Black Box ACU3001A, CAT5 KVM Micro Extender, ACU3009A Operation, 7.1Keyboard and Mouse Emulation

CHAPTER 7: Operation

7.Operation

7.1Keyboard and Mouse Emulation

The ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender uses a microprocessor to emulate the presence of a directly connected keyboard and mouse for the attached PC. This means that you don’t have to connect a keyboard or mouse to the PC in order for it to boot; in fact, the PC will boot with only the Local Unit connected.

This feature makes several other things possible:

•Your PC can operate continuously regardless of whether or not the Micro Extender’s Remote Unit (or any local user equipment in a Dual-Access system) is powered, connected, or even present.

•You can “hot-plug” or “hot-swap” keyboards and mice attached to the Extender at any time; that is, you can unplug and replug the keyboard and mouse without disrupting the operation of the PC.

•You can connect the Local Unit of one Micro Extender system to the Remote Unit of a different Micro Extender system—effectively creating a KVM- switching matrix—by swapping the systems’ interconnection cables. (We do not recommend that you do this; if you feel that you need to, please call Black Box for technical support first.)

7.2 Normal Operation and Keyboard Typematic Rate

The ServSwitch™ Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender should operate continuously and transparently, maintaining the long-distance connection between the local CPU or switch and the remote switch or monitor/keyboard/mouse user station. Note that the remote keyboard’s typematic rate—the rate at which a held-down character will repeat—is fixed at 30 characters per second, which is also the default typematic value for Windows.

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