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FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Table of Contents Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................1 Packaging Contents.................................................................................................................................1 System Requirements.............................................................................................................................1 Installation....................
Introduction Packaging Contents • 1 x USB Crash Cart Adapter • 1 x USB to PS/2 adapter • 1 x USB A to Mini-B cable • 1 x Driver and Software CD-ROM or USB flash drive System Requirements Notebook Requirements • USB 2.0 enabled notebook computer • 20MB available hard drive space • 24-bit capable display • Windows XP(32/64bit)/ Vista(32/64bit)/ 7(32/64bit)/ Server 2008 R2, Mac OS x, and Linux Fedora(FC10/ FC11)/ Ubuntu (8.10/9.
Installation Driver Installation Windows 2000/XP/ Vista Before installing the software on Windows, please disconnect the USB Crash Cart Adapter and cancel any dialog windows regarding “Add new hardware”. These windows can interfere with the installation process. 1. Insert the provided CD or USB flash drive and run the setup.exe installation program. 2. Proceed through the installation prompts, until complete. 3. Once complete, the software and drivers will have been installed on the system. 4.
LED Indicators Server KB/Mouse: This lights up when the emulated USB keyboard/mouse is working. It will blink briefly whenever the emulated mouse moves, or emulated key is pressed. Constant flashing indicates some problem with the USB connection to the server. This can happen if disconnected, or if the host’s operating system is not enumerating the USB device. Server VGA: This indicates a valid VGA video signal is being received.
Using the USB Crash Cart Adapter Once connected, the real-time video from the attached host computer is shown centered in the main window. Zooming By design, this program will never show scroll bars. The entire video picture is always completely visible. It is generally scaled down to fit into the available space inside the program window. You can make it larger by resizing the main window. Similarly, if you maximize the main window, the size of the video image will be maximized.
Also in the Zoom menu is an option to center the window on the screen. This can be handy when it is off the edge of the screen. There is also a shortcut for maximize (toggle). This is the same as clicking the maximize button in the title bar of the main window. More Tips • If the laptop is widescreen (16:10 aspect, or 1280x800, etc), it may be helpful to locate the toolbar along the left or right vertical edge.
From left to right: 1. ( ) Change orientation of tool bar between horizontal (shown) and vertical. 2. ( ) Quit the Pocket Console application immediately. 3. ( ) Fine-tune video picture. 4. ( ) Open Video-related settings window. 5. ( ) Take a snapshot of screen, save as PNG, JPG, BMP file. 6. ( ) Toggle full-screen vs. windowed mode. 7. ( ) Go to 100% zoom, or largest possible. 8. (56%) Shows current zoom factor as a percentage. 9. ( ) Keyboard status (red X shown if trouble).
Video Menu There are three functions available under the Video menu: Auto fine-tune picture, Video Settings and Save PNG snapshot. Auto fine-tune picture Use to automatically adjust the sampling phase of the video. This makes the picture sharper and reduces USB traffic. This is generally not required since this operation is automatically performed when video is applied. The picture will freeze for about one second while the calibration is performed.
Capture Video Mode Details Displays then saves the current video mode settings used on the server, to a text file. DDC Sets the default maximum video resolution on the USB Crash Cart Adapter. 1280x1024 is the factory set default. Keys Menu Item Most keystrokes are forwarded directly to the sever. However, some special key combinations, such as Ctrl-Alt-Del, are blocked by the notebook’s operating system. Therefore, a dialog screen with common keystrokes can be used to send these sequences manually.
Simulate Hotplug (reset) Clicking on this menu item will ‘hotplug’ the USB going to the host keyboard and mouse. Hot plugging simulates unplugging the USB cable and immediately reconnecting it. It will reset the USB keyboard and mouse emulation completely. This can be used if the host operating system is confused. If using PS/2 mode, this also simulates a hotplug event with similar effects. Most modern operating systems can handle a PS/2 hotplug event, although this interface was never designed for hotplug.
MacOS X Scaling If you are controlling a Mac OS X computer with the USB Crash Cart Adapter, you should select this special mode. Without it, you will see that the two mouse pointers are aligned correctly at the center of the screen, but drift apart as you move closer to the edges of the screen. By enabling this mode, a special adaptive scaling factor is applied to reverse this effect and return the mouse pointers to perfect alignment.
To release captured mouse... In absolute mouse mode, you may simply move the laptop mouse over the window and click as desired. In relative mode, the mouse doesn’t do anything until you click once on the desktop. This captures the mouse and subsequent clicks and motion are sent to the controlled host. A dialog is shown to remind you how to get back to your laptop desktop. To release the captured mouse, we offer two methods: make a circle gesture with mouse or press “Alt+Ctrl+Shift” at the same time.
Troubleshooting Symptom Problem/Suggested Course of Action No lights Adapter has no power from either USB connection. Try other USB ports. Black bar on left/top of image Use the Picture Positioning arrows on the Video Settings dialog to shift the image leftwards /upwards until no black can be seen. Be sure to save your change. User Console LED flashing or software says not connected Verify the device drivers are correctly installed (Windows only): Unplug the adapter. Reboot. Plug in the adapter.
Specifications Connectors (Notebook) Connectors (Server) USB mini-B female DE-15 VGA male (integrated cable) USB type A male (integrated cable) Server KB/Mouse LEDs Server VGA User Console Link/Activity Maximum Video Resolution 1920x1200@60Hz Dimensions 73.0mm x 135.0mm x 15.0mm Weight 0.14kg Compatible Operating Systems (Notebook) Windows XP(32/64bit)/ Vista(32/64bit)/ 7(32/64bit)/ Server 2008 R2, Mac OS x, and Linux Fedora(FC10/ FC11)/ Ubuntu (8.10/9.
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