OVERVIEW 4
Vista L-Series Installation and Operations Manual
System overview
The Vista L-series switch is designed to provide seamles s, trouble-free
switching from a single KVM station to any connected CPU. You can
switch to the connected computers by simple keyboard com mands or
using the front panel buttons. Vistas’ with the On-Screen Dis play option
(OSD) can switch to the connected computers from an on-sc reen menu.
Figure 1 shows a typical configuration using the Vista 8 port s witch with
DB25 connectors. Up to 8 CPUs can be connected to the Vista 8 port
switch and accessed from a single KVM station.
KVM station
A KVM station, consisting of a keyboard, video monitor and m ouse,
connects directly to the Vista switches’ KVM connectors. T he KVM station
can switch its keyboard, video monitor and mouse to any of the connected
CPUs and fully control that CPU if authorized. Files and folder s can be
managed, applications can be executed, upgrades can be p erformed, and
general maintenance done from the KVM station.
The keyboard, video monitor and mouse used for the KVM stat ion should
be compatible with all of the CPU that will be connected. T he KVM
stations mouse must be a PS/2 mouse. It cannot be a seria l mouse. The
Vista switch will translate the KVMs PS/2 mouse move ments and present
it in serial form to CPUs with serial mouse connections. T he KVM
connectors on the Vista switch are HD-15F for the video m onitor and
MiniDin-6F for the keyboard and mouse.
CPU connections
The CPU connectors on the Vista switch depend on the m odel ordered.
The “U” model connectors are DB25F for each CPU. The “PC” model
connectors are HD15F (video) and MiniDin-6F (keyboard an d mouse) for
each CPU. Attached CPUs that use a serial mouse, use adapt er ACC-
KVM6F9F to connect to the CPUs serial port (do not substitute) .