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 and repositioned anywhere on your screen with a sophisticated interpolation filter providing consistent image quality and 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 and maintainability, independent of computer operating system, this makes it ideal in both critical and demanding applications.
The Multi-Port switch can be connected to various USB enabled computers and OS, digital and analogue video sources, USB and PS/2 keyboards and mice, without requiring the installation of any additional software. Simply use the supplied cables to connect your devices to the switch and a single monitor, keyboard & mouse.
The Quad View also features a transparent, high-speed USB 2.0 matrix for switching USB devices such as memory sticks, webcams and printers between connected computers. Switching can be performed automatically with the active channel, or manually. For example, a single USB 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 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) and 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.
PiP 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 and size of the thumbnails are all customisable. In triple tile PiP mode, the active channel and the PiPs 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 and 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 and independently repositioned anywhere on the display, as in Windows OS. Windows can overlap each other and have transparent appearance. Resizing and 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 and full size. This allows you to read text in full resolution and see images in higher resolutions.
Switching
There are six different ways to switch between video channels and 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 and its associated computers and USB devices to be controlled remotely via LAN, WAN or IP.