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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3.2.4 C
ONNECTING THE
CPU
S
CAUTION!
Avoid routing cable near fluorescent lights, air conditioning
compressors, or machines that may create electrical noise. Total cable
length from the keyboard, monitor, and mouse to any given CPU should
not exceed 21 feet (6.4 m).
CPU Adapter Cables connect your computers to the KVM Switch. Each
computer requires its own adapter cable, made to fit the CPU’s connectors.
Black Box carries these.
1. Plug the DB25 male connector of the CPU Adapter Cable into one of the
numbered (CPU) ports on the KVM Switch’s rear panel.
2. Plug the CPU Adapter Cable’s video- and keyboard-port connectors into
the corresponding ports on the CPU.
PC models (SW730A, SW731A) only:
a. To attach the keyboard-port connector of the CPU Adapter Cable
to the keyboard port of a PS/2, you will need to place a special
keyboard adapter (5-pin DIN female to 6-pin mini-DIN male, our
product code FA211) between them.
b. Plug the mouse-port connector into the serial port designated as
the mouse port. (This connector can
not
be attached to the PS/2
bus-mouse port, even with an adapter—the KVM Switch doesn’t
support PS/2 bus mice. You must use an RS-232 mouse.) Make
sure your mouse driver is properly configured to interact with the
chosen serial port.