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QuadraVista™ QUAD VIDEO KVM SWITCH 10707 Stancliff Road Phone (281) 933-7673 Houston, Texas 77099 www.rose.com INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL.
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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY D eclaration of C onformity This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency ener gy and if not installed and used properly, that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions may cause interference to radio communication.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page System Introduction .......................................................................................................................................1 Features......................................................
Figures Page Figure 1. Front View ......................................................................................................................................4 Figure 2. Rear View .............................................................
INTRODUCTION QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 1 System Introduction Thank you for choosing the Rose Electronics QuadraVista™. The Quadra Vista is the result of Rose Electronics commitment to pr oviding state-of-the-art KVM sw itching solutions for today’s demanding workplace.
2 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Features J Connect to four computers making each video source viewable and controllable on a single KVM station J Four viewing modes; Quad Screen, Pict.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 3 Compatibility Computers PS/2, USB (i ncluding SUN and Mac) Monitors VGA to UXGA / DVI Keyboards (KVM side) USB Mouse (KVM side) USB Keyboard (Computer .
MODELS 4 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 1. Front View Selector buttons: 1 – 4 Computer select Quad Switches to quad screen view PiP Thumbnails of non-selected inputs Quad + Pi.
INSTALLATION QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 5 Installation Please refer to the safety secti on first before proceeding with any in stallation or configuration of the QuadraVista. Installation of the QuadraVista consists of co nnecting the computers and KVM workstation to the unit.
6 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Installing the Computers Connect up to four computers to the corresponding video (DVI-I ), keyboard/mous e ports on the QuadraVista as shown in Figure 4. It is recommended that the comput ers being connected and QuadraVista be powered off until all cable connections have been made.
COMMANDS QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 7 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 comput er channel is selected, and what channels are receiving a video signal.
8 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 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.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 9 Keyboard Commands The QuadraVista uses a “HOTKEY” to accept and process a keyboard command. When the “HOTKEY” command is recognized by QuadraV ista, the keyboard commands immediately following instruct QuadraVista to perform a function, not the c onnected computer.
ON SCREEN DISPLAY 10 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 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”.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 11 Main Menu System 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.
ON SCREEN DISPLAY 12 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System / HotKey The system HOTKEY window is used to define the multiple keys HOTKEY and Double Click HOTKEY features. To modify th e HOTKEY features, call up the Ma in menu (Default = left Ctrl + Alt + O key).
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 13 When the multiple key and double click key assi gnment has been made, exit the menu system and these values will be saved.
14 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Activating the Hotmouse in the Quad screen m ode 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 (k eyboard / mouse) to that channel.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 15 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.
16 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System Quad Mode Figure 8. System Quad Mode System OSD Position Figure 9. System / OSD Position From the system / quad mode menu you can set the timeout of the quad selection window. Selecting OSD position allows you to set the screen position of the OSD menus.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 17 System / OSD Language Figure 10. System / OSD Language System / Security Figure 11. System / security Following lists the security level and functions each level can access. Level 1 security can perform all functions.
18 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL QuadraVista OSD security matrix y = Authorization to this OSD function is permitted Security level 0 is the factory default setting.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 19 Additional security features ar e listed below for each security le vel. These features are in addition to the OSD security levels listed above. Security level 8 (most limited level) allows you to wo rk only on pre-selected channel (computer) in a predefined display mode (Quad / Full / PiP) .
20 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System / Test Pattern Figure 12. System / Test Pattern There are nine test patterns to assist in adjusting the colors and skew. Use the Test Pattern to check the function of internal video circuits or to check the quality of the connected console monitor.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 21 System / Disable Channel Using this feature, the c onnected computers should be connec ted to the channel ports in ascending order. Connecting com puters to channel 1, 2, and 4 and selecting the number of channels to be 3, channel 4 can not be displayed.
22 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL MODE Mode / PiP-Start Selecting “MODE” and pressing enter displays the mode screen. Two mode selections are available, PiP and Start. The Pi P features and config uration can be set-up, and the channel and mode setting on start-up.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 23 Figure 15. Mode / PiP-Start Configure Configure / Backup, Recall, Factory Reset The backup command saves the current device settings. Figure 16. Backup Selecting Start from the MODE menu defines which channel is active, the display mode, and the PiP settings when power is applied.
24 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL The recall command replaces the current settings with the latest backup. Figure 17. Recall The Factory Reset command resets the uni t to the original factory settings See Appendix C. for factory reset values.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 25 Console Video output / Keyboard / Multi-Monitor / EDID Selecting “Console” from the main menu displa ys the options for the video output, keyboard, Multi-monitor, and EDID.
26 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 19. Consol e, Video output Console / Key board Figure 20. Keyboard layout 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.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 27 Console / Multi-Monitor The QuadraVista can be set-up to connect to com puters with multiple vide o 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.
28 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Console / EDID Figure 22. EDID display Video From the main menu, selecting Vi deo will display a menu that allows you to view or change the connected computers video informati on, set the brightness, contras t, horizontal position, vertical position, screen width, phase, and fo rmat.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 29 Video / Brightne ss / Contrast Using the brightness / contrast menu, you c an 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.
30 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Video / Horizontal and Vertical position The Horizontal position menu is used to adjust the position of a comput er's screen manually To adjust the horizontal position, se lect the computer to adjust, and t hen select the auto/man field.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 31 Video / Screen width Figure 26. Screen width Video / Phase Figure 27. Clock phase The width of the screen can be adjusted to improve screen qua lity b.
32 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Video / Format Figure 28. Video format Computer Selecting Computer from the main menu will display the featur es that can be displayed or modified for each computer connection.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 33 Computer / Keyboard Figure 30. Computer / Keyboard Computer / Mouse Figure 31. Computer / Mouse Selecting keyboard and pressing enter will display the type of keyboard the system has detected for each connected computer (USB, PC1, PC2, or PC3).
34 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Computer / Reset PS/2 Figure 32. Computer / Reset PS/2 Computer / Change EDID/DDC Figure 33. Computer / Change EDID/DDC Select Reset PS/2 when the keyboard or mouse have been disconnected or get out of sync.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 35 Figure 34. EDID Programming 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).
36 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Help Selecting the help section will display the key board command list, about, and contact information. The Command List option will display the ke yboard commands recognized by QuadraVista. Figure 35.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 37 The Contact section provides you with information on who to contact for technical assistance and other information.
SERIAL OPERATION 38 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Serial Features QuadraVista can be configured or controlled from a remote computer by connecting a serial cable from the computer’s CO M port to the QuadraVista’s serial input port.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 39 Execute the Serial Communication software and the window shown below will display. Click on the ICON to connect and display th e OSD on the remote computer Remotely navigate within the OSD menu system from the remote computer the same way as you would using the local console.
40 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Connect the multiple unit system as shown below using a special “Y” serial cable. When starting a chain of devices, always start by first sw itching on the device at the end of the chain.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 41 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.
42 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL An example of a DCP/XML message containi ng all defined elements is shown below: <dcp-xml> <device> <type>VSQ</type> <version> <dcp-protocol>1.0</dcp-protocol> <hardware>32</hardware> <software>1.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 43 DCP/XML System Querying Using the DCP/XML feature, t he QuadraVista can be queried to request setting information.
44 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL DCP error messages: malformed xml Malformed XML. tag mismatch Opening and cl osing tags do not match. tag not closed Opening tag without matchi ng closing tag. Only occurs with Simple Elements. In the case of Complex Elements, a timeout error is reported.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 45 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 star t of a line and inside simple elements Whitespace is ignored.
SERVICE and MAINTENANCE 46 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Service Information Maintenanc e and Repair This Unit does not contain any in ternal user-serviceable parts. In the event a Unit needs repair or maintenance, you must first obtain a Return Authorization (RA) num ber from Rose Electronics or an authorized repair center.
SAFETY QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 47 Safety The QuadraVista has been tested for conformance to safety regulations and requirements, and has been certified for international use. Like a ll electronic equipment, the QuadraVista should be used with care.
48 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Safety and EMC Re gulatory Stateme nts 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.
APPENDICES QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 49 Appendix A. Specifications Resolution 1900 x 1200 Video compatibility VGA to UXGA / DVI Keyboard USB / PS/2 (Computers), USB (KVM) Mouse USB / PS/2 (Computers), USB (KVM) Dimensions W- 17.125" / D – 9.
50 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 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 t he below default settings.
QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 51 Appendix D. Supporte d Video-In Formats Mode Resolution Rate Analog Rate Digital Mode Resolution Rate Analog Rate Digital CGA 640 x 350 85 85 HDTVp 12.
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