Instruction manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents Page #
Disclaimer ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Crosspoint Switch mode .............................................................................................................................................. 1
KVM Switch mode ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
About This Manual .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Features ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Compatibility ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
DDC Information .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Selecting the moment of switching to next frame ........................................................................................................ 3
Selection of Color reduction for transfer acceleration ................................................................................................. 3
Package contents ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Product registration ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
System Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
Synchronized switching ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Orion Model Description .................................................................................................................................................. 5
KVM Switch Installation ................................................................................................................................................... 6
Powering Up the System ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Configuration menus .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Keyboard Control: ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
On-screen-Displays ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Menu ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Login Menu .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Configuration Menu .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Configure open menu............................................................................................................................................... 9
Configure system menu ......................................................................................................................................... 10
Touch Screen settings ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Configure user ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
User Matrix Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 15
CON Port Configuration ......................................................................................................................................... 16
CON Matrix Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 18
CPU Port Configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Status Information ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Status Display – CON ports ................................................................................................................................... 20
Status Display – CPU ports ................................................................................................................................... 21
Status Display – Network ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Status Display – Firmware ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Diagnostic LEDs (CATx cable / Fiber cable) ............................................................................................................. 22
Operating the Orion Unit ............................................................................................................................................... 23
HOT Key switching .................................................................................................................................................... 23
OSD / KVM mode switching ...................................................................................................................................... 23
KVM-List mask switching ........................................................................................................................................... 23
Keyboard Commands ............................................................................................................................................ 24
KVM-Switch mask switching ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Keyboard Commands ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Follow-Me function ................................................................................................................................................. 26
Keyboard Commands (Follow-Me mode) .............................................................................................................. 27
Cross Point Switch Mode (CON mask) ......................................................................................................................... 28
Keyboard Commands: ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Cross Point Switch Mode (CPU mask) ......................................................................................................................... 30
Keyboard Commands: ........................................................................................................................................... 30
Switching using a Browser / Web Interface ................................................................................................................... 31
Switching using a Serial Interface ................................................................................................................................. 31
Operating modes - Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 32
Single-Head KVM switch mode ................................................................................................................................. 32
Dual-Head KVM switch mode .................................................................................................................................... 33
Quad - Head KVM switch mode ................................................................................................................................ 34
Single - Head KVM switch / USB 2.0 mode .............................................................................................................. 35
Devices with serial/audio option ................................................................................................................................ 36
Serial Interface – Handling Multiple Serial Devices ................................................................................................... 36
Audio Interface - Setup and Operation ...................................................................................................................... 36