SERVSWITCH™ WIZARD EXTENDER

11.Power down the Extender’s receiver and disconnect the twisted-pair cable and any previously connected keyboard from it.

12.Use standard PS/2 extension cable such as product code EVNPS03 to connect the receiver’s keyboard port to the keyboard port of the computer that will be running the upgrade program, as shown in Figure 6-2. (This is correct—the upgrade procedure reverses the normal signal flow on the CPU’s keyboard port.) Plug the monitor and mouse directly into their normal ports on the CPU.

Disconnect the power adapter before changing the setting of DIP-switch position 1

Receiver

Move position 1 of the receiver’s DIP switch to ON to put the receiver in

upgrade mode

Computer CPU

running upgrade program

Monitor and mouse attached to

CPU

PS/2 extension cable such as EVNPS03 connecting the receiver’s keyboard

port to the CPU’s keyboard port

Figure 6-2. Upgrading the receiver.

13.Set position 1 of the receiver’s DIP switch to ON.

14.Power up the receiver.

15.Make sure the DOS boot disk is still in your computer’s floppy drive and power on the computer. The upgrade should be performed automatically.

16.When the upgrade has completed, power down the computer and disconnect the receiver from it.

17.Set position 1 of the receiver’s DIP switch back to OFF.

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Black Box ACU5010A, ACU5011A manual Upgrading the receiver

ACU5010A, ACU5011A specifications

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