User manual

CS1708A / CS1716A User Manual

Daisy Chain Installations

To control even more computers, up to 31 additional switches can be daisy

chained down from the first CS1708

A / CS1716A. As many as 512 computers can

be controlled from a single console in a complete installation. Tables showing

the relation between the number of computers and the number of CS1708

A /

CS1716

A units needed to control them are provided on page 60 in the Appendix.

To set up a daisy chained installation, do the following:

1. Ground the CS1708

A / CS1716A and make sure that power has been turned

off to all the computers you will be connecting up.

2. Using the console cable provided, connect a keyboard, mouse, and

monitor to the CS1708

A / CS1716A console port. Refer to the Cable

Connection Diagrams on the following page.

3. Use a daisy chain cable set (described in the Cables section, page 3), to

connect the Chain Out port of the master CS1708

A / CS1716A unit to the

Chain In port of the slave unit (first station out to second station in, second

station out to third station in, etc.).

Note: You cannot use the Chain In port of the first station CS1708A /

CS1716A, since it is the highest level master.

4. Use KVM cable sets (described in the Cables section, page 3), to connect

any available KVM port on the CS1708

A / CS1716A installation to the

keyboard, video and mouse ports of the computers you are installing.

5. Repeat the above steps for any additional units you wish to add to the chain.

6. Power up the installation according to the following procedure:

a) Plug in the power adapter for the first station.

Wait for the unit’s station ID to display on the station ID LED.

The station ID for the first stage unit is 01, the ID for the second stage

unit is 02, etc.

b) Plug in the power adapters for each station on the installation in turn

(second station, then third station, etc.).

In each case, wait for the station ID to be ascertained and displayed on

the current station before plugging in the next one.

c) After all the stations are up, power on the computers.

1. See p. 61 for a list of supported KVM switches.