Chapter 3: Installation
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CAUTION!
Do
not
attach docking stations for ThinkPad
®
or other portable
computers, no matter what type or make, to the ServSwitch. It does not
support docking stations; your Serv system might not function properly if
any are attached.
Even if you connect your ThinkPad directly (rather than through a
docking station) to the keyboard, video, and mouse feeds from the
ServSwitch, it still won’t work, because the ServSwitch supports only
“stream mode” (continuous) mouse data but the ThinkPad has to see
“prompt mode” (burst-on-request) mouse data.
3.2.4 Connecting Submasters (Optional)
To connect a submaster Serv type switch (ServSwitch, ServSwitch Ultra, Matrix
ServSwitch, ServManager, etc.) to a master ServSwitch, run a ServSwitch to
ServSwitch Expansion Cable (our product code EHN055 for original cable or
EHN274 for [recommended] coaxial cable) from one of the master Switch’s CPU
ports to (one of) the submaster’s MONITOR/KEYBOARD/MOUSE port(s).
Connect the first submaster to the master Switch’s CPU 1 port and use
consecutively higher-numbered ports (CPU 2, CPU 3, and so on) for the rest of the
submasters. If you are connecting each of several submaster Matrix ServSwitches to
two PC-only or multiplatform master Switches (see
Section 3.3
), connect the CPU
ports of one master to the submasters’ MONITOR/KEYBOARD/MOUSE A ports,
and the CPU ports of the other master to the submasters’ MONITOR/KEYBOARD/
MOUSE B ports.
Before installing an advanced configuration, please call Black Box and discuss
your application with a technician.
