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Chapter 2. Installation
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Daisy Chaining
To control even more computers, up to 31 additional KH3116, KH0116, CS-
1716, or ACS-1216A units can be daisy chained down from the KL3116.
Note: It would be unnecessarily wasteful and expensive to use KL3116
switches for daisy chaining since there is no point in having consoles on
the chained switches. Therefore, KH3116, KH0116, CS-1716, and
ACS-1216A switches are used instead.
The KH3116, KH0116, CS-1716, and ACS-1216A are similar to the
KL3116, except that they come in standard housings without the built
in
Hideaway ™ console.
As many as 512 computers can be controlled from the unit's integrated
Hideaway ™ console in a complete installation. A table showing the relation
between the number of computers and the number of KH3116, KH0116, CS-
1716, or ACS-1216A units needed to control them is provided on page 63 in
the Appendix.
To set up a daisy chained installation, refer to the daisy chain installation
diagram on page 18 and do the following:
1. Make sure that power to all the devices you will be connecting up has been
turned off.
2. Use a daisy chain cable set (described in the Cables section, page 4), to
connect the Chain Out port of the parent unit to the Chain In port of the
child unit (First Station Out to Second Station In, Second Station Out to
Third Station In, etc.).
3. Use KVM cable sets (described in the Cables section of the KH3116,
KH0116, CS-1716, and ACS-1216A user manuals) to connect any
available KVM Port on the daisy chained switch to the keyboard, video
and mouse ports of the computers you are installing.
4. Repeat the above steps for any additional KH3116, KH0116, CS-1716,
and ACS-1216A units you wish to add to the chain.
5. Power up the installation according to the following procedure:
a) Power on the First Station (KL3116).
Wait a few seconds for the unit to ascertain its Station ID.
b) Power up each daisy chained Station on the installation in turn (Second
Station, then Third Station, etc.). Each KH3116, KH0116, CS-1716,
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