User guide

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APEX VIEWPOINT SYSTEM
Turning On the System
TURNING ON THE SYSTEM
Startup Behavior and the
Status Flag
When you turn on the ViewPoint
system, it performs the following
actions:
•
Displays each pod’s particular
identification number on the user
console monitor.
•
Identifies the mouse and keyboard
and puts them into default states;
the keyboard LEDs illuminate.
•
Starts up the user pods with no
user consoles connected to any
computers.
•
Displays a status flag on each user
console monitor that appears
similar to that shown below. (On
startup there is no system connec-
tion.) For more information about
status flags, see in Chapter 3,
Interpreting the Status Flag and
Changing Status Flag Attributes.
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alone
If the monitor does not display the
status flag, make sure that the
monitor is connected and turned on.
To start the system:
1
With the power switch (located
on the back panel) of each
component in the Off (0)
position, connect each compo-
nent to an AC power source
using the supplied three-wire
grounded power cords.
2 Turn on the ViewPoint core by
pushing the power switch located
on the back panel to the On (1)
position.
3 Turn on each pod by pushing the
power switch located on the back
panel to the On (1) position.
4 Turn on the console monitors.
5 Turn on the computers.
n Note
Always turn on the core and pods
before the computers. Then the pods
can store in memory the device settings
the computers send when they boot.