Chapter 2
Hardware Setup
1.Important safety information regarding the placement of this device is provided on page 33. Please review it before proceeding.
2.Make sure that power to all devices that you will be installing has been turned off. You must unplug the power cords of any computers that have the Keyboard Power On function.
Cable Connection
To set up your CS1642 / CS1644 installation, refer to the installation diagram on the next page (the numbers in the diagram correspond to the steps, below), and do the following:
1.Plug your USB keyboard and USB mouse into the USB console ports located on the unit’s rear panel.
2.Plug both your console monitors into the DVI console ports located on the unit’s rear panel and power on the monitors.
3.Plug your main microphone and speakers into the console microphone and speaker jacks located on the unit’s front panel. The microphone and speakers plugged into this panel have priority over those in the rear panel.
4.Plug your secondary microphone and speakers into the audio console ports located on the unit’s rear panel.
5.Using the custom USB DVI Dual Link cable set, plug the DVI connector into an available DVI socket A in the KVM port section of the switch, then plug the accompanying USB, microphone and speaker connectors into their corresponding USB, microphone, and speaker sockets.
Note: Verify that all the plugs are in the same KVM Port sockets (all in Port 1, all in Port 2, etc.). Each socket is marked with an appropriate icon.
6.At the other end of the custom USB DVI Dual Link cable set, plug the USB, monitor, microphone, and speaker cables into their respective ports on the computer.
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