7
Connections
Installation of the AdderLink IP Gold involves a number of basic connections to some or
all of the following items:
• Host computer links: (Keyboard and mouse
) (
Video
) (
Audio
) (
Virtual Media
)
• Local console connections: (
Keyboard and mouse
) (
Video
) (
Audio
)
•
IP network port
•
Modem/ISDN port
•
Power input(s)
•
Power control port
Host computer links: Keyboard and mouse
The AdderLink IP Gold supports both PS/2-style and USB-style keyboard/mouse
connections.
To make a keyboard and mouse links
1 Wherever possible, ensure that power is disconnected from the AdderLink IP Gold
and the host computer (or KVMA switch) to be connected.
(Note: If it is not possible to switch off devices prior to connection, then a ‘Hot plug’
procedure is available – see the
Hot plugging and mouse restoration
section for
more details).
2 As appropriate, connect the PS/2 or USB link cables to the COMPUTER / KVMA
SWITCH section of the AdderLink IP Gold rear panel:
•
PS/2 links
Connect the keyboard and/or mouse PS/2 style link cables to the
ports marked
and
within the COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH section of
the rear panel.
•
USB link
Connect a USB link cable that has a type B plug (more square than
rectangular) to the port marked K / M within the COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH
section of the rear panel.
IMPORTANT
: There is no internal conversion between PS/2 keyboard and mouse
connections and USB. Hence, if you use a PS/2 style connection to the computer
/ KVMA switch, you must also use a PS/2 style keyboard and mouse on the local
console. Similarly, if you use a USB style connection to the computer / KVMA switch,
you must also use a USB style keyboard and mouse on the local console. You may
use the USB Virtual Media link with any combination of other devices. You must not
mix USB and PS/2 style keyboards and mice on the same device.
3 Connect the plugs at the other end of the used cable set(s) to the corresponding
sockets on the host computer or KVMA switch.
5V
2A
A
MOD
EM
DVI
DVI
VGA
VGA
K / M
K/M
V M
PO
WER CONTR
OL
INDO
OR
USE
ONL
Y
B
1 2
CFG
COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH
KVMA CONSOLE
1
2
ON
PS/2 style keyboard and mouse links
5V
2A
A
MOD
EM
DVI
DVI
VGA
VGA
K / M
K/M
V M
PO
WER CONTR
OL
INDO
OR
USE
ONL
Y
B
1 2
CFG
COMPUTER / KVMA SWITCH
KVMA CONSOLE
1
2
ON
USB style keyboard/mouse link
Single host computer or many?
The AdderLink IP Gold can either connect directly to a single host
computer or to range of hosts via one or more KVMA switches.
