Chapter 2

Hardware Setup

1.Important safety information regarding the placement of this device is provided on page 29. Please review it before proceeding.

2.Make sure that power to all the devices 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 Connections

To set up your CS72D / CS74D, refer to the installation diagram on the following 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 side panel.

Note: The USB ports can also be used for other USB peripherals that you want to share between the computers.

2.Plug your speakers into the Audio port located on the unit’s side panel.

3.Plug your DVI monitor into the DVI Console port located in the unit’s rear panel and power on the monitor.

4.Using the provided 44-pin cable set, plug the 44-pin connector into the Computer port(s) of the switch.

5.At the other end of the cable, plug the USB, DVI-D and speaker connectors into their respective ports on the computer.

6.(CS74D only) Plug the power adapter that came with your switch into a power source, then plug power adapter cable into the switch’s Power Jack.

7.Turn on the power to the computers.

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