4.2 The Cables You’ll Need
If you are using the ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender to get greater distance between a CPU and a VGA monitor, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse, your Micro Extender package should have included everything you’ll need except for your Unit-interconnection cable. Read Sections 4.2.1, 4.2.3, and 4.2.5 carefully, then skip ahead to Chapter 5.
If you are using the Micro Extender to get greater distance between a ServSwitch family KVM switch and a CPU, a user station (monitor/keyboard/mouse), or a compatible switch, you might need additional non-included cabling. Read the relevant sections on the next few pages, from Section 4.2.1 through Section 4.2.5.
NOTE
When you order any cable listed in this section, you will be asked to specify the length you want. Some cables might be available in a few stock lengths only.
If you are using any equipment with PC/AT style connectors, you might also need some combination of these adapters:
•To attach a CPU or KVM switch with a 5-pin DIN female keyboard connector to the Local Unit: A keyboard-port adapter such as product code FA211.
•All except the KVM/Serial/Audio model: To attach a CPU or KVM switch with an
RS-232 serial DB9 male mouse connector to the Local Unit: A mouse-port adapter such as product code AC244A. (If the mouse port is DB25 rather than DB9, you’ll also need an FA521A serial adapter.)
•To attach a keyboard or KVM switch with a 5-pin DIN male keyboard connector to the Remote Unit or Dual-Access Local Unit: A keyboard adapter such as product code FA212.
4.2.1TO CONNECT A CPU TO THE LOCAL UNIT
You’ll use the three-in-one KVM-extension cable included with the Extender to connect the Local Unit’s DB25 composite port to the CPU’s keyboard, mouse, and video ports. As mentioned above, you might also need port adapters if your CPU has PC/AT type ports.
To attach the DB9 serial port and the 3.5-mm audio ports of a KVM/Serial/ Audio Local Unit to the CPU’s serial and audio ports, you’ll use the DB9 male-to- female serial-extension cable and the 3.5-mm stereo audio-extension cables included with the Extender.
