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CHAPTER 2: Introduction
• Can usually draw all the power it needs from the attached CPUs. For
demanding applications with cascading and/or high-end video, an optional
power supply (product code PS649) is available.
• Local channel switching using its front-panel pushbutton, a keyboard hotkey
sequence, a 3-button mouse, or a Sun keyboard’s “hot media” keys.
• Remote channel switching using its convenient optional Remote-Control
Module.
• Intelligent switching: You can scan/switch between all ports or just the active
ones.
• Flash-upgradable for easy on-site firmware upgrades.
• Supports high-bandwidth monitors, at resolutions up to 1600 x 1280 pixels and
refresh rates up to 100 Hz, with low distortion.
• Video channels support Display Data Channel (DDC/DDC1/DDC2) signaling.
• Supports a microphone and stereo speakers or headphones for multimedia
applications.
• “Clickless” audio switching ensures that the speakers don’t “thump” every time
you switch channels.
• Can be cascaded to control a large number of CPUs.
• Password security prevents unauthorized use.
• Stores its configuration in persistent EEPROM memory.
• Automatically restores keyboard and mouse states when channel is changed.
• Supports keyboard modes 2 and 3, as well as both “prompt” and “stream”
mouse modes, for maximum compatibility.
• Support for Microsoft
®
IntelliMouse™ and many other “wheel mice.”
• Supports mixed-platform user stations (those with a Sun keyboard and a PC
mouse, for example).
• Keyboard data is passed through in its native format, enabling support for the
additional keys on enhanced keyboards. Performs keyboard remapping to
emulate the special keys on a Sun keyboard with a PC keyboard, or to assign
special PC keystroke sequences to those keys on the Sun keyboard.
