Installation, What Else You’ll Need | Black Box KV812A, KV822A

CHAPTER 4: Installation

4.Installation

4.1What Else You’ll Need

You’ll need to have these things before you can install your ServSwitch USB:

•Cables to connect the ServSwitch USB to the video and USB ports of each of your PCs. We recommend our bonded VGA/USB cable, product code EHN810.

•A monitor with a standard VGA/SVGA (HD15) connector that will work when connected directly to each of your PCs. The ServSwitch USB supports low- and high-resolution monitors.

•A standard PC compatible keyboard. With regular ServSwitch USB models, this must be a USB keyboard; with ServSwitch USB Plus models, this can be a standard PC/AT or PS/2 style keyboard (it must be such a keyboard if you want to switch channels with it). (If you want to use a PC/AT keyboard with a 5-pin DIN connector, you’ll need a standard PC/AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter—our product code FA212—to connect it to the ServSwitch USB Plus.)

•A standard PC compatible mouse (if you’re going to use a mouse at all—the Switch can operate without a mouse connected). With regular ServSwitch USB models, this must be a USB mouse; with ServSwitch USB Plus models, this can be a PS/2 style two- or three-button Microsoft or Logitech® compatible mouse or a Microsoft IntelliMouse compatible mouse. If you want to use the PS/2 mouse to switch channels on the ServSwitch USB Plus, you will need a three- button mouse or an IntelliMouse. (The Switch supports other “Internet mice” compatible with the IntelliMouse—fitted with a wheel or other scrolling control, and sometimes additional buttons—including the Logitech MouseMan®+, Genius® NetMouse®, and Genius NetMouse Pro.)

•Suitable USB software drivers for all of your peripherals.