User manual, The remote unit, Installation of the kvm extender usb units – Lindy 32388 User Manual

Page 4: Operation, Troubleshooting, Local unit, Remote unit

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USER MANUAL

© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (June 2002)

The Remote Unit

LEDs
The Remote Unit has two LEDs (Status and On Line) to indicate the status of the Local and Remote units.

USB Keyboard and Mouse Port, Monitor Port
The remote USB keyboard and USB mouse plug into these connectors.
The remote monitor plugs into this connector.

Right Side Connector: Remote I/O
The Category 5 cable (RJ-45 connector) that connects back to the Local Unit plugs into this socket.

Installation of the KVM Extender USB Units

Setting up the KVM Extender System is simply a matter of plugging in the cables:

1. Make sure that all the equipment to be connected up is powered off.

2. Plug the cables from the local console devices (mouse, keyboard, monitor), into their ports on the Console side
of the Local Unit (KVM EXTENDER USB).

3. Plug the appropriate connectors on the USB and VGA cables into the CPU side of the KVM EXTENDER USB.

Note: A monitor extension cable male/female has to be used.

4. Plug the connectors on the other end of this cables into the appropriate ports on the computer system (or USB
KVM switch).

5. Plug either end of the Category 5 cable into the KVM EXTENDER USB Local Unit’s Remote I/O port.

6. Connect one of the power adapters (supplied with this package) to the Local Unit.

7. Plug the other end of the Category 5 cable into the I/O port of the Remote Unit (KVM EXTENDER USB).

8. Plug the cables from the remote console devices (USB mouse, USB keyboard, monitor), into their ports.

9. Connect the second power adapter (supplied with this package).

Operation

The Local and Remote Units each have two LEDs to indicate their operating status, as shown in the tables, below:

Local Unit

LEDs

Operating Mode

LOCAL

REMOTE

Local Console
ACTIVE

Flash

OFF

Remote Console
Active

OFF

Flash

Error / Disconnect

ON

OFF

Not Ready

OFF

OFF

Neither Console
Active

ON

ON

Remote Unit

LEDs

Operating Mode

STATUS

ONLINE

Local Console
ACTIVE

OFF

OFF

Remote Console
Active

Flash

Flash

Error / Disconnect

OFF

Flash

Not Ready

OFF

OFF

Neither Console
Active

ON

ON

Troubleshooting

If no video picture is shown make sure that all cables are securely plugged into their sockets. If you still see no
video picture then try connecting with a short Cat.5 patch cable to make sure it is not due to a faulty Cat.5 STP or
FTP cable.

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