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ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Use this Guide to install: SVIEW08 v2 User Guide
ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Use this Guide to install: SVIEW08 v2 User Guide
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...station! Built to last, the ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch virtually eliminates cable swapping while saving you need to switch automatically at pre-selected time intervals. Features • Control Multiple PCs from One Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor • Switch instantly Between PCs from Your Keyboard or the CPU Switch... 26 Contact Information 27 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Introduction The ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch The ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch from Linksys lets you take instant command over multiple desktop or notebook...
...station! Built to last, the ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch virtually eliminates cable swapping while saving you need to switch automatically at pre-selected time intervals. Features • Control Multiple PCs from One Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor • Switch instantly Between PCs from Your Keyboard or the CPU Switch... 26 Contact Information 27 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Introduction The ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch The ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch from Linksys lets you take instant command over multiple desktop or notebook...
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... seconds starts the Auto Scan mode. Reset Use a thin object, such as a ballpoint pen, to press this recessed switch in the button for connections. This LED will rescan your ports for a longer period will be using on any computer ...button to access the computer connected to the corresponding port. Package Contents ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Getting to Know the ProConnect® 8Station KVM Switch The 8-Station KVM Switch's Front Panel • One ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch • One AC Power Adapter • One User Guide and ...
... seconds starts the Auto Scan mode. Reset Use a thin object, such as a ballpoint pen, to press this recessed switch in the button for connections. This LED will rescan your ports for a longer period will be using on any computer ...button to access the computer connected to the corresponding port. Package Contents ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Getting to Know the ProConnect® 8Station KVM Switch The 8-Station KVM Switch's Front Panel • One ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch • One AC Power Adapter • One User Guide and ...
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...; KVM Switches are properly grounded. The 8-Station KVM Switch's Rear Panel ProConnect® Series Power Console ports CPU ports The Power Port is where you have the Keyboard Power On function. When using this KVM Switch is being used as a second-stage switch when daisy-chained to the 8-Station KVM Switch, make sure that have available enough Cabling Kits (available from your nearest Linksys...
...; KVM Switches are properly grounded. The 8-Station KVM Switch's Rear Panel ProConnect® Series Power Console ports CPU ports The Power Port is where you have the Keyboard Power On function. When using this KVM Switch is being used as a second-stage switch when daisy-chained to the 8-Station KVM Switch, make sure that have available enough Cabling Kits (available from your nearest Linksys...
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... 8-Station KVM Switches to your first 8-Station KVM Switch. In this way, the 64 CPU ports of 8Station KVM Switches needed to control them is provided in the Appendix. Using one the Secondary units with Hotkey and OSD port switching. To prevent this , only use ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switches when daisy-chaining them together. ProConnect® Series 3. Plug the AC Power Adapters into the 8-Station KVM Switches...
... 8-Station KVM Switches to your first 8-Station KVM Switch. In this way, the 64 CPU ports of 8Station KVM Switches needed to control them is provided in the Appendix. Using one the Secondary units with Hotkey and OSD port switching. To prevent this , only use ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switches when daisy-chaining them together. ProConnect® Series 3. Plug the AC Power Adapters into the 8-Station KVM Switches...
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...your PC(s), up to 64, to a CPU port in one 8-Station KVM Switch as a Primary unit and the other eight 8-Station KVM Switches as Secondary units, use a Cabling Kit to connect the Console ports of the Secondary Units to the CPU ports of the Secondary unit. Using one ...8-Station KVM Switches' power ports, then plug each Secondary unit, eight Tertiary units will be connected by using a Cabling Kit to connect the Console ports of the Tertiary Units to the CPU ports of the Secondary units are available through the Primary unit. 3. ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch ...
...your PC(s), up to 64, to a CPU port in one 8-Station KVM Switch as a Primary unit and the other eight 8-Station KVM Switches as Secondary units, use a Cabling Kit to connect the Console ports of the Secondary Units to the CPU ports of the Secondary unit. Using one ...8-Station KVM Switches' power ports, then plug each Secondary unit, eight Tertiary units will be connected by using a Cabling Kit to connect the Console ports of the Tertiary Units to the CPU ports of the Secondary units are available through the Primary unit. 3. ProConnect® Series ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch ...
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... from your nearest Linksys dealer) to the Primary switch. 4. Shut down the switch. If you can be typed within one second of the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Unplug the switch's AC power cord. 3. Port Selection The 8-Station KVM Switch provides three methods for several seconds to reset the keyboard and mouse connection. 10 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Powering Off and...
... from your nearest Linksys dealer) to the Primary switch. 4. Shut down the switch. If you can be typed within one second of the keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Unplug the switch's AC power cord. 3. Port Selection The 8-Station KVM Switch provides three methods for several seconds to reset the keyboard and mouse connection. 10 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Powering Off and...
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... + [ALT] + [SHIFT] + 3 + [ENTER] 12 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch 2. You can directly access any PC on any level of the installation by the Stage Level and the CPU Port number of the 8-Station KVM Switch where the PC is connected to CPU Port 3 of the First Stage (or Primary) unit. • ...to a Second Stage (or Secondary) unit has a two digit Port ID. ProConnect® Series Port ID Numbering • Overview Each CPU port on an 8-Station KVM Switch is connected to - The first digit represents the CPU Port number on the Second Stage (or Secondary) unit where the PC is ...
... + [ALT] + [SHIFT] + 3 + [ENTER] 12 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch 2. You can directly access any PC on any level of the installation by the Stage Level and the CPU Port number of the 8-Station KVM Switch where the PC is connected to CPU Port 3 of the First Stage (or Primary) unit. • ...to a Second Stage (or Secondary) unit has a two digit Port ID. ProConnect® Series Port ID Numbering • Overview Each CPU port on an 8-Station KVM Switch is connected to - The first digit represents the CPU Port number on the Second Stage (or Secondary) unit where the PC is ...
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.... Then, type in the last time it was in the Port ID for more convenient than HotKey switching, especially in sequence (not at the same position it was closed. 14 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch OSD Menu Navigation To cancel the current selection on this), then press the Enter key. To pop...change the OSD keys from the keyboard, not the number pad. To activate a port, move up the Main Menu, tap either CTRL key twice. ProConnect® Series Using the On-Screen Display (OSD) Overview The On-Screen Display (OSD) provides a menu-driven interface to the previous menu screen....
.... Then, type in the last time it was in the Port ID for more convenient than HotKey switching, especially in sequence (not at the same position it was closed. 14 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch OSD Menu Navigation To cancel the current selection on this), then press the Enter key. To pop...change the OSD keys from the keyboard, not the number pad. To activate a port, move up the Main Menu, tap either CTRL key twice. ProConnect® Series Using the On-Screen Display (OSD) Overview The On-Screen Display (OSD) provides a menu-driven interface to the previous menu screen....
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Lists all the active CPU Ports . scan selected ports; To return to the OSD Main Menu without making a choice, press the Escape key. 16 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch • F2 (Scan) Pressing the F2 key initiates Quick View Scanning, in which ports the OSD lists. Lists only the ... names. create and edit a port name; ProConnect® Series OSD Main Menu Headings HEADING PN QV PC EXPLANATION This column lists the Port ID numbers for all of the CPU ports currently active. limit the list you can: rapidly switch to view; Lists only the ports that have...
Lists all the active CPU Ports . scan selected ports; To return to the OSD Main Menu without making a choice, press the Escape key. 16 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch • F2 (Scan) Pressing the F2 key initiates Quick View Scanning, in which ports the OSD lists. Lists only the ... names. create and edit a port name; ProConnect® Series OSD Main Menu Headings HEADING PN QV PC EXPLANATION This column lists the Port ID numbers for all of the CPU ports currently active. limit the list you can: rapidly switch to view; Lists only the ports that have...
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... the old one. A port name can be used. When you to set a password in length and can be given a name. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch SETTING FUNCTION Channel Display Mode Channel Display Duration Channel Display Position Scan Duration OSD Activating HotKey Set Password Selects how the Port ID is the...Bar is shown in the QV column. • F5 (Edit) To help remember which computer is currently selected. • F4 (Quick View) ProConnect® Series Quick View allows you to select the ports you want, then press the Enter key. 2. Pressing the F4 key will appear in...
... the old one. A port name can be used. When you to set a password in length and can be given a name. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch SETTING FUNCTION Channel Display Mode Channel Display Duration Channel Display Position Scan Duration OSD Activating HotKey Set Password Selects how the Port ID is the...Bar is shown in the QV column. • F5 (Edit) To help remember which computer is currently selected. • F4 (Quick View) ProConnect® Series Quick View allows you to select the ports you want, then press the Enter key. 2. Pressing the F4 key will appear in...
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... the [Enter] key to Set Password and press the Enter key. 3. Display Mode Scan Duration The Port Number plus the Port Name. 3 Seconds. 20 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch OSD Security In order to prevent unauthorized access to indicate when the names have cleared. To Delete the Password: Delete the password and press the...
... the [Enter] key to Set Password and press the Enter key. 3. Display Mode Scan Duration The Port Number plus the Port Name. 3 Seconds. 20 ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch OSD Security In order to prevent unauthorized access to indicate when the names have cleared. To Delete the Password: Delete the password and press the...
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...an answer here, check the Linksys website at www.linksys.com. 1. The mouse does not respond. • The mouse has been improperly reset. 1) Reset the mouse (and keyboard) simultaneously by pressing Buttons 1 and 2 on the 8-Station KVM Switch where the PC is connected ...LED for each Port ID. 2. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Appendix Computer Connection Table The following table indicates the relationship between the number of 8-Station KVM Switches and the number of the 8-Station KVM Switch. If it back in . Troubleshooting ProConnect® Series This section provides possible ...
...an answer here, check the Linksys website at www.linksys.com. 1. The mouse does not respond. • The mouse has been improperly reset. 1) Reset the mouse (and keyboard) simultaneously by pressing Buttons 1 and 2 on the 8-Station KVM Switch where the PC is connected ...LED for each Port ID. 2. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Appendix Computer Connection Table The following table indicates the relationship between the number of 8-Station KVM Switches and the number of the 8-Station KVM Switch. If it back in . Troubleshooting ProConnect® Series This section provides possible ...
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... mini-DIN female Video - One 6-pin mini-DIN female Mouse - Specifications ProConnect® Series Model Numbers SVIEW08 Computer Connections Direct: 8 Max: 512 Protocol CSMA/CD Ports Console:Keyboard - One HDB-15 female (VGA/SVGA) CPU: Eight 25-pin D Type female Scan Intervals 3, 5, 10, 15, ...20, 30, 40, and 60 seconds Monitors Supported VGA, SVGA, and MultiSync with DDC, DDC2, and DDC2B Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1440 SVGA LEDs Eight Orange On-line Port Eight Green Selected Port ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch...
... mini-DIN female Video - One 6-pin mini-DIN female Mouse - Specifications ProConnect® Series Model Numbers SVIEW08 Computer Connections Direct: 8 Max: 512 Protocol CSMA/CD Ports Console:Keyboard - One HDB-15 female (VGA/SVGA) CPU: Eight 25-pin D Type female Scan Intervals 3, 5, 10, 15, ...20, 30, 40, and 60 seconds Monitors Supported VGA, SVGA, and MultiSync with DDC, DDC2, and DDC2B Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1440 SVGA LEDs Eight Orange On-line Port Eight Green Selected Port ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch...
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... ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers...RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING CHARGES. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. Warranty Information ProConnect® Series BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE ...
... ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. ProConnect® 8-Station KVM Switch Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers...RESPONSIBLE FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING CHARGES. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. Warranty Information ProConnect® Series BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE ...