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Control two PCs with
one keyboard, monitor,
and mouse, plus (if you
like) a pair of speakers
or headphones.
Powerful video
support (up to 1600 x
1280 at up to 100 Hz).
Handles most mice,
including wheel mice.
Translates to serial-
mouse protocol for
older computers.
Switch between PCs
with a button press or
a keyboard command.
Powered by the PCs.
Contemporary styling.
W
e know about that promise
you made to yourself. You
wouldn’t be caught dead installing
a keyboard/video/mouse switch
for your two PCs, even though you
could use one to clear the extra
user equipment off your desk.
You’ve got good reasons.
Most KVM switches are way too
complicated. The ones you can
afford turn out to be weak,
feature-poor, inflexible, and
unreliable. And there isn’t a single
model that you’d want an office
visitor to see—even the most
exciting-looking ones resemble a
shoebox with blinking lights.
Maybe our ServSwitch™
Spectra can tempt you to break
that promise. For starters, it’s a lot
more handsome than your
average KVM switch. It’s in a
sleek, compact case that’s taller
that it is wide, so that it takes up
very little desktop space.
But the Spectra is more than
eye candy. In addition to the usual
support for using one monitor,
At last—a keyboard/video/mouse
switch that’s both simple and stylish.
Key Features
SERVSWITCH
™
SPECTRA
keyboard, and mouse to control a
pair of IBM
®
PC type computer
CPUs, the Spectra has audio
jacks for attaching headphones or
speakers and switching the PC’s
audio output as well.
(What if you’re listening to a
CD or Web radio that one of the
computers is playing and don’t
want it to be interrupted? No
problem—audio switching can be
turned on and off with quick
three-key commands.)
The ServSwitch Spectra can
also handle PC video at
resolutions and refresh rates that
would swamp a lot of bigger,
more expensive switches. It
supports VGA, SVGA, or XGA at
up to 1600 x 1280 pixels, at refresh
rates up to 100 Hz.
It also handles most PS/2 type
mice—two-button, three-button,
or wheel mice such as the
Microsoft
®
IntelliMouse
®
. It
doesn’t support serial mice, but it
can translate PS/2 mouse signals
into serial-mouse protocol, so you
can
still use your older workhorse
PCs that have serial mouse ports
only.
The Spectra has the usual
pushbutton for switching and the
usual LEDs to tell you which CPU
is selected, but it also has a full
set of keyboard commands for
switching or scanning between
computers, for troubleshooting
your system, and more.
Lastly, even though it’s a
stellar performer, it’s still not
complicated at all. Look at the
picture on the next page: Just
plug your user equipment right
into its labeled ports, run one
CPU-extension cable and (if
necessary) one audio cable from
each of the PCs to its labeled
ports, and you’re ready to go. (The
Spectra is powered by the PCs—
no AC outlet is required.)
The Spectra comes with a
mounting plate you can use to
attach it to a flat surface. If you
get the ServSwitch Spectra Kit
(product code SW681A-K), you
also get two of the standard CPU-
extension cables.
Black Box Corporation
• 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • Tech Support: 724-746-5500 •
www.blackbox.com
•
e-mail: [email protected]
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Black Box Corporation.
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