User manual

KM0832 User Manual

To set up a Protocol Interface Cascade, refer to the installation diagram on

p. 21 and do the following:

1. Connect the console to the Console Module.

Plug the keyboard, mouse, and monitor into the ports on the Console

Module. Each port is marked with an identifying icon.

2. Connect the Console Module to the KM0832.

Use Category 5 cable to connect the Link port of the Console Module to

one of the User Ports on the KM0832's rear panel.

(Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all consoles that you wish to connect. Up to 8

consoles may be connected in this fashion.)

Note: 1. The distance between any Console Module and any CPU Module,

or any first stage and third stage stations (or second stage, if there

is no third stage), must not exceed 300m (1000').

2. We strongly recommend that you use Category 5 shielded twisted

pair (STP) cable.

3. Use Category 5 cable to connect up to eight CPU Ports on the first stage

station to the User Ports on the second stage station. The number of

consoles on the first stage KM0832 that can simultaneously access the

cascaded switch is limited by the number of connections between the

parent and child switches.

(Repeat step 3 for each second stage switch that you wish to cascade. If

you wish to cascade any third stage switches, follow the instructions in

step 3 when cascading them from the second stage switches.)

4. Use Category 5 cable to connect CPU Modules to any available CPU

Ports; plug the connectors of the CPU Modules into the keyboard, video,

and mouse ports of the computers you wish to install.

5. Connect the power adapter(s) to the Console Module(s) and to an AC

mains power source appropriate for the device.

6. Plug the provided power cable into the power socket on the first stage

KM0832 switch; connect the power cable to an AC mains power source

with appropriate voltage for the KM0832, then turn on the KM0832.

7. Wait one minute, and then repeat step 6 for each second stage KM0832.

8. Wait one minute, and then repeat step 6 for each third stage KM0832.

9. Turn on the power to all the computers.