Rose electronic ULTRAMATRIX 4xE, ULTRAMATRIX 2xE Serial Device Support, Serial device support

SERIAL DEVICE SUPPORT

Serial device support

The serial feature is available on the multi-platform models only with an OSD (on-screen-display) chips revision of O4.2 or greater, firmware program MXP21C or greater and kernel MXK20 or greater. If the firmware, kernel, or chips are not the correct revision, they must be updated. The chips can be upgraded by purchasing an upgrade kit, part number ICK-O51 (includes chips ICE-89C51/O51 and ICE- 1441/A21. All CPU cards in a unit must be upgraded. The firmware and kernel updates are free from our web site at www.rose.com (technical support section).

The serial feature allows you to connect a KVM station to a serial device such as the serial port on a Unix or Sun computer, a communication device, or any device with a serial port. The serial device is connected to the DB25F CPU port on the UltraMatrix with a serial cable (See Appendix C for serial cable part numbers). Any CPU port can be configured to be a serial port. When you switch to that port, you are connected to the serial device and can access it as you normally would.

To configure a CPU port for a serial application, call up the main menu ([Ctrl] – F12), and then select computer and press [Enter]. From the configure computer menu, use the up/down arrow keys to select the desired computer to configure for serial, then use the left arrow key and select the keyboard field for the selected computer and press [Enter]. A selection box will display listing the supported choices. Use the up/down arrow keys and select the serial baud rate to configure the CPU port for and press [Enter]. Save the changes to flash memory. Once saved, that CPU port is configured for serial support.

(See Figure 22)

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