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Minicom Advanced Systems DX System User Manual

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11.4.2 Editing a Legacy switch type

To change the number of input and output ports for a Legacy switch type:

1. Click

. The currently selected device Properties box opens. See

Figure 38.

Figure 38 Properties box

2. Change the number of input/output ports (see Figure 37), check or uncheck

Typematic as necessary and click

.

Note!

From the DX System Configuration window you can edit a Legacy switch type by

selecting it from the list of switches and from the Toolbar pressing

.

11.4.3 The Cascade Inputs tab elements

Configure the cascaded input ports of the Legacy switch. You do this by selecting
from a menu the DX Central to which it is cascaded e.g. primary or secondary level
DX Central. Also you select the DX Central’s Server port number the Legacy
switch is connected to.

There are 2 ways to do this

(A) By configuring the cascaded input ports of the Legacy switch.

(B) By configuring the cascaded output ports of the relevant DX Central.

Once you configure the ports on 1 level, you do not have to configure the ports on
the other level.

Method A

In the Add New KVM Device box Figure 35, click the Cascade Inputs tab. Figure
39 appears.