User guide

SERVSWITCH DTX5000/5002 USER GUIDE
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USB support
The Black Box ServSwitch Extender is compatible with the USB 2.0 standard.
The receiver provides four USB 2.0 compliant ports that can be used to access USB
keyboards and mice. Hot-plugging of USB devices is supported.
NOTE:
A hub cannot be used to expand the number of USB ports available.
The DTX5000 transmitter provides two USB interfaces:
• One is a low/full speed port that is used for all keyboard and mouse peripheral
devices interfacing with the target PC, along with providing power for the
transmitter.
• The other is a high-speed port that is used for virtual media (mass storage
devices) peripheral devices interfacing with the target PC, along with providing
power for the transmitter (this power supply option is applicable only to the
DTX5000 Transmitter).
The DTX5002 provides the same interfaces as the DTX5000 but one USB cable, using an
integrated hub in the transmitter.
Virtual media
Mass storage devices, such as removable drives and external CD-ROM drives, can be
attached to the receiver and will function as if they are directly connected to the remote
computer. Data can be both read from and written to these mass storage devices. You can
connect both a removable drive and an external drive at any one time to the receiver.
The transfer speed between the mass storage device and the remote computer is dependant
on the Ethernet network. A 1 Gbps connection is required for high-performance virtual
media transfer. The system is capable, however, of operating over a 100 Mbps Ethernet
connection.
The following mass storage devices are supported:
• Removable drives
• External USB hard drives
• External USB CD-ROM drives
• External USB DVD-ROM drives
• USB memory sticks
Hot plugging of USB mass storage devices is supported.
NOTE:
The system supports the default drivers for mass storage devices.
Audio
The Black Box ServSwitch Extender supports CD-quality stereo from the remote
computer to peripheral speakers, and mono-quality audio from a peripheral microphone to
the remote computer.
The Black Box ServSwitch DTX5002 Extender supports CD-quality stereo from the
remote computer to peripheral speakers.