To enable employees to work in control room environments reliably and securely under all circumstances, implementing redundant systems is essential. Therefore, backup solutions are used that can be operated as a substitute system even in the event of a failure or a malfunction in the main system in order to ensure uninterrupted control and monitoring of critical processes.
In matrix environments, a system is made up of various components, which can each have a redundant design to provide protection. In order to protect the entire system from failure in the case of complex KVM-over-IP installations, an additional matrix central module can be added that can take over in the event of main system failure. To prevent the user from having to wait for a connection to the backup system to be established if a fault occurs, the DirectRedundancyShield feature can be activated.
This extension is used to establish permanent encrypted connections between the KVM-over-IP end devices and the two central modules to enable seamless transition. If the active matrix central module is no longer available, a connection is established automatically and directly to what was, up until now, the passive system. The switching states are retained, and the user is only made aware that the transition has been made by a momentary display at the edge of the screen. The process of changing to the redundant central module does not involve any interruption for the user – even critical DP1.2 monitors do not display any ‘blanking’. This enables continuous process monitoring and control.
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