Black Box ACR1000A-T Overview, Introduction, One-to-One Configuration, One-to-Many Configuration

Chapter 2: Overview

2. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the ServSwitch Agility range which represents a major advancement in the capabilities of digital extenders and switches. By encoding high quality DVI video, audio and USB connections into Internet Protocol (IP) messages, ServSwitch Agility offers highly advanced and flexible signal switching capabilities.

Our extensive knowledge of interfacing techniques and high speed networking has allowed us to develop new ways to break the chains of local DVI, USB and audio connections. With ServSwitch Agility, distance is finally no barrier to high specification and high performance computing. Furthermore, since all signals are now IP, the most elaborate and yet simple-to-use switching and multicast techniques make possible a great variety of uses.

There are two main models within the ServSwitch Agility family:

•ServSwitch Agility supports one single link DVI video stream, plus microphone, speakers and up to four USB peripherals. Agility units are linked using Gigabit Ethernet.

•ServSwitch Agility Dual supports either two single link DVI video streams or one dual link (very high resolution) DVI video stream. This is in addition to microphone, speakers and up to four USB peripherals. ServSwitch Agility Dual units can be linked using Gigabit Ethernet or Fiber Optic Links.

In both model types, there is a Local transmitter and an Remote receiver. The Local transmitter attaches to a single computer; the Remote receiver to your DVI video monitor, microphone, speakers and up to four USB peripherals. The distance between them is limit- ed only by the size of your network. In addition to separating one computer and its peripherals, Agility promotes sharing. You can arrange for a limitless number of screens and speakers, distributed anywhere across the network, to receive video and audio. You can also switch between any number of transmitter units from a single screen, keyboard and mouse in order to monitor a potentially vast collection of remote systems. All units feature browser-based configuration utilities to allow quick and easy set up, from near or far.

2.1 One-to-One Configuration

The simplest configuration links one remote receiver unit to a single local transmitter unit, either by a direct link (up to 100m) or over much greater distances via a Gigabit Ethernet network. Figure 2-1 shows a one-to-one configuration:

Figure 2-1. One-to-one configuration

2.2 One-to-Many Configuration

Using multicast techniques, an unlimited number of receivers* can receive video and audio data streams from a single local transmitter unit. Figure 2-2 shows a one-to-many configuration:

Figure 2-2. One-to-many configuration

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