Minicom Advanced Systems DX System

USER GUIDE

11.2.1 Configuring individual input ports

Configure the input ports to display the DX User icon.

To configure the input ports:

1. On the picture of the switch in the DX System Configuration window, click an

input port . The Configuration box appears see Figure 28.

Figure 28 Configuration box

2. Input Type - From the menu select User Unit. The Configuration box now

appears as in Figure 29.

Figure 29 Configuration box

3. KB Mode – This setting refers to the operating system of an optional local

computer connected to a DX User. When there is no local computer you can

ignore this setting.

The system operates with all major operating systems. By default the KB mode is

set to PS/2 which is suitable for most operating systems.

Listed below is the keyboard mode for particular UNIX systems:

· U1 for HP UX

· U2 for Alpha UNIX, SGI, Open VMS

· U3 for IBM AIX

Set the KB mode according to above list.

Contents

Main DX System User Guide Table of Contents Page Page Welcome 1. Introduction 2. Pre-installation guidelines Page USER GUIDE 8 3. DX system outline MINICOM Figure 1 DX system outline DX 832 3.2 DX User units Figure 4 illustrates the front panel of the DX User unit. DX User Figure 4 DX User front panel Page 4. Connecting the DX system Page 13 X-RICC RS232 X-RICC SUN DX Central X-RICC PS/2 CAT5 cables Up to 100M / 330ft To Server ports I 0 Page Page Page 5. Power management 6. Connecting Legacy KVM switches 7. Cascading DX Central units 19 0 Figure 16 Cascaded DX Central units connected with a Crossover cable The table below shows the Ethernet RJ 45 Connector pin-out. USER GUIDE Figure 17 Cascaded DX Central units connected to a hub/switch Figure 18 Configuration Wizard Page Page 8. Powering on the system 9. Configuration wizard (non-DX cascaded system) 10. Logging in 11. Configuring the DX system Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 12. Creating/editing Users and Groups Page Page Page Page Page 13. Arranging devices Page Page Page Page 14. Scanning a group of servers 15. Adjusting the picture quality 16. Connect - Private 17. Disconnect User 18. Connecting to a local computer 19. Updating the DX Central Page Page 20. Updating the DX User and XRICCS/RICCs Page 21. Events log Page 22. Troubleshooting - Resetting the DX Central 23. USB / SUN Combo keys 24. Technical specifications System DX units 25. Terminal hotkeys