IOGear GCS2HU User manual

2-Port Cable KVM Switch with HDMI Support
GCS2HU/GCS62HU
PART NO. M1130
User Manual
www.iogear.com

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Table of Contents
Package Contents 4
System Requirements 5
Overview 6
Standard Installation 7
Advanced Installation 9
LED Indication 12
Port Switching 13
Hotkeys Summary Table 14
Hotkeys Summary Table Cont. 15
Autoscan Interval Table 16
Mac Keyboard Emulation 17
Factory Default Settings 18
Firmware Upgrade 19
Upgrade Fail 23
Compliance Information 24
Limited Warranty 25
Contact 26

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Package Contents
• 1 x 2-Port Cable KVM Switch with HDMI Support
• 1 x Manual
• 1 x Warranty Card

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System Requirements
Console
• 1 x HDMI display
• 1 x Standard 104 Key wired USB keyboard
• 1 x Standard 2 or 3 button wired mouse
• Powered speakers and microphone (optional)
Computers
• 1 x HD port
• 2 x USB ports
• 3.5mm audio ports (optional)
Operating System
• Windows Vista®
• Windows® 7
• Windows® 8.1
• Windows® 10
• Mac OS®X or greater
• Sun Solaris workstation
• Linux®, UNIX and other USB supported systems*
*Additional drivers and support may be needed

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Overview
1. PC 1 LED
2. PC 2 LED
3. Console USB Mouse Port
4. Console HD Port
5. Console USB Keyboard Port
6. Console Speaker Port
7. Console Microphone Port
8. CPU Audio connector
9. CPU USB Keyboard connector
10. CPU HD connection
11. CPU USB Keyboard connector
12. CPU Microphone connector
13. Remote Switch Button
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Step 1
Please make sure your computers and monitor are
powered off before you start.
Step2
Connect the HD cable from your monitor to the
console HD monitor port. Then, turn on the monitor.
Step 3
Connect your USB keyboard and mouse to the
console USB keyboard port and console USB
mouse port.
Standard Installation

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Step 4
Connect your powered speaker and microphone to
the console audio port and console
microphone port.
Step 5
Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each of
your computers – HD cable to the HD output, USB
cables to open USB ports from your computer,
audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to
the mic. Input.
Final Step
Turn on your computers.

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Step 1
Please make sure your computers and monitor are
powered off before you start.
Step2
Connect the HD cable from your monitor to the
console HD monitor port. Then, turn on the monitor.
Step 3
Connect your USB keyboard to the console USB
keyboard port.
Advanced Installation

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Step 4
Connect a powered USB hub to the console mouse
port, then connect the mouse to any available USB
port in the hub. Then, connect any peripherals that
you want to share between your computers to the
other available USB ports in the hub.
Note: Please make sure mouse emulation has been
disabled for this setup to function correctly.
Step 5
Connect your powered speaker and mic. to the
console audio port and console mic. port.

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Step 6
Connect a set of your molded KVM cable to each
of your computers – HD cable to the HD output,
USB cables to open USB ports from your computer,
audio cable to your audio output and mic. cable to
the mic. input.
Final Step
Turn on your computers.

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- LED will light up in Green indicating port on focus.
- Both LEDs will be ashing together when the KVM is in Firmware Upgrade Mode.
LED Indication

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You can switch port via remote switch button,
mouse or hotkey commands.
Port Switching via Remote Switch Button
Simply press the remote switch button once to
switch focus to the next port.
Port Switching via Mouse
Simply press scroll wheel button twice rapidly to
switch focus to the next port.*
*Note: This feature requires a mouse that has a
scroll wheel. Also, this feature can only be used
when both Mouse Emulation Mode and Mouse
Port-Switching Mode are enabled.
Port Switching
Port Switching via Hotkey Commands
To trigger a Hotkey Mode, simply press [Scroll Lock]
[Scroll Lock]. Please refer to Hotkey Summary Table
for details.
**Note: If there is a conict using [Scroll Lock] [Scroll
Lock] sequence, you can change to the alternative
sequence [Ctrl] [Ctrl] by press and holding the remote
switch button for 3 seconds. When you press and
hold the remote switch button for 3 second when the
sequence is [Ctrl] [Ctrl], it will change the sequence
back to [Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock].

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Hotkeys Summary Table
Hotkey combination Description
[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock]
+ or
[Ctrl] [Ctrl]* +
*Note: If alternative hotkey
sequence is chosen
[Enter] Switch KVM and audio focus to the next port
[k] [Enter] Switch KVM focus to the next port
[s] [Enter] Switch audio focus to the next port
[a] [Enter] Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers every
5 seconds
[a] [Enter] [n]
Activate Autoscan Mode. It will toggle between the two computers with the
specic time depending on the interval [n] that you have input. Please see
Autoscan Interval Table for details.
[x] [Enter] Change hotkey sequence to the alternative sequence
[m] [Enter] Enable/disable mouse emulation
[n] [Enter] Enable/disable Keyboard emulation
Note: Disabling keyboard emulation allows the use of gaming keyboards.
[d] [Enter] Capture and store monitor’s EDID on specic port
[w] [Enter]
Enable/disable mouse port-switching function
Note: If you enable this feature when Mouse Emulation Mode is disabled,
Mouse Emulation Mode will be enabled automatically
[F2] [Enter] Enable Mac keyboard emulation

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Hotkey combination Description
[Scroll Lock] [Scroll Lock] +
or
[Ctrl] [Ctrl]* +
*Note: If alternative hotkey
sequence is chosen
[F4] [Enter]
List out current settings
Note: Please have a Notepad or word document opened before you
trigger this function.
[F5] [Enter] Perform a USB keyboard and mouse reset
[F6][nn]
[Enter]
Sets the keyboard language layout.
Note: nn is a two digit number that represents one of the following key-
board languages. US English 33; French 08; Japanese 15.
[F10] [Enter] Auto detect keyboard operating system
[r] [Enter] Resets to factory default settings
Hotkeys Summary Table Cont.

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Autoscan Interval Table
n Description
1 3 seconds
2 5 seconds (default)
3 10 seconds
4 20 seconds

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The PC compatible (101/104 key) keyboard can emulate the functions of the Mac keyboard. The emulation
mappings are listed in the table below.
Mac Keyboard Emulation
*Note: When using key combinations, press and release the rst key (Ctrl), then press and release the
second key.
PC Keyboard Mac Keyboard
[Shift] Shift
[Crtl] Ctrl

[Ctrl] [1]
[Ctrl] [2]
[Ctrl] [3]
[Ctrl] [4]
[Alt] Alt
[Print Screen] F13
[Scroll Lock] F14
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[Enter] Return
[Backspace] Delete
[Insert] Help
[Ctrl] F15

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Factory Default Settings
Function Default Setting
Autoscan Interval 5 seconds
Hotkeys [Scroll Lock] [ Scroll Lock]
Keyboard Operating Platform PC compatible
Mouse Emulation On
Mouse Port-Switching Off
Keyboard Emulation On

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Firmware Upgrade
Note: In order to perform a rmware upgrade, you
need to use a computer that’s not connected to
the KVM.
Step 1
Go to www.iogear.com to download the latest
available rmware or the specic rmware that you
wish to upgrade to.
Step 2
Please disconnect all computers from the KVM.
Step 3
Press and hold the remote switch button of the
KVM while connecting the 2 USB connections of a
set of KVM cable to the computer that you will use
to perform the rmware upgrade. When you see
the 2 LEDs are ashing on the KVM, you can now
release the remote switch button.
Note: The computer that you use to perform the
rmware upgrade must be powered on be before
you connect the 2 USB connections to it.

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Step 4
Windows will now install all the required drivers.
You may see the below message popup in tray
icon area.
Step 5
After you see the below message “Your new
hardware is installed and ready to use.”, extract
the downloaded le with WinRAR or compatible
software. Then double click on the execute le to
begin with the Firmware Upgrade Utility.