Lindy MC5-IP User Manual
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Contents
MC5 features - front and rear ....................................................5
What’s in the box ........................................................................6
What you may additionally need ...............................................6
Mounting .....................................................................................7
Connections .................................................................................8
Local user.................................................................................9
Remote user (via User Station).............................................10
Global user (IP network port) ..............................................11
Computer system (via CAM).................................................12
Modem/ISDN port .................................................................13
Power in connection.............................................................14
Power control port ...............................................................15
Cascading multiple units ......................................................16
How cascade connections operate..................................17
Addressing computers in a cascade ................................18
Connecting MC5 units in cascade....................................19
Using cascaded computers...............................................20
Testing specific links to cascaded computers..................20
Multiple video head connections ........................................21
Overall initial configuration ....................................................22
Configuration menus ................................................................23
Configuration menus layout ................................................24
General security and configuration steps ................................24
Registering users (edit user list)................................................25
Registering computers (edit computer list) .............................26
Video compensation..................................................................27
Computer video compensation............................................28
Remote user video compensation .......................................29
Remote user skew adjustment.............................................30
Autoscanning.............................................................................32
Saving and restoring configuration settings ...........................33
What to do if the ADMIN password has been forgotten...34
Hot plugging and mouse restoration..................................35
Initial IP configuration ..............................................................36
IP configuration by global user ................................................37
Encryption settings....................................................................38
Networking issues .....................................................................39
Positioning the MC5-IP in the network ...............................39
Placing the MC5-IP behind a router or firewall .............40
Placing the MC5-IP alongside the firewall......................42
Power switching configuration ................................................43
The KVMADMIN utility .............................................................44
Performing upgrades ................................................................45
Upgrading MC5 models and CAMs......................................45
Upgrading MC5-IP models ...................................................47