Installation guide

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SERVSWITCH™ ULTRA
CAUTION!
Do not attach docking stations for older models of the ThinkPad
®
or
other portable computers to the ServSwitch Ultra. T
he Switch currently
supports only “stream mode” (continuous) mouse data, but older
ThinkPad models have to see “prompt mode” (burst-on-request) mouse
data. Some newer docking stations and some newer ThinkPad models
might work with the Switch, but determining whether a particular unit will
do so will probably require trial and error.
3.2.4 C ONNECTING S UBMASTERS (O PTIONAL )
To connect a submaster Serv type switch (ServSwitch Ultra, regular ServSwitch,
etc.) to a master ServSwitch Ultra, run a ServSwitch-to-ServSwitch Expansion Cable
(our product code EHN055 for original cable or EHN274 for [recommended]
coaxial cable) from one of the master Switch’s CPU ports to (one of) the
submaster’s MONITOR/KEYBOARD/MOUSE port(s). Connect the first
submaster to the master Switch’s CPU 1 port and use consecutively higher-
numbered ports (CPU 2, CPU 3, and so on) for the rest of the submasters. If you
are connecting each of
several submaster Matrix ServSwitches to two master
ServSwitch Ultras (see Section 3.3),
connect the CPU ports of one master to the
submasters’ MONITOR/KEYBOARD/MOUSE A ports,
and the CPU ports of the
other master to the submasters’ MONITOR/KEYBOARD/MOUSE B ports.
Before installing an advanced configuration, please call Black Box and discuss
your application with a technician.