Black Box ACU5116A, ACU5114A, Black Box ServSwitch Wizard Extenders manual Introduction

Welcome

Introduction

Thank you for choosing these Black Box ServSwitch™ Wizard extenders. Comprising two compact modules, these extenders allow you to place a duplicate keyboard, video monitor, mouse, audio accessories and a serial device up to 300 metres from a computer system. Two users can simultaneously view the output of the host system and either can take control, providing it is not being used by the other user. A user relinquishes control two seconds after their last key press or mouse movement.

ACU5114A and ACU5116A variants of the Wizard extender set are available, with the latter providing the capability to also duplicate the audio accessories

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away from the host system computer. For both variants, a local module attaches	
to the computer system and provides connections for the local peripherals
while the remote module is placed up to 984 ft (300m) away (656 feet [200m]
maximum for the ACU5116A variant) and handles the remote peripherals. The
long distance link between the two modules is made via Category 5, or higher,
twisted pair cabling.
Special circuitry within the remote module allows you to make adjustments to	
the sharpness and brightness settings to suit your own preferences. Additionally,
a Skew adjustment is also provided to counteract the effects of uneven lengths
of twisted pair cables that are used to carry the video signals.

PC

RS232 SERIAL

MOUSE

KEYBOARD

VIDEO

AUDIO

A special multi-cable simplifies the connection of the keyboard, video, mouse and audio* ports to the LOCAL Extender.

Wizard

Extender

LOCAL

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The video monitor, mouse, keyboard and audio* peripherals adjacent to the host computer connect to the LOCAL module. Note that the serial device and microphone connections are not available at the LOCAL module.

	Power
Up to 984 feet (300 metres)	supply	  
	unit
separation between the local
and remote modules via a
single Category 5, or higher,
cable
Wizard	PSU
Extender
REMOTE		 
*	*
The duplicate video monitor,		 

mouse, keyboard, serial device and audio* peripherals connect to the REMOTE module.

* Wizard ACU5116A variants only

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