Black Box ACS235A - Manual (Page 33)

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SERVSWITCH™ BRAND FIBER KVM EXTENDERS
5.2 Connecting a CPU or KVM Switch to the Local Module
NOTE
In the universal directions in this section and in Section 5.3, we’ll
sometimes refer to separate keyboard and mouse connections even
though there will only be one keyboard/mouse connection when the Sun
Extender (ACS236A) is involved.
Your ServSwitch Brand Fiber KVM Extender comes with a KVM-extension cable
that you can use to connect a computer CPU or ServSwitch family KVM switch to
the Extender’s Local Module:
• The extension cable that comes with the ACS235A is a three-strand cable. The
two outside strands carry keyboard and mouse data, and have 6-pin mini-DIN
male connectors at both ends. The central strand carries video data; it has an
HD15 female connector at the Extender end and an HD15 male connector at
the other end.
• The extension cable that comes with the ACS236A is a two-strand cable. The
outside strand carries keyboard and mouse data, and has 8-pin mini-DIN male
connectors at both ends. The central strand carries video data; it has an HD15
female connector at the Extender end and an HD15 male connector at the
other end. (If you’re using the ACS236A with a legacy Sun CPU that outputs
Sun video on a 13W3 connector, you’ll need a Sun video-extension cable such
as product code EVMVDT02-MF to take the place of the included cable’s video
strand. Important note: Do not use a standard HD15-to-13W3 “Sun video
adapter” or “Sun video adapter cable” to patch the included cable’s video
strand to the CPU! These are not pinned correctly for use with the Extender!)
Take these steps (making sure the CPU or KVM switch is turned OFF):
1A. ACS235A: Take the end of the included KVM-extension cable with the female
video connector and plug its connectors into the matching connectors on the
front panel of the Extender’s Local Module. Attach the cable’s video strand to
the Module’s HD15 male connector, the cable’s keyboard strand to the 6-pin
mini-DIN female connector on the Module labeled with the picture of a
keyboard, and the cable’s mouse strand to the 6-pin mini-DIN female
connector on the Module labeled with the picture of a mouse.
1B. ACS236A: Take the female end of the included KVM-extension cable’s video
strand, or of your Sun video-extension cable, and plug it into the matching
male video connector (HD15 for VGA, 13W3 for Sun video) on the front
panel of the Extender’s Local Module. (Do not plug video cables into both
video connectors at the same time!) Plug the keyboard/mouse strand of the
included KVM-extension cable into the Local Module’s 8-pin mini-DIN
female keyboard/mouse connector.