Shenzhen Kinan KVM-1508XX HDMI Rackmount KVM Console User Manual

June 1, 2024
Shenzhen Kinan

Shenzhen Kinan KVM-1508XX HDMI Rackmount KVM Console

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Specifications

  • Model : Rackmount KVM Console
  • Ports: 8 Port / 16 Port
  • Monitor Size : 17.3″ or 18.5″ LED TFT monitor
  • Keyboard: 99 keys US keyboard with touchpad
  • Compatibility : Windows, Sun, Unix, Linux
  • Height : 1U standard rack mount

Product Description

The KVM console integrates multiple port KVM switches in a 1U height console. It can control multiple computers with a set of devices including monitor, keyboard, and mouse, saving cost and space by eliminating the need for separate peripherals for each computer. Installation is quick and easy without the need for software configuration.

Product Features

  • High brightness and resolution LED TFT monitor
  • Ultra-slim US keyboard with touchpad and scroll wheel
  • Control up to 8/16 HDMI computers
  • Selection of computers via push button, hotkey, and OSD
  • Two-level password security for authorized access
  • Multiple platform support including Windows, Sun, Unix, and Linux
  • Complete keyboard and mouse signal simulation for booting and operation

Hardware Installation

Rack Mounting

  1. Ensure the rack space is prepared and secure.
  2. Align the KVM console with the rack mounting holes.
  3. Securely attach the console to the rack using appropriate screws.

Opening the Console

To open the console, gently pull the front panel downwards until it clicks into place.

LED Instructions

The LED indicators provide status information about the connected computers. Refer to the LED OSD Configuration section for further details.

OSD Operation

The On-Screen Display (OSD) allows users to navigate and control the connected computers efficiently. Use the provided hotkeys or mouse to access different functions.

FAQ

  • Q : Can I connect non-HDMI computers to the KVM console?
  • A: The KVM console supports HDMI computers only. You may require additional adapters for non-HDMI devices.
  • Q : How do I reset the password for accessing the KVM console?
  • A: Please refer to the user manual for instructions on resetting passwords or contact customer support for assistance.

Overview

Product Description
The KVM console integrates multiple port KVM switches in a 1U height console. It can control multiple computers with a set of devices including a monitor, keyboard and mouse, thus saving much cost and space to separately equip a keyboard, mouse and monitor for every computer. It is easy and fast to install the KVM console, you just need to connect corresponding cables to the right ports of KVM and its module without software configuration.
The KVM console can control up to 8 or 16 computers and supports multiple hardware platforms and multiple operating systems.

Product Features

  • 17.3″&18.5″ LED TFT monitor, high brightness, high resolution
  • 1U height, suitable height for standard 19” rack mount, metal structure.
  • Ultra slim 99 keys US keyboard with small numeric keyboard.
  • High resolution and high flexibility with touchpad with two function buttons and scroll wheel.
  • A single console controls up to 8/16 HDMI computers
  • Select computers via push button, hotkey and OSD
  • Two-level password security–only authorized users view and control computers; up to four users and an administrator with a separate profile for each
  • Users can set up different hotkeys(【Scroll Lock】/【Caps Lock】/【F12】/【Ctrl】), auto scanning time, port display time, log out time, buzzer on/off and mouse on/off according to their different needs
  • Broadcast mode – operations simultaneously performed on all selected computers Easily choose servers with a mouse
  • Multiplatform Support-Compatible with Windows, Sun, Unix and Linux
  • Complete keyboard and mouse signal simulation to ensure that the booting and switching are correct
  • Auto scan feature for monitoring user-selected computers
  • Hot pluggable – add or remove computers without having to power down the switch

Front view

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1-1.1 front view

  1. LED Module
  2. Rear Bracket Slot
  3. LED OSD Controls
  4. Front Bracket
  5. Keyboard
  6. Touchpad
  7. Handle
  8. Release Catch
  9. Display panel1
  10. Switch LED

Structure and Size

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Back view
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  1. Ground connection screw
  2. HDMI Output
  3. USB port
  4. KVM port
  5. Power input (AC)

Hardware Installation

Rack Mounting

A standard rack mounting kit is provided to mount the switch in a depth of 686-770mm n a standard 19”rack. For other mounting distances, the rear brackets need to be customized accordingly With one person holds the switch in place and the other person slides the L bracket into the switch’s side mounting brackets from the front to the back, then screws the brackets to the rack.( see below installation drawing)

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Installation instruction

  1. Make sure the rack mounting KVM switch has been connected to the ground (① in the diagram)
  2. Connect the power cable to the KVM port as shown in ②in the diagram
  3. Turn on the power, the KVM start to work after the power supply(③in the diagram)
  4. Connect the KVM switch with the computer according to ④in the diagramShenzhen-Kinan-KVM-1508XX HDMI-Rackmount-KVM-Console-fig-6

Note: Connect the monitor, USB keyboard and mouse to the Console port to connect to another console (⑤ in the diagram) To ensure signal integrity and simplify cable layout, we strongly recommend you use high-quality cables with different lengths.

Opening the console

Release the release catch;

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Note: The release lock can only do horizontal locking, it can’t bear any load.

  • Pull the LED panel all the way out until it clicks into place.
  • Rotate the LED module all the way back to expose the LED screen, the LED module can be rotated up to108°.

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  • Turn on the power switch, and KVM will be issued two “beep” sounds, The Port LEDs light flashes 4 times, and the LED displays the prompt to enter the user’s password.

  • An LED panel is powered on when the power LED is green.

  • Power on the computer or server after powering on KVM and you will see a green light at each port.

  • The factory default password is blank, it will be OK after double-clicking “Enter”.

Closing the console

  • Close the LED display panel and the power automatically shut down.
  • Push the KVM into the cabinet: When pushing forward, the rail will be unlocked automatically; push forward until the KVM is fully pushed into the cabinet, the KVM will be automatically locked.

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LED Instructions

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No.

| Components| Function
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1

| 1-8 or

1-16

|

Switching freely from port 1 to port 8 /16

2

|

Port Selection Buttons& LEDs

| Indicator LEDs are built into the switches, the online LED light is on the left and the selected LED light is on the right.

1)An online LED light(green) indicates that the KVM has connected to its corresponding computer and is powered on.

2 ) A selected LED light(orange) indicates that the computer attached to its corresponding port is up and running.

3| Station ID| Display the current port

Table3 -1.1 LED instructions

LED OSD Configuration

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The LED OSD allows you to set up and configure the LED display.

Buttons Functions
MENU SELECT Press this button invokes the menu function and

brings up the main menu.

EXIT/AUTO

| Press this button to exit the current menu and return to the previous menu or press this button to exit the LED OSD.

Press AUTO for automatic configuration.

SL-/SL+| Press this button to move your menu to make

corresponding adjustment.

LED state

| Green: running

Red: power off or access non-standard VESA signal

Flash green: energy saving mode or no signal

Table3-1.2 LED OSD configuration instruction
Press AUTO if the screen migrates after powering on or under other circumstances, then the screen auto-configured to its best display state. (It might not be adjusted to its best state if part of the display mode is not standard VESA mode, if so return back to the OSD menu to RESET, and then it will back to normal.  We suggest our customers set up the display mode at 1366×768, refresh rate at 60.

OSD Operation

Double click the right buttons of the mouse or double click hotkey【Scroll Lock】to invoke below OSD main menu. You can customize the OSD hotkeys, find more details in OSD function instructions

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able 4-1.1: OSD interface
To access the OSD menu through the keyboard:

  1. In the submenus that appear, move the highlight bar to your selected port and then press Enter.
  2. Press any key from 【0-9】to enter any port of the current station

To access the OSD menu through the keyboard:

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  • Note : Operate via keyboard after invoking the OSD menu via the touchpad.

OSD Functions

Menus Keys Submenu/explanation



ADM

| ****



F1

| Set User login: account and password Set accessible:  Set access permissions

BRC Mode:  monitor multiple computers at the

same time

Load Default: reset the menu to the original factory

default settings



Scan

| ****


F2

| All: Lists all the ports on the installation

Power On:     lists only powered-on ports that have attached computers.

Quick View:  Lists only the ports that have been

selected as Quick Viewports



Set

| ****


F3

| Auto Scan: set scanning time period

Port ID: set how long a port displays on the monitor OSD Hotkey: set OSD hotkeys

Lout Time off:  to set the time out value




Tool

| ****



F4

| Reset KM: press Enter reset keyboard and touchpad Beeper【On】: press Enter switch Bee sounds

Mouse Ho【t On】: press Enter to shut down the touchpad operating

on OSD.

Restore Values: press Enter to restore the current user default value.

About KVM: press Enter to show the KVM version

Edit| F6| Edits port names
QV| F7| Start or close Quick View
Lout| F8| Log out/blank the console screen




Exit

| Esc| Press this key exits the OSD menu
Scroll Lock| Press this key exit the OSD menu
Num Lock|

F1-ADM

  • Menu overview

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Operating instructions

  1. Press【F1】or 【←】【→】enters the F1 submenus.
  2. Press 【↑】【↓】moves the highlightbar to select the submenu.
  3. Press【Enter】selects and exits ADM menu.
  4. Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits the ADM menu

Menu explanation

  1. Set User Login—Press 【Enter】 and select Set User Login, a screen as below Diagram 4-1.1 appears: One administrator and four user accounts can be set (the account and the password are no more than 16 characters)

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Note :You can set up an account and password according to diagram 4-1.2, then a “ Usersetup ok” pops up showing you have done your set, and “Password Not Match” pops up, you need to type in your password again as you did in your first type.

Set accessible—press 【Enter】 and select Set Access Permission, then the below menu appears: (diagram 4-1.3):

Menu Explanation
FULL Full access function to the station and can do any

the operation to the ports

VIEW| View-only function, you can only view the port but you

can’t operate it if set this function.

NULL| If you set this function, the port will be not displayed

on the user’s OSD menu

Note : The administrator always has full access to all the ports.

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  1. If you want to set access permission of [User1], press 【Space 】to choose the permission options you need to set.
  2. [User1] log in OSD menu, as shown in diagram 4-1.5.
  3. BRC Mode – Press【Enter】to enter the BRC mode. Enter the main menu, and press 【F7】 to add or remove a port that needs a broadcast function. When BRC mode is effect, a speaker symbol appears in the QV column. (see below diagrams). While BRC mode is in effect, we can operate multiple computer ports simultaneously, but the mouse does not function normally.

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  1. Open BRC mode 【F1】->BRC Mode OFF->press【Enter】-> BRC Mode ON (see diagram 4-1.6)
  2. Open the port that needs broadcast function Press【↑】【↓】key—>select the port that needs broadcast function press 【F7】 a “BC” symbol appears in the QV column which shows the port has entered broadcast mode.
  3. Close the broadcasting portPress【↑】【↓】key—>select the port press 【F7】 exit BRC mode and the “BC” symbol disappears
  4. BRC modeInvoke OSD main menu 【F1】->BRC Mode ON ->press【Enter】 –> BRC Mode OFF, the KVM exits BRC mode(diagram 4-1.8)

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Load Default— press 【Enter】 and select Load Default, all the set values are restored to the original factory default settings.

F2-Scan

  • Menu overview

Operating instructions

  1. Press【F2】or 【←】【→】enters the F2 submenus.
  2. Press 【↑】【↓】moves the highlight bar to select the submenu.
  3. Press【Enter】selects and exits Scan menu.
  4. Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits the SCAN menu

Menu explanation

Submenu Explanation

All

| Use this function to scan all ports according to the set scanning interval.


Power On

| Use this function to scan all ports with “$” according to the set scanning interval.


Quick View

| ****

Use this function to scan all ports with “#” quick view symbols according to the set scanning interval.

F3-Set

  • Menu overview

Operating instructions

  1. Press【F3】or 【←】【→】enters the F3 submenus.
  2. Press 【↑】【↓】moves the highlight bar to select the submenu.
  3. Press【Enter】selects and exits Set menu.
  4. Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits Set the menu

Menu explanation

Submenu Default value
Auto Scan 5S(effective range 5-99)

Port ID

| 0S: not display the port ID

1-98S: display the seconds, maximum 98s 99S: permanent display

OSD Hotkey

| 【Scroll Lock 】+ 【Scroll Lock 】

【Caps Lock】 +【Caps Lock】

【F12】 +【F12】

【Ctrl】+【Ctrl】+【KVM Hotkey】

Lout Time off

  • 0: close the screen saver setting
  • 01-99M: set the screen saver timeout

Note: It automatically log out if the current operator is no longer operating for a while, then the KVM will be locked and you need to enter user name and password to operate again

OSD Hotkey Operation

Operating instruction

  1. Press【F3】and move the highlight bar with【↓】 to select the “OSD Hotkey” submenu. Press 【Enter】and below screen appears:
  2. KVM default hotkey:【Scroll Lock】

Select the“【Ctrl】【Ctrl】+【KVM Hotkey】“ and press【Enter】, and then the 【Ctrl】hotkey is available in this hotkey mode, the mouse hotkey can’t enter the OSD menu
Invoke hotkey :double click 【L_Ctrl】 + the corresponding function key

Function Operating Function description

|

Switching  port

|

+ 1~8

| Skip ports from 1~8, Eg.:

Double click【L_Ctrl】 plus 2 to skip to the second part of the current station.

|
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+ F1~ F8| Skip ports from 9-16
+ ↑/↓| Skip to the previous/next port

Auto scanning

|

+ S

| 1.   Auto Scan automatically scans ports that are attached PC or server. Users can set the scan duration in the OSD menu and press any key to exit scanning mode.

2.  Move the mouse to extend the scan interval.

Invoke

OSD main menu

| +        “space key”| This allows you to invoke OSD main menu

(see OSD menu operation)

F4-Tool

  • Menu overview

Operating instructions

  1. Press【F4】or 【←】【→】enters the F4 submenus.
  2. Press 【↑】【↓】moves the highlight bar to select the submenu.
  3. Press【Enter】selects and exits the Tool menu.
  4. Press【Esc】cancels the operation and exits the Tool menu

Menu explanation

Submenu Instruction

Reset KM

| Initialize the keyboard and mouse that are connected to KVM when they are broken down.

Beeper【On】

|

The beeper can be turned on or off with this function.

Mouse Hot【On】

| To open and close the mouse with this function. We can’t operate the OSD when it is【Off】.
|

Restore Values

|

Restore to original factory default values.

---|---|---
About KVM| It shows the KVM version information.

F6-Edit port names

  • Select the port with【↑】【↓】key;
  • Press F6 and key in the new name or modify the old one, then press Enter to save the name and exit editing.
  • Press 【Esc 】to cancel and exit the editing.

Note:
The NAME characters include: All alpha characters:A-Z All numeric characters:0-9 Default value: SYSTEM

F7-Set quick view port(QV)

  • Select ports with【↑】【↓】keys;
  • Press 【F7】to include the current port as Quick View, then an arrowhead appears in the QV column to indicate so.

Note:
Press 【F7 】to cancel the QV symbol if the current port has already a QV arrowhead symbol in its QV column; if you want to cancel all the QV functions, press Restore Values under F4:Tool.( The port name restores to default setting at the same time

F8-LOUT

  • Press 【F8 】 to exit the OSD main menu and fully exit the current port, then the log in window appears

Appendix

Specifications (17.3″)

Function LH1708 LH1716
Computer connections Direct 8
Max 8 16
Port emulation Keyboard, mouse USB





LED monitor

| LED model| FHD TFT
View area| 17.3″
Optimum

resolution

| 1920×1080@60Hz
Display color| 262K
Brightness| 300cd/m²( T y p )
Contrast ratio| 800 : 1( T y p )
Pixel pitch(mm)| 0.1989(H) × 0.1989(W)


Mouse

| X/Y resolution| >1000 points /inch, (40 points/mm)
Roll wheel| Supports scroll wheel function


Keyboard

| 99 keys

(82 keys main keyboard +17 independent

small numeric keyboard)

Port selection| pushbuttons, hotkeys, OSD menu
Input power| 100V- 240Vac, 50-60Hz, <1.5A
Power consumption| 15W| 17W|
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Mounting distance

| 686-770mm ( L=262mm)

The mounting bracket can be customized for other

mounting distance

Operating temperature| 0—50 ℃
Store temperature| -20—60 ℃
Humidity| 0—80% RH, non-condensing
Net weight| 11.6kg| 11.8kg
Product dimension (W × D × H)| 448mm×560mm×42.5mm
Package dimension (W × D × H)| 765mm×615mm×185mm

Specifications (18.5″)

Function LH1808 LH1816
Computer connections Direct 8
Max 8 16
Port emulation Keyboard, mouse USB





LED monitor

| LED model| FHD TFT
View area| 18.47″
Optimum

resolution

| 1920×1080@60Hz
Display color| 16.7 M
Brightness| 250cd/m²( T y p )
Contrast ratio| 1000: 1 ( T y p )
Pixel pitch(mm)| 0.213(H) × 0.213(W)


Mouse

| X/Y resolution| >1000 points /inch, (40 points/mm)
Roll wheel| Supports scroll wheel function


Keyboard

| 99 keys

(82 keys main keyboard +17 independent small

numeric keyboard)

Port selection| pushbuttons, hotkeys, OSD menu
Input power| 100V- 240Vac, 50-60Hz, <1.5A
Power consumption| 28W| 30W


Mounting distance

| 686-770mm ( L=262mm)

The mounting bracket can be customized for other

mounting distance

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Operating temperature| 0—50 ℃
Store temperature| -20—60 ℃
Humidity| 0—80% RH, non-condensing
Net weight| 11.8kg| 12kg
Product dimension (W × D × H)| 448mm×560mm×42.5mm
Package dimension (W × D × H)| 765mm×615mm×185mm

FAQ

The KVM console do not work when I connect and use the console for the first time. Solutions: Please re-connect the KVM console according to below steps:

  1. Disconnect all the signal and power cables connected to KVM.
  2. Then power on KVM and you hear the boot indicating sound from the beeper,a screen automatically pop up for you to enter the user name and password.
  3. Type in the correct user name and password, the original password is clicking Enter twice, and then the OSD main menu pop up on the screen.
  4. Check the KVM console and make sure it can normally switch ports.
  5. Connect one server(PC) to one of the KVM ports with signal cable and check port switching function, check the keyboard and mouse, if they are not working, try to re-start the server(PC).
  6. After successfully finishing all the above steps, gradually add the server(PC) to this console until meets your needs.

can’t log in to the KVM system after starting the computer. Solutions:

  1. Make sure the KVM keyboard is working, and the username and password is correct. The default value is blank, you can log in after press Enter.
  2. If you still can’t log in to the system, try to connect an external USB keyboard.( The original default value is blank, you can log in after double clicking Enter )
  3. 3. I can’t switch from one port to another after logging in the KVM system.

Solutions

  1. Invoke the OSD main menu check the user name on the top left, and make sure the user has got access permission from the administrator.
  2. Please contact the distributor or the KVM manufacturer.

The bad display quality of the PC screen. Solutions:

  1. Check the signal cables, and make sure they are connected.
  2. Reset the monitor’s display settings.

When I switch to one port, the keyboard and mouse do not work. Solutions:

  1. Make sure you have exited the OSD menu.
  2. Invoke the OSD main menu and check the user name on the top left, and make sure the user has got access permission from the administrator.
  3. Pull out the USB port of the server(PC) then plug in.

I can’t invoke the OSD main menu. Solutions

  1. Check the keyboard to make sure it is working.
  2. Double click 【Scroll_Lock】.
  3. Double click 【F12】
  4. Double click 【Caps Lock】
  5. Double click【Ctrl】+【Space】

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