Vertiv AVOCENT VHX133T Installer/User Manual
Vertiv AVOCENT VHX133T Installer/User Manual

Vertiv AVOCENT VHX133T Installer/User Manual

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VERTIV™ AVOCENT® VHX133
Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender
Installer/User Guide
Ver. 1.0 | Nov. 2024

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  • Page 1 VERTIV™ AVOCENT® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Installer/User Guide Ver. 1.0 | Nov. 2024...
  • Page 3 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender VHX133T/VHX133R User’s Manual Version V1.0 Revision date 2024-11-12 We provide customers with total-solution technical support. Users may contact our nearest local sales office or service center, or directly contact our Corporate.
  • Page 4 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 5 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender EMI Statements: Products which are certified for EMC in the regions or countries indicated will have the required marking or statement on the product label. The applicable statement for that country is listed below.
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    8.3.3 Example of Removing an Existing Video Wall Layout ................25 8.3.4 [Advanced Setup] Page of [Video Wall] Tab .................... 26 8.4 [Network] Tab..............................28 8.5 [Functions] Tab ..............................28 Chapter 9 Technical Support ............................. 31 Chapter 10 FCC/CE Statements ............................. 32 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    RX units will be 65,536. In a management operation (with one HMXCC1 controller), the theoretical maximum total number of TX and RX units will be 65,535. Figure 1-1VHX133 Extender One-to-one Configuration and Any-to-any Configuration Figure 1-1 VHX133 Extenders over a Gigabit LAN w/ or w/o HMXCC1 Management VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Features

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 2 Features Chapter 2 Features  VHX133 model supports 1 SFP Optical Module Socket  USB 2.0 over IP for KVM application  HDMI OUT loop-back port on Transmitter (Connected with local-site monitor) ...
  • Page 9: Chapter 3 Package Contents

    USB Type-A male to Type-B male Cable 1.2M x 1 3.5mm Audio + 3.5mm Mic. cable set 1.2M x 1 HDMI (1.4b) male-to-male Video Cable 1.2M x 1 * Optional IR Remote Control Unit Pack (Include: Wired IR Emitter/Receiver) VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 10: Chapter 4 Specification

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 4 Specification Chapter 4 Specification 4.1 VHX133T/VHX133R Specification Table 4-1 VHX133T/VHX133R Specification Model No. VHX133T VHX133R Component Type Transmitter Receiver DB9 female connector (for PC RS232) x 1 DB9 male connector (for RS232 devices) x 1...
  • Page 11: Chapter 5 Product Overview

    HDMI Output Connector video content as the VGA output connector. Connect to an VGA monitor (User Remote-site Console). * It synchronously outputs the same VGA Output Connector video content as the HDMI output connector. VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 5 Product Overview Item Description 3.5mm MIC IN Jack Connect to a remote-site console microphone. 3.5mm LINE OUT Jack Connect to a remote-site console speaker/headphone. 4P DIP Switch Reserved.
  • Page 13: Chapter 6 Connection Topologies

    SFP optical module, even the optical fiber cable is not plugged into the optional SFP optical module. Figure 6-1 Direction Connection (Extender Mode) VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14: Network Switch Connection Topology

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 6 Connection Topologies 6.3 Network Switch Connection Topology In this topology, the TX/RX units could work in <Matrix> operation or <Extender> operation, depending on the <Operation Mode> setting you have assigned to each of them.
  • Page 15 *Note: The Jumbo Frame Setting of the TX/RX unit for HX system is 8000 bytes. Please ensure that your network switch supports at least 8000 bytes Jumbo Frame and enables this setting. [Multicast Filtering] Function Figure 6-5 Multicast Filtering Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16: Chapter 7 Operation

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 7 Operation Chapter 7 Operation 1. Power on the transmitters, receivers and all the connected devices. 2. Long press (for at least 3 seconds) the LINK button on the front panels of transmitters or receivers to make connections between TX and RX units.
  • Page 17: Keyboard Hotkeys

    Once you have completed the connection (refer to Chapter 6 Connection Topologies), press <Scroll Lock, Scroll Lock, Space> hotkey to prompt the OSD menu from the operated receiver console. Note: You may also double press the left Ctrl key <Ctrl, Ctrl> to prompt the OSD menu quickly. VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 7 Operation Figure 7-1 OSD Menu Transmitter List Page The annotations in Figure 7-1 are as follows: 1. Double click any name of the TX units on the transmitter list you want to connect to. After the connection between selected transmitter and the current receiver is established, the receiver console monitor will display the video source from the computer connected to the selected transmitter.
  • Page 19: Receiver Configuration

    <Scroll Lock, Scroll Lock, Number key> then pressing the <Enter> key at last. Users can also define their preferred hotkey preceding sequence (Hotkey Prefix) other than the <Scroll Lock> key. Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 20: Console Collaboration Function

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 7 Operation Figure 7-4 Advanced Setting Page 1. Click to drop down the transmitter list and select a desired transmitter to correspond its hotkey number. 2. Always keep OSD after switch channel: Check this box to continue displaying the OSD menu on the monitor after switching to another transmitter.
  • Page 21 RX-E’s monitor. Please note that as RX-D sends out the push-sharing request to RX-E, a confirmation window will prompt to get RX-E user’s approval. RX-E user can accept or decline it depending on his working condition. Figure 7-7 Connection Requesting Window VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22: Mouse Roaming Function

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 7 Operation Figure 7-8 Push-operation Scenario (TX-4 to RX-E) e. (Pull-sharing Scenario) Click the <Pull-sharing> icon of RX-B row in RX-D’s OSD menu, the TX-2 source connected to RX-B will be pulled back to display on RX-D’s screen.
  • Page 23: Transmitter Configuration

    5. RS-232: Setup the serial parameters for the connected PC RS-232 port. Make sure these parameters must match the RS-232 settings of the connected receiver. By default, the system settings are as follows: Baud rate: 115200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 24: Administrator's Osd Menu

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 7 Operation 6. Anti Dither: Apply when the video displayed on the monitor connected to the RX unit is abnormal. (Options: Off/Mode 1/Mode 2). 7. Video Quality: Adjust according to user’s requirement. (Options: Auto/Graphic/Video).
  • Page 25: Chapter 8 Web-Based Management Interface

    Figure 8-2 Tabs of the Web-based Management Interface Menu 8.2 [System] Tab There are four pages in the [System] Tab as the following table shows. Page Options Description Version Information Display the information of unit. VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chaper 8 Web-based Management Interface Update Firmware * Update the firmware. Click Browse to select the firmware file and click Upload to upgrade. The browser will be reloaded after updating. Please contact the technical support if you have problem to upload.
  • Page 27 This page mainly displays detailed information of Network and Video. When you encounter network and video related issues, please send us a snapshot of this page for troubleshooting. Figure 8-6 [Statistics] Page for Network and Video Detailed Information VHX133 User’s Manual Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28: Video Wall] Tab

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chaper 8 Web-based Management Interface 8.3 [Video Wall] Tab Note that the video wall settings are only applicable for receivers. However, besides configuring video wall settings in receiver’s web-based management interface, you may also configure the receiver video wall settings in any web-based management interfaces of the detected extender units (even in the transmitter units) within the same LAN.
  • Page 29: Example Of Building Up A 2 X 2 Video Wall

    2, respectively. Repeat the same operation of steps (A), (B), (C) and (D) to finish setup for 4 Monitor (from position R0,C0 to position R1,C1). After that, the 4 monitors collaborate to display a complete image sourced from the TX-006b unit. Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30: Example Of Removing An Existing Video Wall Layout

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chaper 8 Web-based Management Interface Figure 8-10 Steps to Designate the Receiver/Monitor Positions of a Video Wall 8.3.3 Example of Removing an Existing Video Wall Layout To remove an existing Video Wall layout, simply input the default settings: Vertical/Horizontal Monitor Count: 1/1 and Row/Column position 0/0.
  • Page 31: Advanced Setup] Page Of [Video Wall] Tab

    3. Control Options Item Options Description Show OSD Check/Uncheck to show/hide each receiver’s number with OSD on connected monitors. Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chaper 8 Web-based Management Interface Control Options Reset to basic setup You may click to restore if confusing all the video wall settings below. All the settings will restore to the settings on the Basic Setup.
  • Page 33: Network] Tab

    This works the same as checking the “Auto casting mode select mode” box in the [USB over IP] item of the [Functions] tab. Table 8-4 Option Introduction of [Network] Tab 8.5 [Functions] Tab Figure 8-14 [Functions] Tab Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chaper 8 Web-based Management Interface Item Options Description Video over IP Enable Video over IP Check/uncheck this box to enable/disable video transmission over IP. Enable Video Wall Check/uncheck this box to show/hide [Video Wall] tab from the main menu.
  • Page 35 Chapter 8 Web-based Management Interface Figure 8-15 Type 1 Configuration of Serial Communication Figure 8-16 Type 2 Configuration of Serial Communication Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 36: Chapter 9 Technical Support

    Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 Virtual Matrix KVM over IP | Extender Chapter 9 Technical Support Chapter 9 Technical Support Please contact your local distributor for more information or technical support. Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 37: Chapter 10 Fcc/Ce Statements

    CE Statement: This is a Class B product in a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual VHX133 User’s Manual...
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  • Page 43 The manual contents are subject to change without prior notice. © Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved. P/N: 30-191-VHX133XX-01-VT-10 Vertiv™ Avocent® VHX133 User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 © 2025 Vertiv Group Corp. All rights reserved. Vertiv™ and the Vertiv logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vertiv Group Corp. All other names and logos referred to are trade names, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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