Specifications

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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3. Installation
3.1 What You Will Need
You’ll need these things to be in place before you can install your ServSwitch Duo/
Quadro:
• Cables to connect the ServSwitch Duo/Quadro to the keyboard, video, and
mouse ports of each of your computers. (You don’t need to connect mouse
cabling to
a CPU if you’re not using a mouse with that CPU.) If you’ll be
installing cascaded
Duos/Quadros, you’ll also need cables to interconnect the
Duos/Quadros.
You’ll need adapters to connect the Duo/Quadro to the
keyboard and mouse ports of PC/AT style computers. For cable and adapter
specifications, see Appendix A.
• Monitors that will work when connected directly to each of your computers;
these should have a standard VGA (HD15) connector. The ServSwitch
Duo/Quadro supports low- and high-resolution monitors.
• Standard PC/AT or PS/2 style keyboards. (If you’re using an AT keyboard
with a 5-pin DIN connector, you’ll need a standard AT to PS/2 keyboard
adapter—product code FA211—to connect it to the ServSwitch Duo/Quadro.)
• PS/2 style two- or three-button Microsoft
®
or Logitech™ compatible mice or
Microsoft IntelliMouse
®
or IntelliMouse Explorer compatible mice. If you want to
use a mouse to switch channels on the ServSwitch Duo/Quadro, you’ll need a
three-button
mouse or an IntelliMouse. (The Duo/Quadro supports other
IntelliMouse compatible “Internet mice”—fitted with a wheel or other
scrolling control, and sometimes additional buttons—including several models
by Logitech and Genius™.)
All of the mouse connections from the ServSwitch Duo/Quadro to the
attached computers support either PS/2 mouse ports or RS-232 serial mouse
ports. The Duo/Quadro automatically converts PS/2 mouse data and
commands to serial-mouse data and commands, but you’ll still need the
appropriate adapter—product code FA314—to connect the Duo/Quadro to a
PC with a serial mouse port. See Section A.2 in Appendix A.
The Duo/Quadro will operate without a mouse connected if you don’t want to
use one.