Datasheet

Installation

This section will guide you through the hardware installation of your KVM switch. Please read through this

section carefully and complete each step in the order listed.

1. Make sure all computers and devices are powered off.

2. Plug a PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, and monitor into the labelled keyboard, mouse, and monitor

Console ports on the back of the KVM.

3. Attach each of your managed computers to your StarView KVM switch’s PC ports using ultra-thin

KVM cables. The SV831HD and SV1631HD are capable of using either 2-in-1 USB or 3-in-1 PS/2

cables. The SV1631D1U uses 3-in-1 PS/2 cables. Use the cables to connect one of the PC ports on the

back of the switch to the computer's keyboard, mouse, and video ports. Note: These instructions are

for a single KVM switch only. For information on cascading multiple KVMs, see Cascade

Configuration below.

4. Plug the 9V DC power adapter into the power port on the KVM.

5. Turn on your computers.

Note: After the initial power up, you can hot-plug additional computers or slave KVM switches without

having to power down your KVM.

Cascade Configuration

You can connect a second level of KVMs to one or more of your Master KVM switch’s PC ports. The

KVM switches connected to the Master switch are know as Slaves. Once connected, the KVM switches

will automatically configure themselves as either Masters or Slaves. You can only connect an equal or

“smaller” KVM to the Master KVM. For example, a 16-port Master KVM switch can have both 16-port

and 8-port slaves. An 8-port Master KVM switch can only have 8-port KVM slaves or lower.

The 8-port KVM can support 64 PCs, with 8 8-port Slave KVMs, each connected to 8 PCs. The 16-port

KVM can support 136 computers, with 8 16-port Slave KVMs, each connected to 16 computers. The Slave

KVM’s must be connected to the 1~8 ports, not the A~H ports.

To cascade your KVMs, use a 3-in-1 PS/2 KVM cable to connect one of your Master switch’s PC ports to

the Slave switch’s PC 1~8 ports. When turning on your cascaded switches, turn on the Master switch

before turning on any of the others.