The LINDY KVM Switch
- Quad View CPU Switch simultaneously displays video signals from four digital or analog sources on a single screen as well as giving individual Keyboard & Mouse control over connected computers. Display windows can be freely resized & repositioned anywhere on your screen with a sophisticated interpolation filter providing consistent image quality & sharp text when scaling videos up or down. A built in 30 bit RGB video engine also ensures precise rendering of colours as required in professional broadcasting scenarios.
As a self-contained system the Quad View gives a high level of reliability & maintainability, independent of computer operating system, this makes it absolutely ideal in both critical & demanding applications.
The Multi-Port switch can be connected to various USB (Universal Serial Bus) enabled computers & OS, digital & analogue video sources, USB (Universal Serial Bus) & PS/2 keyboards & mice, without requiring the installation of any additional software. Simply use the supplied cables to connect your devices to the switch & a single monitor, keyboard & mouse.
The Quad View also features a transparent, high-speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 matrix for switching USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices such as memory sticks, webcams & printers between connected computers. Switching can be performed automatically with the active channel, or manually. For example, a single USB (Universal Serial Bus) fingerprint reader can be used to log onto all the connected computers or data can be copied from a connected computer to a memory stick plugged into one of the four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports on the rear of the Quad View without any networking setups.
The Quad View supports 7.1 surround sound via HDMI over DVI-I. The audio signal is output via HDMI over DVI-I, S/PDIF or 2 channel analog stereo jack. Volume is controlled via the on-screen display or with the audio keys on multimedia keyboards.
Typical areas of application of the CPU Switch Quad View are in control rooms, process control centres, server farms etc.
Display Modes
The advanced design of the CPU Switch Quad View supports 5 viewing modes: Quad Screen, Picture-in Picture (PIP) & Full Screen.
Quad mode
In Quad mode, the screen is split into four equal fields. Each field displays the entire screen content of its source video or computer. Keyboard & Mouse operations are switched by selecting the corresponding computers quad.
Pi P mode
When the Picture-in-Picture function is activated, up to three video sources are displayed as thumbnails on the right-hand side of a full-screen image. This allows them to be monitored alongside a main feed. The active channel, position & size of the thumbnails are all customisable. In triple tile Pi P mode, the active channel & the Pi Ps are automatically resized to display as large as possible without overlap.
Full screen mode
In Fullscreen mode, one of the four video sources is shown full screen & at maximum resolution. Keyboard & Mouse operation automatically switches to the corresponding computer when channels are switched.
Win mode
All video sources can be freely resized & independently repositioned anywhere on the display, as in Windows OS. Windows can overlap each other & have transparent appearance. Resizing & repositioning is carried out by mouse control or touchscreen. Four customised Win modes can be saved for quick activation via the front buttons 1-4.
Dual mode
In Dual mode the left-hand sides of two video sources are displayed full screen, side-by-side & full size. This means that you can read text in full resolution & see images in higher resolutions.
Switching
There are six different ways to switch between video channels & display modes:
1. Using the buttons on the front of the unit
2. Using configurable hotkeys
3. Using the unit's external configuration program on a remote computer
4. Via a serial port using the protocol DCP XML
5. Using mouse functions (Hot mouse)
6. Using a Touchscreen
The Hot mouse function is activated on any kind of mouse or trackball by giving the device a horizontal shake.
The Quad View can be combined with a KVM over IP extender allowing the Quad View & its associated computers & USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices to be controlled remotely via LAN, WAN or IP.