Rose electronics QuadraVista Instruction Manual

QuadraVista™ QUAD VIDEO KVM SWITCH 10707 Stancliff Road Phone (281) 933-7673 Houston, Texas 77099 www.rose.com INSTA

MODELS 4 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 1. Front View Selector buttons: 1 – 4 Computer select Quad Switches to qua

INSTALLATION QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 5 Installation Please refer to the safety section first before proceeding with any insta

6 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Installing the Computers Connect up to four computers to the corresponding video (DVI-I), keyboar

COMMANDS QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 7 Front Panel LEDs / Push-Button Commands The front panel consists of 6 push buttons and 6 c

8 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL In the Quad mode, the channel selector window will switch active channels each time the PiP butt

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 9 Keyboard Commands The QuadraVista uses a “HOTKEY” to accept and process a keyboard command. When

ON SCREEN DISPLAY 10 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL On Screen Menu System The QuadraVista has an easy to use menu system that enab

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 11 Main Menu System menu The Main Menu is called up by pressing the assigned HotKey

12 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System / HotKey The system HOTKEY window is used to define the multiple keys HOTKEY and Double Cl

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 13 When the multiple key and double click key assignment has been made, exit the menu system and the

14 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Activating the Hotmouse in the Quad screen mode will display a box cursor with the active 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

16 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System Quad Mode Figure 8. System Quad Mode System OSD Position Figure 9. System / OSD Pos

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 17 System / OSD Language Figure 10. System / OSD Language System / Security The security features

18 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL QuadraVista OSD security matrix y = Authorization to t

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 19 If the pre-assigned password is lost or forgotten, please contact Rose Electronics Tech Support f

20 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL System / Test Pattern Figure 12. System / Test Pattern There are nine test patterns to assist

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 21 System / Disable Channel Using this feature, the connected computers should be connected to the c

22 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL MODE Mode / PiP-Start Selecting “MODE” and pressing enter displays the mode screen. Two mode se

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 23 Figure 15. Mode / PiP-Start Configure Configure / Backup, Recall, Factory Reset The backu

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24 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL The recall command replaces the current settings with the latest backup. Figure 17. Recall The

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 25 Console Video output / Keyboard / Multi-Monitor / EDID Selecting “Console” from the main menu dis

26 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 19. Console, Vi

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 27 Console / Multi-Monitor The QuadraVista can be set-up to connect to computers with multiple vide

28 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Console / EDID Figure 22. EDID display Video From the main menu, selecting Video will display

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 29 Video / Brightness / Contrast Using the brightness / contrast menu, you can adjust video brightne

30 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Video / Horizontal and Vertical position The Horizontal position menu is used to adjust the posit

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 31 Video / Screen width Figure 26. Screen width Video / Phase Figure 27. Clock phase The wid

32 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Video / Format Figure 28. Video format Computer Selecting Computer from the main menu will d

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 33 Computer / Keyboard Figure 30. Computer / Keyboard Computer / Mouse Figure 31. Computer / Mo

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Declaration of Conformity This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and

34 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Computer / Reset PS/2 Figure 32. Computer / Reset PS/2 Computer / Change EDID/DDC Figure 33.

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 35 Figure 34. EDID Programming When the window to the above right displays and before

36 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Help Selecting the help section will display the keyboard command list, about, and contact infor

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 37 The Contact section provides you with information on who to contact for technical assistance and

SERIAL OPERATION 38 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Serial Features QuadraVista can be configured or controlled from a remote compute

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 39 Execute the Serial Communication software and the window shown below will display. Click on the

40 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Connect the multiple unit system as shown below using a special “Y” serial cable. When startin

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 41 DCP/XML Feature The QuadraVista can be controlled remotely from a PC or laptop connected to the R

42 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL An example of a DCP/XML message containing all defined elements is shown below: <dcp-xml>

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 43 DCP/XML System Querying Using the DCP/XML feature, the QuadraVista can be queried to request set

TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Page # System Introduction...

44 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL DCP error messages: malformed xml Malformed XML. tag mismatch Opening and closing tags do no

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 45 Whitespace: TAB, SPACE, CR Whitespace characters are TAB (0x09), Space (0x20) and Carriage Retu

SERVICE and MAINTENANCE 46 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Service Information Maintenance and Repair This Unit does not contain any

SAFETY QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 47 Safety The QuadraVista has been tested for conformance to safety regulations and requiremen

48 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Safety and EMC Regulatory Statements Safety information Documentation reference symbol. If the p

APPENDICES QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 49 Appendix A. Specifications Resolution 1900 x 1200 Video compatibility VGA to UXGA / DV

50 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Appendix C. Factory Defaults The Below table shows the factory default settings. When “Factory R

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 51 Appendix D. Supported Video-In Formats Mode Resolution Rate Analog Rate Digital Mode Resoluti

NOTES 52 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL

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INTRODUCTION QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 1 System Introduction Thank you for choosing the Rose Electronics QuadraVista™. The Qua

2 QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL Features J Connect to four computers making each video source viewable and controllable on a sing

QUADRAVISTA INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 3 Compatibility Computers PS/2, USB (including SUN and Mac) Monitors VGA to UXGA / DVI Keyboards