3.8Mouse control
The channels can conveniently be changed on the LINDY CPU Switch by using a three button mouse or IntelliMouse. In order to switch to the next channel simply hold down the central mouse button or wheel button and click on the left hand mouse button. The channel will then change.
3.9RS232 control
IMPORTANT NOTE
RS232 control is supported on all LINDY CPU Switches except the LINDY CPU 2 Switch
LINDY CPU Switch can be controlled by a remote RS232 device. To select a channel the data rate of the sending device must be set to 1200 baud, 8 bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. No handshaking is used by the LINDY CPU Switch. Simply send the character for the channel which needs to be selected, for example ASCII ‘1’ (hex code 31) will select channel 1, ASCII ‘2’ (hex code 32) will select channel 2 and so on. Ports 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are selected by sending ASCII codes A, B, C, D, E, F and G respectively.
3.10 LINDY CPU Switch Remote control
IMPORTANT NOTE
The remote control is only supported on the LINDY CPU 4, 4 OSD & 8 OSD Switches
This small remote control device (see figure 5) duplicates the LED and SELECT key off the front of the LINDY CPU Switch to provide a remote means of switching channels. The status display shows the channel selected and mouse / keyboard and data activity.
3.11Cascading LINDY CPU Switches
Any number of LINDY CPU Switches can be connected together to expand the number of connected computers. This can be particularly useful where clusters of computers are located some distance from each other because each unit acts as data booster and can each be up to 30 metres away from the next LINDY CPU Switch. The channel can be selected on remote LINDY CPU Switch units using an extension of the HOTKEY control function or using the On Screen Menu which will store over 300 names. The On Screen Menu is recommended for selecting computers on cascaded LINDY CPU Switches as this avoids the need to use long hotkey sequences that may be hard to remember. When using the On Screen Menu, limit the cascade depth to three levels (the maximum number of port digits that can be added to the menu).
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