ADDERView CATx 1000 Manual
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0 Configuration menus layout The menu options are arranged as shown here: For a description of each option within the Configuration menus, see Appendix 1 for more details. Configuration MenuFunctions (F1)Advanced Options User Preferences Global Preferences Setup Options Edit Computer List Edit User List Edit Autoscan List Restore Standard MouseRestore IntellimousePower ControlClear UTP Extender PasswordReset to Factory DefaultsSend Data to RS232 portRead Data from RS232 port DDC OptionsPower ControlUSB Country Code OSD ColourReminder BannerReminder ColourScreen Saver TypeConfirmation Box Mouse SwitchingScreen SaverAutoscan ModeAutoscan PeriodOSD Dwell TimeUser Timeout SecurityLanguageHotkeysAutomatic LogoutAudioAdd Computers General security and configuration steps To enable general security 1 Display the Configuration menu. 2 Highlight ‘Setup Options’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘Security’ and press to select ‘ENABLED’. 4 Now create a new password for the ADMIN user account. To set an ADMIN password 1 Display the Configuration menu. 2 Highlight ‘Edit User List’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘ADMIN’ and press . Press again to accept the name ‘ADMIN’ without change. 4 Enter an appropriate password for the ADMIN user account with regard to the following: • The password can be up to 12 characters long. • The password can use letters, numerals and/or certain punctuation marks. • The password is not case sensitive. 5 Press . The ‘Edit Access Rights’ menu will be displayed. However, as the ADMIN account always has access to all computers, press again to save the new password. What to do if the ADMIN password has been forgotten. To change the hotkeys AdderView CATx 1000 units use and as their standard hotkeys. These can be changed if they clash with other software or hardware within the installation. 1 Display the Configuration menu. 2 Highlight ‘Setup Options’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘Hotkeys’ and press to select the required hotkey combination. The options are: CRTL+ALT, CTRL+SHIFT, ALT+SHIFT, ALT GR, LEFT ALT+RIGHT ALT, LEFT CTRL+LEFT ALT or RIGHT CTRL+RIGHT ALT. 4 Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’.
Registering users (edit user list) To create/edit user accounts1 Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 2 Highlight ‘Edit User List’ and press . 5 Press to display the ‘Edit Access Rights’ menu. ADDERVIEWCATx1000 EditUserList admin Sam Oliver Johnny Ins-AddDel-Delete F1-CloneEnter-Edit -Select Esc-Quit 3 Either: • Create a new account - Press , enter a new user name and press , or • Edit an existing account - Highlight the required user name and press Edit the name, if appropriate, and/or press . 4 Enter or edit the password with regard to the following: • The password can be up to 12 characters long. • The password can use letters, numerals and/or certain punctuation marks. • The password field can remain blank to allow open access to this account. Here you can determine which of the connected computers can be accessed by the selected user account. Only computers that show the ‘+’ mar\�ker to the right of the menu box will be accessible to the user account. Note: Access rights for user accounts to particular computers can also b\�e controlled from the ‘Edit Computer List’ menu. 6 Select and deselect computers as follows: • Individual computer - Highlight a computer name, then press to apply, or remove, a ‘+’ marker. • Access to all computers – Press • Access to no computers – Press 7 When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’. ADDERVIEWCATx1000 EditAutoscanList Computer1 01 + Computer2 02 + Computer3 03 + Computer4 04 + Computer5 05 + Computer6 06 + Computer7 07 + Computer8 08 + Space-ToggleEnter-Save F1-AllF2-None F3-Find Esc-Quit Cross markers indicate which computers will be accessible to the currently selected user. To change the permission state: Highlight a computer and press the space bar.
Registering computers (edit computer list) To create/edit computer entries 1 Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 2 Highlight ‘Edit Computer List’ and press . ADDERVIEWCATx1000 Editaccessrights admin Sam Oliver Johnny + + + Space-ToggleEnter-Save F1-AllF2-None Esc-Quit F3-Find ADDERVIEWCATx1000 EditComputerList Computer1 01 Computer2 02 Computer3 03 Computer4 04 Computer5 05 Computer6 06 Computer7 12 Computer80803 Ins-AddDel-Delete F1-CloneEnter-Edit -SelectF3-Find Esc-Quit 3 Either: • Create a new computer entry – Press and enter a new name, or • Edit an existing computer entry – Highlight a computer name and press . Press (Backspace) to delete existing characters and enter the required new name (up to 16 characters). Note: Avoid creating two names for the same computer port. 4 Press and the cursor will move to the computer port column on the right side. Change or enter the port address of the computer as required. See the Addressing computers in a cascade section for more details. 5 When the port address is complete, press . The ‘Edit access rights’ menu will be displayed. Here you can determine which users should have access to the created/ edited computer. Only users that show a ‘+’ marker to the right of the menu box will be granted access to the computer. Note: Access rights for particular user accounts to computers can also b\�e controlled from the ‘Edit User List’ menu 6 Select and deselect users as follows: • Individual user - Highlight a user name, then press to apply, or remove, the ‘+’ marker. • Allow access for all users – Press • Allow no user access (except ADMIN) – Press 6 When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’. Cross markers indicate which users will be granted access to the currently selected computer. To change the permission state: Highlight a user name and press the space bar.
Video compensation The AdderView CATx 1000 units allow a remote user to be extended by a maximum of 300m (980 feet). Such long cable lengths can affect video signals, especially when higher screen resolutions are used. In order to eliminate any video signal degradation, all Adder X100 and X200 extenders provide effective software-based video compensation features. Remote user video compensation Video compensation for each remote user is provided by their Adder X100 or X200 modules, not by the AdderView CATx 1000 unit itself. Using the Adder X100/X200 controls you can adjust the picture sharpness and brightness to improve the remote picture quality. Video compensation is best carried out when viewing high contrast images \�with vertical edges, such as black lines on a white background. When doing so, if you notice that the screen image is ‘fuzzy’ or ‘dark’ then the image controls may not be able to solve this condition. Note: If the high contrast images exhibit shadows with separate colours,\� then there may be a skew problem which requires a different image adjustment \� (provided only by Adder X100AS/R and X200AS/R modules) - see the Remote user skew adjustment section for details. To display a suitable high contrast image The best way to clearly view the effect of sharpness and brightness adjustments is to display a high contrast image, with vertical edges, on the screen. • Open a word processor, type the capital letter ‘H’, or ‘M’ and increase the point size to 72 or higher. For best results, the background should be white and the character should be black. • A BLACK shadow on the right of the character indicates UNDER compensation. • A WHITE shadow on the right of the character indicates OVER compensation. Note: The Word processor method is accurate and quick. However, for the very finest video compensation, use the latest Adder “skew” test pattern program whi\�ch shows both the skew pattern and a section of mixed size Hs (black on white an\�d white on black). If the image controls cannot provide a crisp image If, after adjusting the image controls, one or more screen images remain fuzzy or have coloured shadows you may need to use the Skew adjustment feature. Please see Remote user skew adjustment for details (Adder X100AS/R or X200AS/R modules only). continued High contrast black character on white background Black or bright white shadow on the right indicates the need for sharpness adjustment
To apply remote user video compensation1 On the remote user keyboard (connected to an Adder X100/X200 extender), simultaneously, press the hotkeys (by default, and ) along with to enter configuration mode. The three keyboard indicators (‘Num Lock’, ‘Caps Lock’ and \�‘Scroll Lock’) will now begin to flash in sequence. The speed of the sequence indicat\�es the level of the sharpness adjustment currently applied: the slower the rate, the lower the level of sharpness being applied. 2 While viewing the displayed screen image, use the following keys to adjust the controls: Sharpness: for fine adjustment, for coarse adjustment. There are 255 sharpness levels (one coarse step jumps 10 levels). To autoset sharpness (X100 modules only): Press to make the module calculate and apply an automatic compensation level - you can use this as a starting point for your fine tuning. Note: If the monitor goes blank and switches off (due to oversetting the sharpness adjustment) press the Home key to restore. Brightness: for adjustment. There are 255 brightness levels. Sharpnessincrease (coarse) Sharpnessdecrease (coarse) Sharpnessincrease (fine) Sharpnessdecrease (fine) Brightnessincrease Brightnessdecrease Restore default sharpness and brightnesssettings Exit image controls and save settings 3 When no shadows are visible and the displayed images have crisp edges, press to exit configuration mode and permanently save all settings. The new compensation settings will be stored, even when power is removed or if a complete reset is initiated. These settings should not require further changes unless the cabling arrangements are altered. Remote user skew adjustment The category 5, 5e and 6 cabling supported by the AdderView CATx 1000 consists of four pairs of wires per cable. Three of these pairs are used to convey red, green and blue video signals to the remote video monitor. Due to the slight difference in twist rate between these three pairs, the red, green and blue video signals may not arrive at precisely the same time. This is visible as separate colour shadows on high contrast screen images and is particularly apparent when using higher screen resolutions and some types of category 5e cables. To alleviate this situation, the Adder X100AS/R and X200AS/R modules provide internal skew adjustment that can help to rectify the situation. The skew adjustment works by delaying or advancing the timing of any of the red, green or blue colour signals so that they are all delivered to the monitor at precisely the same time. For best results, the “skew” program supplied on the disk or downloadable from www.adder.com or www.adder. info is the most accurate way of setting skew as the red, green and blue lines are rendered exactly on the screen as single pixel wide lines. The skew.bmp test pattern can also be used but it is less accurate. Alternatively, you can create your own skew pattern using a standard image creation package, as detailed on the next page. continued 12 3 4 56 78 8 6 5 2 8 6 5 2 Datasignal Redvideosignal Greenvideosignal Bluevideosignal 7 3 4 1 7 3 4 1
Convergence test pattern showing the RGB crosses. In this case, the green signal can be seen out of line with the other two colours. To use skew adjustment1 Display a skew pattern on the appropriate computer. You can either use the supplied skew pattern or create your own: Using the supplied skew pattern i Insert the supplied Adder Installation CD-ROM into the CD player of the \� computer. ii Within Windows, use the My Computer option (usually available as a desktop icon or within the Start menu) to view the contents of the CD-ROM. Double-click the Skew entry to display the standard test pattern. If necessary, maximise the application window so that the image fills the screen. The screen will show a series of fine red, green and blue crosses which should all be in line, vertically and horizontally. Skew affects the horizontal placement of the colours and using this pattern it is much easier to discover which, if any, colours are being adversely affected by the cable link. Creating a skew test pattern i Run any image creation/editing application, such as the Paint program supplied with Windows. ii Using the image application create three stacked horizontal rectangles (one red, one green and one blue) that fill the width of the screen. iii Draw a vertical black line down across the coloured bars and then repeat this vertical line at intervals along the width of the coloured bars. These lines create breaks across the colours and give you more opportunities to view the horizontal position of each colour relative to the others. 2 On the remote user keyboard (connected to an Adder X100AS/R or X200AS/R extender), simultaneously, press the hotkeys (by default, and ) along with to enter configuration mode. The three keyboard indicators (‘Num Lock’, ‘Caps Lock’ and ‘Scroll Lock’) will now begin to flash in sequence. 3 As appropriate, press either the R, G or B keyboard keys to select the appropriate colour channel. Corresponding keyboard indicators will flash rapidly to show which channel is currently selected for adjustment: Num Lock for Red, Caps Lock for Green and Scroll Lock for Blue. Advance colour timing Retard colour timing Restoredefault skewsettings Exit image controls and save settings NumLock CapsLock ScrollLock NumLock CapsLock ScrollLock NumLock CapsLock ScrollLock 4 Press the and keys to retard or advance the timing of the selected colour channel respectively. On screen you will see a change in the position of the selected colour crosses (or colour bars) in relation to the other two. 5 When the selected colour crosses (or colour bars) are correctly positioned, press to exit that colour channel. The keyboard indicators will return to flashing in sequence. 6 If required, repeat steps 3 to 5 to select and adjust any colour channel until the vertical lines of the red, green and blue crosses are all aligned. 7 When all colours are correctly aligned on all video channels, press to exit configuration mode and permanently save all settings. Note: Once you have made the skew adjustments, it may be necessary to re-adjust the image controls to attain optimum screen images.
Autoscanning The AdderView CATx 1000 provides an autoscan mode that switches between the connected computers in sequence. This mode is useful to allow users \� and administrators to sample activity among the connected machines. Three scanning modes are provided:• Scan list – Only computers declared within an autoscan list will be viewed. Computers connected to cascaded switches can be included in the autoscan\� list. • Active PCs – Only computer ports where an active computer is detected will be viewed. This mode avoids blank screens from being displayed and helps to prevent the viewing monitor from entering a power-down state on every scan cycle. Computers connected to cascaded switches will not be viewed \�in this mode. • All PCs – This mode visits, in turn, each computer that is connected directly to the AdderView CATx 1000. This mode should be used with care due to the reasons given in the warning below. Computers connected to cascaded switches will not be viewed in this mode. The scanning mode is a global setting and hence will be the one viewed b\�y any user who selects on their keyboard. Note, however, that users will only see the scanned computers to which they have access rights. WARNING: Many monitors are fitted with automatic power saving relays that switch off after a few seconds when connected to an inactive computer. If you are using such a monitor, do not set the AdderView CATx 1000 to the scan ‘ALL PCs’ mode. Continual switching on and off of the monitor’s relay will eventually damage the monitor. If using such a monitor in conjunction with the ‘Scan List’ option, ensure that all selected computers are active. There are up to three steps that need to be configured to use autoscanning: • Select the autoscan mode: Scan List, Active PCs or All PCs. • Select the autoscan period. This is the time that is spent viewing each computer. This step also enables and disables the autoscan feature. • Define the autoscan list. This step is only required when the Scan List option is selected and allows you to select which computers will be scanned. To select an autoscan mode 1 Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 2 Highlight ‘Global Preferences’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘Autoscan Mode’ and press until the required option is displayed: SCAN LIST, ACTIVE PCs or ALL PCs. To select an autoscan period 1 Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 2 Highlight ‘Global Preferences’ and press . 3 Highlight ‘Autoscan Period’ and press until the required time to view each computer is displayed, ranging from 2 seconds to 5 minutes. To define an autoscan list Note: This stage is required only when the ‘Scan List’ autoscan mo\�de is selected. 1 Display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 2 Highlight ‘Edit Autoscan List’ and press . A list of all connected computers will be displayed. Only computers that show a ‘+’ marker to the ri\�ght of the menu box will be autoscanned. 3 Select and deselect computers to scan as follows: • Individual computer - Highlight a computer name, then press to apply, or remove, the ‘+’ marker. • Mark all computers for scanning – Press . • Unmark all computers – Press . 4 When all settings have been made, press to save and exit. Press to return to the ‘Configuration Menu’. To view autoscan • At one of the user ports, press . Note: and are the standard hotkeys and can be altered to avoid clashes with other devices or software. If you change the hotkeys, remember to u\�se the new ones in place of and when following these instructions.
Saving and restoring configuration settings The AdderView CATx 1000 can store up to 256 computer names and 5 sets of user access rights in addition to the ADMIN user account. Particularl\�y in cascaded configurations, manually re-entering all computer names, port numbers and access rights can be a lengthy process. Therefore, the AdderView CATx 1000 provides a method to save and, if required, restore configuration settings using its serial port. Further to this, the saved file can be\� opened and edited within a text editor or spreadsheet and then restored back to the AdderView CATx 1000 – a useful way to make multiple setup changes. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user for this procedure. Preparations for configuration save/load • Download the Adder Data Transfer utility - contact Adder Technical Support for details. • Connect the serial port on the rear panel of the AdderView CATx 1000, labelled OPTIONS, to a serial port on your computer using the optional serial flash upgrade cable. See Appendix 2 for pin-out specifications. To transfer configuration settings1 Run the Adder Data Transfer utility on the computer that is connected to the AdderView CATx 1000 Options serial port. The utility has a single window: 2 Click the Configuration button and ensure that the appropriate serial port of the computer is selected. 3 Click the Browse... button to locate or create a text file that will either provide or receive the AdderView CATx 1000 data. 4 Choose the direction of data flow: • Click the Unit to File button to download the existing AdderView CATx 1000 configuration to the selected text file, or • Click the File to Unit button to upload the contents of the file to th\�e AdderView CATx 1000 unit. A pop-up dialog box will request you to set-up the unit to either send or receive RS232 data. 5 Using the local port of the AdderView CATx 1000 unit, display the Configuration menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user. 6 Select the ‘Functions’ option. 7 Select either ‘Send Data to RS232 port’ (if you chose the Unit to\� File button) or ‘Read Data from RS232 port’ (if you chose the File to Unit button). 8 On the computer, click the OK button of the pop-up dialog box to begin downloading or uploading. The process will end automatically when all data have been transferred. continued 5V2.0A 12 1 16 1 OPTIONS COMPUT
To edit the configuration settings The saved text file can be opened using either a basic text editor or \�a spreadsheet program. The format of a typical file is shown opposite. Each entry within the Users section relates to a corresponding entry within the Passwords section and also a column within each row of the Computers section. Hints for editing• To grant a user access to a computer, enter the value ‘1’ in the column of the Computers section that relates to the position of the user’s name entry, e.g. third name down in the User section = third column along after the computer’s port address (in the Computers section). • To deny a user access to a computer, remove the value ‘1’ from the column of the Computers section that relates to the position of the user’s name entry. • The ADMIN user will always be granted access to all computers regardless of the values entered. ADDER TECHNOLOGY DATA TRANSFER FILE. Users. [ADMIN ] [SAM ] [ROGER ] [PETE ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Passwords. [admin ] [letmein ] [roger1 ] [sue2 ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Computers. [Main ] 00000001 ,1 , ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , , , , [Sales ] 00000002 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 , , ,1 , , , , , , , , , [Technical ] 00000011 ,1 , ,1 ,1 , , ,1 , , , , , , , , , [Email ] 00000012 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 , , ,1 , , , , , , , , , [Backup ] 00000010 ,1 , ,1 , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , [server-6 ] 00000016 ,1 , ,1 , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , [server-7 ] 00000004 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 [server-8 ] 00000015 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 [server-9 ] 00000014 ,1 , ,1 , , , ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , [server-10 ] 00000005 ,1 , ,1 ,1 , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , [server-11 ] 00000009 ,1 , ,1 , , , , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , [server-12 ] 00000013 ,1 ,1 ,1 , , ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , [server-13 ] 00000017 ,1 , ,1 , , ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , [server-14 ] 00000008 ,1 ,1 , , , ,1 , , , , , , , , , , [server-15 ] 00000003 ,1 , ,1 , , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , [server-16 ] 00000006 ,1 , ,1 , , ,1 ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , [server-17 ] 00000007 ,1 ,1 , , , ,1 , , , , , , , , , , End of Data. User names Passwords for each user Computer names and access details Computers. [Main ] 00000001 ,1 , ,1 ,1 , , , , , , , , , , , , Computer nameComputer port number User access rightsAdmin, Roger and Pete are permitted to access this computer - where there is not a ‘1’, the corresponding user is not permitted to access this computer.
What to do if the ADMIN password has been forgotten If the ADMIN password becomes mislaid or forgotten, you will not be able to access the AdderView CATx 1000 to add or edit users and computer names. This situation may be resolved by performing a complete reset to return the AdderView CATx 1000. IMPORTANT: A complete reset erases all the user names and computer names that you have setup. To clear a password (and restore factory default settings)1 Remove power from the AdderView CATx 1000 unit. 2 Connect the AdderView CATx 1000 unit to a computer in the same manner as you would to carry out a flash upgrade - see Performing flash upgrades. 3 Press and hold the reset button on the front panel (requires paper clip or similar). 4 Apply power and after 3 seconds release the reset button. The ‘UPG’ LED should now be iluminated. 5 Set the computer serial settings to the following: 57600, n, 8, 1 6 Using ‘TeraTerm’ (recommended) or an alternative terminal program, send “CLEAR” - in UPPER CASE from the keyboard. The AdderView CATx 1000 unit should respond with “OK”. 7 The password is now clear and all factory default settings restored.