Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Avocent KVM Extenders

...Also, check the firmware of the Avocent gear. We had strange issues with
ours until we updated to the most current rev.

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Rob Lawson
System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
CBS News


On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Bogdan Grigorescu <
bogdan_grigorescu@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> model of the NEC monitor?
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> Be aware that some of these NECs are actually 2560x1440 which requires
> DualLink DVI, which in turn I doubt your KVM extender is capable of.
> So it falls back to a lower denominator(common to both display and
> extender)
>
> BG
> www.finale.tv
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> --- On Mon, 9/10/12, Rick <a_pmb_fan@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Rick <a_pmb_fan@yahoo.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Avocent KVM Extenders
> To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, September 10, 2012, 4:24 PM
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> Sorry, should have given more info. The KVM is running on CAT6 ethernet.
> This model is a single head DVI-D connector. It is running DVI-D into the
> DVI-D port of the monitor, and I also tried it with a DVI-D to HDMI cable.
> The local computer is hooked up via Display Port and is running at
> 1920x1080. The message is coming from the avocent. It says the monitor
> does not support 1920 x 1200 or anything below until I get down to 1280 x
> 1024, but then of course everything is soft as hell because the monitor is
> not running native.
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> Rick Emery
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> www.rickemery.com
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> From: Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com>
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> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
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> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 4:23 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Avocent KVM Extenders
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> Is this ethernet (copper) or fiber (optical) based KVM extender?
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> If ethernet based, try cycling power on both sides. If not, try changing
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> your cable to CAT6 shielded solid core.
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> Dom Q. Silverio
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> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Jeff Hedberg <jeff@unioneditorial.com
> >wrote:
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> > Rick,
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> >
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> > Is it your monitor complaining? If so - then I have to question if it
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> > really will do 1920 X 1200. Connect it directly to the computer and make
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> > sure it works like you expect.
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> > If, on the other hand it's the OS side that says it only sees 1280 X
> 1024,
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> > then I'd recommend having your engineer force the Avocent config on the
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> > 'transmitter' side to say that the monitor is 1920 X 1200 instead of
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> > automatic.
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> > (I've done that here to deal with weird stuff like the OS not knowing how
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> > big the monitors were)
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> > Good Luck,
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> > Jeff
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> > On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Rick wrote:
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> > > I know lots of people use extenders and Avocent support forum is down.
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> > We have the extenders all over the facility. When they are hooked up to a
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> > 24" Dell, they will spit out 1920x1200. I just got an NEC 27" LED monitor
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> > (crap monitor) and when it's hooked up to the Avocent, I get a message
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> > saying the native resolution of the monitor is only 1280 x 1024, but the
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> > monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200. Our engineering can't figure it
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> > out, I thought I'd give it a shot here.
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> > > Rick Emery
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> > > www.rickemery.com
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