User`s manual

• The On-Screen User Interface is activated through a console keyboard and

facilitates operation of MasterConsole II with on-screen menus and commands.

• In a one-tier configuration, the console operates the all connected computers. The

KVM port is called first-tier ports, which means that they have an active On-Screen

User Interface for console operation.

• In a two-tier configuration, one or more MasterConsole II second-tier units are

cascaded from the base unit. This is accomplished by connecting MasterConsole II

computer cable from the base unit to the KVM port of the second-tier unit. The base

unit's local KVM port and remote access port are first-tier ports with an active On-

Screen User Interface; and the base unit's on-screen menus include the names of all

the computers accessible from the base unit's console. This way, the base unit's

console can access and operate all MasterConsole II units and all connected

computers. For proper operation, the user must see only the base units On-Screen

User Interface menus from the base unit console. To accomplish this, the On-Screen

User Interface at the port by which the second-tier unit is connected must be

deactivated, so that the base unit console can access and operate all connected

computers. A port with a deactivated On-Screen User Interface and is called a

second-tier port.

Programming MasterConsole II

Each MasterConsole II is programmed at the factory as a base tier unit. To modify the

factory setting, a MasterConsole II unit can be programmed as a second-tier unit by

holding down the #2 button on the front panel at power up for a minimum of 3 seconds.

MasterConsole II Configuration Diagrams

For more information on cabling details see Figure 4, 5, and 13.

Basic MasterConsole II One-Tier Configurations

CCPxU

MasterConsole II Basic Configurations of

2 to 16 Computers

MCC8

CCPxU

MCC4

CCPxU

MCC16

Figure 24. Basic One-Tier Configurations