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Resetting user port keyboards and mice

The SmartView World provides the option to perform a complete power off reset of the keyboard and mouse that are connected to a selected user port. This can be useful if you wish to disconnect the keyboard or mouse and replace them with alternatives. Keyboards will enable themselves automatically if they are disconnected and then re-connected to the SmartView World. Mice will not normally re-enable themselves after they have been disconnected and re-connected although they will do so automatically if the SmartView World channel has been changed whilst the mouse is disconnected.

Consequently you will normally need to perform a power-off reset of the user port if you have disconnected and re-connected a mouse. The power off reset function only affects the selected user port and does not affect any of the computer connections or any of the other user ports.

To perform a power-off reset for a selected user port

1Press the USER key on the front panel of the SmartView to select the user port whose keyboard and mouse you wish to reset.

2The selected user port number should now be shown on the green USER display.

3Press and hold down the USER key for 5 seconds until the green USER display goes off. The keyboard and mouse will then be powered off.

4As soon as the green display goes off, release the USER key. The green display will then resume and a few seconds later the keyboard and mouse will be powered on, ready for use.

Power switching configuration

Power switch configuration comprises three main steps:

•Configure the serial port to the same settings used by the power switch boxes.

•Configure a power ON string for each power port.

•Configure a power OFF string for each port.

The procedures used to achieve the latter two steps are almost identical. For each power port there needs to be a valid ‘Power ON string’ and similarly an appropriate ‘Power OFF string’. In each case, the strings are a short sequence of characters that combine a port address and a power on or off value. Where a particular computer has more than one power input (and thus requires an equivalent number of power ports to control them), collections of strings can be associated to switch all of the required ports together as a group.

To configure the power-control serial port

1Display the KVM configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. The settings given below are for the EPS-S8 power switch - other power switches may require different settings.

2 The ‘Function’ should be highlighted, press .

3Use to highlight ‘Power Control’ and press .

4 Use to highlight ‘Serial Port Setup’ and press .

5 Press until the ‘Baud Rate’ entry shows ‘9600’.

6 Use to highlight ‘Format’ and press until the entry shows ‘NONE.8.1’. 7 Press to quit the screen and save the settings.

To configure the power strings for each computer

1 Switch to the computer port whose power port(s) need to be set.

2Display the KVM configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.

3The ‘Function’ option should be highlighted, press .

4 Use to highlight ‘Power Control’ and press .

5 Use to highlight ‘Edit Power ON String’ and press .

6Edit the power switch string according to the guidelines given overleaf in the Editing power strings section. If the current computer port requires more

than one power port, press to begin editing the next string for the next associated port. Up to four ports may be grouped in this way.

7 Press to save and exit.

8Repeat steps 5 to 7 for the corresponding ‘Edit Power OFF String’.

For details about operating this feature, see Using remote power switching section within the Operation chapter.

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