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4. ForeachsubsidiaryParagonswitchyouwanttoattachdirectlytothe

BaseUnit,connectCat5UTPcablesfromconsecutivechannelports

ontheBaseUnittothesubsidiaryParagonswitchʹsuserports.

5. Ifyouareinstallingathirdtier,connectCat5UTPcablesfrom

consecutivec

hannelportsonasecond‐tierParagonswitchtotheuser

portsonathird‐tierParagonswitch.Repeatforallothersubsidiary

switchesinthethirdtier.

6. AttachCIMsandserverstothefreechannelportsonthethird‐tier

Paragonswitches,onthesecond‐tierParagonswitches,andonyo

ur

BaseUnit.(Followstep5ofInstallingaParagonSystemwitha

SingleMatrixSwitch(onpage24).)

7. Pluginandpo

weronanyTHIRD‐TIERParagonswitches,thenthe

SECOND‐TIERParagonswitches,andfinallyyourBaseUnit.(Follow

step1ofInstallingaParagonSystemwithaSingleMatrixSwitch

(onpage24).)

8. Pluginandpo

weronyouruserstationsandmonitors.(Followsteps

2B,2C,and2EofInstallingaParagonSystemwithaSingleMatrix

Switch(onpage24).)

TheBaseUn

itshouldautomaticallyrecognizetheconnected

subsidiaryParagonswitchesandupdateitsconfiguration.All

monitorsshoulddisplaytheLoginscreen.Ifanymonitorsinstead

displayaʺ....NoconnectiontoParagon.....ʺmessage,theuserstation

whichtheyareattachedtoisnotproperlyconnectedtotheBaseUnit.

Checkfo

rlooseconnectionsandmakesureyouareusinggood,intact

Cat5cables.(SeeSpecifications(onpage172)forUTP‐cab

ling

information.)

Note:Ifyourvideoimageisfuzzy(especiallyifyouareusinganLCD

flat‐panelmonitor),youcanadjustthevideogaintofocusthevideo

image.IftheOSUIisnotdisplayedatagivenmonitor,activateitby

pressingtheScrollLockkeytwiceQUICKLY,thenuse+and‐(plus

andminus)keysonthenumerickeypadtoadjustthevideoimage

untilita

ppearstobeinfocus.TheP2‐EUSTandP2‐EUST/Cprovide

automaticandmanualskewcompensation,whichwillalsohelp

improvevideoquality.PleaseseeVideoGainAdjustmentandSkew

CompensationinP2‐EUST(onpage45)foradd

itionalinformation.

9. Configurethechannelportsinyoursystem.(ChecktheScrollLock

LEDononeofyouruser‐stationkeyboards.Ifitisblinking,Paragon

isreadytoacceptthefunctionkeycommandsfromthatuserstation.

Functionkeycommandsallowuserstologin,selectservers,or

administerthesystem.)