Tripp Lite B004-VUA2-K-R owner manual Introduction, Installation, Operation, Manual Push-Buttons

Introduction

The B004-VUA2-K-R is a 2-port Compact USB KVM Switch with optional audio and microphone switching function. It allows you to access, control, boot and reboot multiple USB-enabled PCs. The independent audio/mic switching function allows an uninterrupted audio signal from either PC even when you switch to the other PC.

For Windows® and Macintosh® users, it provides innovative, easy-to-use KVM Switcher Software—a small windows client application to facilitate your KVM switching operations such as PC selection and hot key sequence programming, auto-scanning, auto-scan delay time programming, independent/simultaneous audio & PC switching and more.

Installation

Take the companion CD-ROM and the KVM Switch out of the box and follow the steps below for installation.

Step 1. Insert the companion CD-ROM into your CD drive, and the Auto-run screen will pop up (If the Auto-run feature has not been enabled on your computer, just find the Autorun.exe on the CD-ROM and double- click it to start).

Step 2. For Windows/Mac: Click the “Software Installation for Window/Mac” to start the installation. (If the Mac version software does not start, you will need to copy it to your local hard drive on your Mac). Follow the instructions to completion. When the installation is complete, you will see a

KVM Switcher icon on the system tray of your desktop. Right-click to evoke the operation menu and double-click to evoke the configuration box. For operation details of the KVM Switcher software, please refer to the KVM Switcher Operation Reference.

Installation (continued)

Step 3. Connect the console (USB keyboard, mouse, monitor, speaker/headphone and microphone) to the respective ports on the KVM Switch.

Step 4. Connect each KVM PC port to a computer, using the slim 3-in-1 KVM combo cable and the audio/mic cable. After you have connected the KVM and computers properly, you can operate the KVM Switch immediately.

• Some older computers with USB interface might need to manually enable the USB option in the BIOS settings before you can use any USB devices. If your USB interface does not work, please check the USB option in the BIOS.

• If you use Windows 95/98/SE or Mac OS and have	1	2
not yet installed a USB mouse on your computer,
there may be an error message telling you that
mouse is not detected and prompting you to decide
whether to ignore the same message in the future.
You will also find that there isn’t any mouse
movement to disable this message. You will need
to install your USB mouse on your computer first,
before connecting it to this KVM Switch.

Operation

There are three methods to control your KVM Switch for PC and Audio/Mic channel selection: using (1) the face-panel push buttons, (2) the hot key sequences, or (3) the KVM Switching Software.

Manual Push-Buttons

The manual push-buttons on the unit allow you direct control over KVM switching operation. Simply press the button to switch to the corresponding PC port (and audio/mic channel, if binding is enabled). By default, PC port switching and audio/mic port switching are bound together, unless you specify the audio to be fixed a specific port.

•The Windows switching software is recommended for use on Windows 98 SE or later. The Mac switching software is recommended for use on Mac OS 10.4 [Tiger].

•The KVM Switcher Software supports both Windows and Mac OS operating systems. For other OS platforms such as Linux, you can still use the keyboard hot key - ScrLk + ScrLK - to switch PCs. However, this switching hot key is not available on non-PC platform such as Mac OS.

Window Mac OS

No live connection detected Current active PC channel is on port 1

Current active PC channel

is on port 2

•You can use the face-panel button to switch to an empty port that is not connected with any computer. If you use keyboard hotkeys or the KVM Switcher software, you will not be able to switch to an empty port.

Keyboard Hot Keys

User-definable hot keys for PC selection:

Hot key sequence = Ctrl - Alt - [command key]*

* Please refer to the next section for keys that are qualified to be used as a command key.

•Note that these 3 keys should be pressed and held together. And it is upon the release of all three keys that the switching action will be executed.

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