TROUBLESHOOTING

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Problem

 

Cause

 

Solution

Remote Unit power

 

Power supply is not connected or

 

Make sure outlet is live and transformer is plugged-in.

LED does not

 

plugged-in.

 

Make sure 9VDC jack is fully connected to the Remote

illuminate

 

 

 

 

Unit.

Local Unit power LED

 

Power supply is not connected or

 

Make sure outlet is live and transformer is plugged-in.

does not illuminate

 

plugged-in.

 

Make sure 9VDC jack is fully connected to the Local Unit.

 

 

 

 

 

No video on monitor

 

One or more video cables is loose or

 

Check all video cable connections

 

 

disconnected.

 

Make sure power LED is illuminated for local and remote.

 

 

No Power to Remote or Local Units.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If not, see both solutions above.

 

 

Video Cable was not attached when

 

With all the cables properly connected, reboot the CPU.

 

 

CPU was booted.

 

Check cable connections. Make sure they are snapped-in

 

 

CAT5 cable is not connected.

 

 

properly and completely.

 

 

 

Check cable connections. Make sure they are snapped-in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

properly and completely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video picture is not

 

All Video Cables are not firmly

 

Check all connections. Make sure all cables are fully

sharp or is smeared

 

seated.

 

 

seated.

 

 

CAT5 cable is too long.

 

Verify length is within specified limits-300'.

 

 

The CAT5 cable is not properly

 

Check cable connections. Make sure they are snapped-in

 

 

connected.

 

 

properly and completely.

 

 

Video quality is not set properly.

 

See pg. 10 for instruction on "Video Quality Adjustment".

Monitor sometimes

 

Electrical power system is very noisy,

 

Make sure the interconnection cable is not near any power

loses sync, causing it

 

particularly the ground.

 

 

lines.

to go blank for a

 

The CAT5 cable is not properly

 

Check cable connections. Make sure they are snapped-in

second or two

 

connected.

 

 

properly and completely.

The picture on the

 

The video cable was not attached to the

 

With the cables all properly connected, reboot the CPU.

monitor is black and

 

CPU when it was booted.

 

 

 

white, rather than color

 

 

 

 

 

A constant vertical

 

CAT5 cable is too close to a strong power

 

Reroute CAT5 cable if possible.

wobble appears down

 

source.

 

 

 

the screen

 

 

 

 

 

PC boots with no error

 

Keyboard cable is loose.

 

Reseat Keyboard cable and check again.

messages, but the

 

Keyboard in use is not compatible.

 

Make sure Keyboard is directly connected, not

keyboard does not

 

 

 

 

through a PS/2 to USB adapter.

work

 

 

 

 

 

Wrong or missing

 

The keyboard may be in the wrong mode.

 

Disconnect keyboard at Remote Unit end and reconnect.

characters from those

 

 

 

Reboot the system.

typed

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting the

 

Older keyboards may require higher

 

Change to a newer keyboard.

keyboard effects the

 

current than our unit supplies.

 

 

 

video

 

 

 

 

 

Mouse cursor appears

 

Mouse cable is loose or

 

Check for quality cable connections to mouse at Remote

on the screen, but the

 

disconnected.

 

 

Unit end.

mouse does not work

 

Mouse is not compatible.

 

Make sure mouse is USB type.

 

 

Remote connections didn’t

 

Power down the Remote Unit and then power up again.

 

 

initialize.

 

 

 

Cannot enter

 

User is trying to access Command

 

Command Mode is not accessible at the Local Unit. Try again

Command Mode

 

Mode from the devices connected to

 

from devices connected to the Remote Unit. (See page 10.)

 

 

the Local Unit

 

 

 

Mouse is not working

 

ST-C5USBV-300 is not operating in MAC

 

Check to see if MAC mode LED is illuminated. If not, enable

as configured when

 

mode

 

MAC mode (see page 11)

connected to a MAC

 

 

 

 

 

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