ConnectPRO SL218 specifications Cascade Configuration, Connection

KVM Switch

gAudio Stick

An optional multimedia module can be LINKed to the back of each StreamLine for selecting microphone and stereo speaker signals. There are two options for Audio Stick : ON and Off. When set to 'On', audio selection follows computer selection. When set to 'Off', audio selection stops following computer selection. It is useful if you want to listen to a particular computer's audio signal while operating other computers.

Left Ctrl + left Ctrl + F5

The StreamLine generates 1 or 2 beeps corresponding to On and Off respectively.

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Connection

Before connecting a device (a computer or a Slave KVM switch) to the Master StreamLine KVM switch under power, you must turn off the device. The Master must have equal or more 'PC x' ports than that of the Slave, i.e., if SL-18 is the master, SL-18 can be a Slave, but not the SL-216.

The ports labeled "PC 1"~”PC 8” can be connected to either a computer or a Slave's CONSOLE port, as shown in figure8. The ports “PC A"~”PC H” can only be connected to a computer.

Figure 8: Slave console connection

The maximum number of computers controlled by a master/slave configuration with all 8-port units is 64 -- with 8 Slaves and each Slave connects to 8 computers, see figure 9.

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KVM Switch

Figure 9: Cascaded 8-port StreamLine KVM switches

For OSD menu:

After connection completes, you should re-activate the OSD menu to check if the Master recognizes the Slaves. A triangle mark (4) is placed to the right of the channel name indicating the port is connected to a Slave not a computer. A number to the left of the triangle mark indicates the Slave model, i.e. 84 for an 8-port switch.

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