KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai User Manual

No.

Component

Description

 

 

 

1

Port Selection

Š Press a pushbutton to give the KVM focus to the computer

 

Pushbuttons

attached to its corresponding port.

 

 

Š Simultaneously pressing pushbuttons 1 and 2 for 3 seconds

 

 

performs a Keyboard and Mouse Reset.

 

 

Š Simultaneously pressing pushbuttons 15 and 16 starts Auto

 

 

Scan Mode.

 

 

 

2

Port LEDs

The Port LEDs are built into the Port Selection Pushbuttons. The

 

 

left ones are the On Line LEDs; the right ones are the Selected

 

 

Port LEDs:

 

 

Š An ONLINE LED lights GREEN to indicate that the computer

 

 

attached to its corresponding port is up and running. A flashing

 

 

LED indicates that the Port is being used for cascading to

 

 

another switch.

 

 

Š A SELECTED LED lights ORANGE to indicate that the computer

 

 

attached to its corresponding port is the one that has the KVM

 

 

focus. The LED is steady under normal conditions, but flashes

 

 

when its port is accessed under Auto Scan Mode.

 

 

 

3

Reset Switch

Pressing this switch in performs a system reset.

 

 

Note: The switch is recessed and must be pushed with a thin

 

 

object - such as the end of a paper clip, or a ballpoint pen.

 

 

 

4

Laptop USB

This mini-USB port allows a laptop to be connected for local

 

Console Port

access and control. See Laptop USB Console Login, page 50 for

 

 

further details.

 

 

 

5

Firmware

During normal operation and while performing a firmware upgrade,

 

Upgrade

this switch should be in the NORMAL position. If a firmware

 

Recovery

upgrade operation does not complete successfully, this switch is

 

Switch

used to perform a firmware upgrade recovery.

 

 

 

6

Firmware

The Firmware Upgrade Cable that transfers the firmware upgrade

 

Upgrade Port

data from the administrator's computer to the KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai

 

 

(see page 34), plugs into this RJ-11 connector.

 

 

 

7

Power LED

Lights to indicate that the KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai is powered up and

 

 

ready to operate.

 

 

 

8

Station ID LED

The KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai's Station ID is displayed here. If this is a

 

 

Single Station installation (see page 14), or the First Station on a

 

 

Daisy Chained installation (see page 18), the KH1508Ai /

 

 

KH1516Ai has a Station ID of 01.

 

 

On a Daisy Chained installation, the KH1508Ai / KH1516Ai auto-

 

 

senses its position and displays the Station ID that corresponds to its

 

 

place in the chain. (see Port ID Numbering, page 24, for details).

 

 

 

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