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Belkin Components
OmniView AT 6-port
“P” Part Number:
P72021
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Introduction:
Thank you for purchasing Belkin Components’ OmniView AT 6-port keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch!
Now, you can control multiple computers from just one keyboard, mouse and monitor. No more messy
server rooms, cluttered cables, or cramped cubicles. With the OmniView, you are in complete control!
Compatible with serial mice, and DIN5 or MiniDIN6 keyboard connec
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Technical Specs: Console Connectors Keyboard: DIN-5 female for AT-style keyboard ( PS/2 keyboard simply requires Belkin F2N018 keyboard adapter) Mouse: DB-9 male for serial mouse M onitor: HD-DB-15 female for VGA monitor Computer Port Connectors Keyboard: DIN-5 female for AT-style keyboard (Computers with Mini-DIN-6 PS/2-style keyboard ports simply require a Belkin F2N017 keyboard adapter) Mouse: DB-9 female for serial mouse Monitor: HD-DB-15 male for VGA monitor Power Supply 9VDC
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Hardware Installation: 1. Make sure you have the right cables! Before attempting to connect anything to the OmniView or the computers, make sure you have the appropriate cables and adapters (if necessary): • Serial mouse cable D B-9 male to female, with thumbscrews Part # F2N209-xx-T • AT keyboard cable DIN-5 male to male Part # F3A510-xx • Standard VGA cable HD-DB-15 male to female, with thumbscrews Part # F2N025-xx-T • High-resolution / long distance VGA cable Double-shie
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OmniView Cable Kits Belkin also offers a complete OmniView AT Cable Kit. It includes one keyboard, one mouse and the VGA cable for convenience. Select the appropriate one based on the type of mouse your computer uses. If the keyboard cable does not match with the port, simply attach one of the keyboard adapters mentioned above. OmniView AT Cable Kit Part # A3X932 • 1 x DIN-5 male to male cable for keyboard (Part # F3A510-06) • 1 x DB-9 male to female with thumbscrews for serial mous
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6. Connect a computer to the OmniView. • Attach the female end of the VGA cable into the computer’s HD-DB-15 port, and the female end into a HD-DB-15 port on the OmniView. • Attach the keyboard cable into the keyboard port of the computer. Plug in the opposite end into the appropriate port on the OmniView. Again, you may need keyboard adapters as described in the beginning of this procedure to be able to interface your computer and the OmniView. • Attach the mouse cable
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Connecting one OmniView into another is just like connecting a computer into an OmniView. The A3X932 cable kit is also used in that sense. Simply connect the cascaded OmniView’s console port to one of its “parent” OmniView’s free ports, as below: Usage: Selecting which computer to operate can be done in two different ways - either by pressing the front-panel pushbutton, or by entering the hot-key sequence. • Pressing the pushbutton in front simply cycles through every port
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• To invoke scan mode, the following hot key sequence must be entered: ++ 0 You will then hear a beep to confirm scan mode is taking place, and this can be verified visually by the flashing lights on the currently selected computer port. Setting the scan time on each port is done through the DIP switches found on the back of the OmniView: DIP Switch Number Scan Time 1234(seconds) ON ON OFF ON 3 OFF ON OFF ON 10 ON OFF OFF ON 20 OFF OFF OFF ON 40 Quick Last
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Troubleshooting: WARNING! Make sure that all equipment is turned off when connecting or disconnecting any cables. Plugging and unplugging cables while the computer or OmniView are powered could potentially damage the computer, the OmniView, or both. VIDEO Q: What are the tech specs for the video section of the OmniView? • Compatible with VGA, SVGA and Multisync monitors • Monitor Support: RGB Analog, Horizontal Sync, Vertical Sync • VGA Bandwidth: 100 MHz • VGA Resolution max: 1024 x
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• That is correct, the OmniView will only scan ports that have computers connected to it. It knows that something is connected to it by the power coming from the keyboard port. MOUSE Q: How do I control several computers if some use serial mice and others use PS/2? • You cannot do this using the OmniView AT 6-Port. Contact your local retailer and get an OmniView PS/2 2-Port or4-Port. Q: The mouse is not detected upon boot-up or the mouse is lost or acts erratically when switching ports.
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Contacting Belkin Components Sales (310) 898-1100 Technical Support (310) 898-1100 x263 Web site www.belkin.com Email info@belkin.com support@belkin.com FCC/CE Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
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BELKIN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR UNDER ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, INCLUDING BUT NO LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, DOWNTIME, GOODWILL, DAMAGE TO OR REPROGRAMMING, OR REPRODUCING ANY PROGRAM OR DATA STORED IN OR USED WITH BELKIN PRODUCTS. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages or exclusions of implied warranties, so the above limitations of exclusions may not apply to yo
