Specifications

MULTI-HEAD SERVSWITCH™

3. Installation

3.1 What You Will Need

You’ll need these things to be in place before you can install your Multi-Head

ServSwitch:

• Cables to connect the Multi-Head ServSwitch to the keyboard, mouse, and

video ports of each of your computers. (You don’t need to connect mouse

cabling to

a CPU if you’re not using a mouse with that CPU.)

You’ll need

adapters to connect the Switch to the keyboard and mouse ports of PC/AT style

computers. For cable and adapter specifications, see the Appendix.

• Monitors with a standard VGA (HD15) connector that will work when

connected directly to each of your computers. The Multi-Head ServSwitch

supports low- and high-resolution monitors.

• A standard PC/AT or PS/2 style keyboard. (If you’re using an AT keyboard

with a 5-pin DIN connector, you’ll need a standard AT to PS/2 keyboard

adapter—product code FA211—to connect it to the Multi-Head ServSwitch.)

• A PS/2 style two- or three-button Microsoft

or Logitech™ compatible mouse

or a Microsoft IntelliMouse

or IntelliMouse Explorer compatible mouse. If

you want to use the mouse to switch channels on the Multi-Head ServSwitch,

you’ll need a three-button mouse or an IntelliMouse. (The Switch supports

other IntelliMouse compatible “Internet mice”—fitted with a wheel or other

scrolling control, and sometimes additional buttons—that are available from

several manufacturers.)

All of the mouse connections from Multi-Head ServSwitch to the attached

computers support either PS/2 mouse ports or RS-232 serial mouse ports. The

Switch automatically converts PS/2 mouse data and commands to serial-mouse

data and commands, but you’ll still need the appropriate adapter—product

code FA314—to connect the Switch to a PC with a serial mouse port. See

Section A.2 in the Appendix.

The Switch will operate without a mouse connected if you don’t want to use

one.