Installation
Before you Begin
1.Make sure that power to all the devices you will be connecting up have been turned off. You must unplug the power cords of any computers that have the Keyboard Power On function. Otherwise, the switch will receive power from the computer.
2.To prevent damage to your installation make sure that all devices on the installation are properly grounded.
Cable Connection
To set up your Master View
1.Plug your USB keyboard and USB mouse into the USB Ports located on the unit’s front panel.
2.Plug your monitor into the Console monitor port located on the unit’s rear panel.
3.Using a KVM cable set (provided with this package), plug the custom SPDB connector into any available CPU Port on the switch and plug the accompanying microphone and speaker cables into the CPU Port’s microphone and speaker jacks.
Note: Be sure that all the plugs are are in the same CPU Port sockets (all in Port 1, all in Port 2, etc.).
4.At the other end of the cable:
a)For a USB connection (see p. 10), plug the USB, video, microphone and speaker cables into their respective ports on the computer.
b)For a PS/2 connection (see p. 10), plug the keyboard, mouse, video, microphone and speaker cables into their respective ports on the computer.
5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 for any other computers you are connecting up.
6.If you choose to use external power, plug the power adapter cable into the switch’s Power Jack, then plug the power adapter into an AC power source.
7.Turn on the power to the computers.
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