ATEN ALTUSEN KM0832 - Manual (Page 37)

Chapter 2. Installation
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To set up a protocol interface cascade, refer to the installation diagram on p. 22
and do the following:
1. Connect the console to the console module.
Plug the keyboard, mouse, and monitor into the ports on the console
module. Each port is marked with an identifying icon.
2. Connect the console module to the KM0832.
Use Cat 5 cable to connect the Link port of the console module to one of
the user ports on the KM0832's rear panel.
(Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all consoles that you wish to connect. Up to 8
consoles may be connected in this fashion.)
Note: 1. The distance between any console module and any KVM adapter
cable, or any first stage and third stage stations (or second stage,
if there is no third stage), must not exceed 300m (1000').
2. We strongly recommend that you use Cat 5 shielded twisted pair
(STP) cable.
3. Use Cat 5 cable to connect up to eight KVM ports on the first stage station
to the user ports on the second stage station. The number of consoles on
the first stage KM0832 that can simultaneously access the cascaded switch
is limited by the number of connections between the parent and child
switches.
(Repeat step 3 for each second stage switch that you wish to cascade. If
you wish to cascade any third stage switches, follow the instructions in
step 3 when cascading them from the second stage switches.)
4. Use Cat 5 cable to connect KVM adapter cables to any available KVM
ports; plug the connectors of the KVM adapter cables into the keyboard,
video, and mouse ports of the computers you wish to install.
5. Connect the power adapter(s) to the KVM adapter cable(s) and to an AC
mains power source appropriate for the device.
6. Plug the provided power cable into the power socket on the first stage
KM0832 switch; connect the power cable to an AC mains power source
with appropriate voltage for the KM0832, then turn on the KM0832.
7. Wait one minute, and then repeat step 6 for each second stage KM0832.
8. Wait one minute, and then repeat step 6 for each third stage KM0832.
9. Turn on the power to all the computers.