Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ACS253A-CT Black Box
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Chap ter ACS25 3A- CT B L A C K B O X ® E x t e n d a n a l o g V G A o r d i g i t a l D V I v i d e o s i g n a l s o v e r CA T 5 , CA T 5 e , o r CA T 6 U TP o r m u l t i m o d e o r single - mo de fiber cab le. ServSwitch ™ KVM Extender DVI/VGA Ord er toll-f ree in the U.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com ACS25 3A- CT Pa ge 2 T rademark s Us ed in this Manual W e ‘ r e h er e t o he lp ! If y ou h a v e a n y q ue st io n s a bo u t y o u r a pp li ca t i on or o ur pr odu c ts, c on tact Bla ck Bo x T ec h Su pport at 7 2 4 -74 6 - 5 5 0 0 or go t o blackbox.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com ACS25 3A- CT FC C and IC RF I Sta tements Pa ge 3 Feder al Commu nicat ions Comm ission and I ndus try Canada Rad io F requenc y Int er fer ence S t at ements This.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com ACS25 3A- CT Pa ge 4 NOM Stat ement Instrucc iones de Segur idad ( Normas Ofic ial es Mexicanas E lec tr ical Saf et y Stat ement) 1 . T odas las instrucciones de seguridad y o peración deb erá n ser leídas antes d e que el apara to eléc trico sea operado.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com ACS25 3A- CT Saf et y Precaut ions and Instal lat ion Guide li nes Pa ge 5 Safety Precaut ions and Instal lat ion Gu ideli nes T o ensure reliable and safe long -t erm operation, please note the following installation guidelines: • Do not use CA T x devices to link bet ween build ings— use fiber devices.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 6 ACS25 3A- CT T able of Co ntents Quick Setup .................................................................................................................................................................
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 7 ACS25 3A- CT Qui ck Setu p Guide Quic k Setu p Th is sect ion b rie fly de scr ibe s how to i nsta ll y our K VM ext end er syst em a nd op ti mi ze th e vid eo si gn al s. Un less you are an experienced user , we recommend that you f ollow the fu ll procedures described in the res t of this manual .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 8 ACS25 3A- CT Qui ck Setu p Guide QS 1 . Video Input / Ou tp ut If possible, always use the DVI output fr om your compu ter’s vide o card and DVI input to a monitor . This provides the optimum vi deo si gn al .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 9 ACS25 3A- CT Qui ck Setu p Guide T able QS -3. Command Summary Command Keyb oar d at Re mote U nit T e rmin al or W ind ows U tilit y P ro gr a m* Enter OS.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 0 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 1: Specifi cati ons 1 . Spe ci fic ati on s Chas sis — Each unit: Metal case Co mpa tibilit y — AC S2 5 3A-CT , AC S2 53 A-MM, .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 1 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2. Over vi ew 2. 1 Intr oduc ti on The ServSwi tc h KVM Ex t end er D VI / V GA syst em c on sis ts of a lo cal u nit (tr an sm itt er ) an d a re mot e un it ( r ece iv er ).
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 2 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view • T r an spa re nt seri al po rt (on ce rtai n mode ls) en ab les a ny se ri al de vic e t o be exte nde d (up t o 1 9 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 3 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view All PS / 2 mod els are al so supplied with : • K VM C PU cable 6 -foot (1 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 4 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2. 6.2 Se r vS w it ch KVM Ext end er D VI / V GA, PS/ 2 Du a l Ac c ess, CA T x (A CS2 5 3A - CT) R em ot e a nd L oca l Un it Back P anels ASC 2 53 A- C T Remote U nit Bac k Pane l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Figure 2 - 1 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 5 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view ASC 2 53 A- C T Local Uni t Back P anel 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 11 Figure 2 -2 . A CS2 53A-C T lo cal unit back panel. T able 2 - 2. ACS 253 A- CT loc al unit componen t s.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 6 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2. 6.3 Se rvSw it ch KVM Exte nd er D VI / V GA, PS /2 D ua l A c ce ss, F ib er (A CS2 5 3A -MM an d A CS 2 53 A-S M) Remot e and Local U nit Bac k Pane ls ASC 2 53 A- MM or A CS25 3A-SM Re mote Un it Back P anel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 Figure 2 -3 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 7 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view ASC 2 53 A- MM or A CS25 3A-SM Loca l Unit B ack Pa nel 11 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 22 23 Figure 2 - 4. AC S25 3A-xM local unit back panel. T able 2 - 4.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 8 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2.6.4 Ser vSwitc h K VM Ex tender D VI / VGA, USB Dual A ccess, Fiber (A CS25 3A-U -MM - R2 and A CS25 3A-U -SM- R2 ) Remo te and Local U nit Ba ck Pan els ASC 2 53 A- U -MM - R2 or A CS25 3A-U -SM- R2 Remote U nit Bac k Pane l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 Figure 2 -5.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 1 9 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view ASC 2 53 A- U -MM - R2 or A CS25 3A-U -SM- R2 Local Uni t Back P anel 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 11 Figure 2 - 6. AC S25 3A- U -xM- R2 loc al unit back panel.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 0 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2. 7 Compat ibi li t y Inter face Co mpatibilit y • PS/2 K ey bo a rd: C om pa ti bl e w i th a ll sta n da rd k ey bo ar ds . C e rta i n k e yb oa r ds wi th e nh an c ed f e at ur es ma y a l so be s up po rte d wi th custom firmware.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 1 ACS25 3A- CT Chapte r 2 : O ver view 2.9 Ho w to Use Thi s Guide Connec tion and Comp atibi lit y The Ex tender Kit contains all the c ables required to connect the local unit to your PC or K VM switch.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 22 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3. Ins tal lati on For first -t ime u sers , we r eco mme nd th at you carry ou t a te st pl ace me nt, con fi ned to a s in gle r oom , bef ore c omm en cin g fu ll in sta ll at ion .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 23 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion 3.3 Dia gnostic LE D s Each e xtender unit is fitted with four indicat or LEDs: Com munication Err or , Link S tatus, Device Ready and Video Signal . The Indicator L EDs are located in the same positions on all m odels in the A CS2 53A range.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 4 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 3 : Instal lat ion T able 3-2 . A CS2 53A local unit L EDs. Number Component Appearance Desc ripti on 5 Communi cati on Er ror LED Off N o c ommuni cati on e rror s for mo re th an 6 0 min utes Flashing Ind icate s nu mber of communi cati on e rror s du ring prev ious 60 minute s.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 5 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control 4. Devic e Contr ol If you are usin g the DVI output from your video card and the DVI input to a T F T m onit or , no adjustment should be requ ired.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 6 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control • Press the < ESC> k ey to ex it the OSD mode. Using o ur Wind ows pro gram On all devices, you c an use our sma ll Windows program , runnin g on a Windows comput er for OSD access: 1 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 7 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control • Press the < X > k ey to exit the OSD m ode. 4. 2 Usi ng the OSD The OSD is an icon-based utility . The top line of s ymbols on the OSD screen shows the main menu categories: T able 4 - 1 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 8 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control 6. In man y cases, after you have chosen a new setting, the OSD displa ys the followin g confirm ation mess age: Figur e 4 - 3.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 2 9 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control VGA vide o input to loc al unit DVI video input to local unit Return to mai n menu Figure 4 - 4. Input S elect menu. Sc ale Use t he Sca le me nu t o spe cify wh et her t he Exte nde r syste m ch an ges th e re sol uti on o f the inp ut vi deo .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 30 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control Brightne ss / Con trast Use this menu to adjust the brightness and contr as t of the video image , or to adjust the black level of an LC D display . Adjust black level Return to mai n menu Adjust brightness Adju st co ntras t Figure 4- 6.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 3 1 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control Color T emp erature Use the C olor T emperatu re submenu to s et up the color profile in RGB color space o r by using one of five predefined color temperatures.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 3 2 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control T ools Use the T oo ls menu to set the position and size of the OSD window , adjust the sha rpnes s for a fixed resolution setting, set the color depth, reset the Ex tender s ystem to it s factor y defau lt set ting s or provide a test pattern.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 3 3 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control Auto Configurati on Use the Auto Con figuration submenu to define w hether the Local unit c arries out automa ti.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 34 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 4 : D evice Control Selec t low color mode / higher fps Selec t high color mode / lower fps Back to T o ols menu Figure 4 - 1 3.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 3 5 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 5: Monit or Setup 5. Moni tor Setu p This procedure is designed to correc t for discrepancies in the vid eo sign al from analog /digital video conversion by the mo nit or .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 36 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 6 : Ex tender Setup 6. Ex tender Setu p 6. 1 O ver view Y o u need to op ti mi ze t he vi deo si gn al ac ro ss yo ur Exte nde r syst em if it un der goes one or mor e co nv ers ion s betwe en a nal og an d digital formats.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 3 7 ACS25 3A- CT Cha pter 6 : Ex tender Setup 4. Selec t the Image menu o ption: . 5. S elect the first command icon: Automatic detec tion of number of pixels per line and the bes t phase. 6. A ssess the desktop test pattern.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 38 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 7: T roubleshooting 7 . T roublesho oti ng 7 . 1 V ideo Problem : T here isn’ t a picture . Possi ble Causes / Solut ions : C he ck th e pow er s upp ly c onn ectio n at t he loc al u nit .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 39 ACS25 3A- CT Chapter 7: T roubleshooting Problem : Colored areas of the screen lo ok lik e an oil film. Possi ble Cause / Solut ion: In some circ umst anc es, the Ex tender’ s int ernal video processor may lose it s firmware .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 40 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix A : E xa mple Appl icat ions Appendix A: E xam ple Appli cations This s ection illustrat es some specific applications using E x tender units : • US B fi ber wi th lo cal ac cess ( Fi gur e A- 1 ).
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 1 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix A : E xa mple Appl icat ions C PU , PS/ 2 k eyb oar d an d mouse, graphics and audio / serial output Local con sole AC S2 53A- CT Local unit AC S25 3A- CT Remote unit Remote consol e Figure A-2 .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 2 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix B : Rackm ount O pt ions Appendix B: Rackmou nt Options Ex tender uni t s can b e mounted in a 1 9” rac k using the mountin g kit.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 3 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix B : Rackm ount O pt ions F ig ur e B-4. Th r ee r eg u la r u n it s. Fi gu r e B- 5. On e d ou b le- wi dt h u n it (us in g wid e pl at e). Figure B - 6. D ouble-w idth and regula r unit ( usin g narrow strip ).
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 4 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix C : System Upg rade and Dua l Acc es s Appendix C: System Upgr ade and Dua l Access Sys tem Up date / O nb oard Prog ramming Y ou migh t need to up dat e the sys tem firmware . Normally , this procedure is carried out in the factor y .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 5 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix D : Video Modes and Fr ame Rates Appendix D : Video Modes and F ra me Rates The followin g table shows the video modes suppor ted b.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 46 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix D : Video Modes and Fr ame Rates T ab le D- 1 (c ont in ued). Sup porte d vid eo mod es an d expect ed f ra me r at e. Video Mode Vi sibl e Re solu tio n Clo ck Ra tes Fram e Rate F ibe r Frame R ate C AT x Pixels Lines Horiz.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 4 7 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix E : USB — High Po wer/ Lo w Power Appendix E: USB — High P ower/ Lo w Power The USB sp ecification allows low power and high power devices to be att ached to, and powered through, the USB hub.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 48 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix F: Aud io / Seri al Upgr ade Appendix F: A udio / Seria l Upgr ade The Aud io /Seri al Upgr ade opt ion c on si sts of d aug h ter b.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 49 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Appendix G : Con nec tors and Cables G. 1 Ex tender Conn ec tor Pi nouts D VI-I f em al e co nn ect or (on al l u n its) Figure G - 1 . DVI female connector .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 50 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Mouse In / Ou t Figure G - 2. 6 -pin mini D IN mouse con ne ctor .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 5 1 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Prog ramming Figure G - 4. R J - 22 programming connec tor . T able G - 4. R J -2 2 programmi ng connec tor p inning. Pin Signal 1 T x D (to PC R xD ) 2 R xD ( from PC T x D) 3 DTR f rom P C 4 GND Power Figure G -5.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 5 2 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les G. 2 A dapter Cabl e s DV I / VG A a da p te r Remote / Local Unit: D V I - I male connector Figure G - 6. D V I -I male connector . T able G - 6. DVI - I male connec tor p inning.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 5 3 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Monitor: HD 1 5 female connector Figure G - 7 . H D 1 5 female con nec tor .
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 54 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Loc al unit VGA / DVI Adapter C PU gr ap h ic s c ar d: H D 1 5 m al e c on nec t or Figure G - 8. H D 1 5 male connector . T able G -8 . H D 1 5 male connec tor p inning.
72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | bl ackbo x.com Pa ge 5 5 ACS25 3A- CT Appendix G : Con nec tors and C ab les Figure G -9. DVI - I male connector . T able G -9 . HD 1 5 male connec tor p inning.
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