ATEN Technology CS-88A user manual Before you Begin, Single Station Installation

Installation

Before you Begin

1.Before you begin, 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 due to ground potential difference, make sure that all devices on the installation are properly grounded. Consult your dealer for technical details, if necessary.

Single Station Installation

In a Single Stage installation, there are no additional Master View’s cascaded down from the first unit. To set up a single stage installation do the following:

1.Plug your keyboard, mouse, and monitor into the unit’s Console Ports.

2.Use KVM cable sets (as described in the Cables section on p. 4), to connect any available CS-88A CPU Port to the Keyboard, Video and Mouse ports of the computer you are installing.

3.If you choose to use external power, plug the power adapter cable into the Master View’s Power Jack, then plug the adapter into an AC power source.

Note: Under non-powered operation, the unit gets its power from the computers via the cables. If a computer, only supplies 3.3V of power for the keyboard and mouse instead of 5V (as in the case of Notebooks, for example), the unit will not receive enough power, and you will need to use the external power adapter.

4.Turn on the power to the computers.

Note: If you choose to use external power, the Master View unit must be plugged in and receiving power prior to turning on the power to the computers.

CS-88A User Manual 7

2002-12-27