3.3 The Installation Procedure
First make sure the power adapter is unplugged and disconnected from the ServSwitch Wizard Extender’s receiver. Also make sure that (if possible) all of the devices you want to attach to your Extender system are turned off and unplugged. (If you have to “hot-plug” a powered computer into the Extender, see Section 5.6.) You don’t have to connect anything to ports on the Extender that you’re not using.
Connect your devices to the Extender’s transmitter and receiver as described in the following procedure and shown in Figures 3-3 and 3-4 at the end of this section, making sure that the cables are not longer than the maximum lengths specified in the Appendix. (If you are installing only an ACU5011A receiver—the transmitter is embedded in a ServSwitch Duo, Quadro, etc.—skip steps 2 and 3.)
1.Run CAT5 or higher twisted-pair cable (not included) between your transmitter and receiver, not farther than 200 m (655 ft.). If necessary, install a ServSwitch Wizard Skew Compensator between these modules (see Section 7.2).
2.Plug the composite end of the included three-to-one cable, shown in Figure 3-2, to the transmitter’s DB25 connector.
3.Attach the triple end of the included three-to-one cable to the computer CPU or KVM switch you want to control:
–If it’s a CPU or a switch with separate keyboard, mouse, and monitor user-port connectors, plug the cable’s keyboard, mouse, and monitor strands into the corresponding connectors on the CPU or switch. If the CPU or switch has serial mouse connectors or PC/AT style keyboard connectors, you’ll need adapters (see the Appendix).
–If it’s a switch with single user-port connectors, plug a user cable designed for that switch into one of its user ports. Then mate the matching ends of this user cable and the Extender’s three-to-one cable.
DB25 to | 6-pin mini-DIN | Optional |
to mouse port | FA314 serial |
transmitter | Included cable | mouse-port |
| adapter |
| | HD15 to video port |
| | Optional |
| | FA211 PC/AT |
| 6-pin mini-DIN to | keyboard-port |
| keyboard port | adapter |
Figure 3-2. The Extender’s included three-to-one cable and optional
adapters you can use with it.
