Contents
AdderView CATxIP
Contents
Further information
Index
CAM formats
Many computers
Creating larger installations
Cascade installations
Enterprise installations
AdderView CATxIP 5000 features front and rear
What’s in the box
What you may additionally need
Mounting
Single unit rack brackets
Double unit rack brackets
Connections
Local user
To connect the local user port
AdderView CATxIP Rear panel
From video monitor From USB keyboard and mouse
Global users IP network port
To connect the IP network port for global users
AdderView CATxIP Front panel
Computer system via CAM
To connect a computer system
Power in connection
To connect the power supply
Output lead from Power adapter
Power control port
To connect and address the switch boxes
Switch
Multiple video head connections
Remote switching control
Host computer port/channel
Cable from serial Control device
Configuration
Overall initial configuration
Initial configuration
Main menu
Menu layout
Hotkeys
Security
General security and configuration steps
To enable general security
To set an Admin password
Registering users and host computers
What to do if the Admin password has been forgotten
To clear a password and restore factory default settings
Clearing IP access control
What is IP access control?
To clear IP access control
Full configuration by global user
To configure the unit from a global user location
Encryption settings
AdderView CATxIP 5000 encryption settings
Viewer encryption settings
Networking issues
Positioning AdderView CATxIP 5000 in the network
Port settings
Placing AdderView CATxIP 5000 behind a router or firewall
Addressing
Firewall/router address
To discover a DHCP-allocated IP address
DNS addressing
Placing AdderView CATxIP 5000 alongside the firewall
Ensuring sufficient security
Ports
Power switching configuration
Power control sequences
To configure the power sequences for each host computer
To control two or more ports simultaneously
Recovering from a failed upgrade
To upgrade AdderView CATxIP 5000 models
To invoke backup/recovery mode
Upgrading AdderView CATxIP 5000 models
Accessing the AdderView CATxIP
Front panel indicators
Local user access
Selecting a computer
To select a computer using the Select Host menu
When choosing
Standard hotkeys
Select Host menu here you can select computers by name
Show All Users
Logging in and out
To enable/disable the confirmation box
Confirmation status box
User preferences and functions
Orange dot indicators in the Select Host menu
Global user access
What will I see when I first login?
How do multiple users coexist?
Global user access via VNC viewer
To access via the VNC viewer
To download the VNC viewer
Options button
Global user access via web browser
To access via your web browser
Using the viewer window
When using the viewer window
Menu bar
Configure
Mouse pointers
Host selection
To select a host
Access mode shared/private
Power switching
Auto calibrate
Re-synchronise mouse
Controls
Enable Sun Translation
When entering codes
Video Settings
Keyboard Control
Using automatic configurations
Increased by 50% when a slow link is detected
Setting the Threshold manually
Screen contains only host system information
Advanced Video Settings
Show All Users
Custom Video Modes
Reduced Blanking
VNC hotkey selection
Viewer encryption settings
If you need to enter a port number
Supported web browsers
Troubleshooting
When logging on using VNC viewer, I cannot enter a username
Getting assistance
US +1 888 275
Appendix 1 Local setup menus
To access the local setup menus
Power Control
Restore Standard Mouse
Restore Intellimouse
Functions
Settings Blank, Moving Logo
Settings Disabled, Enabled
User Preferences
Screen Saver
Mouse Switching
User Timeout
Global Preferences
OSD Dwell Time
Setup Options
Logon Security
Auto Logout
Configuration
IP admin password, encryption settings, etc
Completely resets the AdderView CATxIP 5000 unit
IP address, net mask, VNC port, etc
Unit Configuration
Network Configuration
Serial Configuration
Settings Power Control, Sync Units
Settings 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600
Options Port
Reset Configuration
To reset the AdderView CATxIP 5000 configuration
Appendix 2 Configuration pages via viewer
To access the remote configuration pages
Main configuration Logged on users
User accounts
Unit configuration
Advanced unit configuration
Time & date configuration
Network configuration
IP Access Control
IP Network Mask
IP Gateway
Setting IP access control
To define a new IP access control entry
To reorder access control entries
To edit/remove access control entries
Serial port configuration
Options Port Use
Baud Rate
Host configuration
Erase Host Configuration
Add entry for unrecognised host
Sort
Logging and status
To copy and paste the log
Syslog Server IP Address
For further details To get here
Ldap configuration
Appendix 3 VNC viewer connection options
Colour/Encoding
Auto select
Preferred encoding
Enable all inputs
Disable all inputs view-only mode
Inputs
Customise
Misc
Scaling
No Scaling
Scale to Window Size
Custom Size
Defaults Reload
Defaults Save
Identities
Load / Save
Appendix 4 VNC viewer window options
Appendix 5 Browser viewer options
Encoding and colour level
Security
Appendix 6 Addresses, masks and ports
IP addresses
Net masks
Net masks the binary explanation
Operation with net mask
Binary equivalent
Binary octet after
Calculating the mask for IP access control
Single locations
All locations
Address ranges
Security issues with ports
Ports
Appendix 7 Cascading multiple units
See also
Cascade tree
Connecting units in cascade
Tips for successful cascading
To connect units in cascade
Using cascaded computers
Addressing computers in a cascade
Appendix 8 Cable and connector specifications
AdderView CATxIP 5000 to power switch cable
Power switch to power switch daisy chain cable
Multi-head synchronisation cable
Appendix 9 Hotkey sequence codes
Permissible key presses
Creating macro sequences
Appendix 10 Supported video modes
Warranty
Safety information
General Public License Linux
End user licence agreement
Radio Frequency Energy
European EMC directive 89/336/EEC
FCC Compliance Statement United States
Canadian Department of Communications RFI statement
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Index
Options port Upgrade failure Connection Baud rate