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Installation Installation Guide
2-Port USB DVI-D Cable KVM Switch
with Audio and Microphone Support
GCS932UB
PART NO. M1103
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Table of Contents Package Contents 4 Sun Keyboard Emulation 18 System Requirements 5 Factory Default Settings 19 Overview 6 Firmware Upgrade 20 Standard Installation 7 Upgrade Fail 24 Advanced Installation 9 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 25 Statement LED Indication 12 CE Statement 27 Port Switching 13 SJ/T 11364-2006 28 Hotkeys Summary Table 14 Limited Warranty 29 Autoscan Interval Table 16 Contact 30 Mac Keyboard Emulation 17 3
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Package Contents • 1 x 2-Port USB DVI-D Cable KVM Switch • 1 x Remote Switch Button • 1 x Installation Guide • 1 x Warranty Card 4
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System Requirements Console • DVI-D supported monitor • USB keyboard and mouse • Powered speakers and microphone (optional) Computers • Two USB ports • A DVI-D supported connection • 3.5mm audio and microphone connections (optional) Operating System • Windows XP • Windows Vista (32bit/64bit) • Windows 7 • Mac OS X or greater • Sun Solaris workstation • Linux, UNIX and other USB supported systems* *Additional drivers and support may be needed 5
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Overview 1. Remote Switch Button 8. Console USB Mouse Port 2. CPUs Mic. connection 9. Console USB Keyboard Port 3. CPUs Audio connection 10. LEDs 4. CPUs DVI-D connection 11. Console DVI-D Video Port 5. CPUs USB Mouse connection 12. Console Mic. Port 6. CPUs USB Keyboard connection 13. Console Audio Port 7. Remote Switch Button Port 10 7 8 9 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 6
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Standard Installation Step 1 Please make sure your computers and monitor are Step 3 powered off before you start. Connect your USB keyboard and mouse to the console USB keyboard port and console USB Step2 mouse port. If you would like to use the remote Connect the DVI cable from your monitor to the switch button, please connet it to the remote console DVI monitor port. Then, turn on the monitor. 7
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switch button port. Step 4 Step 5 Connect your powered speaker and mic. to the Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each of console audio port and console mic. Port. your computers – DVI cable to the DVI output, USB cables to open USB ports from your computer, audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to the mic. input. Final Step 8
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Advanced Installation Step 1 Step 3 Please make sure your computers and monitor are Connect your USB keyboard to the console USB powered off before you start. keyboard port. If you would like to use the remote switch button, please connet it to the remote switch Step2 button port. Connect the DVI cable from your monitor to the console DVI monitor port. Then, turn on the monitor. 9
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Step 4 Step 5 Connect a powered USB hub to the console mouse Connect your powered speaker and mic. to the port, then connect the mouse to any available USB console audio port and console mic. Port. port in the hub. Then, connect any peripherals that you want to share between your computers to the other available USB ports in the hub. Note: Please make sure mouse emulation has been disabled for this setup to function correctly. 10
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Step 6 Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each of your computers – DVI cable to the DVI output, USB cables to open USB ports from your computer, audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to the mic. input. Final Step Turn on your computers. 11
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LED Indication LED Indication - LED will light up in Green showing the port that can be controlled by the console. - Both LEDs will be flashing together when the KVM is in Fir ewar e Upgrade Mode. 12
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Port Switching You can switch port via remote switch button, Port Switching via Hotkey Commands mouse or hotkey commands. To trigger a Hotkey Mode, simply press [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock]**. Please refer to Hotkey Summary Table for details. Port Switching via Remote Switch Button Simply press the remote switch button once to switch focus to the next port. **Note: If ther e is a conflict using [Scr oll Lock] [Scroll Lock] sequence, you can change to the alternative sequence [Ctrl] [Ctrl]
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Hotkeys Summary Table Hotkey combination Description [Enter] Switch KVM and audio focus to the next port [k] [Enter] Switch KVM focus to the next port [s] [Enter] Switch audio focus to the next port Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers every [a] [Enter] 5 seconds [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] + Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers with the or [a] [Enter] [n] specific time depending on the interval [n] that you have input. Please see Autos
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Hotkey combination Description List out current settings [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] + [F4] [Enter] or Note: Please have a Notepad or word document opened before you [Ctrl] [Ctrl]* + trigger this function. [F5] [Enter] Perform a USB keyboard and mouse reset *Note: If alternative hotkey [F10] [Enter] Auto detect keyboard operating system sequence is chosen [r] [Enter] Resets to factory default settings 15
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Autoscan Interval Table n Description 1 3 seconds 2 5 seconds (default) 3 10 seconds 4 20 seconds 16
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Mac Keyboard Emulation The PC compatible (101/104 key) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Mac keyboard. The emulation mappings are listed in the table below. PC Keyboard Mac Keyboard [Alt] Alt [Shift] Shift [Print Screen] F13 [Crtl] Ctrl [Scroll Lock] F14 = [Ctrl] [1] [Enter] Return [Ctrl] [2] [Backspace] Delete [Insert] Help [Ctrl] [3] [Ctrl] [4] [Ctrl] F15 *Note: When using key combinations, pr ess and r elease the first key (Ctrl), then pr ess and r elease the second key. 17
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Sun Keyboard Emulation The PC compatible (101/104 key) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Sun keyboard. The emulation mappings are listed in the table below. [Ctrl] [F9] Find PC Keyboard Sun Keyboard [Crtl] [F10] Cut [Crtl] [t] Stop [Crtl] [F2] Again [Crtl] [1] [Crtl] [2] [Crtl] [F3] Props [Crtl] [F4] Undo [Crtl] [3] [Crtl] [F5] Front [Crtl] [4] [Crtl] [F6] Copy [Crtl] [h] Help [Crtl] [F7] Open Compose [Crtl] [F8] Paste *Note: When using key combinations, pr ess and r elease the first
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Factory Default Settings Function Default Setting Autoscan Interval 5 seconds Hotkeys [Scroll Lock] [ Scroll Lock] Keyboard Operating Platform PC compatible Mouse Emulation On Mouse Port-Switching Off 19
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Firmware Upgrade Note: In or der to perform a firmwar e upgrade, you Step 3 need to use a computer that’s not connected to Press and hold the remote switch button of the the KVM. KVM while connecting the 2 USB connections of a set of KVM cable to the computer that you will use to perform the firmwar e upgrade. When you see Step 1 the 2 LEDs ar e flashing on the KVM, you can now Go to www.iogear.com to download the latest release the remote switch button. available firmwar e or the specif
