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| Chapter 1. Introduction |
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1 | Port Selection | Press a pushbutton to give the KVM focus to the computer |
| Pushbuttons | attached to its corresponding port. |
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| Simultaneously pressing Pushbuttons 1 and 2 for 3 seconds |
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| performs a keyboard and mouse reset. |
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| Simultaneously pressing Pushbuttons 7 and 8 of the |
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| KH2508A or Buttons 15 and 16 of the KH2516A starts Auto |
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| Scan mode (see F7: SCAN, page 36, for auto scan details). |
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2 | Port LEDs | The Port LEDs are built into the Port Selection Pushbuttons. |
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| The left ones are the On Line LEDs; the right ones are the |
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| Selected Port LEDs: |
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| An On Line LED lights GREEN to indicate that the computer |
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| attached to its corresponding port is up and running. A |
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| flashing LED indicates that the Port is being used for |
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| cascading to another switch. |
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| A Selected LED lights ORANGE to indicate that the computer |
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| attached to its corresponding port is the one that has the |
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| KVM focus. The LED is steady under normal conditions, but |
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| flashes when its port is accessed under Auto Scan mode |
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| (see F7: SCAN, page 36, for auto scan details).. |
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3 | Reset Switch | Pressing this switch in performs a system reset. |
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| Note: The switch is recessed and must be pushed with a small |
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| object, such as the end of a paper clip, or a ballpoint pen. |
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4 | Console | Press a pushbutton to select a console for manual port |
| Selection | selection. When you press one of the manual port selection |
| Pushbuttons | pushbuttons the selected console will be connected to that port. |
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| The LED next to the pushbutton indicates which console is |
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| selected. |
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5 | Firmware | During normal operation and while performing a firmware |
| Upgrade | upgrade, this switch should be in the NORMAL position. If a |
| Recovery | firmware upgrade operation does not complete successfully, |
| Switch | this switch is used to perform a firmware upgrade recovery. |
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| See Firmware Upgrade Recovery, page 56 for details. |
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6 | Firmware | The Firmware Upgrade Cable that transfers the firmware |
| Upgrade Port | upgrade data from the administrator's computer to the KH2508A |
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| / KH2516A (see page 51), plugs into this |
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7 | Power LED | Lights to indicate that the KH2508A / KH2516A is powered and |
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| ready to operate. |
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8 | Station ID | The KH2508A / KH2516A's Station ID is displayed here. If this is |
| LED | a single station installation (see page 14), or the first station on |
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| a daisy chained installation (see page 17), the KH2508A / |
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| KH2516A has a station ID of 01. |
On a daisy chained installation, the KH2508A / KH2516A auto- senses its position and displays the station ID that corresponds to its place in the chain. (see Port ID Numbering, page 21, for details).
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