SignaMax 098-8026 User manual

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SignamaxConnectivity Systems
2 Port Slim Palmtop USB KVM Switch
with Audio& Mic
Model: 098-8026
uick Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing the 098-8026 Slim Palmtop USB
KVM Switch w/Audio & Mic! With our highly reliable and quality
product, user can enjoy countless benefits from using it.
098-8026
Introduction
The 098-8026 is a 2 port Slim Palmtop USB KVM Switch with
audio and microphone switching function. It allows you to access,
control, boot and reboot multiple USB-enabled computers. The
independent audio/mic switching function allows an
uninterrupted audio experience on a same connected computer
even when you switch to another computer.
For Windows and Mac platforms, it provides an innovative and
easy-to-use KVM Switcher Software -- a small windows client
application to facilitate your KVM switching operations such as
PC selection and hotkey sequence programming, autoscanning,
autoscan delay time programming, independent/simultaneous
audio & PC switching, etc.
Out-of-the-box Installation
Take the Companion CDROM and the KVM Switch out of the box
and follow the steps below for installation….
Step 1. Insert the companion CD ROM into your CD drive, and
the Autorun screen will pop up (If the Autorun feature
has not been enabled on your computer. Just find the
Autorun.exe on the CDROM and double-click it to start).
Step 2. For Windows/Mac: Just click the “Software Installation
for Window/Mac” to start installation. (If the Mac version
software does not start, you should then copy it to your
local Hard disk on Mac). Follow the instructions to
completion. If the instillation is complete, you will see a
KVM Switcher icon on the system tray of your desktop.
Right-click to evoke the operation menu and double-
click to evoke the configuration box. For operation
details of the KVM Switcher software, please refer to
the Operation Quick Reference.
The Windows switcher software is recommended for use on
Windows 98 SE or later. The Mac switcher software is recommended
for use on Mac OS 10.4 [Tiger].
Windows Mac OS
No live connection detected
Current active PC channel is on port 1
Current active PC channel is on port 2
The KVM Switcher Software supports both the Windows and the
Mac OS operating systems. For other OS platforms such as Linux, you
can still use the keyboard hotkey - ScrLk + ScrLK - to switch PC.
However, this switching hotkey is not available on non-PC platform such
as MacOS.
Step 3. Connect the shared USB keyboard, mouse, monitor,
speaker/headphone and microphone each to its port on
your KVM Switch.
Step 4. Connect each KVM PC port to a computer, using the
slim 3-in-1 KVM combo cable and the audio/mic cable.
After you have connected the KVM and computers
properly, you can operate the KVM Switch immediately.
Some older computers with USB interface might need to manually
enable the USB option in the BIOS settings before you can use any
USB devices. If your USB interface does not work, please check
the USB option in the BIOS.
If you use Windows 95/98/SE or Mac OS and has not yet installed
a USB mouse on your computer, there might be an error message
telling you that mouse is not detected and prompting you to decide
whether to ignore the same message in the future, and yet you will
find there is no mouse movement to disable this message….So it is
suggested that you should installed your USB mouse on your
computer first, before connecting it to this KVM Switch.
098-8026 Configuration Diagram
Easy Operation
There are three methods to control your KVM Switch for
PC and Audio/Mic channel selection: using (1) the face-
panel push buttons, (2) the hotkey sequences, or (3) the
KVM Switcher Software.
Face-panel buttons
The face-panel button allows you a direct control over KVM
switching operation. Simply press the button to switch to the
corresponding PC port (and audio/mic channel, if binding is

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enabled). By default, PC port switching and audio/mic port
switching are bound together, unless you specify the audio to be
fixed a specific port.
You can use the face-panel button to switch to an empty port that is
not connected with any computer. Normally, if you use keyboard hotkeys
or the KVM Switcher software, you will not be able to switch to an empty
port.
Keyboard hotkeys
User-definable hotkeys for PC selection:
Hotkey sequence = Ctrl - Alt - [command key]*
* Please refer to next section for keys that are qualified to be used as a
command key
Note that these 3 keys should be pressed and held together. And it
is upon the release of all three keys, the switching action will be
executed.
Universal hotkey for switching to next port:
Universal Hotkey sequence = ScrLk + ScrLk
* For other operating systems on PC such as Linux, you can still use this
special hotkey to facilitate PC switching. This special hotkey is not available
for Mac.
Both the universal hotkey, ScrLk + ScrLk and the user-
definable hotkey, Ctrl - Alt - [command key] WILL NOT allow you to
switch to an empty port that is not connected with any computer. To
force your KVM to switch to an empty port, just press the face-panel
button to switch.
Each keystroke within a hotkey sequence should be pressed within
2 seconds. Otherwise, the hotkey sequence will not be validated.
After port switching, you have to wait till the KVM Switcher icon
shows forth the target port before you can perform next switching again.
All the hotkeys are only functional after your PCs are booting into
the OS. If you want to switch PC in the BIOS/preboot stage, press the
face-panel button to switch.
KVM Switcher Software (only for Windows platform)
In addition to PC switching, the KVM Switcher Software also
allows you more advanced functions such as described in the
next section….
KVM Switcher Operation Reference
Switch to PC x by Operation Menu
Right-click the KVM Switcher icon to evoke the operation menu,
then select whichever PC that is available for switching. Once
you select a PC channel, it will immediately switch to that PC.
Note that the unconnected port(s) or the active port will be
grayed-out and hence non-selectable.
Windows : Operation Menu Configuration Dialog Box
Mac OS: Operation Menu Configuration Dialog Box
Switch to PC x by Keyboard Hotkeys
Hit the hotkey according to your current hotkey definition:
Hotkey sequence = Ctrl - Alt - [command key]*
* The factory default hotkey setting is Ctrl + Alt + 1/2/3/4 for PC 1/2/3/4. You
can also use ScrLk + ScrLk to switch PC.
Note that these 3 keys should be pressed and held together. And it
is upon the release of all three keys, the switching action will be
executed.
Start Auto-scan
Right-click the KVM Switcher icon to evoke the operation menu,
then select Start Auto-Scan to activate autoscanning.
Stop Auto-scan
(While autoscanning) Right-click the KVM Switcher icon to
evoke the operation menu, then select Stop Auto-Scan to de-
activate autoscanning. Or you can press any button on the face-
panel to stop Auto-scan.
KVM Switcher configuration
Right-click the KVM Switcher icon and select Settings or double-
click the icon to bring up the configuration dialog box.
Define Hotkey commands
You can specify the command key as you like by typing it in. For
example, you can specify the hotkey for switching to PC 1 as
CTRL - ALT - A by typing an A (not case-sensitive) in the
editable field.
Hotkey Sequence = CTRL - ALT - [command key]*
* The command key is user-definable via the configuration dialog box
Please note that if you intend to modify the command key, you
have to modify them on each and every of the connected computers,
since the hotkey setting is stored within each connected computer.
Except those control keys such as Alt, Ctrl, Shift, CAPS, Tab, Esc
and those functions keys and edit keys, all other keys on the keyboard,
including those number keys on the number pad, are all other keys
qualified to be used as hotkey command keys. In addition to the
software KVM Switching by the operation menu and the user-defined
hotkeys, you can always use the universal hotkey for PC switching –
ScrLk + ScrLk
Turn On Buzzer (optional feature, not available on this model)
This is feature is not available on this model. [Check this option
to turn on the buzzer sound]
Fix Audio Port at PC x
Check this option and then select the PC to fix the audio/mic
channel to the selected PC. Once this option is checked, the
audio/mic channel will be fixed and become non-switchable.
Auto Scan Period
Select the Autoscan period from 10 ~ 60 seconds with an
increment of 5 seconds. The Autoscan period is the time your
KVM Switch will wait before switching to next PC.