Rose electronic 16X, 8X, 4X manual Features

Features

Upgradability

￿Free lifetime base firmware upgrades, based on flash memory technology, provide new features and improvements. Base firmware upgrades are available from our web site at www.rose.com.

Security

￿Unique configuration password for persons authorized to perform configuration maintenance.

￿User names and passwords allow controlled access to computers with sensitive information, system data, or restricted applications.

￿Computers can be assigned to a unique group, allowing authorized access only.

￿Four connect modes; View, Share, Control, and Private provide flexibility in configuring the UltraMatrix switch to conform to your security requirements.

￿Profiles can be defined and assigned to each user that defines which computers they have access to and the connect mode.

Flexibility

￿Modular design makes for easy installation, maintenance, and expandability.

￿Plug-in expansion boards make the UltraMatrix switch easy to extend to other switches.

￿Pre-configuration of the switch allows for installation without powering the computers/servers down.

￿Switching to computers can be done by keyboard commands, an on-screen list of computers, or by commands through the RS232 serial port.

￿Multi-language capabilities.

￿Integrated auto-switching power supply accepts 90-240 VAC sources.

On-screen display technology

￿The UltraMatrix video pops-up over the computer application display or is automatically generated.

￿Easy to use menus guide you through the configuration process.

￿The connection status for all computers can be displayed.

￿Menus and display windows can be configured with solid or transparent colors.

￿One of four screen saver options can be selected.

Compatibility

￿A variety of hardware platforms can be connected simultaneously to the UltraMatrix switch without interference, including PCs, Sun systems, IBM RS/6000, HP, DEC, SGI, and others.

￿Full keyboard and mouse emulation and video resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 ensures trouble-free access to most software applications.

￿Serial support using VT100, VT102, and VT202 terminal emulation.

￿Standard TTY mode automatically scrolls incoming data.

	KVM compatibility
Keyboards	PC, Unix, and most US and foreign QWERTY keyboards, Japanese and Korean keyboards with or
	without Windows keys, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 109, Sun. Some older XT/AT auto-sensing or single
	mode keyboards may not be compatible.
Monitors	VGA, SVGA, XGA, Composite
Mice	Standard PS/2, PS/2 wheel, Sun
	CPU compatibility
Computers	Industry standard PCs, Unix systems, Sun, IBM RS/6000, DEC, HP, SGI, Apple, and others
Keyboards	Standard PC mode 1, 2, or 3 in PS/2 or AT, USB, Sun, Apple ADB*. Some older XT/AT auto-sensing
	or single mode keyboards may not be compatible.
Monitors	VGA, SVGA, XGA, Composite, Sync-of-green
Mice	Standard PS/2, PS/2 wheel, Serial (2 or 3 button), USB, Sun, Apple ADB*

* Requires use of Rose translator: CNV-MACPS and Rose cable.

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ULTRAMATRIX “UMX” SERIES INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL