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  • Page 1 KVM Matrix Switch Routers Product Manual Covering the following models:……………………………………….. VX40, VX80, VX160, VX320, VX320VIDEO VX320AUDIO & Thinklogical, LLC ® 100 Washington Street Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A. Telephone: 1-203-647-8700 Fax: 1-203-783-9949 www.thinklogical.com...
  • Page 2 Thinklogical, LLC ® 100 Washington Street Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A. Telephone: 1-203-647-8700 All trademarks and service marks are property of their respective owners. Subject: VX40, VX80, VX160, VX320, VX320Video, VX320Audio Router Product Manual Revision: O, September 2014 VX320 Configurator VX40 VX80...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Handling Fiber Optic Cable ................... 27 Installing Fiber into Input/Output Cards ................. 28 Removing Fiber from Input/Output Cards ..............28 Connecting to Thinklogical Velocity Extenders ................. 28 Connecting to the Receiver ................... 28 Connecting to the Transmitter ..................31 Installation ..........................34 Set-Up ..........................
  • Page 4 ® Warranty ........................41 Return Authorization ..................... 41 APPENDIX A: ORDERING INFORMATION ................42 APPENDIX B: QUICK START GUIDES ................... 46 APPENDIX C: SD FLASH CARD REPLACEMENT ..............52 APPENDIX D: SECURE APPLICATIONS ................56 APPENDIX E: TOUCH PANEL CONFIGURATION ..............67 APPENDIX F: MIB FILE ......................

  • Page 5: Preface

    Part 1 – Hardware: This section of the manual contains all the information and instructions on how to assemble your equipment. Part 2 – Safety Requirements: Thinklogical strongly recommends that you read this section of the manual prior to starting the hardware assembly.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    VX320 Router Power Module VX320 Router Fan Tray See Appendix A on page 42 for ordering information on the complete line of the Thinklogical VX Routers. Also see our Configurator Control Management System Manual (available on our website) for administra-tive set-up and control features and OSD (On Screen Display).

  • Page 7: Theory Of Operation

    ® Theory of Operation MRTS Technology Thinklogical VX Routers are used together as a system with our Thinklogical Velocity Extenders utilizing ® ® breakthrough, patent-pending technology for transmission and reception of DVI, keyboard, mouse, and high- speed data peripherals. This technology, known as Multi Rate Transmission System (MRTS), provides end-to- end data transmission with unparalleled performance.

  • Page 8: System Features

    ® System Features VX320 System Features VX40/VX80 VX160 VX320 Video/Audio Matrix Size 80x80 320 Duplex 640 Duplex 320x320 80x80 Duplex Non-Blocking 320x320 160x160 Duplex 320x320 OR 40x40 Duplex Bi- Matrix Size Non-Blocking Bi-Directional Duplex Non- Duplex Bi- Directional Non-Blocking Blocking...

  • Page 9: Technical Specifications

    Maximum DC: 1A at 30VDC Maximum AC: 0.3A at 125VAC Contact resistance maximum: .1Ω Power Requirements AC Input: 100-240VAC, 47-63 Hz Universal AC Power Supply Technical VX320 VX40/VX80 VX160 VX320 Specifications Video/Audio* Rack Size EIA 19” (48.26 cm) EIA 19” (48.26 cm) EIA 19”...

  • Page 10: Vx Router Rear Panel Views

    Primary Controller Card Ports 1-40 Ports 1-40 (Back-Up Controller Card is optional) VX40 Router – Rear View Page 9 V X R o u t e r M a n u a l R e v . O S e p t e m b e r , 2 0 1 4...
  • Page 11 ® NOTE: All modules may be replaced without interruption to other module functions (except for the Primary Controller Card) Load-sharing Redundant Power Supplies Enunciator Ports (for alarms) Fan Tray Module I/O Cards Primary Controller Card (Ports 1-80) (Back-Up Controller Card is optional) VX80 Router –...
  • Page 12 ® NOTE: All modules may be replaced without interruption to other modules functions (except for the Primary Controller Card) Fan Tray Module Enunciator Ports (for alarms) Load-sharing Redundant Power Modules Primary Controller Card Optional Back-up Controller Card Sliding thumbscrews for ventilation adjustment (Upstream) Cards...
  • Page 13 ® Redundant Power supplies, Left to Right: VX320 Router 1 Upper Card Cage Primary Back Panel 2 Upper Card Cage Back-up 3 Lower Card Cage Primary 4 Lower Card Cage Back-up 1700 Watts VX320 Router KVM Matrix Switch Chassis: 24 Rack Units 42"...
  • Page 14 ® NOTE: All modules may be replaced without interruption to other module functions (except for the Primary Controller Card) VX320VIDEO/AUDIO Router Power Supplies Enunciator Ports (for alarms) Fan Tray Primary Controller Card Input/Output Cards (1-20) Secondary Controller Card Router – Rear View VX320VIDEO &...

  • Page 15: Part 1: Hardware

     Data Downstream Card, 5 Ports – VXM-DO0005 The VX40 ships configured to customer specifications. All physical connections to the product use industry- standard connectors. If you ordered an EAL/4 certified unit, please verify that you have received the proper materials. The router should be labeled as VXR-000040 Rev B.
  • Page 16 Upstream Cards (VXM-DI0020 Rev B) and Velocity Matrix Router 160 Data Downstream Cards (VXM-DO0020 Rev B). This information is located on a sticker on the card with serial number information. When you receive your Thinklogical VX320 Router, you should find the following items: ...

  • Page 17: Vx Router Modules

    VX Router Modules The inspired modular approach of the VX40, VX80, VX160, VX320 and VX320Video/Audio Routers makes all critical system components, including power supplies, cooling fans and pluggable optics (SFP+), hot- swappable, thus minimizing productivity impact in case of failure or system reconfiguration.
  • Page 18 ® The VX Routers Critical Hardware Alarms are as follows: The VX40, VX80 & VX160 Routers Critical Hardware Alarms: Fan failure, temperature spikes, DC voltage/current range, AC power input interruption and module removed POWER SUPPLY 1 (LEFT): Fan failure, temperature spikes, DC voltage/current range, AC power input interruption and module removed...

  • Page 19: The Controller Cards

    FAULT: LED is ON= Card Failure FAULT FAULT LAN: Connection to external CPU (RJ45) RS232: ASCII Control Interface RS232 CONTROLLER RS232 CONTROLLER VX40/ VX80 VX320 VX160 VXM-000005 VXM-000008 VXM-000001 Page 18 V X R o u t e r M a n u a l R e v .

  • Page 20: External Control Cpu Minimum Requiements

    DIP Switch VX80 Router with front The up ↑ position = 1. (MX48, VX40, VX160, cover removed VX40 Router with front cover removed VX160, VX320, VX320A, VX320V) Pin 1 is on the bottom. DIP Switch The left ← position = 0.

  • Page 21: The Input/Output Cards

    The hot-swappable Input/Output (I/O) cards provide excellent in-service expansion capabilities in convenient sets of 5 ports per I/O card for the VX40 and VX80, sets of 20 ports per I/O card for the VX160 or sets of 16 ports per I/O card for the VX320, thus allowing re-configuration without interrupting signal processing.
  • Page 22 The VX40 Router consists of a single 80 input by 80 output non-blocking switch matrix. This allows any port on any I/O card (Upstream or Downstream) to be connected to any other port. The VX40 is designed so that 8 I/O card slots on the left side are used for Upstream Cards and 8 I/O card slots on the right side are used for Downstream Cards.
  • Page 23 I/O card to be connected to any other port. The VX80 is designed so that all 16 I/O card slots accept the same type of card. The VX80 I/O card is functionally and physically the same as the VX40 Upstream Card.
  • Page 24 ® VX160 I/O Cards The VX160 contains two independent 160x160 fully non-blocking switch matrices. One switching matrix connects any Upstream Port optical input (SFP+ R) to any Downstream Port optical output (SFP+ T). The other switching matrix connects any Downstream Port optical input (SFP+ R) to any Upstream Port optical output (SFP+ T).
  • Page 25 ® VX320 I/O Cards The VX320 Router configuration can have a minimum of one I/O Card in either the Upper Card Cage or the Lower Card Cage. The VX320 Router is constructed with one fully non-blocking 320x320 switch matrix in the Upper Card Cage and another fully non-blocking 320x320 switch matrix in the Lower Card Cage.
  • Page 26 ® Input/Output Port Numbering VX40 Input / Output Port Numbering VX80 Input / Output Port Numbering VX160 Input / Output Port Numbering Page 25 V X R o u t e r M a n u a l R e v . O...

  • Page 27: Pluggable Sfp+ Optical Modules

    Each Input and Output card contains rows of SFP+ modules that serve as the fiber-optic couplers for the fiber cables to and from the Thinklogical Tx and Rx Extenders. Individual cards can be removed for ease of access to the SFP+ modules.

  • Page 28: Fiber Optic Cable

    Fiber Optic Cable Fiber Optic Cable Requirements Thinklogical recommends SX+ Laser Enhanced (50µm) fiber for your VX Router and Velocity Extension System. Multi-mode fiber has the ability to extend up to a maximum of 1000m, where Single-mode fiber has the ability to extend distances beyond 1000m.

  • Page 29: Installing Fiber Into Input/Output Cards

    Connecting to Thinklogical Velocity Extenders VX Routers are designed to work with any Thinklogical product designed with the MRTS technology (e.g. Velocity Extenders). VX Routers and Velocity Extenders are a new, unique class of cost-effective matrix switching and KVM extension designed for a variety of high-performance computing environments.
  • Page 30 ® POWER Monitor, Projector and Audio Destinations AUDIO RECEIVER Velocity - 24 DVI OUT 1 DVI OUT 2 Connecting the Thinklogical VelocityKVM-24 Extender Receiver to the VX40/VX80 VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 29...
  • Page 31 ® POWER Monitor, Projector and Audio Destinations AUDIO RECEIVER Velocity - 24 DVI OUT 1 DVI OUT 2 I / O BOARD Connecting the Thinklogical VelocityKVM-24 Extender Receiver to the VX160 VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 30...

  • Page 32: Connecting To The Transmitter

    POWER LOCAL KEYBOARD/MOUSE TRANSMITTER Velocity KMASS IN 1 IN 2 DVI OUT 2 DVI OUT 1 Audio IN/OUT USB HID, PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse) Connecting the Thinklogical VelocityKVM-24 Extender Transmitter to the VX40/VX80 VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 31...
  • Page 33 IN 1 IN 2 DVI OUT 2 DVI OUT 1 Audio IN/OUT USB HID, PS/ 2 ( Keyboard / Mouse) I/ O BOARD Connecting the Thinklogical VelocityKVM-24 Extender Transmitter to the VX160 VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 32...
  • Page 34 Data from Rx Lower Card Cages are designed to handle either Video Any Card, 1-20 or Data signals. Any Port pair, 1-16 Connecting the Thinklogical VelocityKVM-4 Extender Transmitter and Receiver to the VX320 VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 33...

  • Page 35: Installation

    (Retain them for later use.) 3. After checking the I/O cards, inspect the top of the unit. There are two (VX40, 80, 160) or four (VX320 & 320Video/Audio) power supplies located in the top part of the chassis. Verify that the power supplies are secure in the chassis.

  • Page 36: Order Of Installation Events

    ® circuits on the Backplane, as well as removing any heat generated by the power modules. Warning! Do not open or remove the Front Door when the unit is powered. The door of each VX Router contains air baffles that are integral to the chassis’ cooling system. The Backplane Integrated Circuits may overheat when operating with the front door open or removed.

  • Page 37: How To Install Or Replace A Controller Card

    ® How to Install or Replace a Controller Card Note: When using a single Controller, the left or upper Controller slot is always Primary. Note: Replacing the Active Controller Card will interrupt service. When replacing a Controller Card in a system with redundant controllers you may remove the Controller that is not active (Active LED is off) without interrupting service.

  • Page 38: How To Replace A Power Supply

    Markings and labels on our products follow industry-standard conventions. Regulatory markings found on our products comply with domestic and many international requirements. Regulatory Compliance Thinklogical products are designed and made in the U.S.A. Products have been tested by a nationally ®...

  • Page 39: Australia & New Zealand

    Milford, Connecticut 06460 USA Telephone: 1-203-647-8700 Product Name Models: VX40 Router, VX80 Router,VX160 Router, VX320 Router and VX320Video/Audio Router These products comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 72/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC. Standards with Which Our Products Comply...

  • Page 40: Product Serial Number

    Product Serial Number Thinklogical products have a unique serial number, which includes a date-code, printed on an adhesive label that is affixed to the unit. The format for the date-code is 2 digits for the month, dash, 2 digits for the year, plus four digits for a unique unit number.

  • Page 41: Part 3: Thinklogical Support

    Please use one of the following email addresses: info@thinklogical.com – Information on Thinklogical and our products. ® sales@thinklogical.com – Sales Department - orders, questions or issues. support@thinklogical.com – Product support, technical issues or questions, product repairs and request for Return Authorization. Telephone Product &...

  • Page 42: Fax

    Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm, Eastern Time ® Zone. If your application might require assistance at some time outside of our normal business hours, please contact us beforehand and we will do our best to make arrangements to help you with your Thinklogical ® products.

  • Page 43: Appendix A: Ordering Information

    ® Appendix A: Ordering Information VX40 and VX80 Routers Thinklogical's VX40 Router Ordering Information Part Number Description Velocity Matrix Router 40 VXR-000040 Velocity Matrix Router 40 Chassis VXR-000040 REV B Velocity Matrix Router 40 Chassis, Common Criteria EAL 4 Certified...
  • Page 44 ® VX160 Routers Thinklogical's VX160 Router Ordering Information Part Number Description Velocity Matrix Router 160 VXR-000160 Velocity Matrix Router 160 Chassis VXR-000160 REV B Velocity Matrix Router 160 Chassis, Common Criteria EAL 4 Certified Velocity Matrix Router 160 Data Cards...
  • Page 45 ® VX320, VX320Video VX320Audio Routers Thinklogical's VX320 Router Ordering Information Part Number Description Velocity Matrix Router 320 VXR-000320 Velocity Matrix Router 320 Chassis VXR-000320 REV A Velocity Matrix Router 320 Chassis, Common Criteria EAL 4 Certified Velocity Matrix Router 320 Data Cards...
  • Page 46 ® Thinklogical's VX320AUDIO Router Ordering Information Part Number Description Velocity Matrix Router 320Audio VXR-A00320 Velocity Matrix Router 320 AUDIO Chassis Velocity Matrix Router 320Audio Data Cards VXM-A00016 Velocity Matrix Router 320A Data Upstream/Downstream Card, 16 Ports, SFP+, Multi-mode VXM-A00S16 Velocity Matrix Router 320A Data Upstream/Downstream Card, 16 Ports, SFP+, Single-mode...

  • Page 47: Appendix B: Quick Start Guides

    ® Appendix B: Quick Start Guides To LAN Ports VX40 Router Quick Start Guide VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 46...
  • Page 48 ® To LAN Ports Line IN► ◄Mic OUT RS-232 Serial DVI IN DVI IN DVI IN VX80 Router Quick Start Guide VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 47...
  • Page 49 ® Source CPU 6 Source CPU 5 Source CPU 4 Source CPU 3 DVI IN 2 DVI IN 1 DVI IN 2 DVI IN 1 VX160 Router Quick Start Guide VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 48...
  • Page 50 ® Source CPU 2 Source CPU 1 Source CPU VX320 Router Quick Start Guide VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 49...
  • Page 51 ® VX320Video Router Quick Start Guide VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 50...
  • Page 52 ® LOWER CONNECTOR VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 51...

  • Page 53: Appendix C: Sd Flash Card Replacement

    ® VX320Audio Router Quick Start Guide Appendix C: SD Flash Card Replacement VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 52...
  • Page 54 ® VX40 and VX80 SD Flash Card Replacement VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 53...
  • Page 55 ® VX160 SD Flash Card Replacement VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 54...
  • Page 56 ® VX320 SD Flash Card Replacement VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 55...

  • Page 57: Appendix D: Secure Applications

    Thinklogical’s VX Router uses two methods for secure routing. One is known as Restricted Switching and the other is known as Partitioning. These methods can be deployed singularly or jointly, depending on security requirements.
  • Page 58 ® output can connect to an input with a priority greater than, or equal to, its priority. Thus, a priority level of 1 on an output can connect to any input (priority 1, 2, 3…). The user must provide a table defining the priorities for each input and output of the switch matrix. This table is in the form of a comma separated value (csv) file.
  • Page 59  The number of priority levels that can be managed by one VX Router is the same as the number of ports in the VX Router: “o”,8,2 The VX40 and VX80 can support 80 priority levels. The VX160 can support 160 priority levels and a VX320 or VX320Video “o”,9,1 can support 320 priority levels.
  • Page 60 The maximum number of partitions is the number of ports that make up the VX Router (80, 160, 320, 640). A VX40 or VX80 Router can be configured with up to 80 partitions, a VX160 up to 160, and so forth. There are also overlapping partition configurations.
  • Page 61 ® The user must provide a table defining the partitions. This table is in the form of a comma separated value (CSV) file located in /var/local/router/partition on the VX Router. This file contains the port number and the partitions to which it belongs. The configuration file for the above scenario looks like this: “Port,”...
  • Page 62 ® INCLUDE NON-ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS. Special characters (& $ % >) and punctuation marks (? “- ! ) increase the strength of a password. Secure Application Examples The Diagrams on pages 62-66 show each of the VX Matrix Routers in a secure application. The highly secure components are described as the Red Network and the other, lower security components are described as the Black Network.
  • Page 63 ® VX40 Secure Application VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 62...
  • Page 64 ® VX80 Secure Application VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 63...
  • Page 65 ® VX160 Secure Application VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 64...
  • Page 66 ® VX320 Secure Application VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 65...
  • Page 67 ® VX320 Video Secure Application VX Router Manual Rev. O September, 2014 Page 66...

  • Page 68: Appendix E: Touch Panel Configuration

    APPENDIX E: Touch Panel Configuration Thinklogical supplies 5.7” and 9” touch panels. These are small, Linux computers that run a borderless version of the Chromium browser. On power up, they start the browser with the URL of the X4 server and load the page that’s been specified for them with X4’s GROUPS page.
  • Page 69 ® The new interfaces file should look something like this after modification: To set the browser to find the server: Edit /home/user/homepage to match your installation: This is a one line file. Change the IP address to match that of the web server (also called the “Control Computer”) for your installation and remove “touch”...
  • Page 70 ® In the configuration shown above, the touchpanel with the IP address of 192.168.13.112 will load the startpage combi-m (or COMBI-M). COMBI-M is a COMBI page with an additional MACRO button at the bottom right. This button lets the user also access the Macros page and then return to the COMBI page. In ADMIN Stations we have made some source stations Takeable for the group “touch”: As well as some destination stations: In ADMIN Macros, we have made “mac 1”...
  • Page 71 ® The touchscreen at 192.168.13.112 will now start up in this page: and when the MACROS button at the bottom right is pressed, it will show this page: COMBI-M link at the top will return to the COMBI page. VX Router Manual Rev.

  • Page 72: Appendix F: Mib File

    ® APPENDIX F: MIB FILE The MIB (Management Information Base) file contains information on the operational status of the VX Router hardware. The file is located on our FTP site and on the install disk included with your VX Router. It is also included on the VX Router SD Card in the directory /user/share.snmp/mibs LSI-ROOT.txt...

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