Setting Up A Two-Tier System; Step 1: Programme An Mccat Unit As A Second-Tier Device - Raritan MCCAT18 User Manual

Setting Up a Two-Tier System

Basically, there are five major steps to set up a two‐tier system:
STEP 1: Programme an MCCAT Unit as a Second-Tier
Device
Each MCCAT unit is programmed as a first‐tier device when shipped out
of the factory. To set up a two‐tier MCCAT system, you have to
programme some MCCAT units as the second‐tier devices before
proceeding with the hardware installation.
1. Turn OFF the MCCAT unit.
2. Press the channel number 2 button on the front panel, and then
3. Continue to hold down the channel number 2 button until you hear
4. The TIER LED (the top‐right one) on the front panel is lit
5. Repeat Steps 1 to 4 if more MCCAT units are to be programmed as
Note: To programme a second‐tier device back as the first‐tier device, follow the
same procedure described above, but press the channel number 1 button instead
while the MCCAT unit is being powered ON. The TIER LED turns off,
indicating it is now programmed as a first‐tier device.
First‐tier MCCAT unit
Keyboard, mouse and monitor (attached to the
first‐tier unit only)
STEP 1: Programme an MCCAT unit as a second‐tier device
STEP 2: Connect the second‐tier MCCAT unit to the first‐tier
MCCAT unit
STEP 3: Connect the keyboard, mouse and monitor to the first‐tier
MCCAT unit
STEP 4: Specify the type of the second‐tier device in the
Configuration Menu
STEP 5: Connect computers to any MCCAT unit in the system
power ON the MCCAT unit.
the beep sound.
continuously, indicating the device is now programmed as a
second‐tier device.
second‐tier devices.
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