Chapter 2: Overview
2. Overview
2.1 Introduction
There are four versions of the
In addition to impressive VGA video performance, these units offer more than just straight switching between four systems. The KVM, speakers and two separate USB devices attached to the ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) units can either be switched in uni- son, as normal, or you can mix your peripherals between any of the systems to suit your current tasks. For instance, you could be creating emails on one system, listening to a soundtrack from another while a third is sending documents to your printer and a fourth performing another task with a different USB peripheral. The ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) front panels make it straight- forward to control which peripherals should connect to each system.
The ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) units feature True Emulation (see Appendix A for more details) which ensures that the full characteristics of the connected keyboard and mouse are passed to every system.
Multiscreen versions The ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) range includes separate models to support one, two, three or four video heads per channel.
Intelligent display information The ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) units use our EDID Emulation feature to ensure that all computers are supplied with the correct information about each connected video display.
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USB Remote wakeup
The USB Remote Wakeup feature is fully supported. Any connected computer can go into sleep mode and be awakened (when its channel is selected) as soon as you press a key or move the mouse. The computer and peripherals must support the USB Remote Wakeup feature.
Multiple switching The attached peripheral devices can be switched collectively to any computer system, or can be linked to separate systems to achieve multiple tasks in parallel. Multiple switching can be controlled from the on- screen menu or using the front panel buttons.
True Emulation
Earlier USB KVM switches relied upon standard keyboard and mouse templates to inform each computer system how to deal with the connected peripherals. The ServSwitch Wizard VGA (USB) range succeeds in harvesting the true identities of the connected keyboard and mouse and presents those ‘real’ profiles concurrently to every system. Thus, specialist keyboards and mice can be fully supported.
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