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SERVSWITCH™BRAND CAT5 KVM MICRO EXTENDER
5. Configuration
There’s a two-position DIP switch on the bottom of the Remote Unit of the
ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM and KVM/Serial/AudioMicro Extenders.
Position1 governs the Remote Unit’s video equalization, while position 2 controls
how the Remote Unit handles keyboard-command recognition.

5.1 Setting DIP-Switch Position 1: Video Distance

The Remote Unit contains video-equalization circuitry which compensates for the
loss in image quality that occurs when you drive video across cables longer than
25m (80 ft.). If you’ll be running cable between the Micro Extender’s Units to
such distances, you need to configure the Extender for extra equalization before
you install it.
Leave position 1 of the DIP switch in the factory-default UP (OFF) setting if
you’ll be running cable up to (but not more than) 25m (80 ft.) between the Units.
To boost the equalization if you’ll be running cable between 25 and 50 m (80 and
160ft.), move position 1 to the DOWN (ON) setting.
If you are not running the cable too far but your video looks bad no matter how
you set this DIP-switch position, the problem is almost certainly being caused by
one of two things. First, check your interconnect-cable routing—does the cable
pass close to a motor, generator, fluorescent lights, etc.? Second, check the wiring
of the interconnect cable. Compare its pinning and pairing with those shown in
Appendix A. (Please realize that signal equalization cannot be exact; regardless of
the setting of this DIP-switch position, the remote video image might never appear
quite as sharp as it would appear with the monitor directly attached to the CPU.)