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SERVSWITCH™ PROFESSOR
2.3 The ServSwitch Professor Illustrated
2.3.1 T
HE
F
RONT
P
ANEL
The ServSwitch Professor’s front panel features two local-equipment connectors
and three LED indicators. To familiarize yourself with these controls and
indicators, refer to Figure 2-1 and the descriptions that follow. (The figure shows a
System Control Module, but Student Modules will have the same components in
the same places.)
Figure 2-1. The front panel of a ServSwitch Professor.
Panel Label
Description
POWER
This LED lights to indicate that unit is powered ON.
STATUS
This LED flashes once a second to show bus connection. Also
flashes in response to keyboard or mouse activity.
SEND
This LED lights to show that the unit is sending video over the
coax bus (one or more monitors might be receiving the video).
KEYBOARD/
Attach the keyboard, mouse, and monitor of a user station to
MONITOR/
this DB25 female connector using a User Cable (“MKM Adapter
MOUSE
Cable”). At the ServSwitch end, this cable has a DB25 male
connector; at the other ends, it has appropriate connectors to
plug into your monitor, keyboard, and mouse cables. Only one
User Cable is needed. See
Section 2.4
.
COMPUTER
Attach the local CPU to this port with a “CPU Cable” (“CPU
Adapter Cable”). At the Professor end this cable has a DB25
male connector; at the other ends, it has appropriate connectors
to plug into your CPU’s video, keyboard, and mouse ports. This
cable takes the signals that would normally pass between the
CPU’s ports and the monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and carries
them between the CPU’s ports and the Professor station instead.
POWER STATUS SEND
KEYBOARD / MONITOR / MOUSE
COMPUTER
PROFESSOR
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING SYSTEM
SYSTEM CONTROL
MODULE
