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1. IP address 192 168 1 60 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Table 1 1 Initial Network Configurations IP module Setup Tool lf this initial configuration does not meet your local requirements use the setup tool to change the configurations to your needs The setup tool PSetup can be found on the CD ROM delivered with this package You can follow the procedures described below 1 DHCP If you have installed the IP module on a network that enables DHCP you can use the PSetup to find out the IP module s IP 1 Plug Ethernet cable to IP module IP MODULE will get an IP via DHCP 2 Using PSetup run PSetup exe to look for IP MODULE a Select MAC address which label on bottom of IP module b Click Query Device Notes BOOTP a static configuration protocol uses a table that maps IP addresses to physical addresses DHCP an extension to BOOTP that dynamically assigns configuration information DHCP is backward compatible with BOOTP UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 3 www austin hughes com IP Module EA Device setup 1 1 0 Device Metwork Configuration Device MAC address 00 00 50 01 64 8 IP auto configuration None D DHCP O BOOTP Refresh Devices IP address Device Type e Subnet mask Enable WLAN Configuration LAN Devices only Gateway Authentication Super User login Super User password E New Super User password Hew password confirm Query Device Setup Device Can
2. 2 2 Login into the IP module and logout 2 2 1 Login into the IP module Launch your web browser Direct it to the address of your IP module which you configured during the installation process The address used might be an IP address or a domain name in the case where you have given your IP module a symbolic name in the DNS For instance type the following in the URL field of your browser when establishing an unsecured connection http lt IP address of IP module gt When using a secure connection type in https lt IP address of IP module gt This will lead you to the IP module login page as shown in Figure 2 2 Authenticate with Username and Password Password LO ts i Figure 2 2 Login screen The IP module has a built in super user that has all permissions to administrate your IP module super factory default pass factory default Table 2 1 Standard user settings UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 9 www austin hughes com IP Module Warning The user super is not allowed to login via the serial interface of the IP module Warning Please make sure to change the super user password immediately after you have installed and accessed your IP module for the first time Unchanging of the password for the super user is a severe security risk and might result in unauthorized access to the IP module and to the host system including all possible consequences Warning Your web browser has to
3. 3 3 KVM Settings 3 3 1 User Console The following settings are user specific That means the super user can customize these settings for every users separately Changing the settings for one user does not affect the settings for the other users UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P22 www austin hughes com IP Module 5 i gt Automatic Detectan Pre configured Mebo speed ary chan fol E Manualhy Compression D none ee Color depth 16 bit high col A An oe d Us Default Java VM Sun Microsystems Java arser Plugin ve he a Browser Farm abready instabed on GUT system ins option wel cause downloading Of around 11 MBytes Plugin code Plugin will enable extended emote Bro oF he onsofe functionality Figure 3 5 User Console Settings Part 1 User select box This selection box displays the user ID for which the values are shown and for which the changes will take effect You may change the settings of other users if you have the required privileges Transmission Encoding The Transmission Encoding setting allows changing the image encoding algorithm that is used to transmit the video data to the Remote Console window It is possible to optimize the speed of the remote screen processing depending on the number of users working at the same time and the network bandwidth of the connection line Modem ISDN DSL LAN etc Automatic detection The encoding and the compression level is determined automat
4. Default Java VM Uses the default Java Virtual Machine of your Browser This may be the Microsoft JVM for the Internet Explorer or the Sun JVM if it is configured this way Use of the Sun JVM may also be forced see below Sun Microsystems Java Browser Plugin Instructs the web browser of your administration system to use the JVM of Sun Microsystems The JVM in the browser is used to run the code for the Remote Console window which is actually a Java Applet If you check this box for the first time on your administration system and the appropriate Java plug in is not already installed on your system it will be downloaded and installed automatically However in order to make the installation possible you still need to answer the according dialogs with yes The download volume is around 11 Mbytes The advantage of downloading Sun s JVM lays in providing a stable and identical Java Virtual Machine across different platforms The Remote Console software is optimized for this JVM versions and offers wider range of functionality when run in SUN s JVM Please make sure that you are installing Sun JVM 1 4 2 or above to your client system Miscellaneous Remote Console Settings Start in Monitor Mode sets the initial value for the monitor mode By default the monitor mode is off In case you switch it on the Remote Console window will be started in a read only mode Start in Exclusive Access Mode Enables the exclusive access mode immediately
5. The IP address the IP module This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled Net mask UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P5 www austin hughes com IP Module The net mask of the connected IP subnet This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled Gateway address The IP address of the default router for the connected IP subnet If you do not have a default router enter 0 0 0 0 This option is only available if IP auto configuration is disabled 1 2 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration Between the IP module and the host there are two interfaces available for transmitting keyboard and mouse data USB and PS 2 The correct operation of the remote mouse depends on several settings which will be discussed in the following subsections 1 2 1 IP module keyboard settings The IP module settings for the host s keyboard type have to be corrected in order to make the remote keyboard work properly Check the settings in the IP module Web front end See section 3 5 2 for details 1 2 2 Remote Mouse Settings A common seen problem with KVM devices is the synchronization between the local and remote mouse cursors The IP module addresses this situation with an intelligent synchronization algorithm There are two mouse modes available on the IP module Auto mouse speed The automatic mouse speed mode tries to detect the speed and acceleration settings of the host system automatically See the section below for a more
6. IP Module lf this option is enabled access to the web front end is only possible using an HTTPS connection The IP module will not listen on the HTTP port for incoming connections In case you want to create your own SSL certificate that is used to identify the IP module refer to the Section called Certificate KVM encryption This option controls the encryption of the RFB protocol RFB is used by the Remote Console to transmit both the screen data to the administrator machine and keyboard and mouse data back to the host If set to Off no encryption will be used If set to Try the applet tries to make an encrypted connection In case connection establishment fails for any reason an unencrypted connection will be used lf set to Force the applet tries to make an encrypted connection with certificate An error will be reported in case connection establishment fails UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P02 www austin hughes com IP Module Group based system access control This is the IP filtering function which keeps unauthorized hosts from accessing to the IP KVM by specifying IP filtering rules The Chain rule determines whether the access from the hosts is allowed or not it can be one of these two values ACCEPT access allowed DROP access not allowed This rule can be configured to apply to any particular Group level All User Super or Administrator When the IP KVM receives a TCP packet it will process t
7. Options Menu A short description of the options follows e Monitor Only Toggles the Monitor only filter on or off If the filter is switched on no remote console interaction is possible and monitoring is possible e Exclusive Access UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 13 www austin hughes com IP Module lf a user has the appropriate permission he or she can force the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off A change in the access mode is also visible in the status line see Figure 2 7 S Figure 2 7 Remote Console Exclusive Mode Scaling Allow you to scale down the Remote Console You can still use both mouse and keyboard however the scaling algorithm will not preserve all display details When you designate 25 50 or 100 scaling the size of Remote Console window is calculated according to the remote host video setting with scaling algorithm execution When you designate Scale to fit the remote video displaying is scaled to fit the size of Remote Console window Ki a syne is Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access 20 50 Mouse Handling w 100 Local Cursor Video Settings Scale to fit Refresh Video ooft Keyboard P Local Keyboard P Hotkeys Figure 2 8 Remote Console Options Menu Scaling e Mouse Handling The submenu for mouse handling offers two o
8. are redirected to the device on serial port 1 and its answers are displayed on the Telnet interface The following list shows the according command mode command syntax and their usage help Displays the list of possible commands cls Clears the screen quit Exits the current session and disconnects from the client version Displays the release information terminal Starts the terminal passthrough mode for serial port 1 The key sequence esc exit switches back to the command mode UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 20 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 2 User Management 3 2 1 Change Password Change Password D Password S New Password EH a Change Password Confirm New Password lt Figure 3 3 Set password To change your password enter the new password in the upper entry field Retype the password in the field below Click Apply to submit your changes 3 2 2 Users and Groups E hee 19 163 1 50 ham de User Management Existing users select FUD Nowusername O passwort Confirm Password O O Email address FT Mobile number Role Administrator CI Enforce user to change password on next login Figure 3 4 Set User The IP module comes with 1 pre configured user account that has fixed permissions The account super has all possible rights to configure the device and to use all functions IP module offers Upon delivery the account super has the pa
9. at Remote Console startup This forces the Remote Consoles of all other users to close No one can open the Remote Console at the same time again until this user disables the exclusive access or logs off Mouse hotkey Allows to specify a hotkey combination which starts either the mouse synchronization process if pressed in the Remote Console or is used to leave the single mouse mode UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 24 www austin hughes com IP Module Remote Console Button Keys Button Keys allow simulating keystrokes on the remote system that cannot be generated locally The reason for this might be a missing key or the fact that the local operating system of the Remote Console is unconditionally catching this keystroke already Typical examples are Control Alt Delete on Windows and DOS what is always caught or Control Backspace on Unix or Unix like OS for terminating the X Server The syntax to define a new Button Key is as follows confirm lt keycode gt lt keycode gt confirm requests confirmation by a dialog box before the key strokes will be sent to the remote host keycode is the key to be sent Multiple key codes can be concatenated with a plus or a minus sign The plus sign builds key combinations all keys will be pressed until a minus sign or the end of the combination is encountered In this case all pressed keys should be released in reversed sequence The minus sign builds single separate key pr
10. detailed explanation Fixed mouse speed This mode just translates the mouse movements from the Remote Console ina way that one pixel move will result in n pixel moves on the remote system This parameter n is adjustable with the scaling Please note that this works only when mouse acceleration is turned off on the remote system 1 2 3 Automatic mouse speed and mouse synchronization The automatic mouse speed mode performs the speed detection during mouse synchronization Whenever the local and remote mouse cursors move synchronously or not there are two ways for re synchronizing local and remote mouse cursors Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Choose the option using the Remote Console options menu or press the mouse synchronization hotkey sequence in case you defined one Intelligent Sync lf the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system use the intelligent resynchronization This method takes more time than the fast one and can be accessed with the appropriate item in the Remote Console option menu The intelligent synchronization requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function to setup the picture and make UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 6 www austin hughes com IP Module sure that there are no window at the top left corner of the remote desktop that are able to change the mouse cursor shape from the normal state The Sync mouse b
11. setting To set the options click on the button Apply UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P26 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 3 3 Video gie 5 Noise filter eral Pe O Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers Figure 3 8 Video Settings Miscellaneous Video Settings Noise filter This option defines how the IP module reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filter can help reduce video flickering that is often caused by distortions as well as lowering unnecessary bandwidth consumption A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if the display content is not really changing depending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default setting should be Suitable for most situations Force Composite Sync Required for Sun Computers When connecting the device directly to legacy Sun computer with composite sync as the video output it may be possible that IP MODULE don t recognize the composite sync automatically To support signal transmission from a Sun machine enable this option If not enabled the picture of the remote console will not be visible To set the options click on the button Apply UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 27 w
12. the NFS log file is not limited Every log event will be appended to the end of the file so it grows continuously and you may have to delete it or move it away from time to time 3 5 Maintenance 3 5 1 Device Information r Device Information Product Name KVM IP Serial Number 5606242000046563 Device IP Address 192 168 1 60 Device MAC Address 00 64 37 00 40 00 Firmware Version 04 02 00 Firmware Build Number 6302 Firmware Description 11 AUST 130104 Hardware Revision 0x15 View the datafile for support Connected Users super 192 168 1 161 active Figure 3 20 Device Information Device Summary This section contains a summary with various information about this IP module and it s current firmware and allows you to reset the card You may have a look at Figure 3 20 for an example The Data file for support allows you to download the IP module data file with specific Support information This is an XML file with certain customized support information like the serial number etc You may send us this information together with a support request It will help us to locate and solve your reported problem Connected Users test 62 238 0 39 active test 80 145 25 183 26 min idle test 212 183 10 29 20 min idle test 62 153 241 228 RC exclusive active Figure 3 21 Connected Users UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 41 www austin hughes com IP Module Figure 3 21 displays the IP module activity From left to righ
13. used Bandwidth limitation The maximum network traffic generated through the IP module ethernet device Value in Kbit s Enable Telnet access Set this option to allow accessing the IP module using the Telnet Gateway see the section 6 1 2 Disable Setup Protocol Enable this option to exclude the IP module from the setup protocol Setup protocol is a proprietary layer 2 MAC based protocol to allow some configuration software to detect IP MODULE devices in the network even without IP address and then config network related settings to IP module LAN Interface Settings The Autodetect will set the ethernet speed to the fastest possible value supported by both endpoints of the link For example if you use a 10M half duplex HUB this speed will be auto selected If this option does not work with some network device HUB switches and routers you can set the Ethernet interface speed of IP module manually to the values as supported by the network device UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 29 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 4 2 Dynamic DNS Dynamic ONS Settings Ll Enable Dynamic ONS Dynamic ONS server pony dyndns org DNS System Dynamic ze Hostname eg yourhest dyndns com Username Password Check time HH MM Check interval 24h zs Figure 3 10 Dynamic DNS A freely available Dynamic DNS service www dyndns org can be used in the following scenario see Figure 3 11 KEE Ee Y Administrator INTER
14. you can proceed Under the Windows operating system you may use WinZip from http www winzip com for decompression Other operating systems might provide a program called unzip Before you can start updating the firmware of your IP module the new uncompressed firmware file has to be accessible on the system that you use for connecting to the IP module Updating the firmware is a three stage process e Firstly the new firmware file is uploaded onto the IP module In order to do that you need to select the file on your local system using the button Browse of the Upload Firmware panel Once the firmware file has been uploaded it is checked whether it is a valid firmware file and whether there were any transmission errors In case of any error the Upload Firmware function will be aborted e Secondly if everything went well you see the Update Firmware panel The panel shows you the version number of the currently running firmware and the version number of the uploaded firmware Pressing the button Update will store the new version and substitute the old one completely Warning This process is not reversible and might take some minutes Make sure the IP module s power supply will not be interrupted during the update process because this may cause an unusable card UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 43 www austin hughes com IP Module Thirdly after the firmware has been stored the panel will request you to reset the IP module man
15. 2 168 1 161 closed 01 06 2000 18 15 30 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 161 established 01 06 2000 18 14 57 Authentication User super logged in from IR address 192 168 1 161 01 06 2000 16 14 54 Authentication User au failed to log in from IP address 192 166 1 161 01 06 2000 01 30 17 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 161 closed 01 06 2000 00 13 12 Remote Console Connection to client 192 163 1 161 established 01 06 2000 00 13 06 Remote Console Connection to cliant 192 168 1 161 closed 01 06 2000 00 12 19 Remote Consola Connection to cllant 192 168 1 161 established 01 06 2000 00 12 13 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 161 closed 01062000 00 11 17 Remote Console Connection to cliant 192 168 11671 established Prev H Neal Figure 3 22 Event Log List Figure 3 22 displays the log list including the events that are logged by the IP module UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 42 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 5 3 Update Firmware A m amp E Browse Figure 3 23 Update Firmware The IP module is a complete standalone computer The software it runs is called firmware The firmware of the IP module can be updated remotely in order to install new functionality or special features A new firmware update is a binary file which will be sent to you by email or which you can download from the supplier web site If the firmware file is compressed file suffix zip then you must unzip it before
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17. C offset twice a year properly to the local rules of your country UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 38 www austin hughes com 3 4 7 Event Log Event Log Targets k List Lagging Enabled Entes shomi per page 20 Gun GET O NFS Logging Enabled NFS Server NFS Share NFS Log File avilog C SMTP Logging Enabled DATT Garver Receiver Email Address Sander Email Address O SNMP Logging Enabled Destination IF Community Event Log Assignments Event List Raard Message LA Security mil Remote Console Wi Hast Central Le Authentication L nese LO oe AUIL e e Eege Se e rt Ge h Mored value is equal to the default Figure 3 19 Event Log IP Module Important events like a login failure or a firmware update are logged to a selection of logging destinations see Figure 3 19 Each of those events belongs to an event group which can be activated separately The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP module To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page In the Event Log Settings you can choose how many log entries are shown on each page Furthermore you can clear the log file here List logging enabled The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of the IP module To show the log list click on Event Log on the Maintenance page Since the IP module s system memory is used to save all the i
18. El a syne HS Options Figure 2 5 Remote Console Control Bar Ctri Ali Delete Ctrl Alt Delete Special button key to send the Control Alt Delete key combination to the remote system see also section 3 2 1 for defining new button keys UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 12 www austin hughes com IP Module Auto Adjust button H lf the video display is of bad quality or distorted in some way press this button and wait a few seconds while the IP module tries to detect the video mode of VGA port to the controlled host and adjust itself for the best possible video quality K Sync Sync mouse Activates the mouse synchronization process Choose this option in order to synchronize the local with the remote mouse cursor This is especially necessary when using accelerated mouse settings on the host system In general there is no need to change mouse settings on the host Single Double mouse mode DG Switches between the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible and the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized Single mouse mode is only available if using SUN JVM 1 4 2 or higher Options To open the Options menu click on the button Options ER la Sync Ha Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor Video Settings Refresh Video Soft Keyboard Local Keyboard Hotkeys d Figure 2 6 Remote Console
19. NET Dynamic IP 3 Dynamic DNS Server CA ol PS 2 KVM over IP switch Server Figure 3 11 Dynamic DNS Scenario The IP module is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router which is dynamically assigned by the provider Since the administrator does not know the IP address assigned by the provider the IP module connects to a special dynamic DNS server in regular intervals and registers its IP address there The administrator may contact this server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his card The administrator has to register an IP module that is supposed to take part in the service with the Dynamic DNS Server and assign a certain hostname to it He will get a nickname and a password in return to the registration process This account UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 30 www austin hughes com IP Module information together with the hostname is needed in order to determine the IP address of the registered IP module You have to perform the following steps in order to enable Dynamic DNS e Make sure that the LAN interface of the IP module is properly configured e Enter the Dynamic DNS Settings configuration dialog as shown in Figure 3 10 e Enable Dynamic DNS and change the settings according to your needs see below Enable Dynamic DNS This enables the Dynamic DNS service This requires a configured DNS server IP address Dynamic DNS server This is the server name where IP module registers itself in regular interv
20. REAK INSERT HOME PAGE UP DELETE END P 48 IP Module PAGE DOWN NUMPADPLUS NUMPAD PLUS NUMPAD NUMPADMUL NUMPAD MUL NUMPADMINUS NUMPAD MINUS NUMPADENTER WINDOWS MENU www austin hughes com IP Module B Video Modes Table B 1 lists the video modes IP module supports Please don t use other custom video settings besides of these If done so IP module may not be able to detect them 75 oe 1152x900 66 1280 x960 60 Table B 1 Video mode UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 49 www austin hughes com IP Module C User Role Permissions Table C 1 lists the user role permissions granted for three user role groups Superuser Administrator and User O O O O O Heer Administrator Fe Remote Como KVM O Ms dl ICAO MIE E Power_ ee E Console Virtual Media Media Password User User Management Users Users KVM yaar Management Jeers User Console x w o Misc Settings a S E E Ke board Mouse KVM KVM Settings Video Video EE ein Sot Information Maintenance Event Log DEI E a Firmware Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Keyboard Mouse Video Video Video Device Table C 1 User Role Permissions D IP module port table Port Protocol Purpose 20 H iTPoverTCP_ Web SNMP trap reception port UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P50 www austin hughes com IP Module E Bandwidth Consumption The preconfigured network speed selection simply results in a
21. Video Modes The IP module recognizes a limited number of common video modes When running X11 on the host system please do not use any custom mode lines with special video modes If you do the IP module may not be able to detect them We recommend using any of the standard VESA video modes instead 2 Usage 2 1 Prerequisites The IP module features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interfaces This chapter will describe both these interfaces and the way to use them in a more detailed manner The interfaces are accessed using the TCP IP protocol family thus they can be accessed using the LAN port of the device The following interfaces are supported HTTP HTTPS Full access is provided by the embedded web server The IP module environment can be entirely managed using a standard web browser You can access the IP module using the insecure HTTP protocol or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol Whenever possible use HTTPS Telnet A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the IP module s serial port via a terminal mode The primary interface of the IP module is the HTTP interface This is covered extensively in this chapter Other interfaces are addressed in subtopics In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system the browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1 4 2 or above If the browser has no Java supp
22. accept cookies or else login is not possible Navigation Having logged into the IP module successfully the main page of the IP module appears see Figure 2 3 This page consists of three parts each of them contains specific information The buttons on the upper side allow you to navigate within the front end see Table 2 2 for details Within the right frame task specific information is displayed that depends on the section you have chosen before R mole Console connected Logout Click to open Desktop size 1024 x 768 AA Power Supply External Figure 2 3 Main page Return to the main page of the IP module UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 10 www austin hughes com IP Module Open the IP module remote console Exit from the IP module front end Logout Table 2 2 Buttons from the front end Warning lf there is no activity for 30 minutes the IP module will log you out automatically A click on one of the links will bring you back to the login screen 2 2 2 Logout from the IP module This link logs out the current user and presents a new login screen Please note that an automatic logout will be performed in case there is no activity for 30 minutes 2 3 The Remote Console The Remote Console is the redirected screen keyboard and mouse of the remote host system that IP module controls Figure 2 4 Remote Console The Remote Console window is a Java Applet that tries to establish
23. als Currently this is a fixed setting since only dyndns org is supported for now DNS System Choose Dynamic for free DNS service Custom for your own domain Hostname This is the hostname of the IP module that is provided by the Dynamic DNS Server use the whole name including the domain e g testserver dyndns org not just the actual hostname Username You have registered this username during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Spaces are not allowed in the Nickname Password You have used this password during your manual registration with the Dynamic DNS Server Check time The IP module registers itself for initiating the IP address of IP module stored in the Dynamic DNS server at this time Check interval This is the interval for reporting again to the Dynamic DNS server for updating the IP address associated with the Domain Name of the IP module Warning The IP module has its own independent real time clock Make sure the time setting of the IP module is correct see the Section called Date And Time UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P31 www austin hughes com 3 4 3 Security Force HTTPS KVM Encryption op Group based Systemi Access Control Please note Apply is required or changes will be lost Li Enable Group based System Access Control Defaukh Action ACCEPT ze Starting IP Ending IP Action 255 155 265 255 ACCEPT ACCEPT ze Figure 3 12 Device Security
24. bad after auto adjustment you may try to change this setting together with the sampling phase to achieve a better quality Phase Defines the phase for video sampling used to control the display quality together with the setting for sampling clock Horizontal Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in horizontal direction while this option is selected Vertical Position Use the left and right buttons to move the picture in vertical direction while this option is selected Reset this Mode Reset mode specific settings Clock Phase and Position to the factory made defaults Reset all Modes Reset all settings to the factory made defaults Save changes Save changes permanently Undo Changes Restore last settings e Refresh Video Click to run this menu item for retrieving the whole video again from the controlled host and displayed on Remote Console In normal situation only changed parts of video will be packed and sent from IP module for saving network bandwidth This function is mainly used for troubleshooting purpose where some old video fragments are displayed as not updated in time for some reason for example noise filter for VGA is setting too large e Soft Keyboard UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 16 www austin hughes com IP Module Figure 2 11 Soft Keyboard Opens up the Menu for the Soft Keyboard e Show Pops up the Soft Keyboard The Soft Keyboard is necessary in case your host system runs a completely
25. cel Help Status Ready 2 Setup fixed IP a Setup IP auto configuration as None setup IP address and Subnet mask b Enter Super user login and password for Authentication default super pass c Click Setup Device If super login was authenticated it ll show Successfully configured device Otherwise it ll show Permission Denied S x Device Network Configuration Device MAC address 00 00 50 0164 AE IF auto configuration D Mone DHCP C BOOTP Refresh Devices IP address 192 168 123 220 000 Device Type IP KYM 000 SEENEN Enable WLAN Configuration WLAN Devices only gateway 192 165 125 1 Information Authentication A Super User login super A stiecesfully configured device Super User password it New Super User password Mew password confirm Query Device Setup Device OK Cancel Help Status Ready Authentication To adjust the authentication settings enter your login as a super user and change UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 4 www austin hughes com IP Module your password Super user login Enter the login name of the super user The initial value is super All characters are in lower case Super user password Enter the current password for the super user This initial value is pass All characters are in lower case New super user password Enter the new password for the super user New password confirm Re type the new passw
26. cess to the IP module using a modem The meaning of each parameter will be described below The modem settings are part of the serial settings panel Serial line speed The speed the IP module is communicating with the modem Most of all modems available today will support the default value of 115200 bps In case you are using an old modem and discovering problems try to lower this speed Modem Init String The initialization string used by the IP module to initialize the modem The default value will work with all modern standard modems directly connected to a telephone line In case you have a special modem or the modem is connected to a local telephone switch that requires a special dial sequence in order to establish a connection to the public telephone network you can change this setting by giving a new string Refer to the modem s manual about the AT command syntax Modem server IP address This IP address will be assigned to the IP module itself during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interfering with the IP settings of the IP module and your console computer The default value will work in most cases Modem client IP address This IP address will be assigned to your console computer during the PPP handshake Since it is a point to point IP connection virtually every IP address is possible but you must make sure it is not interferi
27. chanism through Internet However it is possible to generate and install a new base64 X 509 certificate that is unique for a particular IP module In order to do that the IP module is able to generate a new cryptographic key and the associated Certificate Signing Request CSR that needs to be certified by a certification authority CA A certification authority verifies that you are the person who you claim you are and signs and issues a SSL certificate to you The following steps are necessary to create and install a SSL certificate for the IP module Create a SSL Certificate Signing Request using the panel shown in Figure 3 14 You need to fill out a number of fields that are explained below Once this is done click on the button Create which will initiate the Certificate Signing Request generation The CSR can be downloaded to your administration machine with the Download CSR button see Figure 3 15 send the saved CSR string to a CA for certification You will get the new certificate from the CA after a more or less complicated traditional authentication process depending on the CA Upload the certificate to the IP module using the Upload button as shown in Figure 3 15 UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 34 www austin hughes com IP Module Certificate Signing Request CSR The following CSR is pending countryName IW stateOrProvinceName taipel localityName taipel organizationName test organizationalUni
28. creen and move it slightly forth and back Thus the mouse will be resynchronized If re synchronizing fails disable the mouse acceleration and repeat the procedure 1 2 5 Single and Double Mouse Mode The information above applies to the Double Mouse Mode where remote and local mouse pointers are visible and need to be synchronized The IP module also features another mode the Single Mouse Mode where only the remote mouse pointer is visible Activate this mode in the open Remote Console and click into the window area The local mouse pointer will be hidden and the remote one can be controlled directly To leave this mode it is necessary to define a mouse hotkey in the Remote Console Settings Panel Press this key to free the captured local mouse pointer 1 2 6 Recommended Mouse Settings For the different operating systems we can give the following advice MS Windows 2000 2003 Professional and Server and XP all versions In general we recommend the usage of a mouse via USB Choose USB without UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 7 www austin hughes com IP Module Mouse Sync For a PS 2 mouse choose Auto Mouse Speed For XP disable the option enhance pointer precision in the Control Panel SUN Solaris Adjust the mouse settings either via xset m 1 or use the CDE Control Panel to set the mouse to 1 1 no acceleration As an alternative you may also use the Single Mouse Mode MAC OS X We recommend using the Single Mouse Mode 1 2 7
29. d TM Cybe rView dedicated KVM switch and rackmount screen technology User Manual IP Extender KVM CyberView Cat6 IP KVM DB 15 IP KVM 751 Designed and manufactured by Austin Hughes UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 www austin hughes com IP Module TABLE OF CONTENTS A Ane Pe 3 AA 3 1 1 1 Initial configuration via serial console E 5 1 2 Keyboard Mouse and Video configuration sara aora 6 1 2 1 IP module keyboard settings E 6 1 2 2 Remote Mouse Ern EE 6 1 2 3 Automatic mouse speed and mouse svnchronzaton 6 1 2 4 Host system MOUSE settings cece cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeesaeeeseesseeeseeeeseeeens 7 1 2 5 Single and Double Mouse Mode REENEN KENNEN 7 1 2 6 Recommended Mouse Gettngs 7 kar VIdeo MODOS ostia asista 8 2 Re A A eo Ro E PO SO en nn eres ee earesiad 8 21 PTOS QUISINOS a aia 8 2 2 Login into the IP module and ogout 9 2 21 LOGIA MIO Met Modulada aiii 9 2 2 2 Logout from the IP module 11 2 3 The Remote Console EE 11 LAMA NOW sc ste asc E ES E EE EES EE 12 2 4 1 Remote Console Control Bar 12 2 4 2 Remote Console Status Liste 18 O MEN OPON er na EEE TEE EE E EEEE EEE EEEE a aaa 19 lo 1S OU Ol gege 19 Se UNEN EE 19 3 1 2 Telnet Console occcccoccccccoconcccncnncconnnccnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnncaness 19 RS AAPP i nine EEE aap en EEEa Renai 21 3 2 1 Change Eo po ME 21 ee SCT Sd e e tdt 21 ECO rd e GER 22 SUSE e Ee 22 Ae A A 25 e VIEO a y E E ee re 27 E RE le EE 28 SA
30. different Compression and Color Depth configuration in order to match the different bandwidth limitations of the network type UMTS ISDN etc The following suggested network bandwidth planning table for IP MODULE installation is from the test results with 3D Labyrinth screen saver at Resolution 800x600 the worst case consuming the highest network bandwidth Depth Bandwidth data most bandwidth needed high color data most bandwidth needed d ebt awo 140 kb s __ slower video because of compression UMTS A ei a 100 kb s Sower video because of compression video because of compression ISDN 128k 30 kb s 16 colors V 90 GPRS HSCSD_ 8 2bit 7 kb s GSM Modem GEET 3kbs black amp white video F Cable diagrams VGA Cable HDB15 pin Male to Male USB 2 0 Cable USB A B cable SSS bes p 1 el rn A ep a CAT5 5E 6 Straight Through UTP STP Cable 8P8C UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 51 www austin hughes com The company reserves the right to modify product specifications without prior notice and assumes no responsibility for any error which may appear in this publication All brand names logo and registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners Copyright 2014 Austin Hughes Electronics Ltd All rights reserved UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 www austin hughes com
31. different language and country mapping than your administration machine e Mapping Used for choosing the specific language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access scaling d Mouse Handling Local Cursor F Video Scttings Refresh Video Sof koyboard Show Local Keyboard English United States Hotkeys d English United Kingdom German Germany German Switzerland French France Italian italy Japanese Japan Spanish Spain Portuguese Portugal Hebrew Israel Russian Russia Finnish Finland Swedish Sweden Norwegian Norway Danish Denmark French Belgium Dutch Belgium Figure 2 12 Soft Keyboard Mapping e Local Keyboard Used to change the language mapping of your browser machine running the Remote Console Applet Normally the applet determines the correct value automatically However depending on your particular JVM and your browser settings this is not always possible A typical example is a German localized system that uses an US English keyboard mapping In this case you have to change the Local Keyboard setting to the right language manually e Hotkeys Opens a list of hotkeys defined before Choose one entry the command will be sent to the host system UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 17 www austin hughes com IP Module A confirmation dialog can be added that will be displayed before sending the selected command to the remote host Sel
32. e 1 5 es Pa KR Syre He Options Monitor Only Exclusive 4ccess scaling Mouse Handling Local Cursor d video Settings Refresh Video soft Keyboard P Local Keyboard Hotkeys 2 Adjust the Brightness setting until the pinkish tint is reduced or eliminated Video Settings Brightness Contrast Red Contrast Green Contrast Blue Clock Phase 4 Horizontal Offset Vertical Offset j Resetthis Mode Reset All Modes save Changes 1024x768 60Hz Undo Changes Does any software require on servers which connect to the IP module No the IP module is a 100 hardware solution No extra software require on servers What operating systems does IP module support The IP module supports Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Unix Unix like Operating System Sun Solaris Linux and Mac OSX What browsers does IP module support The IP module support Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or higher Netscape 7 0 and Mozilla 1 6 Does the IP module work with other brand s KVM switch Yes the IP module can work with most standard KVM How many letters the username and password can be set on IP module The IP module accepts 32 letters of username and password How many concurrent user of IP module The IP module accepts 15 concurrent users How many bits of connection encrypted of IP module The IP module provides AES 256 bits connection encrypted Local mouse and remot
33. e incoming signal from the host system The option Noise Filter defines how IP module reacts to small changes in the video input signal Turning on the noise filter can help reduce video flickering that is often caused by distortions as well as lowering unnecessary bandwidth consumption A large filter setting needs less network traffic and leads to a faster video display but small changes in some display regions may not be recognized immediately A small filter displays all changes instantly but may lead to a constant amount of network traffic even if display content is not really changing depending on the quality of the video input signal All in all the default setting should be suitable for most situations UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 15 www austin hughes com IP Module Video Settings through the remote console Video Settings Brightness Contrast Red Contrast Green Contrast Blue Clock Phase Horizontal Offset Vertical Offset Resetthis Mode ResetAll Modes save Changes 11024768 60Hz Undo Changes Figure 2 10 Video Settings Panel Brightness Controls the brightness of the picture Contrast Controls the contrast of the picture Clock Defines the horizontal frequency for a video line and depends on the video mode Different video card types may require different values here The default settings in conjuction with the auto adjustment procedure should be adequate for all common configurations If the picture quality is still
34. e mouse didn t sync after doing mouse Intelligent Sync Please don t put window on left up corner of remote console of IP module Intelligent Sync has to re calculate the coordinate of mouse from left up corner on remote console UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 46 www austin hughes com IP Module 6 Addendum A Key Codes Table A 1 shows the key codes used to defines keystrokes or hotkeys for several functions Please note that these key codes do not represent necessarily key characters that are used on international keyboards They name a key on a standard 104 key PC keyboard with an US English language mapping The layout for this keyboard is shown in Figure A 1 However most modifier keys and other alphanumeric keys used for hotkey purposes in application programs are on an identical position no matter what language mapping you are using Some of the keys have aliases also means they can be named by 2 key codes separated by comma in the table rae alee le alleli CR rood T Fal eb EDEL IS swe TT e P fm sri Figure A 1 English US Keyboard Layout used for key codes UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 47 www austin hughes com Key and aliases 0 9 A Z TILDE MINUS EQUALS J H LESS H SLASH BACK SPACE TAB ENTER CAPS LOCK BACK SLASH LSHIFT SHIFT RCTRL RSHIFT LCTRL CTRL LALT ALT Table A 1 Key Names UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 SPACE ALTGR ESCAPE ESC PRINTSCREEN SCROLL LOCK B
35. ect OK to execute the command on the remote host _ L Confirmation Do you really want to send Ctrl Alt Delete Figure 2 13 Remote Console Confirmation Dialog 2 4 2 Remote Console Status Line Status line Shows both console and the connection state The size of the remote screen is displayed Figure 2 14 was taken from a Remote Console with a resolution of 800x600 pixels The value in brackets describes the connection to the Remote Console Norm means a standard connection without encryption SSL means a secure connection Console Norm Desktop size is 1024 x 768 In 0 Bis Out 0 Bis Figure 2 14 Status line Furthermore both the incoming In and the outgoing Out network traffic are visible in kb s If compressed encoding is enabled a value in brackets displays the compressed transfer rate In 0 Bis Out 0 Bis Figure 2 15 Status line transfer rate For more information about Monitor Only and Exclusive Access settings see related sections UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 18 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 Menu Options 3 1 Remote Control 3 1 1 KVM Console Figure 3 1 KVM Console To open the KVM console either click on the menu entry on the left or on the console picture on the right To refresh the picture click on the button Refresh 3 1 2 Telnet Console E 5 A Home Console Remote Console connect
36. ed Logout E F THREAD Serb Lt Be Logie J Figure 3 2 Telnet Console The IP module firmware features a Telnet server that enables a user to connect via a standard Telnet client In case the Telnet program is using a VT 100 VT 102 or VT 220 UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 19 www austin hughes com IP Module terminal or an according emulation it is even possible to perform a console redirection as long as the IP module host machine is using a text mode screen resolution Connecting to the IP module is done as usual and as required by the Telnet client for instance in a UNIX shell telnet 192 168 1 60 Replace the IP address by the one that is actually assigned to the IP module This will prompt for username and password in order to log into the device The credentials that need to be entered for authentication are identical to those of the web interface That means the user management of the Telnet interface is entirely controlled with the according functions of the web interface Once you have successfully logged into the IP module a command line will be presented and you can enter according management commands In general the Telnet interface supports two operation modes the command line mode and the terminal mode The command line mode is used to control or display some parameters In terminal mode the pass through access to serial port 1 is activated if the serial settings were configured accordingly All inputs
37. esses and releases The star inserts a pause with duration of 100 milliseconds 3 3 2 Keyboard Mouse Le d 193 TER LAA E 4 e Ges A y A Home Console Key releas Figure 3 7 Keyboard and Mouse Settings Keyboard Model Enables a certain keyboard layout You can choose between Generic 101 104 Key PC for a standard keyboard layout or a standard one extendend by three additional windows keys Generic 106 109 Key PC for a japanese keyboard and Apple Macintosh for the Apple Macintosh Keyboard release timeout Recommanded as enable for keyboard timeout when host is UNIX or UNIX like OS UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 25 www austin hughes com IP Module Mouse Speed e Auto mouse speed Use this option if the mouse settings on host use an additional acceleration setting The IP module tries to detect the acceleration and speed of the mouse during the mouse sync process Fixed mouse speed Use a direct translation of mouse movements between the local and the remote pointer You may also set a fixed scaling which determines the pixel amount of the remote mouse pointer movement when the local mouse pointer is moved by one pixel This option is used to manually control the remote mouse speed and only works when the mouse settings on the host are linear This means mouse acceleration of OS should be disabled and the intelligent mouse synchronization of IP module is not functioning under this
38. g 8 ATZO OK ALO DI DE med prat Hodecn server P address 192 16831 L Modem cent IP address 192 16632 Passihrough access to serial port 1 via Talina SSH la bis Party Handshake i peed Date bits 115200 wi 8 none Figure 3 17 Serial Port UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 36 www austin hughes com IP Module The IP module Serial Settings Figure 3 17 allows you to specify what device is connected to the serial port and how to use it Configuration or console login Do not use the serial port for any special function use it only for the initial configuration Modem The IP module offers remote access using a telephone line in addition to the standard access over the built in Ethernet adapter The modem needs to be connected to the serial interface of the IP module Logically connecting to the IP module using a telephone line means nothing else than building up a dedicated point to point connection from your console computer to the IP module In other words the IP module acts as an Internet Service Provider ISP to which you can dial in The connection is established using the Point to Point Protocol PPP Before you connect to the IP module make sure to configure your console computer accordingly For instance on Windows based operating systems you can configure a dial up network connection which defaults to the right settings like PPP The Modem Settings panel allows you to configure the remote ac
39. he packet with the chain rule depicted below The process ordering is important as the packet will enter the chain Rule 1 first and if it meets the rule then it will take Action 1 directly otherwise go to chain rule 2 Rule 1 Yes gt Action 1 No y Rule 2 Ye Action 2 No Rule Ye Action 3 No Rule n Yes gt Action A No Default Rule Ye Action 5 Figure 3 13 Chain Rules of IP Filtering gt Check the Enable Group based System Access Control to edit the rules gt Add a new IP filtering rule by setting the properties at adding line by Append or Insert User can remove a rule by Remove or Delete UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 33 www austin hughes com IP Module 3 4 4 Certificate O e pa Ya a KE T Country 150 coda Email Challenge password Confirm Challange password Key length bits 1024 Figure 3 14 Certificate Settings The IP module uses the Secure Socket Layer SSL protocol for any encrypted network traffic between itself and a connected client During the connection establishment the IP module has to expose its identity to a client using a cryptographic certificate The default certificate comes with IP MODULE device upon delivery is for testing purpose only System administrator should not rely on this default certificate as the secured global access me
40. ically from the available bandwidth and the current content of the video image Pre configured The pre configured settings deliver the best result because of optimized adjustment of compression and colour depth for the indicated network speed Manually Allows to adjust both compression rate and the colour depth individually Depending on the selected compression rate the data stream between the IP module and the Remote Console will be compressed in order to save bandwidth Since high compression rates consum more computing power of IP module they should not be used while several users are accessing the IP module simultaneously The standard color depth is 16 Bit 65536 colors The other color depths are intended for slower network connections in order to allow a faster transmission of data Therefore compression level 0 no compression uses only 16 Bit color depth At lower bandwidths only 4 Bit 16 colors and 2 Bit 4 gray scales are recommended for typical desktop interfaces Photo like pictures have best results with 4 Bit 16 gray scales 1 Bit color depth black white should only be used for extremely slow network connections UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 23 www austin hughes com IP Module Start in Monitor Moda Start in Exclusive Access Mode Key Definition Help Mame on Key 1 confirm Ctrl 6H4 Dolebe Figure 3 6 User Console Settings Part 2 Remote Console Type Specifies which Remote Console Viewer to use
41. ings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP select dhcp and for BOOTP select bootp accordingly If you choose none then IP auto configuration is disabled Preferred host name DHCP only Preferred host name to request from DHCP server Whether the DHCP server takes the IP KVM suggestion into account or not depends on the server configuration IP address IP address in the usual dot notation Subnet Mask The net mask of the local network UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 28 www austin hughes com IP Module Gateway IP address In case the IP module should be accessible from networks other than the local one this IP address must be set to the local network router s IP address Primary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the primary Domain Name Server in dot notation This option may be left empty however the IP module will not be able to perform name resolution secondary DNS Server IP Address IP address of the secondary Domain Name Server in dot notation It will be used in case the Primary DNS Server cannot be contacted Remote Console And HTTPS port Port number at which the IP module s Remote Console server and HTTPS server are listening If left empty the default value will be used HTTP port Port number at which the IP module s HTTP server is listening If left empty the default value will be used Telnet port Port number at which the IP module s Telnet server is listening If left empty the default value will be
42. its own TCP connection to the IP module The protocol that is run over this connection is neither HTTP or HTTPS but RFB Remote Frame Buffer Protocol As default RFB tries to establish a connection to TCP port number 443 Your local network environment has to allow this connection to be made i e your firewall and in case you have a private internal network your NAT Network Address Translation settings have to be configured accordingly In case the IP module is connected to your local network environment and your connection to the Internet is available using a proxy server only without NAT being configured the Remote Console is very unlikely to be able to establish the desired UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 11 www austin hughes com IP Module connection This is because today s web proxies are not capable of relaying the RFB protocol In case of problems please consult your network administrator in order to provide an appropriate networking environment 2 4 Main Window Starting the Remote Console opens an additional window lt displays the screen content of your host system The Remote Console will behave exactly in the same way as if you were sitting locally in front of the screen of your remote system That means keyboard and mouse can be used in the usual way However be aware of the fact that the remote system will react to keyboard and mouse actions with a slight delay The delay depends on the bandwidth of the link to which you use t
43. nformation the maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1 000 events Every entry that exceeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 39 www austin hughes com IP Module Warning lf the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart the IP module all logging information is saved permanently and is available after the IP module has been started If the IP module loses power or a hard reset is performed all logging data will be lost To avoid this use one of the following log methods NFS Logging enabled Define a NFS server where a directory or a static link have to be exported to write all logging data to a file that is located there To write logging data from more than one IP module devices to only one NFS share you have to define a file name that is unique for each device When you change the NFS settings and press the button Apply the NFS share will be mounted immediately That means the NFS share and the NFS server must be filled with valid sources or you will get an error message SMTP Logging enabled With this option the IP module is able to send Emails to an address given by the Email address text field in the Event Log Settings These mails contain the same description strings as the internal log file and the mail subject is filled with the event group of the occurred log event In order to use this log destination you have to specify a SMTP server
44. ng with the IP settings of the IP module and your console computer The default value will work in most cases UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 peels www austin hughes com IP Module Passthrough access to serial port via Telnet Using this option it is possible to connect an arbitrary device to the serial port and access it assuming it provides terminal support via Telnet Select the appropriate options for the serial port and use the Telnet Console or a standard Telnet client to connect to the IP module 3 4 6 Date And Time DateTime Settings UTC Ofiset 0h w User specified time Date 16 jefa Jr 2014 mmiddiyyyy Time 17 8 hu mtmmss O Synchronize with NTP Server Primary Time server Figure 3 18 Date and Time This link refers to a page where the internal real time clock of the IP module can be set up see Figure 3 18 You have the possibility to adjust the clock manually or to use a NTP timeserver Without a timeserver your time setting will not be persistent so you have to adjust it again after IP module loses power for more than a few minutes To avoid this you can use a NIP timeserver which sets up the internal clock automatically to the current UTC time Because NTP server time is always UTC there is a setting that allows you to set up a static offset to get your local time Warning There is currently no way to adjust the daylight saving time automatically So you have to set up the UT
45. o connect to the IP module With respect to the keyboard the very exact remote representation might lead to some confusion as your local keyboard changes Its keyboard layout according to the remote host system If you use a German administration system and your host system uses a US English keyboard layout for instance special keys on the German keyboard will not work as expected Instead the keys will result in their US English counterpart You can circumvent such problems by adjusting the keyboard of your remote system to the same mapping as your local one The Remote Console window always tries to show the remote screen with its optimal size That means it will adapt its size to the size of the remote screen initially and after the screen resolution of the remote screen has been changed However you can always resize the Remote Console window in your local window system as usual Warning In difference to the remote host system the Remote Console window on your local window system is just one window among others In order to make keyboard and mouse work your Remote Console window must have the local input focus 2 4 1 Remote Console Control Bar The upper part of the Remote Console window contains a control bar Using its elements you can see the state of the Remote Console and adjust the local Remote Console settings A description for each control follows S KVM IP Remote Console 192 168 1 60 mir Ctri Alt Delete
46. ord for the super user for confirmation To close the window and accept the changes press the OK button otherwise press the Cancel button 1 1 1 Initial configuration via serial console For using serial terminal the IP module has a serial line interface host side This connector is compliant with the RS 232 serial line standard The serial line has to be configured with the parameters given in Table 1 2 When configuring with a serial terminal e g Hyper Terminal reset the IP module and immediately press the ESC key You will see some device information and a gt prompt Enter config press Enter key and wait for a few seconds for the configuration questions to appear Bits second 115200 Data bits UE O Stop bits Flow Control Table 1 2 Serial line parameters As you proceed the following questions will appear on the screen lo accept the default values shown in square brackets below press Enter key IP auto configuration none dhcp bootp IP 192 168 1 22 Net mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 for none 0 0 0 0 IP auto configuration With this option you can specify whether the IP module should get its network settings from a DHCP or BOOTP server For DHCP enter dhcp and for BOOTP enter bootp If you do not specify any of these the IP auto configuration is disabled and subsequently you will be asked for the following network settings IP address
47. ort Such as on a small handheld device you are still able to maintain your IP module using the administration forms displayed by the browser itself Important We recommend installing a Sun JVM 1 5 0 4 For an insecure connection to the IP module we can recommend the following browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 or higher on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Netscape Navigator 7 0 or Mozilla 1 6 on Windows 2000 Windows XP Unix Linux and UNIX like Operating Systems UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 8 www austin hughes com IP Module In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection you need a browser that supports the HTTPS protocol Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 128 Bit Some of the old browsers do not have a strong 128 Bit encryption algorithm Using the Internet Explorer open the menu entry and Info to read about the key length that is currently activated The dialog box contains a link that leads you to information on how to upgrade your browser to a state of the art encryption scheme Figure 2 1 shows the dialog box presented by the Internet Explorer 6 0 e About Internet Explorer _ ES el Version 6 0 2000 1106 Cipher Strength 128 bit Product 1D 55736 520 63297276 04961 Update Versions SP1 Q623353 Figure 2 1 The Internet Explorer displaying the encryption key length Newer web browsers generally support strong encryption on default
48. ptions for synchronizing the local and the remote mouse cursors Fast Sync The fast synchronization is used to correct a temporary but fixed skew Intelligent Sync Use this option if the fast sync does not work or the mouse settings have been changed on the host system Warning This method takes more time than the fast one and requires a correctly adjusted picture Use the auto adjustment function to setup the picture e Local Cursor UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 14 www austin hughes com IP Module Offers a list of different cursor shapes to choose from for the local mouse pointer The selected shape will be saved for the current user and activated the next time this user opens the Remote Console The number of available shapes depends on the Java Virtual Machine a version of 1 4 2 or above offers the full list E KR Syne Ha Options Monitor Only Exclusive Access scaling d Mouse Handling Transparent we Default Video Settings Big Refresh Videa Pixel soft Keyboard d Crosshair Local Keyboard Hotkeys d Figure 2 9 Remote Console Options Menu Cursor e Video Settings Opens a panel for changing the IP module video settings IP module features two different dialogs which for adjusting the video settings Video Settings through the HTML Frontend To enable local video port select this option This option decides if the local video output of IP module is active and passing through th
49. ssword pass Make sure to change password immediately after you have installed and on initial access of your IP module UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 21 www austin hughes com IP Module Existing users Select an existing user for modification Once a user has been selected click the lookup button to see the user information New User name The new user name for the selected account Password The password for the login name It must be at least three characters long Confirm password Confirmation of the password above Email address This is optional Mobile number This information may be optionally provided Role Each user can be a member of a group named a role either an administrator or an regular user Choose the desired role from the selection box To create an user press the button Create The button Modify changes the dis played user settings To delete an user press the button Delete Note The IP MODULE is equipped with an host independent processor and memory unit which both have a limitation in terms of the processing instructions and memory space To guarantee an acceptable response time we recommend not to exceed the number of 15 users connected to the IP MODULE at the same time The memory space that is available onto the IP MODULE mainly depends on the configuration and the usage of the IP MODULE log file entries etc That s why we recommend not to store more than 150 user profiles
50. t the connected user s its IP address from which host the user comes from and its activity status is displayed RC means that the Remote Console is open lf the Remote Console is opened in exclusive mode the term exclusive mode is added For more information about this option see the Section called Remote Console Control Bar in Chapter 2 To display the user activity the last column contains either the term active for an active user or 30 min idle for an user who Is inactive for a certain amount of time 3 5 2 Event log Event Log Prev H Next Date Event Description 01 08 2000 16 29 07 Authentication User super logged in fram IP address 192 162 1 161 01 07 2000 22 16 46 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 194162 1 161 01 07 2000 22 12 55 Board Message Device successtully started 01 072000 21 00 12 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 162 1 161 0110712000 18 41 02 Authentication User super logged in from IF address 192 168 1 161 01 07 2000 16 53 27 Authentication User super logged in from IP address 192 168 1 161 01 07 2000 00 07 49 Remole Console Connection to client 192 168 1 161 closed 011072000 00 07 40 Remote Console Connection to client 192 168 1 161 established 01 07 2000 00 07 34 Remote Consola Connection to cliant 192 168 1 161 closed 01 06 2000 18 17 23 Remote Consola Connection to client 192 168 1 161 established 01 06 2000 18 17 17 Remote Console Connection to client 19
51. tName test org commonName Test emallAddress testitest com Certificate Upload SSL Certificate File Figure 3 15 SSL Certificate Upload ka BB herp 192 168 1 60 nome n eG Hime BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST MITBOZCCATWCAQAWT JELMAKGALUEBHMC VF CxXDZANBQNVBAGTENRhaXxB aTEPMAOG ALUESxMGdGF DC GN DMODGEC wYDVOCKEWROZXNOMREWDWYDVOOLEWhOZMNOIGSyzZ ZEN MASGALUEAXMEdGYZdDECMBOGC SqGSIb3D0E JARYNdGYZdEBOZXNOLMNVDTCBENZAN o al te nen aly O gre A til eet ada OF eSfoFxzh_ gwiLdTy6404 j6ru3PucvuLcnTt M3184wP0057 Cc85w3aLIWXHm ASL ple dared cti BeLIxomfcsodr c2bbk2PTGT A D r taht acide fone oa tee e ot BAe o E TPbIcI SGADIAWL 1 5QYriwh9R oyTbLhtwolRw MOL YOFIZUFIgLEFqw lWsoqmEyRAMbo2knhebdszR2k2xg07wnie48pr800 d16 qlf26EJ1aekvronevfhb 11F4cC471 mv47 VZUZRSZK7PLAJS1Y QX END CERTIFICATE REQUEST Figure 3 16 CSR string After completing these three steps the IP module has its own certificate that is used for identifying the card to its clients Warning If you destroy the CSR on the IP module there is no way to get it back In case you deleted it by mistake you have to repeat the three steps as described above Common name This is the network name of the IP module once it is installed in the user s network usually the fully qualified domain name It is identical to the name that is used to access the IP module with a web browser without the http prefix In case the name gi
52. that has to be reachable from the IP module device and that needs no authentication at all lt serverip gt lt port gt SNMP Logging enabled If this is activated the IP module sends a SNMP trap to a specified destination IP address every time a log event occurs If the receiver requires a community string you can set it in the appropriate text field Most of the event traps only contain one descriptive string with all information about the log event Only authentication and host power events have an own trap class that consists of several fields with detailed information about the occurred event To receive this SNMP traps any SNMP trap listener may be used Here is a example of all gerenated event and its event group Device succesfully started device Board Reset performed by user device Firmware upload failed device No firmware file uploaded device Uploaded firmware file discarded device Firmware validation failed device Firmware file uploaded by user device Firmware updated by user device Internal log file cleared by user device Security Violation security Host Power host Host Reset host Connection to Remote Console failed reason console several Connection to client established console Connection to client closed console Login failed auth UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 40 www austin hughes com IP Module Login succeed auth Warning In contrast to the internal log file on the IP module the size of
53. tic Make sure your browser cache settings are feasible Especially make sure the cache settings are not set to something like never check for newer pages Otherwise IP module pages may be loaded from your browser cache and not from the card Windows XP doesn t awake from standby mode This is possibly a Windows XP problem Try not to move the mouse while XP goes in standby mode Can t upload the signed certificate in MacOS X lf an internal error occurs while uploading the signed certificate either change the extension of the file to txt or add a file helper using the Internet Explorer preferences for this type of file Make sure that the encoding is plain text and the checkbox use for outgoing is checked Another possibility is to use a Mozilla based browser Every time open a dialog box with some buttons the mouse pointers are not synchronous anymore Please check if you have an option like Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button of dialog boxes enabled in the mouse settings of the operating system This option needs to be disabled 5 FAQs The color of remote console displaying a pinkish tint lf you are experiencing the remote control screen displaying a pinkish tint with some graphic cards please try adjusting the brightness of the remote console by following steps below 1 Click Video Settings in Options menu of the remote console UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 45 www austin hughes com IP Modul
54. ually Half a minute after the reset the IP module will run with the new firmware version and should be accessible However you are requested to login once again Warning The three stage firmware update process and complete consistency check are making a mistake in updating the firmware almost impossible However only experienced staff members or administrators should perform a firmware update Make sure the IP module s power supply will not be interrupted 3 5 4 Unit Reset ES E 5 Figure 3 24 Unit Reset This section allows you to reset specific parts of the device This involves the both keyboard and mouse the video engine and the IP module itself Resetting the card itself is mainly needed to activate a newly updated firmware It will close all current connections to the administration console and to the Remote Console The whole process will take about half a minute Resetting sub devices e g video engine will take some seconds only and does not result in closing connections To reset a certain IP module functionality click on the button Reset as displayed in Figure 3 24 Note Only the super user is allowed to reset the IP module 4 Troubleshooting The remote mouse doesn t work or is not synchronous Make sure the mouse settings in IP module match the mouse model There are some circumstances where the mouse synchronization process could behave incorrectly refer to sections 2 4 1 amp 3 3 2 for f
55. urther explanation UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 44 www austin hughes com IP Module The video quality is bad or the picture is grainy Try to correct the brightness and contrast settings see Sections 2 4 1 amp 5 until they are out of a range where the picture looks grainy Use the auto adjustment feature to correct a flickering video Login on IP module fails Was the correct combination of user and password given On delivery the user super has the password pass Moreover your browser must be configured to accept cookies The Remote Console window can t connect to IP module Possibly a firewall prevents access to the Remote Console Make sure the TCP port numbers 443 or 80 are open for incoming TCP connection establishments No connection can be established to IP module Check whether the network connection is working in general ping the IP address of IP module If not check network hardware Is IP module powered on Check whether the IP address of IP module and all other IP related settings are correct Also verify that all the IP infrastructure of your LAN like routers etc is correctly configured Without a ping functioning IP module can t work either Special key combinations e g ALT F2 ALT F3 are intercepted by the console system and not transmitted to the host You have to define a so called Button Key This can be done in the Remote Console settings In the browser the IP module pages are inconsistent or chao
56. utton on top of the Remote Console can behave differently depending on the current state of mouse synchronization Usually pressing this button leads to a fast sync except in situations where the KVM port or the video mode changed recently Note At first start if the local mouse pointer is not synchronized with the remote mouse pointer press the Auto Adjust Button once 1 2 4 Host system mouse settings The host s operating system knows various settings from the mouse driver Warning The following limitations do not apply in case of USB and Mouse Type Windows gt 2000 MacOSX While the IP module works with accelerated mice and is able to synchronize the local with the remote mouse pointer there are the following limitations which may prevent this synchronization from working properly Special Mouse Driver There are mouse drivers that influence the synchronization process and lead to desynchronized mouse pointers If this happens make sure you do not use a special vendor specific mouse driver on your host system Windows XP Mouse Settings Windows XP knows a setting named improve mouse acceleration which has to be deactivated Active Desktop lf the Active Desktop feature of Microsoft Windows is enabled do not use a plain background Instead use some kind of wallpaper As an alternative you could also disable the Active Desktop completely Navigate your mouse pointer into the upper left corner of the applet s
57. ven here and the actual network name differ the browser will pop up a security warning when the IP module is accessed using HTTPS UM CV 751 IP Q314V1 P 35 www austin hughes com IP Module Organizational unit This field is used for specifying to which department within an organization the IP module belongs Organization The name of the organization to which the IP module belongs Locality City The city where the organization is located State Province The state or province where the organization is located Country ISO code The country where the organization is located This is the two letter ISO code e g DE for Germany or US for the USA Note the country code has to be entered in CAPITAL LETTERS Challenge Password some certification authorities require a challenge password to authorize later changes on the certificate e g revocation of the certificate The minimal length of this password is 4 characters Confirm Challenge Password Confirmation of the Challenge Password Email The email address of a contact person that is responsible for the IP module and its security Key length This is the length of the generated key in bits 1024 Bits are supposed to be sufficient for most cases Longer keys may result in slower response time of the IP module during connection establishment 3 4 5 Serial Port Serial Port Settings O Configuration login D Medem Serial line speed 115200 basis Modem init strin
58. ww austin hughes com IP Module 3 4 Device Settings 3 4 1 Network The Network Settings panel as shown in Figure 3 9 allows changing network related parameters Each parameter will be explained below Once applied the new network settings will immediately come into effect Network Basic Settings IP auto configuration Hone w Preferred host name DHCP oniy IP address 192 168 1 60 ee Gateway IP address 152 1 1 1 Primar ONS server IF address Secondary ONS server IP address Mebwork Miscellaneous Settings Remote Console 4 HTTPS pon HTTP pon TELNET port SSHpot Bandwidth Limit bits bei Enable TELNET access O Enable 55H access O Disable Setup Protocol LAN Interface Settings Current LAN interface parameters autonegatlation on 100 Mbps full duplex Enk ok LAN interface speed Autodetect sl LAN interface duplex mode Autodetect wl Figure 3 9 Network Settings Warning The initial IP configuration is usually done directly at the host system using the special procedure described in Table 1 1 Warning Changing the network settings of the IP module might result in losing connection to it In case you change the settings remotely make sure that all the values are correct and you still have an option to access the IP module IP auto configuration With this option you can control if the IP module should fetch its network sett

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