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Lantronix Series 1000 User Manual

Manual is about: MatriX-Hub

Summary of Series 1000

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    Series 1000 user manual 13 july 2001.

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    Lightwave communications, inc. 100 washington street milford, ct 06460 usa (800) 871-9838 • (203) 878-9838 • fax: (203) 874-0157 email: info@lightwavecom.Com • internet: www.Lightwavecom.Com lci asia/pacific postal address: p.O. Box 19 gleniris vic 3146 australia delivery address: 16 network drive p...

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    Table of contents page 1.0 matrix-hub system overview.......................................................................1 2.0 matrix-hub components ...............................................................................2 2.1 adding and removing cards ........................................

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    1 1.0 matrix-hub system overview the matrix-hub series 1000 is a matrix switch for the entire desktop. The switch may route video, keyboard/mouse, and serial connections using an integrated user interface. Each type of connection may be individually managed or may be integrated to operate with one o...

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    2 2.0 matrix-hub components each series 1000 chassis consists of a metal enclosure, an electroluminescent display, cooling fans, redundant power supplies with separate ac inputs, a control card, three switch cards, and the user-specified signal input and output cards. The chassis is rack-mountable u...

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    3 power supplies – series 1000 chassis front pair provides +5 vdc rear pair provides –5 vdc every chassis has three switch cards. Each switch card handles one element of video signals (red, green, or blue), and two of the switch cards also handle keyboard and mouse signals (serial signals are switch...

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    4 back of matrix-hub series 1000 chassis with all cards 2.1 adding and removing cards matrix-hub cards may be purchased separately at any time to expand the capacity or change the functionality of an existing unit. The user may add or remove cards in the field quite easily, allowing for great flexib...

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    5 switch card screws (inside top ejectors) when adding a card, first remove the blank panel covering the card slot by loosening the screws located at the top and bottom of the panel. Insert the card into the empty slot being sure to slide the card into the guides on the top and bottom of the chassis...

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    6 key tabs – series 1000 cards left – keyboard/mouse input & output, serial input & output, control right – matrix switch, video input & output 2.2 replacing failed power supplies if a power supply fails in a unit, it may be replaced in the field if necessary. Be sure the failure is not due to a dam...

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    7 3.0 video cards video input, part number 400.100.1001 video output, part number 400.100.1002 video input cards (part number 400.100.1001) and video output cards (part number 400.100.1002) are located in the four slots immediately surrounding the switch cards, two to each side. The input cards are ...

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    8 video port numbering scheme each card has five hd15 female connectors. From the connectors, the input card routes red, green, and blue video signals, as well as horizontal and vertical sync and three monitor id lines to the switch cards. The switch cards then pass the signals selected output card ...

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    9 4.0 keyboard/mouse cards ps/2 input card, part number 400.100.2001 ps/2 output card, part number 400.100.2002 rj 45 extender input card, part number 400.000.2009.

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    10 rj 45 extender output card, part number 400.000.2010 the keyboard/mouse input cards (ps/2: part number 400.100.2001 or rj 45: part number 400.000.2009) and keyboard/mouse output cards (ps/2: part number 400.100.2002 or rj 45: part number 400.000.2010) are located in the four slots immediately out...

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    11 ps/2 keyboard/mouse port numbering scheme rj 45 keyboard/mouse port numbering scheme there are two types of keyboard/mouse cards: ps/2 and rj 45 extender. The ps/2 cards are designed to connect directly cpus, keyboards, and mice to the matrix-hub using ps/2 cables. The rj 45 extender cards are de...

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    12 extender card. Contact lightwave for more information regarding the use of the matrix-hub with vdes and cat5 keyboard/mouse extenders..

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    13 5.0 serial cards input card, part number 400.100.3001 output card, part number 400.100.3002 the serial input cards (part number 400.100.3001) and serial output cards (part number 400.100.3002) are located in the four slots immediately to the left of the control card. Unlike other card types, any ...

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    14 numbering scheme for two input cards and two output cards numbering scheme for one input card and three output cards.

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    15 numbering scheme for three input cards and one output card the serial cards support both rs-232 and rs-422 connections through db9 connectors. The serial protocol is determined by the command used at the control card to make the connection (see section 8.4.1, serial connections). The serial cards...

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    16 6.0 switch and control cards switch card, part number 400.100.1003 control card, part number 400.100.1004 three switch cards and one control card are included in each matrix-hub chassis. The switch cards are located in the three slots between the video input cards and the video output cards. The ...

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    17 the control card (part number 400.100.1004) coordinates and reports actions within the matrix-hub. It provides the user interfaces, initiates connections between cards, and stores macros and other connectivity shortcuts in memory. There are two db9 connectors on the control card; one is male, whi...

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    18 7.0 electroluminescent display electroluminescent display in screen saver mode the electroluminescent (el) display allows the user to access the matrix-hub’s internal diagnostics and active connection list through the front panel. The two buttons located immediately below the display control the ...

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    19 electroluminescent display showing sample connections list – for video cards: input port 4 is connected to output port 1 and input port 3 is connected to output port 3; for keyboard/mouse cards: input port 4 is connected to output port 1 and input port 3 is connected to output port 3. Pressing th...

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    20 electroluminescent display showing sample installed cards list – chassis in this example has two input cards of each type, but only one output card of each type. Pressing the right button displays the installed cards list. The cards are listed in the same order they are mounted in the chassis. Vi...

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    21 8.0 user interface the matrix-hub is controlled through the control card in port using the user interface. The user interface may be accessed by any device capable of sending and receiving serial communications (i.E., an ascii terminal, a pc running a terminal program, a network interface, etc.)....

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    22 access, which only allows predefined connections (i.E., macros and entities) to be made. Level two access is indicated by the following prompt: matrixhub$ see sections 8.7 passwords, 8.5 entity commands, and 8.6 macro commands for more information regarding the use of the two password levels. 8.2...

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    23 degrees celsius. Typical values range from room temperature to around 100 ? F (38 ? C), depending on the number of active connections and the physical installation of the chassis. The cs command displays a list of active connections for the specified internal chassis id. It can only list the acti...

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    24 a dash. Output ports may be individually disconnected from the broadcast using the disconnect command the d, or disconnect, command will disconnect the specified ports from one another. This command may also be used to disconnect all the connections in the matrix-hub or all connections in an inte...

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    25 8.5 entity commands entities allow the user to define a group of input or output ports that should be connected together. This allows resources to be switched as a group to an end user. Inputs are grouped together in source entities, while outputs are grouped together in destination entities. Any...

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    26 entities may be connected to one another using the c command in the form c source_entity destination_entity or may be disconnected with the d command using the same syntax. If an entity is connected to another entity, and is then specified in a new connect command, then that entity will be switch...

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    27 macros that are defined in matrix-hub memory. If a macro name is specified at the command line, the commands defined for the macro will be listed. The mn command creates a new macro. The name of the new macro must follow the command or an error message will be returned and a new macro will not be...

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    28 while the level two password is mh2. These passwords should be deleted as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access to the matrix-hub. Ph list password commands pl list number of defined passwords pd delete a password pn create a password the ph command lists the commands that are used only...

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    29 appendix a - control card settings there are three dip switches mounted on the surface of the control card that allow the user to change the control card parameters. One dip switch (sw1) is reserved for system use and should not be changed. The other switches (sw2 and sw3) change the control card...

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    30 sw1 – system use (do not change) switch position ? ? ? ? ? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 on off off off off off off off sw2 – in port baud rate switch position ? ? ? ? ? Baud rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 19,200 off off off off off off off off 9600* off off off off off off on off 4800 on on off off off off off on 2400 ...

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    31 appendix b – pinouts hd15 video pinout 1 1 red 2 2 green 3 3 blue 13 13 horizontal sync 14 14 vertical sync 11 11 monitor id 0 12 12 monitor id 1 4 4 monitor id 3 video input video output hd15f hd15f analog inputs analog outputs ttl inputs ttl outputs ttl inputs ttl outptus 8 10 7 6 5 7 8 10 6 re...

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    32 control card in port pinouts pin signal name description input/output 1 - - nc 2 rd receive data output 3 td transmit data input 4 dtr data terminal ready input 5 gnd signal ground n/a 6 dsr data set ready output 7 rts request to send input 8 cts clear to send output 9 - - nc db9 female connector...

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    33 serial input port pinouts rs-232 pin signal name description input/output 1 dcd carrier detect output 2 rd receive data output 3 td transmit data input 4 dtr data terminal ready input 5 gnd signal ground n/a 6 dsr data set ready output 7 rts request to send input 8 cts clear to send output 9 ri r...

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    34 serial output port pinouts rs-232 pin signal name description input/output 1 dcd carrier detect input 2 rd receive data input 3 td transmit data output 4 dtr data terminal ready output 5 gnd signal ground n/a 6 dsr data set ready input 7 rts request to send output 8 cts clear to send input 9 ri r...

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    35 rs-422 to db9 conversion pinouts title: size: part number rev: sheet file: system: a a 02 01 of rs-232 mode pinouts for serial input / output n/a matrix-hub serial drawing number n/a matrix_serial_io.Vsd 1 4 6 8 7 2 3 5 tx rx rts cts dtr dsr dcd sg matrix-hub serial input rs-232 ri 9 db9f 1 4 6 8...

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    36 appendix c – sample matrix -hub session the following text is a sample session printed from a terminal program log file. It contains examples of the use of matrix-hub commands in the two different password levels. Lightwave communications matrix hub console copyright 1998 version: 1.02 ...Please ...

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    37 1pt 88ßf 1pt 91ßf 1pt 89ßf success matrixhub# cs 1 success matrixhub# cs 2 success matrixhub# cs 3 success matrixhub# connect 1 1 1 1c1,1 success matrixhub# cs 1 1s 1 to 1 success matrixhub# connect 2 1 1 2c1,1 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 1 success matrixhub# connect 3 1 1 3c1,1 success matri...

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    38 2c1,1 3c6,6 3c101,101 success matrixhub# cs 1 1s 1 to 1, 10 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 1 success matrixhub# cs 3 3s 101 to 101 3s 6 to 6 success matrixhub# clear are you sure (y/n):y 1i 2i 3i success matrixhub# restore no connections to restore matrixhub# b 1 1 1-10 1b1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 ...

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    39 chassis: 1 port: 1 chassis: 2 port: 1 chassis: 3 port: 1 success matrixhub# en conf_room_1 dst enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 1,1, enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 2,1 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 3,1 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): success matrixhub# el entity ...

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    40 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 1,2 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 2,2 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): 3,2 enter entity item (chassis-id, port #): success matrixhub# el entity list ----------- entity type, name: src, onyx2 entity type, name: dst, conf_room_1 entity type, ...

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    41 matrixhub# es entity status ------------- onyx2 to conf_room_1 o2 to softw_lab success matrixhub# cs 1 1s 1 to 1 1s 3 to 3 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 1 2s 3 to 3 success matrixhub# cs 3 3s 1 to 1 3s 3 to 3 success matrixhub# c onyx2 softw_lab 1b1,3 2b1,3 3b1,3 success matrixhub# es entity st...

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    42 1s 3 to 1 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 3 2s 3 to 1 success matrixhub# cs 3 3s 1 to 3 3s 3 to 1 3s 110 to 110 success matrixhub# clear are you sure (y/n):y 1i 2i 3i success matrixhub# es entity status ------------- success matrixhub# mh +===================== maxtrix-hub system help ===========...

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    43 2b3,1 3b3,1 (mr setup_1) end macro macro completed matrixhub# es entity status ------------- onyx2 to eng_lab octane to softw_lab o2 to conf_room_1 success matrixhub# cs 1 1s 1 to 2 1s 2 to 3 1s 3 to 1 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 2 2s 2 to 3 2s 3 to 1 success matrixhub# cs 3 3s 1 to 2 3s 2 to...

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    44 success matrixhub# cs 2 2s 1 to 3 2s 3 to 2 success matrixhub# cs 3 3s 1 to 3 3s 3 to 2 success matrixhub# mr setup_3 (mr setup_3) 1b1,1 2b1,1 3b1,1 (mr setup_3) 1b2,2 2b2,2 3b2,2 (mr setup_3) 1b3,3 2b3,3 3b3,3 (mr setup_3) end macro macro completed matrixhub# es entity status ------------- onyx2...

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    45 cannot delete current password matrixhub# logoff success enter password: *** matrixhub$ c 1 1 1 command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ b 1 1 1-10 command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ d 1 1 1 command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ clear command ...

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    46 command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ ph command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ pl command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ pd command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ pn 1 command not allowed for current access level matrixhub$ lo ...