT NOTE The maximum cable lengths supported vary widely between devices and cables. It may be possible to use cables that are longer than those specified below with certain PCs and peripherals but this cannot be guaranteed.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 65 6-pin mini-DIN female to 5-pin DIN male (LINDY part code 70130). Cables should be no longer than 30 metres. RS232 serial mice - these require a special converter (LINDY part code 70058) to connect the RS232 lines present on the LINDY CPU Switch mouse ports to the RS232 port on a PC.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 66 on the back of your LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior and most modern PCs. These cables are available in various different lengths to suit your requirements. They may be purchased from LINDY, please quote the following part codes when ordering.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 67 Appendix B. Problem Solv ing Problem: Poor video quality with smearing fuzziness or ripple. Action: Use screened coaxial video cables to connect your devices to the LINDY CPU Switch. For more help with problems visit the LINDY website at www.
LINDY CPU Switch Dual Junior Installation and Use Page 68 Notes.
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