User guide

Matrox Avio Series – User Guide 13
Validating your Avio setup
Here are some areas you should check to make sure your Avio is properly set up. Before you begin,
make sure the power LED
() on your Avio units is active (green).
Keyboard and mouse
 The keyboard and mouse on your Avio units must support the same connector type as
the connection of your transmitter unit to your host system (PS/2 or USB).
 If your transmitter unit is connected through the standard USB connector, your host
system must support a keyboard through a USB hub to support a keyboard on your
receiver unit.
For host systems that don’t support keyboards and mice though a USB hub, connect your
transmitter unit to your host system using both the standard USB and the dedicated USB
connectors for mouse and keyboard.
Monitors
 Make sure you’re using the DVI-D cable provided with your transmitter unit to connect
the graphics hardware of your host system to your transmitter unit.
 Monitors on connectors labeled on your transmitter and receiver units have to
support the same settings.
 Monitors on connectors labeled on your transmitter and receiver units have to
support the same settings.
 If you’re using a dual-link monitor on connector , connector is disabled.
 If you’re using an analog monitors, make sure the EDID mode used by your Avio units
is an active EDID mode. For more information, see “EDID Management”, page 16.
Optical connection
If the power LED () is active (green) but the optical connection LED () detects no valid
transmission (LED is either orange or red):
 Make sure your transceiver (SFP+) is properly inserted.
 Make sure you’re using the proper fiber optic cable.
 Make sure your optical cables are properly connected on your Avio units.
Audio
 To use audio on your Avio units, the line-in and line-out from your host system must be
respectively connected to the line-out and line-in connectors of your transmitter unit.