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Troubleshooting:

Ensure that all cables are well seated. Check that keyboard/mouse cables are not swapped. Label and bundle the cables for each computer to avoid confusion when connected to the StarView.

Symptom

Possible causes

Recommended solutions

No OSD screen

￿No power to StarView

 

￿Establish power by turning on

 

 

 

 

computers, wait, press left CTRL

 

 

￿Loose monitor

 

keys several times.

 

 

connection

 

￿Reconnect monitor

 

 

Monitor not multi-sync

 

￿Use multi-sync monitor

Keyboard error

 

￿Loose keyboard

 

￿Make sure keyboard cables are

on boot

 

connection

 

Well seated

Master/slave

 

￿Improper

 

￿Make sure slave’s CONSOLE is

does not work

 

installation procedures

 

connected to Master’s PC 1~ PC

 

 

 

 

8 port

 

 

 

 

￿Press and hold the 1 and 2

 

 

 

 

push buttons to initiate K/M reset

 

 

 

 

￿Remove any possible power

 

 

 

 

supply to the slave (unplug all

 

 

 

 

cables), before connecting it to

 

 

 

 

the Master

Keyboard

 

￿The computer was in

 

￿Press both SHIFT keys

strokes shifted

 

shifted state when last

 

 

 

 

switched

 

 

The ￿ and ￿

 

￿All PCs are off or only

 

￿Turn computers on.

keys do not

 

one PC is turned on.

 

 

work in Manual

 

Scan mode works for

 

￿Press any other key to abort

Scan

 

power-on computers only

Manual Scan mode.

 

 

￿Scan type is eye mark

 

￿Set proper Scan type in OSD

 

 

selected but no PC is eye

and determine which PCs are

 

 

mark selected in OSD.

 

eye mark selected, do it in OSD.

Auto Scan does

￿All PCs are off or only

 

￿Turn on computers

not switch PC

 

one PC is turned on.

 

￿Set proper Scan Type in OSD

and StarView

 

Scan mode works for

 

and determine which PCs are

beeps from

 

power-on computers only

eye mark selected, do it in OSD.

time to time and

￿Scan type is eye mark

 

￿Press left CTRL key twice to

red indicator

 

selected but no power-up

abort Auto Scan mode.

flashes

 

PC is eye mark selected

 

￿Press any front button to select

 

 

in OSD.

 

a PC, and Auto Scan stops.

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