Specifications

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SERVSWITCH
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BRAND CAT5 KVM EXTENDER
4.2 The Cables You’ll Need
If you are using the Extender to get greater distance between a CPU and a VGA
monitor, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse, your Extender package should have
included everything you’ll need except for your CAT5 cable, which you’ll have to
order separately. Read Sections 4.2.1, 4.2.3, and 4.2.5 carefully, then proceed with
Chapter 5.
If you are using the Extender to get greater distance between a ServSwitch family
KVM switch and a CPU, a user station (monitor/keyboard/mouse), or a
compatible switch, you might need additional non-included cabling. Read the
relevant sections on the next few pages, from Section 4.2.1 through Section 4.2.5.
If you are using any equipment with PC/AT style connectors, you might also
need to order some combination of these adapters:
• To attach a CPU or KVM switch with a 5-pin DIN female keyboard
connector
to the Extender: A keyboard-port adapter such as product code FA211.
• To attach a CPU or KVM switch with an RS-232 serial DB9 male mouse connector
to the Extender: A mouse-port adapter such as product code AC244A. (If the
mouse port is DB25 rather than DB9, you’ll also need an FA521A serial adapter .)
• To attach a keyboard or KVM switch with a 5-pin DIN male keyboard connector
to the Local or Remote Unit: A keyboard adapter such as product code FA212.
4.2.1 T O C ONNECT A CPU TO A CPU P ORT ON THE E XTENDER
We’ve included extension cabling with the Extender that you can use to connect
the CPU to the CPU port of a Local Unit or Switching Remote Unit. As mentioned
in the bulleted paragraphs above, you might also need port adapters if your CPU
has PC/AT type ports.
4.2.2 T O C ONNECT A S ERV S WITCH F AMILY KVM S WITCH TO A CPU P ORT ON THE E XTENDER
You would do this to extend the distance you can run from the KVM switch to a
monitor, keyboard, and mouse. (You could also do this to extend the distance you
can run between two cascaded switches, but for this to work, each switch must be
either a ServSwitch Jr. or one of the ServSwitch family models with compatible
composite interfaces listed in Section 4.2.2.B.)
The Local Unit’s CPU port consists of the HD15 female and 6-pin mini-DIN
connectors on its rear panel collectively labeled “TO CPU.” Which cables you’ll use
to connect the KVM switch to this port will depend on what type of user ports the
switch model has, as detailed in the three subsections on the next page.