CONTROL METHOD

Front Panel Interface

• Touch a button and be connected to a CPU or change modes of operation.
• LEDs indicate currently selected port and mode of operation.
• Hold any button in for more than 5 seconds and go into Scan Mode, Broadcast Mode or Command Mode.
  • In Normal Operating Mode, the user can directly operate the selected computer with transparent presence of the NTI switch.
  • Scan Mode automatically and sequentially displays the video from each powered-on computer. Duration of display can be 2-255 seconds.
  • Broadcast Mode allows the user's keystrokes to be sent to all powered-on computers. (Broadcast Mode is not available for MACs.)
  • Command Mode allows the user to give instructions to the switch through the keyboard. Keystrokes are not passed to the computer.
  • Scan, Broadcast or Command Modes are available from the keyboard.

RS232

• Female DB9 connector.
• Baud rate 300 through 9600, DIP switch selectable.
• Use DIP switches to address up to 15 units, all of which can be daisy-chained and controlled by one serial port.
• Seven segment displays show what input is connected to each output.
• Commands
  • RS - causes switch to reset so that IN1 connects to OUT1, IN2 connects to OUT2.
  • CS - causes one INx/OUTx connection to occur.
  • CA - causes all inputs to connect to specified output.
  • RO - reads what input is connected to specified output.
  • RU - reads size of matrix, reports number of inputs and number of outputs on specified switch.

Keyboard

• Type + <`> or + <`> to go into Command Mode. (<`> is the accent mark located on the same key as the tilde <~>.)
• Scan Mode, Broadcast Mode or Command Mode are available from keyboard.

On Screen Display (OSD)

• Use keyboard or mouse to operate universal switch from menus superimposed onto your monitor.
• Type + <`> to activate.
• Select or list computers by name or port number.
• Names can have up to 14 characters.
• Scan and Command functions.
• Shows computers' names on cascaded switches up to 128 ports.
• Search Mode - lets the user type in the first few letters of the computer's name and the OSD will locate it.
• Help Screens - assist users with the On Screen Display.
• Power status of each computer is displayed.
• OS and software independent.
• Our OSD comes built in to your switch, so you don't have to install additional hardware or software.
• Add "-OSD" to the end of the part number when ordering this option.