1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing of 4 Ports USB DUAL VGA KVM Switch with Audio. You now have a high quality and durability system to control multiple computers/servers from one console (Mouse, Keyboard, Dual Monitor, Microphone and Speaker). 1.1 Features dual-video Controls 4 enabled computers from a single console (keyboard/mouse)
1.2 Physical Diagram 1.3 Package Contents The product you purchased should contain the equipment and accessories shown as follows: 1 x 4 Ports USB Dual VGA KVM Switch with Audio. 4 x USB/VGA cable. 4 x Specific USB-Audio cable. 1 x External power adaptor DC 5V 2A 1 x User Manual - 4 -...
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 8 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.. ...
3 Installation 3.1 System Requirements Computer: PC with 1 spare USB port and 2 VGA ports. Operating system: Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS9/OSX, Linux Kernel 2.3 or later, Solaris 8 or later, Sun Microsystems OS. VGA cable to computer: 2 VGA female-to-male cable per computer. (accessory).
and the VGA input port of KVM. 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.
Since Sun Microsystems does not support multiple keyboard and mouse, please make sure only one set of keyboard and mouse on your KVM and your Sun Microsystems computer. 3.5 Driver Installation 3.5.1 OS without driver installation No driver is needed for the following operation systems. 1.
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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. - 11 -...
4 Operations 4.1 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.
[Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [Left Arrow] Switch control to next host [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [Right Arrow] or [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [Enter] 4.2.5 [ALT] Channel Shift Function [ALT] channel shift function is OFF by default. After [ALT] channel shift function is enabled, you can press left [ALT] or right [ALT] key twice, the active host will automatically shift to left or right one channel (channel decrease / increase to next).
loading if user changes active port very fast. 4.3.2 Hot Key Switch for USB Hub Selection If Hub Auto-Switch function is disabled, the USB hub switch is independent from host port. You can use the following hot keys to switch USB hub to specific port: [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [Q]: Switch USB hub to port 1 [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [W]: Switch USB hub to port 2...
Switch audio to port 1 [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [X]: Switch audio to port 2 [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [C]: Switch audio to port 3 [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [V]: Switch audio to port 4 4.5 Auto-Scan Function: 4.5.1 Activate Auto-Scan Press [Hot Key] + [Hot Key] + [S] will activate Auto-Scan function, and...
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4.8 Hot Key Summary Step 1 Step2 Action Set leading hot key to [Scroll Lock] Set leading hot key to [Caps Lock] Set leading hot key to [Num Lock] 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...
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Restore to factory default settings. Start to Auto-Scan Auto-Scan time interval is 5 seconds (Available only when Auto-Scan function is ON) Auto-Scan time interval is 10 seconds (Available only when Auto-Scan function is ON) No [Hot Key] needed Auto-Scan time interval is 15 seconds (Available only when Auto-Scan function is ON) Auto-Scan time interval is 20 seconds (Available only when Auto-Scan function is ON)
4.9 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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