QuadraVista™ QUAD VIDEO KVM SWITCH INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 10707 Stancliff Road Houston, Texas 77099 Phone (281) 933-7673 www.rose.
LIMITED WARRANTY Rose Electronics® warrants the QuadraVista™ to be in good working order for one year from the date of purchase from Rose Electronics or an authorized dealer. Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this one-year warranty period, Rose Electronics will, at its option, repair or replace the Unit as set forth below. Repair parts and replacement units will be either reconditioned or new. All replaced parts become the property of Rose Electronics.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page # System Introduction .......................................................................................................................................1 Features.........................................................................................................................................................2 Compatibility ..............................................................................................................................................
Figures Page # Figure 1. Front View ......................................................................................................................................4 Figure 2. Rear View .......................................................................................................................................4 Figure 3. KVM Installation..............................................................................................................................5 Figure 4. CPU Connect......
INTRODUCTION System Introduction Thank you for choosing the Rose Electronics QuadraVista™. The QuadraVista is the result of Rose Electronics commitment to providing state-of-the-art KVM switching solutions for today’s demanding workplace. The QuadraVista has proven to be a valuable investment for any business or office that has a need to monitor, maintain, or control four or more computers simultaneously from a common workstation.
Features Connect to four computers making each video source viewable and controllable on a single KVM station Four viewing modes; Quad Screen, Picture-in-Picture (PiP), Full Screen, and Dual screen J J Quad mode displays four computers on one screen PiP mode displays one computer in full screen with one or three thumbnail displays of the other computers Full Screen mode displays the connected computer’s video full screen Dual screen mode displays the left half of the video from two channels On-screen
Compatibility Computers Monitors Keyboards (KVM side) Mouse (KVM side) Keyboard (Computer side) Mouse (Computer side) PS/2, USB (including SUN and Mac) VGA to UXGA / DVI USB USB USB, PC1, PC2, or PC3 USB, PS/2, or PS/2 wheel Product Registration Take advantage of the following when you register your Rose Electronics products online at www.rose.com/htm/warranty.htm: J Rose Standard Warranty Plus...
MODELS Figure 1. Front View Selector buttons: 1–4 Computer select Quad Switches to quad screen view PiP Thumbnails of non-selected inputs Quad + Pip* Displays the on-screen menu system 1 + 2* Set output resolution to 640 x 480 @ 60Hz 3 + 4** Resets to unit defaults * buttons pressed simultaneously for longer than 1 second ** buttons pressed simultaneously for longer than 4 seconds Figure 2.
INSTALLATION Installation Please refer to the safety section first before proceeding with any installation or configuration of the QuadraVista. Installation of the QuadraVista consists of connecting the computers and KVM workstation to the unit. The following steps can be used as a guideline for installing your QuadraVista. It is recommended that you locate the QuadraVista as close as possible to the computers being connected.
Installing the Computers Connect up to four computers to the corresponding video (DVI-I), keyboard/mouse ports on the QuadraVista as shown in Figure 4. It is recommended that the computers being connected and QuadraVista be powered off until all cable connections have been made. Connect a computer's video output port (DVI or VGA) to the QuadraVista's DVI-I connector for computer #1. If a VGA (HD15F) connector is on the computer, a VGA to DVI cable must be used.
COMMANDS Front Panel LEDs / Push-Button Commands The front panel consists of 6 push buttons and 6 corresponding LEDs. The LEDs provide a visual representation of what mode the QuadraVista is in, what computer channel is selected, and what channels are receiving a video signal. The push buttons select a channel, select the quad or pip mode, and invoke the on-screen-menu system. LEDs 1-4 indicate which channel is selected. If the LED is green, the corresponding channel is selected.
In the Quad mode, the channel selector window will switch active channels each time the PiP button is pressed. The channel selector window will timeout and disappear after a preset amount of non-activity. Timeout value is configured, from 1-30 seconds, using the On-Screen-Display. Figure 5. Channel select window The front panel push-buttons have additional features as shown below. Simultaneously press and hold for the designated time to active the feature.
Keyboard Commands The QuadraVista uses a “HOTKEY” to accept and process a keyboard command. When the “HOTKEY” command is recognized by QuadraVista, the keyboard commands immediately following instruct QuadraVista to perform a function, not the connected computer. The default “HOTKEY” command is left CTRL + Alt keys pressed simultaneously followed by the command. The “HOTKEY” can be configured using the OSD to a Multiple Key command or a Double Click command.
ON SCREEN DISPLAY On Screen Menu System The QuadraVista has an easy to use menu system that enables you to customize the “System”, “Mode”, “Configuration”, “Console”, “Video”, and “Computers”. Each section is described in detail on the following pages. The On screen Menu System structure is shown below. SECTION System SUB-SECTION Hotkey HotMouse Quad Mode OSD Position OSD Language Security Test Pattern Disable Channel Control FEATURES .
Main Menu The Main Menu is called up by pressing the assigned HotKey + O (not zero) key. You can also simultaneously press the Quad and PiP front panel buttons. This is the starting point for the OSD menus. From the main menu you can setup the system, select the start-up mode, and configure the system features. Each OSD menu feature is described in this section. System menu The system Menu is called up by highlighting SYSTEM from the main menu and pressing enter.
System / HotKey The system HOTKEY window is used to define the multiple keys HOTKEY and Double Click HOTKEY features. To modify the HOTKEY features, call up the Main menu (Default = left Ctrl + Alt + O key). From the Main menu, highlight “SYSTEM” and press enter. Highlight “HOTKEY” and press enter. The SYSTEM / HOTKEY window shown in Figure 6 will display. From this menu you can modify which multiple keys and Double Click key defines the HOTKEY. Use the arrow keys to navigate through the menu.
When the multiple key and double click key assignment has been made, exit the menu system and these values will be saved. If you assigned the Control, Alt, and Shift keys (menu value = “Yes”) to be the multiple key HOTKEY, then you must press these three keys simultaneously plus the command key. If the shift key was assigned to be the double click HOTKEY, then you must press the shift key twice then the command key.
Activating the Hotmouse in the Quad screen mode will display a box cursor with the active channel number in the box (see below). Moving the cursor to any quadrant and clicking on the left mouse button will switch control (keyboard / mouse) to that channel.
3- Modify the PiP image size Activate the Hotmouse and move the cursor to the left edge of the PiP window. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the PiP window to the left or right to increase or decrease the PiP size. Hotmouse Menu A menu is associated with the Hotmouse that can be called up to perform various functions based on what screen mode the system is in. To activate the Hotmouse menu, first activate the Hotmouse by moving the cursor rapidly to the left and right 4 times.
System Quad Mode From the system / quad mode menu you can set the timeout of the quad selection window. Figure 8. System Quad Mode System OSD Position Selecting OSD position allows you to set the screen position of the OSD menus. Use the arrow keys to move the OSD screen position Figure 9.
System / OSD Language Selecting OSD Language from the System menu allows you to change the language from English, Deutsch, or Spanish. Use the up / down arrow keys to select the desired language. Figure 10. System / OSD Language System / Security The security features sets up and limits the functionality of the QuadraVista unit. The default security level = 0 which enables all functions.
QuadraVista OSD security matrix Menu Sub-Menu Security Level 3 4 5 6 HotKey HotMouse Quad Mode OSD Position OSD Language Security Test Pattern Disable Channel Control 1 y y y y y y y y y 2 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y Mode PiP Start y y y y y y y y Configuration Backup Recall Factory Reset y y y y Video Output Keyboard Multi-Monitor EDID y y y y y y y y Video Input Brightness Contrast Horiz. Position Vert.
If the pre-assigned password is lost or forgotten, please contact Rose Electronics Tech Support for assistance. Please provide the QuadraVista serial number when requesting help. Security level 8 (most limited level) allows you to work only on pre-selected channel (computer) in a predefined display mode (Quad / Full / PiP). Except the security menu, where you can change the security level there are no other operations available. Security level 7 is the same as security level 8.
System / Test Pattern Use the Test Pattern to check the function of internal video circuits or to check the quality of the connected console monitor. It’s recommended to use all the test patterns for the test procedure. Figure 12. System / Test Pattern There are nine test patterns to assist in adjusting the colors and skew.
System / Disable Channel Using this feature, the connected computers should be connected to the channel ports in ascending order. Connecting computers to channel 1, 2, and 4 and selecting the number of channels to be 3, channel 4 can not be displayed. Use the Disable Channel function to select the number of channels to display. If computers are connected to channel 1, 2, and 3, then select 3. Figure 13.
MODE Mode / PiP-Start Selecting “MODE” and pressing enter displays the mode screen. Two mode selections are available, PiP and Start. The PiP features and configuration can be set-up, and the channel and mode setting on start-up. The PiP menu allows you to change from triple to single PiP. Triple display shows the three non-active windows on the right of the screen. Single display shows only one non-active window. PiP size, zoom, and offset from the top of the screen can be set.
Selecting Start from the MODE menu defines which channel is active, the display mode, and the PiP settings when power is applied. Figure 15. Mode / PiP-Start Configure Configure / Backup, Recall, Factory Reset The backup command saves the current device settings. Figure 16.
The recall command replaces the current settings with the latest backup. Figure 17. Recall The Factory Reset command resets the unit to the original factory settings See Appendix C. for factory reset values. Figure 18.
Console Video output / Keyboard / Multi-Monitor / EDID Selecting “Console” from the main menu displays the options for the video output, keyboard, Multi-monitor, and EDID. Setting the video output to “auto” the QuadraVista will read the connected monitor’s configuration data and set the mode, resolution, and frequency based on the monitors DDC table. Use the up / down arrow keys to manually select a specific mode, resolution, and frequency. The new setting will display for 10 seconds.
Changing the video resolution will display the notification window shown to the right. Press Enter to accept the new setting or any other key for no change. Figure 19. Console, Video output Console / Keyboard The keyboard option sets the keyboard language to English, German, Spanish, French, or Italian Figure 20.
Console / Multi-Monitor The QuadraVista can be set-up to connect to computers with multiple video outputs. Selecting Multi monitor opens the Multi monitor window. If your computer uses a graphic card with two video outputs, assign the computers keyboard and mouse for Monitor 1 and 2 to channel 1. Example – Multi-Monitor PC(1) Dual Video keyboard/mouse/video1 to input #1, video2 to input #2.
Console / EDID The EDID menu, when selected, will read and display the EDID data of your console monitor. Extended Display Identification Data is a VESA standard data format that contains basic information about a monitor and its capabilities, including vendor information, maximum image size, color characteristics, factory pre-set timings, frequency range limits, and character strings for the monitor name and serial number Figure 22.
Video / Brightness / Contrast Using the brightness / contrast menu, you can adjust video brightness and contrast for each analog video input. Using he arrow keys, select the computer to adjust and increase or decrease the brightness or contrast. This setting is used to adjust brightness or contrast of the analog input signal for the desired computer. Figure 24.
Video / Horizontal and Vertical position The Horizontal position menu is used to adjust the position of a computer's screen manually To adjust the horizontal position, select the computer to adjust, and then select the auto/man field. Select "Man" and adjust the position using the + and – keys. It is recommended that the “Auto” setting be used for all computers.
Video / Screen width The width of the screen can be adjusted to improve screen quality by selecting the screen width menu, the computer to modify, and adjusting the number of horizontal pixels Figure 26. Screen width Video / Phase If a computer's phasing is incorrect (blurring screen, incorrect contrast) use the Phase menu to adjust the video phasing from the detected value. Figure 27.
Video / Format Wide screen monitors (aspect ratio 16:10) normally display black borders on the left and right side of the display. Setting “Fit to screen” to Yes so that computer will resize the image to fill the entire quadrant or PiP. Figure 28. Video format Computer Selecting Computer from the main menu will display the features that can be displayed or modified for each computer connection. Figure 29.
Computer / Keyboard Selecting keyboard and pressing enter will display the type of keyboard the system has detected for each connected computer (USB, PC1, PC2, or PC3). Figure 30.
Computer / Reset PS/2 Select Reset PS/2 when the keyboard or mouse have been disconnected or get out of sync. Use the arrow keys or the “+” and “-“ keys to select the channel to reset and press enter / select. Figure 32. Computer / Reset PS/2 Computer / Change EDID/DDC Figure 33. Computer / Change EDID/DDC 34 Select Change EDID / DDC to add two selectable video modes to the list of video modes available at each of the four video ports.
When the window to the above right displays and before pressing ENTER / SELECT twice, disconnect the console monitor cable and the computer monitor port to program. Connect a DVI male to male cable from the video output to the computer video input to program (1-4). The video will go blank and programming must be executed blindly. When the DVI cable has been connected, press ENTER / SELECT twice to program the additional video modes.
Help Selecting the help section will display the keyboard command list, about, and contact information. The Command List option will display the keyboard commands recognized by QuadraVista. Figure 35. Help / Command The About section informs you of information pertaining to the QuadraVista. Figure 36.
The Contact section provides you with information on who to contact for technical assistance and other information. Figure 37.
SERIAL OPERATION Serial Features QuadraVista can be configured or controlled from a remote computer by connecting a serial cable from the computer’s COM port to the QuadraVista’s serial input port. To remotely configure the QuadraVista (Display / execute the OSD features only), download the communication software (QuadraVista.zip) from our web site at /www.rose.com/htm/download.htm in the tech support section and install it on a remote windows based computer.
Execute the Serial Communication software and the window shown below will display. ICON to connect and display the OSD on the remote computer Click on the Remotely navigate within the OSD menu system from the remote computer the same way as you would using the local console. All OSD menus can be accessed using the arrow keys and the Enter / Select key. DCP Synchronizing Multiple Units In systems that use multiple QuadraVista’s, the display mode can be synchronized so all units are the same display mode.
Connect the multiple unit system as shown below using a special “Y” serial cable. When starting a chain of devices, always start by first switching on the device at the end of the chain. When the device has completed its startup phase and sent its DCP messages, switch on the next device in the chain. Finally, switch on the first device in the chain, which synchronizes the settings of all other devices in the chain with its own settings as it starts up. The synchronized chain can have any length.
DCP/XML Feature The QuadraVista can be controlled remotely from a PC or laptop connected to the RS232 port (serial) using the DCP/XML feature. This feature is different from the OSD serial features. The serial feature allows only the OSD functions to be performed. The DCP/XML feature sends a DCP/XML message containing the defined elements like switching to a given port, changing the display mode, defining the PiP features, and other items.
An example of a DCP/XML message containing all defined elements is shown below: VSQ 1.0 32 1.
DCP/XML System Querying Using the DCP/XML feature, the QuadraVista can be queried to request setting information. Queries are only replied to in the DCP control mode. Sending the below text script to QuadraVista using Hyper Terminal, queries for the entire device status: Queries can be combined with changes in one text script. The following is an example of querying for the console information and setting the video to channel 1.
DCP error messages: malformed xml Malformed XML. tag mismatch Opening and closing tags do not match. tag not closed Opening tag without matching closing tag. Only occurs with Simple Elements. In the case of Complex Elements, a timeout error is reported. subtag in simple element A simple element contains a subtag. tag name too long Tag name exceeding 16 characters. wrong data type Incorrect data type.
Whitespace: TAB, SPACE, CR Whitespace characters are TAB (0x09), Space (0x20) and Carriage Return (0x0D). Whitespace may occur anywhere between two tags, except at the start of a line and inside simple elements Whitespace is ignored. Line length: maximum 38 characters The line length may not exceed 38 characters. (Not including the terminating LF.) Timeout: 750 ms Timeout for DCP messages is 750 milliseconds. DCP messages containing errors are not regarded as completed until the timeout period has elapsed.
SERVICE and MAINTENANCE Service Information Maintenance and Repair This Unit does not contain any internal user-serviceable parts. In the event a Unit needs repair or maintenance, you must first obtain a Return Authorization (RA) number from Rose Electronics or an authorized repair center. This Return Authorization number must appear on the outside of the shipping container. See Limited Warranty for more information.
SAFETY Safety The QuadraVista has been tested for conformance to safety regulations and requirements, and has been certified for international use. Like all electronic equipment, the QuadraVista should be used with care. To protect yourself from possible injury and to minimize the risk of damage to the Unit, read and follow these safety instructions. Follow all instructions and warnings marked on this Unit. Except where explained in this manual, do not attempt to service this Unit yourself.
Safety and EMC Regulatory Statements Safety information Documentation reference symbol. If the product is marked with this symbol, refer to the product documentation to get more information about the product. WARNING A WARNING in the manual denotes a hazard that can cause injury or death. CAUTION A CAUTION in the manual denotes a hazard that can damage equipment. Do not proceed beyond a WARNING or CAUTION notice until you have understood the hazardous conditions and have taken appropriate steps.
APPENDICES Appendix A. Specifications Resolution Video compatibility Keyboard Mouse 1900 x 1200 VGA to UXGA / DVI Dimensions Weight Approval W- 17.125" / D – 9.125" / H – 1.75" 6.3 lbs Europe: CE USB / PS/2 (Computers), USB (KVM) USB / PS/2 (Computers), USB (KVM) Appendix B.
Appendix C. Factory Defaults The Below table shows the factory default settings. When “Factory Reset” is executed, the unit configuration is changed from the user settings to the below default settings. Section Function Default Setting SYSTEM Hotkey Hotmouse Quad Mode OSD Position OSD Language Security Test Pattern Disable Channel Control Ctrl + Alt On / 5 Sec. Timeout = 5 Sec.
Appendix D.
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