ServSwitch User's Manual

CHAPTER 1: Specifications

Maximum

Distance — 20 ft. (6.1 m) of CPU or User Cable—possibly as much as

100 ft. (30.5 m) of coaxial CPU or User Cable,

depending on CPUs, monitor, and video resolution

(see Section 3.2.3)—from any Matrix ServSwitch to any

device attached to it;

100 ft. (30.5 m) of Expansion Cable between any two

Matrix ServSwitches;

50 ft. (15.2 m) of serial cable from any Matrix ServSwitch

RS-232 port to a computer’s serial port

User Controls — For system: Keyboard commands and on-screen menus;

On Switch chassis:

(2) Front-mounted “switch to next port” pushbuttons:

(1) for User A (KVM 1), (1) for User B (KVM 2);

(1) Rear-mounted ON/OFF rocker switch;

On Expansion Module: Board-mounted BUS/RING

jumper

Indicators — All front-mounted LEDs:

All models: (1) for Switch itself: POWER;

SW7x1A-R3: (8) for CPUs: (4) SELECT, (4) POWER;

SW7x2A-R3: (16) for CPUs: (8) SELECT, (8) POWER;

SW7x3A-R3: (32) for CPUs: (16) SELECT, (16) POWER

Connectors — On Matrix ServSwitches as shipped from the factory:

All rear-mounted;

(2) DB25 female for user (“KVM”) connections;

RJ-12 (“6-wire RJ-11”) female for serial management:

SW7x1A-R3: (1);

SW7x2A-R3: (2);

SW7x3A-R3: (4);

(1) IEC 320 male power inlet;

Numbered DB25 female CPU ports:

SW7x1A-R3: (4);

SW7x2A-R3: (8);

SW7x3A-R3: (16);

Can be added to Switches by installing Expansion

Modules:

(1) DB15 female for bus (daisychain) input to Switch;

(1) DB15 male for bus (daisychain) output from

Switch