ADDER SmartView X PRO Manual

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 10Fig. 2 - SmartView 2XPro8 and 4XPro 16 models viewed from the rear (2XPro4
and 4XPro12 models are similar but with less computer ports) 

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 11Fig. 3 - AdderLink XR (top) and AdderLink Gold (below) XR receiver units 

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 12Fig. 4 - Mounting the AdderLink into its 19 inch rack mounting bracket 

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 132. InstallationAdder explains:Flexible configurationThe SmartView XPro has many ports for connection to computers, keyboards, mice,monitors and AdderLink extenders. There are no restrictions placed upon whichports are connected to devices and you can leave any of the ports disconnected ifyou wish. You do not need to connect a keyboard, monitor and mouse to each userport if you do not wish to use all of these. You may perhaps decide to connect just akeyboard and...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 14For the local user port connections you will need:  A monitor with a standard VGA-style 15-pin analogue video connector that will
work when connected directly to each of your PCs. SmartView XPro supports low
and high resolution monitors.  A PS/2 or AT style keyboard. If you are using an AT keyboard with a 5-pin
connector you may connect this to the SmartView XPro using a standard AT to PS/2
keyboard adapter. SmartView XPro supports standard keyboards and...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 15IMPORTANT WARNINGDo not connect the SmartViews extender ports to an Ethernet hub or otherdigital network device. The signals carried on the twisted pair cable betweenthe SmartView and the AdderLink are ANALOGUE. Plugging the SmartView orAdderLink into a digital network device such as a hub may damage youdevicesUse of PS/2 and RS232 style mice with the SmartView - All of the mouse
connections from SmartView to PCs support either a PS/2 or an RS232 mouse.
SmartView...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 16User ports 1 and 3 are dual access ports and may have both a local KVM
(connected directly) and a remote KVM (connected via and AdderLink extender)
attached at the same time. The local and remote KVMs share the port on a timeout
basis but only one KVM may be using the port at any one time. If you are not using
all the local KVM connections it is preferable to connect the KVMs to ports that are
not shared with the AdderLink so that these KVMs have fully independent...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 17You may attach the power adapter to either power inlet A or power inlet B (see
figure 2). The ports are both the same and are provided to enable you to connect a
redundant (spare) power supply (see section 4.2 for more details). Connect your
power adapter to either of the power inlet ports to power on the SmartView XPro.
There is no ON/OFF switch and the SmartView will start to operate as soon as the
power is applied.
2.4 Configuring your PCs
Configure your PC in...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 18SmartView XPros may also be cascaded to single user SmartView Pro products with
the restriction that the SmartView Pro units must be on the last layer of the tree and
that no further units are cascaded off these.
When cascading SmartView XPros keep in mind the following rules  The maximum number of layers in a SmartView XPros cascade is four.  You may cascade 4XPro units with 1, 2, 3 or 4 KVM links and 2XPro units with 1
or 2 KVM links. The number of KVM links...

SmartView XProInstallation and UsePage 19The following diagrams show some typical SmartView XPro installations.