Black Box KV6104SA-R2, Руководство пользователя

Страница: 22 / 98

21
CHAPTER 3: Installation
• Where possible, use a single cable of the correct length rather than multiple
extension cables. If you must use an extension cable, make sure it’s a cable
specifically designed to carry video signals.
• If you’ll be cascading Duos/Quadros, use the shortest possible cabling between
them. Lay out your installation so that the maximum end-to-end coaxial-only
cable run (that is, not including twisted-pair runs through Duo Extenders,
which boost the video signals) from any CPU to any user station is not more
than 100 feet (30 m).
3.4 Connecting Your Equipment
NOTES
When you connect devices to Duos’/Quadros’ “user ports” and “CPU
ports,” refer to Figures 2-3 and 2-4 in
Section 2.3 to see where these
ports are. (Make sure not to get your keyboard and mouse connections
backwards. To help you avoid this problem, the Duo’s/Quadro’s
connectors are color-coded like those on modern PCs; just remember
that the keyboard connectors are purple and the mouse connectors are
green.)
So long as they are all compatible with the ServSwitch Duo/Quadro,
your CPUs and user devices don’t all have to be the same type; the Duo/
Quadro will intelligently adapt for different equipment types.
Any unused CPU-port or user-port connectors on a Duo, Quadro, or
Duo Extender can be left vacant.
Most ServSwitch Duo/Quadro applications will involve two to four sets of local
keyboards, monitors, mice, and two to sixteen computer CPUs
directly attached to a
single
Duo/Quadro. If that describes what you want to do, follow the procedure in
Section 3.4.1 .
If you’re indirectly attaching a remote keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the
Duo’s user port #1 or the Quadro’s user port #1 or #3 through a ServSwitch Duo
Extender, follow the additional directions in
Section 3.4.2 .
If you want to switch between more than sixteen CPUs, or if not all of your CPUs
are in the same location, you’ll need multiple cascaded Duos/Quadros to connect
them together. Follow the procedure in Section 3.4.3 .
As described in Sections 3.4.1 through 3.4.3 , you might want to use Premium
KVM User or CPU Cables to connect your equipment, or even ServSwitch Brand
KVM extenders if the distances involved are long enough. And to connect PC/AT
style equipment, you’ll need adapters. These cables, extenders, and adapters are
described in
Section 3.4.4 .