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Product Overview

TheAvocent®MatrixHighPerformanceKVMswitchingsystemisthenextgenerationofAvocentkeyboard,

videoandmouse(KVM)products.ThisnewclassofdigitalMatrixsystemsandextensionproductsprovidesthe

high-performance,reliabledesktopextensionexperienceexpectedfromanAvocentproduct.Combiningthebestof

thepreviousgeneration,suchastheinstantaneousswitchingtimeoftheAvocentAMX™switchingsystemand

thedigitalqualityandadvancedmanagementfeaturesoftheAvocentHMXextendersystem,thedigitalMatrix

switchingsolutionoffersawaytomigratetoadigitalsolutionwhileleveragingexistinginfrastructure.

Inatypicalscenario,numeroustransmitterandreceiverdevicescanconnectinaMatrixfashiontocommunicate

throughtheproprietarycentralswitchoranetworkofswitches.Theswitchhandlesthedistributionofthedata

streamsbetweentransmittersandreceivers.Asingleshieldedtwistedpair(STP)CAT5e/6cable,connectseach

transmitterandreceivertotheswitch.Usersarelinkedtocomputersinreal-timeacrossaMatrixthatconnects

video,USBperipheralsandaudiofromatargetcomputertoareceiverwheretheusercanoperateasifthecomputer

isdirectlyconnectedtoamonitor,USBperipheralsandspeakers.

TheMatrixSwitchingSystemisthebasisforanadditionalsetofproductsintendedtoaddressthedigitalsignage

andProA/V,asITandA/Vequipmentconverge.ThisunifiedapproachprovidesanenhanceddigitalMatrix

switchingsolutionforbroadcast,postproductionanddatacenters(government,militaryandindustrial).

FeaturesandBenefits

• TransmittersarepoweredfromtheswitchoverSTPCAT5e/6

• Dualpowersupplyswitches(availableonthe32-portswitch)

• HighspeedUSBistransparentlypresentedtothetargetcomputer

• Transmitters,receivers,andswitchesareallequippedwithfullcolorLCDdisplaysshowingcolorcodedunit

status

• Transmitterssupportdiscretecablesforconnectiontothetargetvideo,USBandaudio

Security

TheswitchsystemsupportsSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)overaTCP/IPconnectionandAES.Passwordprotectionis

alsoprovidedtocontrolaccesstoalladministrationfunctions.IndividualKVMusershaveusernames,passwords

andalistoftargetstheyareallowedtoaccess.ThetypeofallowedUSBdevicescanbecontrolledonaper-user,

per-receiverandper-transmitterbasis.

Flashupgrade

Thefirmwaremaybeupgradedatanytimeusingvariousindustryprotocolstoensurethatthesystemisalways

runningthemostcurrentversionavailable.Boththetransmitterandthereceiverareflashupgradable.

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