Black Box ServSwitch Video Switch, ACL0404A Installation, 1. The Switch’s rear-panel connectors

SERVSWITCH™ BRAND MATRIX VIDEO SWITCH

3. Installation

To set up your ServSwitch™ Brand Matrix Video Switch system, take these steps:

1.Making sure that the Switch is powered off, find its input ports. (These are the top row of HD15 connectors on its rear panel, shown in Figure 3-1, labeled “CPU 1” through “CPU 4”.) Run cabling from these ports to the video-output ports of the PC CPUs or other devices that will be providing the Switch’s video input.

If all of these input devices are transmitting VGA/SVGA/XGA-type video signals on HD15 female connectors, you can use standard VGA video- extension cables such as our product code EVNPS05-MM. Keep in mind that the length of any of these cables plus the length of any of your monitor/ output cables (see step 2) should not be more more than 150 ft. (45 m).

If any of your input devices transmit some other type of video signal and/or use some other type of video connector, you might need special cables or adapters; call Black Box Technical Support.

Figure 3-1. The Switch’s rear-panel connectors.

2.The Switch’s output ports are the bottom row of HD15 female connectors labeled with numbered monitor icons. If all of your output devices are standard VGA or multisync monitors with HD15 male connectors on their video cables, you can plug them directly into these ports (if they’ll be placed nearby) or run video-extension cables to them such as our product code EVNPS05-MF (if they’ll be some distance away). Keep in mind that the length of any of these cables plus the length of any of your CPU/input cables (see step 1) should not be more more than 150 ft. (45 m).

If any of your output devices are designed to receive a non-VGA video signal and/or use a different type of video connector, you might need special cables or adapters; call Black Box Technical Support.

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