Black Box CAT5 KVM Micro Extender Switches Whose User Ports Are a Set of Separate Interfaces

CHAPTER 4: Checklist of System Components

4.2.1TO CONNECT A CPU TO THE LOCAL UNIT

You’ll use the three-in-one KVM-extension cable included with the ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender.

4.2.2TO CONNECT A SERVSWITCH FAMILY KVM SWITCH TO THE LOCAL UNIT’S CPU PORT

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 is the DB25 connector on the opposite end of the Unit from the RJ-45 jack. Which cable(s) you’ll use to connect the switch to it will depend on what type of user ports the switch model has, as detailed in the following three subsections.

4.2.2.A Switches Whose User Ports Are a Set of Separate Interfaces

The user ports of some ServSwitch family KVM switches are a set of separate interfaces: Each user port consists of separate interfaces/connectors for video, keyboard, and mouse communication. At the time of this writing, some of the important ServSwitch family models in this category are:

•ServSwitch™ Duo

•ServSwitch™ Wizard

•ServSwitch™ Wizard Pro

•ServSwitch™ Jr.

•Personal ServSwitch™

•ServSelect™

•ServSwitch™ Multi Base Unit (“local console” user port only)

To attach a user port on one of these switches to the Local Unit’s CPU port, you can use the three-in-one KVM-extension cable included with the ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender.

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