User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- TK-RP08
- The TK-RP08 allows its user to upgrade firmware contents whenever is needed to enhance its functionality and/or performance. With the firmware upgrade feature, your investment on the unit is further ensured and its life-time value just maximized. You don’t have to buy a newer unit just to have better features, instead you can have them all added to your current unit with an easy flash upgrade! The correct Flash upgrade procedure is described below. Please follow the instructions to complete your firmware upgrade.
- The TK-RP08 can be used as a power control accessory for TK-IP101 Swtich, or any other KVM Switch that supports a standard serial power control.
- Before you connect the TK-RP08 to the TK-IP101, you might need to install them first into their own proper placements within a rack, that is , if you are going to use them within a rack. After you have installed the TK-RP08, TK-IP101 into the rack, or into their proper locations, you can now proceed with following steps for further connections.
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Connect host PC to ioPower
Now you can begin connecting your ioPower to the host
PC
Step 1. Run the TK-RP08 Management software by double-
clicking its desktop icon or access Start /programs
/ioPower/ioPower Management.
Step 2. Connect the host PC to TK-RP08 by clicking
Setting/Connect. And the software will automatically detect
COM port for TK-RP08 ….
Check the COM port detection message on the message
Box. After the COM port has been successfully detected,
click OK to connect.
Note that if you see the FAIL message such as in the following
picture, it means you have a faulty connection. Check your physical
COM port connection to make sure that everything is in place,
including the connectors and RS-232 cable integrity, etc.
Failure of COM port detection
Step 3. Then you can see the virtual front panel of the
connected TK-RP08 unit(s).
Now get yourself a little bit familiar with the Management
Software interface ……….
Power Management Software Interface
When running the TK-RP08 Management Software, you
should see a virtual front-panel identical to the physical front-
panel. If you are cascading multiple units of TK-RP08 (using
the RJ-45 daisy-chain interfaces connected by a UTP cable),
you can then see a corresponding number of stacked virtual
front-panels, each of which showing its bank number, the
total current loads and time remaining status per port.
Virtual front-panels showing a single unit
Virtual front-panel operation
The virtual front-panel serves just like a real front-panel to
provide “one-touch” power on/off function. Just click each
virtual button to switch the power on and off
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However, to avoid accidental mistakes, TK-RP08
Management software will, by default, pop up a prompt for
confirmation of this change after you click the virtual power
button.
Power on/off confirmation dialog prompt
User can have free choice to disable/enable the confirmation
prompt according one’s convenience.
Menu Function
File/Exit (Ctrl-X)
To exit the management program, click File/Exit or use the
hotkey, Ctrl-X.
Setting/Connect
When TK-RP08 is disconnected with host PC, click
Setting/Connect to connect to host PC.
Time Remain
Current Loads Display
Global Power Action Button
Bank Number Display
Power Button
Alarm LED (Red) Power ON LED (Green)
Release!
Release!
Press and hold
for 2
“ ….
Press and hold
for 2 “ ….