User guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Operation – User Functions
- Chapter 4: Operation – Administrator Functions
- The Administration Menu
- Guidelines for System Configuration
- System Configuration
- Video Redirection (Forced Video)
- Channel Association for Multiple Video
- User Configuration
- Channel Configuration
- User Station Profile
- Group Settings (Access Rights)
- Recommendations
- System Reboot and System Reset
- Network Settings
- Autoscan and Autoskip
- Power Management
- Paragon II Network Port
- Chapter 5: Paragon II and P2ZCIMs/Z-CIMs
- Chapter 6: Managing IBM BladeCenter Servers
- Chapter 7: Configurations
- Chapter 8: Firmware Upgrade
- Appendix A: Specifications
- Appendix B: User Station Direct Mode
- Appendix C: Tiering and Compatibility
- Appendix D: Paragon II Rack Mount
- Appendix E: Connecting Serial Devices to Paragon II System
- Appendix F: Extra Keyboard/Mouse Information and Settings
- Appendix G: Recommendation for Better Video Quality
- Appendix H: Other Components Working with Paragon II
- Appendix I: Troubleshooting
14 PARAGON II USER GUIDE
Initial Configuration
Note: This section includes full instructions for how to install single matrix switches, cascades of
multiple matrix switches, or stacking switches. Follow the simplified procedure previously
outlined in Basic Installation to install a simple Paragon system with a single matrix switch. See
Appendix B: User Station Direct Mode, to install a “direct mode” User Station-to-CIM system
with no matrix switches. See Chapter 5: Paragon II and P2ZCIMs to install a Z-CIM and a local
PC in your system.
Using the OSUI for Initial Configuration
You will use the Paragon II On-Screen User Interface (OSUI) after you install the Paragon
system, so here are some basics of OSUI to familiarize yourself before starting your installation.
Once the User Station and the attached equipment are in place and powered on, activate the OSUI
by QUICKLY pressing the default hot key (Scroll Lock) twice on an attached keyboard. Each
OSUI menu contains the following sections: a menu-title line, a menu/screen body (for text and
fields), a prompt/message bar, and a status line that consists of:
• The current OSUI hotkey
• Scan/Skip function status
• NCS (Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock) status indicator
• A communication-speed indicator (“L” for low or “H” for high, which will depend on your
Paragon components) showing the communication speed between the User Station and Base
Station.
Menu/Screen
Body (for text
and fields)
Title Line
Messages Banner
Status Line –
displays….
…Scan/Skip
function status (if
yellow, the function
is ON; if white, the
function is OFF)
…(N) Num Lock, (C) Caps Lock, (S) Scroll
Lock, followed by Paragon II Communication
Speed Indicator: (L) Low or (H) High (speed
depends on your component versions)
…the current OSUI hot
key activator (in this
case, the Scroll Lock
key)
Figure 20 Format of OSUI screens
Use function keys F1, F2, F3, F4, F8, and F12 to toggle between first-level menus. Press F1
while the OSUI is displayed can activate the Help Menu, a list of available help options.
While the OSUI is on the screen, the user-station keyboard’s Scroll Lock LED indicator blinks.