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APPENDIX: Cable Guidelines

Figure A-1. The RS-232 mouse adapter.

6-pin mini-DIN attaches to

Wizard or cable from Wizard

N/C

RLSD (DCD)

KDAT

SGND

+5V

KCLK

-12V

TD (-12V)

DTR

SGND

DSR

RTS

CTS

N/C

DB9 attaches to PC’s serial port or

cable to PC’s serial port

Female

Male

Female

Summary of Contents for ServSwitch Wizard SW651A

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Page 2: ...le separately as product code FA212 for connecting CPUs with PC AT type keyboard ports 6 pin mini DIN female to DB9 female RS 232 serial mouse port adapters available separately as product code FA314...

Page 3: ...o you have just two PCs and need an economical alternative to keeping two monitors keyboards and mice on your desk Or do you need to share dozens of computers including a mix of IBM PC RS 6000 Apple M...

Page 4: ...registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard IBM PC AT PS 2 RS 6000 and ThinkPad are registered trademarks and PC XT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft IntelliMouse M...

Page 5: ...cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by...

Page 6: ...rference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off the user is...

Page 7: ...ato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo el ctrico m s all a lo descrito en las in...

Page 8: ...tir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado d...

Page 9: ...rs and PC AT Adapters 22 3 4 Powering the Wizard 24 4 Configuration 25 4 1 Configuring Your PCs 25 4 2 Configuring the ServSwitch Wizard 26 4 2 1 Entering Configuration Mode 26 4 2 2 Setting the Scree...

Page 10: ...nto the ServSwitch Wizard and Re Enabling Disconnected CPU PS 2 Mouse Ports 43 5 9 RS 232 Control 45 5 10 Operating Cascaded ServSwitch Wizards 45 5 11 Operating Synchronized ServSwitch Wizards 47 5 1...

Page 11: ...ocol RS 232 Asynchronous Data Format RS 232 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit Data Rate RS 232 1200 bps Flow Control RS 232 None Maximum Distance 2 m 6 ft if interface powered or 10 m 30 ft if AC power...

Page 12: ...liability of similarly designed and manufactured products Maximum Altitude 10 000 ft 3048 m Temperature Tolerance 32 to 104 F 0 to 40 C Humidity Tolerance 5 to 60 noncondensing Enclosure Steel aluminu...

Page 13: ...s from the attached CPUs For demanding applications with cascading and or high end video an optional power supply product code PS649 is available Intelligent switching You can scan switch between all...

Page 14: ...r the IBM PC Includes screen blank autoscan and variable hotkey options Metal enclosure for good shielding and video quality Front panel Power and Activity LEDs Can be soft reset if problems occur 2 2...

Page 15: ...ection 5 13 SW652A Display shows status and mouse keyboard data activity Display shows status and mouse keyboard data activity Button for changing channels and entering configuration mode Button for c...

Page 16: ...livering hazardous electric shocks do not attempt to dismantle it Make sure that the total current rating of the devices plugged into the AC outlet that s supplying the Wizard is not greater than the...

Page 17: ...mpatible mouse or a Microsoft IntelliMouse or IntelliMouse Explorer compatible mouse If you want to use the mouse to switch channels on the ServSwitch Wizard you ll need a three button mouse or an Int...

Page 18: ...e than four CPUs you ll need multiple cascaded Wizards to connect them together Follow the procedure in Section 3 3 2 If your CPUs have multiple video outputs you will need multiple synchronized Wizar...

Page 19: ...itch Duo User Extension Cable If you need to place your user equipment farther away than that you ll need to use one of our ServSwitch brand KVM extenders Next connect each computer CPU to the Wizard...

Page 20: ...m see Section 5 8 Connect your user equipment keyboard PS 2 mouse and monitor to the appropriate control port connectors on the master Wizard s rear panel If you have had to place the Wizard farther f...

Page 21: ...cabling can be either separate keyboard mouse and video extension cables or ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cable If you need to run farther than 100 ft 30 5 m to a CPU you ll need to use one of our Ser...

Page 22: ...all of the devices that you want to attach to this Wizard If you have to hot plug any powered computers into your Wizard system see Section 5 8 Connect your primary user equipment your keyboard your P...

Page 23: ...As with your first CPU video connection these connections can be made with video extension cable or ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cable for distances up to 100 ft 30 5 m or one of our ServSwitch brand...

Page 24: ...strands apart the keyboard strand is labeled K and colored orange while the mouse strand is labeled M and colored green We offer several types of ServSwitch Brand CAT5 KVM Extenders At the time of th...

Page 25: ...HD15 Central video strand Keyboard and mouse strands molded to sides Cross section 9 22 9 cm 10 25 4 cm 6 Pin mini DIN 6 Pin mini DIN PS 2 style kbd mouse cable To Wizard s CPU port mouse connector 6...

Page 26: ...uters As you power up your CPUs watch the Wizard s 7 segment display as discussed in Section 5 1 If it shows the number 1 or the letter P the Wizard will be able to operate using the power it s receiv...

Page 27: ...in section of the keyboard Do not use the Enter key on the numeric keypad or the extra Enter key found on the main section of some specialized keyboards 4 1 Configuring Your PCs Configure your PCs in...

Page 28: ...ing the optional power supply or power up one or more of the attached CPUs if you re not using the Wizard s power supply do not release the button until the ServSwitch Wizard displays C to show that i...

Page 29: ...ront panel display will flash while the Wizard is in screen saver mode To restore the blanked monitor display just type at the keyboard or move the mouse Use the B command type B digit Enter to set ho...

Page 30: ...whole cascade you must separately scan each Wizard that has CPUs attached to it During a scan when a Wizard switches to a port with a cascaded switch attached to it the system will display the video f...

Page 31: ...y selected autoscan pause time T1 During autoscan the Wizard pauses at each channel for 2 seconds default T2 5 seconds T3 7 seconds T4 10 seconds T5 15 seconds T6 20 seconds T7 30 seconds T8 60 second...

Page 32: ...This causes the Wizard to take a more active role in mouse communication ensuring that the CPU won t have timing problems and keeping the mouse up to speed L5 ServSwitch Wizard allows CPU to react to...

Page 33: ...5 command The ServSwitch Wizard supports Internet mice that are compatible with the Microsoft IntelliMouse These are fitted with a wheel or other type of scrolling control and sometimes have additiona...

Page 34: ...deo or even if there isn t any device attached to that channel The Wizard will display a blank screen for such channels But if you d rather have the Wizard skip over any ports that don t have a powere...

Page 35: ...yboards where additional keys can be programmed to act as combinations of other keys Such keyboards are supplied with many Gateway computers If you program one of these spare keys to produce both hotk...

Page 36: ...the digit 2 your Wizard is using firmware version 1 02 You can also restore the function of previously disconnected PS 2 type CPU mouse ports with the F 5 and F 6 commands see Section 5 8 and you can...

Page 37: ...ve finished typing in your password press Enter to save it to the Wizard s EEPROM This type of memory does not depend on active power or even a battery backup so it can persist indefinitely Don t worr...

Page 38: ...egment display as described in Figure 5 1 If the Wizard is not receiving enough power the display will be blank if the Wizard can select CPU 1 the display will show 1 or if a password has been set the...

Page 39: ...ppears on the Wizard s front panel display An optional Remote Control Module RCM is also available for the ServSwitch Wizard It s a small hand held component with a SELECT key that mimics the Wizard s...

Page 40: ...password has been typed to unlock the Wizard Finally if the screen saver mode has been activated the channel number will flash Figure 5 2 The front panel status display during regular operation DISPLA...

Page 41: ...S 2 mouse from the ServSwitch Wizard will have no immediate effect but the CPU will lose mouse function as soon as you plug the mouse back in RS 232 mouse port connections can usually be freely unplug...

Page 42: ...row of the main section of the keyboard not the number keys on the keypad the Wizard will not recognize keypad numbers Use Hotkeys x where x is a number from one to two on the 2 port model or one to...

Page 43: ...rd is locked you will have to press Enter to clear those characters so that they won t invalidate the password when you proceed to type it in Use Hotkeys Channel Address to select a CPU channel in a c...

Page 44: ...r Wizard Press and hold Ctrl and Alt press and release 0 press and release 3 press and release 1 press and release 3 release Ctrl and Alt 5 6 Mouse Control Yet another convenient way to select CPU cha...

Page 45: ...n the Wizard or of the CPU connections 5 8 Hot Plugging Devices Into the ServSwitch Wizard and Re Enabling Disconnected CPU PS 2 Mouse Ports It is advisable to switch off the computer systems that are...

Page 46: ...connected expected restoration at bootup data format command PS 2 PS 2 only PS 2 F5 PS 2 IntelliMouse PS 2 F5 IntelliMouse PS 2 only PS 2 F5 IntelliMouse IntelliMouse IntelliMouse F6 To restore lost m...

Page 47: ...rds isn t possible 5 10 Operating Cascaded ServSwitch Wizards As described in Section 3 3 2 multiple ServSwitch Wizards can be cascaded together To select channels in cascaded systems you will need to...

Page 48: ...ssible to autoscan every channel in a cascaded system with a single scan Cascaded Wizards must be scanned individually using their front panel pushbuttons or Their Hotkeys A When you switch or scan to...

Page 49: ...izard is getting power from the attached computers the only way to shut it down is to disconnect it from those computers or turn the computers off which might not be desirable or possible Instead of p...

Page 50: ...ind these files on our Web site Tech Support can help In these filenames xyz the x yz firmware revision level for example SSW118 EXE would be the installation program for firmware revision 1 18 2 Run...

Page 51: ...zard to normal operation CAUTION if the upgrade goes wrong The upgrade program rewrites the Wizard s existing firmware code with the code in the SSWxyz HEX file If the upgrade process is interrupted t...

Page 52: ...not receiving data from the mouse Check the mouse s connection to the Wizard if it s OK try resetting the mouse using the reset function see Section 5 7 warm resetting the Wizard see Section 5 12 or p...

Page 53: ...using a Microsoft compatible mouse driver on your PC Some drivers by other manufacturers can cause the mouse to use proprietary mouse data formats that the Wizard doesn t support If you have unplugge...

Page 54: ...attempt to alter or repair it It contains no user serviceable parts Contact Black Box Technical Support at 724 746 5500 Before you do make a record of the history of the problem We will be able to pr...

Page 55: ...t 20 m but don t count on this A 2 Cabling from the ServSwitch Wizard to the CPUs Video HD15 male to HD15 male wired as a standard VGA CPU to monitor cable There are two types commonly available The b...

Page 56: ...yboard and mouse strands of our ServSwitch Duo CPU Extension Cables see Section 3 3 4 as far as 100 ft 30 5 m RS 232 serial mouse ports You ll need a special adapter with the pinning shown in Figure A...

Page 57: ...r 6 pin mini DIN attaches to Wizard or cable from Wizard N C RLSD DCD RD KDAT TD SGND 5V KCLK 12V TD 12V DTR SGND DSR RTS CTS RI N C N C DB9 attaches to PC s serial port or cable to PC s serial port 1...

Page 58: ...grade the Wizard s firmware see Section 5 13 The pinout of this connector is pretty simple Pin 9 Signal Ground SGND Pin 10 Transmit Data TD and Pin 11 Receive Data RD are the only pins used for serial...

Page 59: ...3 The firmware upgrade cable KV6SER DB15 male attaches to master Wizard DB15 male attaches to second Wizard DB9 female attaches to PC DB15 male attaches to Wizard Female 5 1 9 6 Male 8 1 9 15 Male 8...

Page 60: ...s resulting from the use of the information contained herein They reserve the right to change the specifications functions or circuitry of the product without notice Neither the manufacturer nor its a...

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