StarTech.com SV231UADVI instruction manual Installation, Installing the KVM Switch

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Installation

This section details how to connect your computers to the KVM switch. For best results, ensure that all the computers to be controlled are located as close as possible to the KVM switch and console peripherals (monitor, keyboard, mouse). This will reduce the length of cabling required and reduces the chance of interference.

Installing the KVM Switch

1.Place the KVM switch in close proximity to the keyboard, mouse, and monitor you wish to use as the console controls.

2.Connect the monitor to the DVI port under CONSOLE.

3.Connect a USB keyboard to the Type A connector under CONSOLE, marked with a keyboard icon.

4.Connect a USB mouse to the Type A connector under CONSOLE, marked with a mouse icon.

5.Connect speakers to the green 3.5mm phono connector under CONSOLE (optional).

6.Connect a microphone to the pink 3.5mm phono connector under CONSOLE (optional).

7.Connect up to 2 other USB devices to the ports marked USB HUB (optional).

8.Plug the power adapter into a wall outlet or other suitable power source. Connect the opposite end to the port marked DC 9V on the KVM switch. (This step is optional, and is required only if you will be using the KVM switch as a USB hub for other devices as described in step 7. If you are not connecting devices to the USB HUB ports, the KVM switch will function as a self-powered device and does not require the power adapter.)

Connecting Computers to the KVM Switch

This section describes how to connect a computer you wish to control to the KVM switch. Repeat these steps for each computer you wish to connect.

1.Remove any existing keyboards, mice, monitors, speakers, and microphones from the computer.

2.Using a DVI-I or DVI-D male-to-male switchbox cable, connect one end to the video out connector on the computer. (This will be the same connector from which you disconnected the monitor in step 1, if applicable.) Connect the opposite end to the DVI connector on the KVM switch that corresponds to the computer number you wish to use for that system (marked PC 1 ~ PC 2 or PC 1 ~ PC 4 as applicable).

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