Introduction Thank you for purchasing of 2/4-Port USB KVM with USB 2.0 Hub & Audio. You now have a high quality and durability system to control multiple computers/servers from one console (Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, Microphone and Speaker). 1.1 Features Controls 2 or 4 computers from a single console (keyboard/mouse) over USB connection by using standard USB cables.
1.2 Physical Diagram 1.3 Package Contents The product you purchased should contain the equipment and accessories shown as follows: 2-Port or 4-Port USB KVM with USB 2.0 Hub and Audio x 1 pcs. VGA+USB cable x 2 pcs/4 pcs. 3.5mm audio cable x 2 pcs/4 pcs. External power adaptor DC 5V 2A x 1 pcs User Manual x 1 pcs...
2 Specifications 2.1 General Specification Number Of Computer Controlled Selection Method Push Button/Hot Key Host Selected LED (RED) LEDs HUB Selected LED (Green) Auto Switch & Auto Scan LED (Green) Compliant with USB Version USB1.0 / USB1.1 / USB2.0 Compliant with HID Version USB HID 1.11 Video 2 x VGA WUXGA male...
2.2 LED Indicators Host Selected Indicators (RED) ON: Indicates which PC is available and selected. Flash: Indicates which Host PC is selected but is not available Hub Selected Indicators (GREEN) Indicates which PC is connecting with USB Hub downstream ports.. ...
Installation 2.3 System Requirements Computer: PC with 1 spare USB port and 1 VGA ports. (if you wish to share speakers and/or microphone, computer must also have available audio ports) Operating system: Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista/7/2003, Mac OS9/OSX, Linux Kernel 2.3 or later, Solaris 8 or later, Sun Microsystems OS. VGA cable to computer: 1 VGA female-to-male cable per computer.
Make sure that the USB function of your computer is enabled and working properly. Connects the USB cable Type-A end to the computer USB port, and the cable Type-B end to the KVM’s USB upstream port. Turn on the computers and make sure that the USB ports are enabled and working properly.
2.7 Driver Installation 2.7.1 OS without driver installation No driver is needed for the following operation systems. 1. Windows ME/2000/2003/XP/VISTA/7/2003 2. MAC OS9/OSX 3. Linux kernel 2.3 or later 4. Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 or later 2.7.2 Windows 98/SE After you connect this KVM Switch to your PC, Windows 98 will automatically detect the device and prompt for the driver installation.
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C. Please insert the “Windows 98” CD into your CD-ROM drive. Tick “CD-Rom drive” and press “Next” to continue. D. Press “Next” to start the installation process. E. Sometimes Windows cannot locate the necessary driver automatically. So you need to choose “Browse” to specify the location of the driver on your “Windows 98”...
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F. Press “OK” to continue. G. Press “Finish” to finish installing the USB Human Interface Device driver for keyboard & mouse.
3 Operations 3.1 Push button Operation You can switch to any desired USB host connection with audio together by pushing the push button on the front panel of KVM Switch. You can also disable Audio Auto-Switch function by Hotkey. Please refer section 4.4.1 Audio Auto-Switch Function.
3.3 USB Hub Selection 3.3.1 USB Hub Switch by Push Button You must enable Hub Auto-Switch function before you can use push button to switch USB Hub. There are two ways to toggle Hub Auto-Switch alternatively: Press any push button on KVM front panel for 3 seconds. By using hot key: [Scroll Lock] + [Scroll Lock] + [H] After Hub Auto-Switch function is enabled, the Hub auto-switch / Auto-Scan Indicator on front panel will turn ON statically, and USB hub...
[Scroll Lock] + [Scroll Lock] + [4]: Switch both host and hub to port 4 3.3.3 Hub Selected Indicator The Hub Selected LED (Green LED) on KVM front panel indicates the USB hub selection status: OFF: Indicates the USB hub is not active at this port. Indicates the USB hub is active at this port.
3.5 Auto-Scan Function: Auto-Scan Function: 3.5.1 Activate Auto-Scan Press [Scroll Lock] + [Scroll Lock] + [S] will activate Auto-Scan function, and the KVM will shift the display through all the ports sequentially. 3.5.2 Auto-Scan time Interval The default time interval of Auto-Scan is 5 seconds. You can press the numeric key [1], [2], [3], [4] to adjust the time interval during auto-scan.
3.6 Hot Key Summary Step 1 Step2 Action Enable/Disable USB HUB Auto-Switch Switch to host 1 Switch to host 2 Switch to host 3 Switch to host 4 Switch next host Switch the upper one host Switch the next one host Enable/Disable Audio Auto-Switch Switch to the audio 1 (Available only Audio Auto-Switch disabled)
3.7 Sun Microsystems Function Key Emulation: There are 16 special functions on the Sun Microsystems keyboard, the KVM Switch can emulate these function keys. Here is the mapping table for Sun Microsystems function key emulation. To active these emulation, you have to press the LEFT Window KEY first (this key usually is located between the left [Ctrl] and left [Alt]), then choice the second relative key.
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