Troubleshooting

Symptom

Possible Cause

Action

 

 

 

Keyboard

Loose cables

Check all keyboard cable connections to make sure

not

 

they are completely seated in their sockets.

responding

 

 

Keyboard needs

Unplug the keyboard from the Console Keyboard

 

 

to be reset

Port, then plug it back in.

 

 

 

 

Switch needs to

Turn off the computers. Unplug the KVM cables from

 

be reset

the unit. Wait five seconds; then plug the cables

 

 

back in and turn the computers on.

 

 

 

 

Switch is in Auto

Press the [Spacebar] to exit Auto Scan or Last/Next

 

Scan Mode or

Mode.

 

Last/Next Mode

 

 

 

 

Pressing

Selected port

Manually change to a connected port by pressing an

Hotkeys

connects to a

appropriate Port Selection switch.

Gets No

powered Off

 

Resend the Hotkey command selecting a port that

Response.

computer.

 

 

has a powered On computer attached.

 

 

 

 

Master View is in

Press the [Spacebar] to exit Auto Scan or Last/Next

 

Auto Scan or

Mode.

 

Last/Next Mode.

 

 

 

 

Mouse

Loose cables.

Check all mouse cable connections to make sure

Problem

 

they are completely seated in their sockets.

 

 

 

 

Use of Mouse

This unit is designed to only work with PS/2 mice

 

Port Adapters

and computers with PS/2 type mouse ports. PS/2

 

 

mouse signals and serial mouse signals are different

 

 

– adapters will not convert the signals – therefore,

 

 

the computer must be equipped with a PS/2 type

 

 

mouse port. Serial mouse ports with adapters

 

 

cannot be used.

 

 

 

 

Master View

Turn off the computers. Unplug the KVM cables from

 

needs to be

the switch. Wait five seconds; then plug the cables

 

reset.

back in and turn the computers on.

 

 

 

 

Incorrect Mouse

Check your Device Manager to be sure that the

 

Driver.

correct driver for your mouse (obtained from the

 

 

manufacturer, or supplied by the operating system),

 

 

has been installed. The CS-84A only supports all the

 

 

extra features of the Microsoft Intellimouse and the

 

 

scroll wheel function of most other mice.

 

 

 

Video

Resolution and/or

This unit supports VGA, SVGA, Multisync, and XGA

Problems

Bandwidth set

(interlaced), with resolutions of up to 1920x1440.

 

too high.

The maximum bandwidth is 150 MHz.

 

 

 

 

Cable quality not

Using high quality cables should eliminate possible

 

good enough.

video problems.

 

 

 

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