ADDERView 8 PRO DVI Manual

AdderView PRO
User Guide
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Contents
Introduction
What is True Emulation? .............................................................3
AV8PRO-DVI features - front and rear  .......................................4
What’s in the box........................................................................\
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What you may additionally need  ...............................................5
Installation
Mounting...

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Introduction
Thank you for choosing a member of the AdderView 
PRO family of professional switches from Adder 
Technology. This compact unit allows a single operator 
to control up to eight computer systems and share 
peripherals among them in a very flexible manner.
The AV8PRO-DVI model benefits greatly from our 
long history of success in KVM (Keyboard, Video and 
Mouse) switching. As a result, it can reliably switch 
multiple...

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What is True Emulation?
True Emulation represents a significant breakthrough in sharing USB devices 
between two or more computer systems. Until this point, the problem has been 
how to create a USB switch that provides all of the following:
• Quick, transparent and reliable switching,
• Accurate representation of the connected USB keyboard and mouse, 
• Switching control via the connected USB keyboard and/or mouse.
The difficulty in...

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AV8PRO-DVI features - front and rear
The unit packs a great deal of functionality into a compact space. It occupies a 
single 1U rack space and provides connectors at the rear face. The smart front 
face features the control buttons and the operation indicators.
The remaining four indicators (KVM, SPK, USB, USB) show which peripherals are switched to the current computer channel OR (as you begin pressing the MODE button) the...

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KBMSOSDUPGLCK
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KVMSPKUSB1USB2PWR MODE
www.adder.com
What’s in the box
0W power adapter and country- specific power lead
CD-ROMFour self-adhesive rubber feet
What you may additionally need
AdderView PROAV8PRO-DVI
Flash upgrade serial cable 9-way D male to female
Two 9” rack-mount brackets and four screws
Combined dual link DVI-D and USB (USB type A to B) cablePart numbers: VSCD3 (2m length)  VSCD4 (5m length)
Audio...

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Installation
Mounting
The AdderView PRO unit offers two main mounting methods:
• The supplied four self-adhesive rubber feet
• The supplied rack brackets
Connections
Rack brackets
The two supplied brackets (plus four screws), allow 
the unit to be secured within a standard 1U rack slot. 
Note: Both the AdderView PRO and its 
power supply generate heat when in 
operation and will become warm to the 
touch. Do not enclose them or place...

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Connections
Connections do not need to be carried out in the order given within this guide, 
however, where possible connect the power in as a final step.
User console
The ports that make up the user console are where you attach the peripherals 
that will be shared between the computer systems. Ensure that power is 
disconnected from the AdderView PRO unit. 
To connect peripherals to the user console
1 Position your peripheral devices...

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5 USB devices: Where required, attach the leads from your USB peripherals to 
the USB sockets labelled USB1 and USB2.  
USB1USB2
DVI-I
DVI-D
USERCONSOLE
VGA
5V
4AINDOORUSEONLY
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From USB devices 

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Computer systems
Each computer system is connected to the AdderView PRO unit using up to 
three cables.
To connect a computer system
1 Ensure that power is disconnected from the AdderView PRO unit and the 
system to be connected. 
2 Use a DVI cable or a VGA to DVI-I conversion cable (if using analogue 
signals) to link the video output of the computer’s graphic port to the DVI-I 
port of the required channel on the rear of the unit.
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