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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3. Installation
3.1 What You Will Need
You’ll need these things to be in place before you can install your ServSwitch
Wizard Pro:
• Cables to connect the ServSwitch Wizard Pro to the keyboard, video, and
mouse ports of each of your PCs. Cable specifications are given in
Appendix A
.
(You do not need to connect a mouse cable if you are not using the mouse.)
• A monitor with a standard VGA/SVGA (HD15) connector that will work when
connected directly to each of your PCs. The ServSwitch Wizard Pro supports
low- and high-resolution monitors.
• A standard PC/AT or PS/2 style keyboard. (If you are using an AT keyboard
with a 5-pin DIN connector, you’ll need a standard AT to PS/2 keyboard
adapter—our product code FA212—to connect it to the ServSwitch Wizard
Pro.)
• A PS/2 style two- or three-button Microsoft
®
or Logitech™ compatible mouse
or a Microsoft IntelliMouse™ compatible mouse. If you want to use the mouse
to switch channels on the ServSwitch Wizard Pro, you will need a three-button
mouse or an IntelliMouse. (The Switch supports other “Internet mice”
compatible with the IntelliMouse—fitted with a wheel or other scrolling
control, and sometimes additional buttons—including the Logitech Pilot
Mouse+™, Logitech M™, Genius™ NetMouse™ and Genius
NetMouse Pro™.)
All of the mouse connections from ServSwitch Wizard Pro to the attached
PCs support either a PS/2 or an RS-232 mouse. The Switch automatically
converts PS/2 mouse commands to RS-232 serial-mouse commands. You can
use a serial mouse as your shared mouse if you attach it to the Switch through
an appropriate adapter—our product code FA314—as described in
Appendix A
.
The Switch will operate without a mouse connected if you don’t want
to use one.
• A suitable mouse driver for your PCs. Supported types are:
- PS/2 or RS-232 two-button mouse driver by any manufacturer.
- Microsoft mouse drivers, including those for the IntelliMouse.
- Logitech mouse drivers, including those for two-button, three-button,
and wheel mice.
