• CELLULAR BUILT IN

    5G RedCap with LTE fallback on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. No network at the site? Doesn't matter.

  • TRIPLE-PATH FAILOVER

    Cellular, Wi-Fi 6, and Gigabit Ethernet. If the active link quits, Pilot moves to the next one on its own.

  • BELOW THE OS

    BIOS, UEFI, boot menus, RAID controllers. Pilot works on machines that haven't loaded an operating system yet.

  • ZERO SOFTWARE

    Nothing installed on the target machine. Nothing installed on yours. Open a browser and you're at the console.

REMOTE KVM ACCESS OVER CELLULAR, FROM ANYWHERE

Introducing the Katalyst Pilot KV01m, a remote KVM built for the sites nobody wants to drive to.

Plug it into your machine's HDMI and USB ports and you get a KVM with remote access straight down to the BIOS, from any browser. No client software, no agent on the target, no VPN to stand up first.

Sign in at kvm.katalystbrand.com and pick your device, or reach it directly by IP on the local network. Nothing to install either way. The difference from every other KVM on the market is the radio inside it. Pilot holds its own 5G connection, so your management path and your production network are genuinely separate. That is what out-of-band access was always supposed to mean, and almost nothing in this category actually delivers it.

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Reachable when nothing else is.

Your network went down. Your KVM didn't.

Cellular Remote KVM Over IP, On 5G RedCap

A Qualcomm X35 modem running 3GPP Release 17 RedCap on 5G standalone sub-6 GHz, up to 223 Mbps down, with global-band LTE fallback where RedCap hasn't landed yet. Pilot is the US model and runs on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, so you deploy on whichever network actually performs at that site.

RedCap is the right class of radio for this job. It draws less power and costs less than a full 5G modem while carrying far more bandwidth than a console session needs. You are not paying for a video-streaming radio to push text.

The console was built for the connection you actually get at a remote site, not the
one you wish you had. Smart mode trims bandwidth on weak or metered links. Bad
link mode sends every keystroke as a clean press and release, so a flaky connection stops producing stuck keys and doubled characters. WebRTC with forward error correction rebuilds lost packets before you see flicker. Most remote KVM hardware assumes a clean wired link and falls apart without one.

Three ways in. Automatic handoff.

One Path Fails, The Next One Picks Up.

A Network KVM With Triple-Path Failover

Pilot is a LAN KVM, a WiFi KVM, and a cellular KVM in one box. Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6 on both 2.4 and 5 GHz, and 5G. It watches the active link and moves to the next available one without anyone touching it.

Deploy a KVM with network access at the sites that have a drop, run cellular at the sites that don't, and stop tracking which is which. Same device, same interface, same login.

POST Screens, boot menus, RAID setup.

Remote Desktop Can't Help A Machine With No Desktop

A Remote KVM Device That Works Below The OS

Pilot operates beneath the operating system, so it's there for the failures SSH and RDP can't touch. A hung host. A bad boot order. A server that came back from a firmware update and stopped at a screen nobody can see.

Add virtual media from the 64 GB of onboard storage and you can rebuild a machine that has nothing left to boot from. Roughly five minutes to stage a 6 GB image.

4K at 30 fps with HDMI passthrough.

Remote Session Running. Local Monitor Still Working.

Full-Resolution Video On A Networked KVM

HDMI in and HDMI out, so the display at the rack keeps showing exactly what you're looking at remotely. No external splitter, no swapping cables when somebody walks up to the machine.

That same remote session can also carry audio from the onsite computer, so remote staff can both see and hear what’s happening on the machine they’re accessing.

Power cycling without a person.

Some Machines Only Respond To Being Turned Off.

Remote Power Control Without The Truck Roll

Connect an ATX board to the machine's front panel header, or stick a Fingerbot on the power button, and Pilot can cycle the system through its USB host port.

The classic three-hour drive to press a button, deleted. Accessories sold separately.

2FA, three mesh VPNs, and your own certificates.

Your Security Team Gets To Keep Their Rules.

Secure KVM Remote Access

A KVM hands whoever holds the login full keyboard and BIOS access to the machine behind it, so Pilot ships with the controls to lock that down. Two-factor authentication on the console. An admin password you change on first login. Upload your own TLS certificate and private key under Security if you would rather not use the preinstalled one.

Three mesh VPN clients are built in: Tailscale, ZeroTier, and NetBird. Any of them reaches the Pilot over a private network with no port forwarding and no inbound firewall rules to argue about. Or skip the cloud entirely and self-host the control server on your own Linux or Ubuntu box. Dual-core and 2 GB of RAM is enough.

OCR, Wake-on-LAN, clipboard push.

Built By People Who Have Done This Job.

The Small Things That Save The Trip

Draw a box around anything on the remote screen and Pilot reads it back as copyable text. That is how you get an error code or a serial number off a BIOS screen you cannot select from, instead of squinting at a photo of a monitor.

Push text straight from your machine to the controlled one without transferring a file, which handles license keys, long commands, and passwords. Wake a machine on the same network with Wake-on-LAN. Keep a session alive with mouse jiggle so the host never idles into sleep. Open a terminal on the Pilot itself when you need to go deeper.

Where a remote KVM earns its keep

  • TEST ENVIRONMENTS
  • STAGING
  • COLOCATION
  • BRANCH OFFICES
  • RETAIL LOCATIONS
  • MANAGED SERVICES

PILOT VERSUS OTHER REMOTE KVM SOLUTIONS

The category is full of good hardware that all shares one assumption: that the network works.

PILOT STANDARD IP KVM iDRAC / iLO / IPMI DIY BUILDS
BIOS-level access Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cellular built in 5G RedCap + LTE No No No
Reachable with network down Yes No No No
Works on any hardware brand Yes Yes Vendor-locked Yes
Multi-network failover Three paths Single path Single path Single path
Remote power cycling ATX / Fingerbot Separate PDU Yes ATX add-on
Works on all 3 US carriers Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile N/A N/A N/A
Support and warranty 1-year limited Yes Yes Community forum

A word on software. A virtual KVM switch moves the keyboard and mouse between machines over the network, but it still needs a running operating system on both ends. That makes it a productivity tool, not a recovery tool. Pilot is hardware sitting between you and the machine, which is why it still works when the OS is the thing that failed.

Nothing against the DIY route either. PiKVM and TinyPilot are good projects and if you like building things, build one. But when the machine is three hours away and production runs on it, most teams would rather have a supported device and a phone number.

SPECIFICATIONS

HARDWARE
Model KV01m
Processor Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
Memory / storage 1 GB DDR3L / 64 GB eMMC
Cellular modem Qualcomm X35 5G RedCap
Carrier compatibility Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (US model). SIM customer supplied.
5G bands 3GPP Release 17 RedCap, SA sub-6 GHz · n1 / n2 / n3 / n5 / n7 / n8 / n12 / n13 / n14 / n18 / n20 / n25 / n26 / n28 / n30 / n38 / n40 / n41 / n48 / n66 / n70 / n71 / n77 / n78 / n79
LTE bands FDD B1-B5, B7, B8, B12-B14, B17-B20, B25, B26, B28, B30, B66, B70 · TDD B34, B38-B43, B48
Max data rates 5G SA: 223 Mbps down / 123 Mbps up · LTE: 195 / 105 Mbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6 · 802.11 b/g/n/ax 2.4 GHz · 802.11 a/n/ac/ax 5 GHz · 1x1 286 Mbps
Ethernet 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Antennas 1 x Cellular · 1 x 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz
Power consumption Under 8 W
Dimensions / weight 128 x 93 x 33 mm / 285 g
INTERFACES
HDMI 1 x HDMI in, 1 x HDMI out passthrough · up to 4K at 30 fps
USB 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A host (0.5 A max) · 1 x USB 2.0 Type-C device
Touchscreen 3.69-inch TFT LCD
SIM 1 x nano SIM, customer supplied · eSIM available on volume orders
Power input USB Type-C, 5V / 3A, PD compatible
Reset Hold 8 seconds for factory reset
SOFTWARE AND ENVIRONMENT
Operating system Linux 6.1
KVM functions Remote KVM control, virtual keyboard, clipboard, hotkeys, image quality adjustment, screen rotation, file transfer, power control, failover, two-way audio
Security Two-factor authentication, custom TLS certificate upload, admin password policy
Mesh VPN clients Tailscale, ZeroTier, NetBird
Cloud console kvm.katalystbrand.com
Deployment Cloud managed, or self-hosted on Linux / Ubuntu (dual-core CPU, 2 GB RAM minimum)
Console tools OCR text recognition, clipboard push, Wake-on-LAN, virtual media, terminal access, mouse jiggle
Network modes DHCP, static IP, Wi-Fi station, Wi-Fi repeater, Wi-Fi AP for local access
Operating temperature 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Storage temperature -20 to 70°C (-4 to 158°F)
Humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Certifications FCC · California Proposition 65
In the box Pilot KV01m, power adapter, USB-A to USB-C cable, HDMI cable, Ethernet cable, user manual, warranty card
Warranty 1-year limited hardware warranty

FAQs

Remote KVM questions, answered.

USER GUIDEDOWNLOADABLES
1. What is a remote KVM?

A remote KVM gives you keyboard, video, and mouse control of a computer you aren't sitting in front of. Unlike remote desktop software, it works at the hardware level, so you can see POST screens, boot menus, and BIOS setup on a machine that hasn't loaded an operating system yet.
2. What is KVM over IP?

KVM over IP sends the video signal and receives your keyboard and mouse input across a network connection instead of a direct cable. It's what lets you control a machine in another building, city, or country from a browser.
3. How does KVM over IP work?

The device captures video from the target machine's HDMI output and emulates a USB keyboard and mouse plugged into it. It encodes that video and streams it over a network connection to your browser, and your keystrokes travel back the same way. The target machine can't tell the difference between this and a real monitor and keyboard.
4. What is the difference between a KVM and a KVM over IP?

A traditional KVM is a switch on your desk that lets one keyboard and monitor drive several machines in the same room. A remote KVM over IP removes the distance limit entirely. The machine can be anywhere with a connection.
5. What is the difference between a hardware KVM and a virtual KVM switch?

A virtual KVM switch is software that shares one keyboard and mouse across machines on a network. It's useful, but both machines need a running operating system for it to work. A hardware remote KVM like Pilot sits between you and the machine, so it keeps working when the operating system is the thing that failed.
6. Is KVM over IP secure?

It depends on the implementation. Look for encrypted sessions, strong authentication, and a clear answer about where the control plane lives. Pilot supports two-factor authentication on the console and prompts you to change the admin password on first login. Reaching the device through the cloud console at kvm.katalystbrand.com uses a valid certificate. Reaching it directly by IP on a local network presents the device own self-signed certificate, so your browser will warn you until you upload your own certificate and key under Security. Three mesh VPN clients are built in, Tailscale, ZeroTier and NetBird, so you can reach the Pilot privately without opening inbound ports. You can also self-host the control server on your own Linux or Ubuntu infrastructure instead of using the cloud at all.
7. What is out of band management?

Out of band management means administering a device over a path separate from the network carrying its normal traffic. The point is keeping access when the primary network fails. A management interface riding on the same network it's meant to rescue isn't genuinely out of band.
8. Does Pilot work if the site's internet is down?

Yes. Pilot holds its own 5G cellular connection independent of the site's network, so it stays reachable when the wired link, the router, or the ISP fails. If cellular is unavailable it falls back to Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and a technician on site can connect straight to the device over its local AP mode with no network at all.
9. Which carriers does Pilot work with?

Pilot is the US model and works on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Because the hardware is not locked to one network, you can put the device wherever coverage is best and change carriers later without changing hardware.
10. Does Pilot come with a SIM or a data plan?

No. Katalyst builds the hardware. Pilot has a nano SIM slot and works on all three major US networks, and your reseller can set you up with a SIM and a plan sized for a management device. If you already have carrier accounts, install your own SIM and configure the APN under Settings, Network.
11. What is 5G RedCap?

RedCap, short for reduced capability, is a 5G standard from 3GPP Release 17 built for devices that don't need full 5G throughput. It draws less power and costs less than a full 5G modem while delivering plenty of bandwidth for a remote console session. It's the right class of radio for a device that idles most of the time and needs a solid connection the moment you reach for it.
12. Do I need to install software on the server?

No. Pilot connects through the machine's HDMI and USB ports and presents itself as a physical monitor and keyboard. Nothing is installed on the target and nothing runs inside its operating system, so it works the same on Windows, Linux, ESXi, or a bare machine that's never been provisioned.
13. Can Pilot power cycle a machine remotely?

Yes, with an accessory. Connect an ATX board to the machine's front panel header, or attach a Fingerbot to physically press the power button, and you can power the system on and off through Pilot's USB host port. Accessories are sold separately.
14. Can I reinstall an operating system through Pilot?

Yes. Pilot has 64 GB of onboard storage for OS images and recovery media, which you can mount as virtual media on the target machine. Transfer runs at up to 25 MB/s, so a 6 GB image loads onto the device in roughly five minutes.
15. Can I get text off a screen I cannot select from?

Yes. Pilot has built-in text recognition. Draw a box around anything on the remote view and the console reads it back as copyable text, including BIOS error codes, serial numbers, and license keys on screens that do not support selection.
16. Does Pilot work over a private network instead of the cloud?

Yes. Three mesh VPN clients are built in: Tailscale, ZeroTier, and NetBird. Put the Pilot and your own machine on the same mesh and you reach the console by typing the device virtual IP into a browser. No port forwarding, no inbound firewall rules. You can also self-host the control server on your own infrastructure.
17. What happens on a weak cellular connection?

The console has several modes built for exactly that. Smart mode reduces bandwidth use on weak or metered links. Bad link mode sends every keystroke as a clean press and release so a flaky connection does not produce stuck keys or repeated characters. WebRTC with forward error correction rebuilds lost packets from
redundant data before you see flicker or lag.
18. What resolution does Pilot support?

Up to 4K at 30 frames per second. Pilot also has an HDMI output that passes the signal through to a local monitor, so on-site displays keep working while a remote session is active. No external splitter required.

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