Black Box ACS235A - Manual (Page 34)

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CHAPTER 5: Installation
2. Take the connectors at the other end of the cable and plug them into the
equipment you want to attach. ACS235A only: Be very careful not to get the
cable’s keyboard and mouse strands backwards.
• If you’re attaching a CPU or a KVM switch with separate user-side connectors: Plug
the included cable’s connectors into the CPU’s or switch’s video, keyboard,
and mouse ports.
• If you’re attaching a KVM switch with a single, composite user-side connector:
These types of switches are used with monitor/keyboard/mouse
“breakout” cables that patch from the single composite connector to
multiple connectors; connect one of these to the switch’s monitor/
keyboard/mouse/(etc.) port. Then plug the connectors of the Extender’s
KVM-extension cable into the matching monitor, keyboard, and mouse
connectors on the breakout cable. (Alternatively, if the breakout cable is
long enough, you can run it directly to the switch’s monitor, keyboard, and
mouse ports.)
NOTE FOR ACS235A
If the CPU, switch, or breakout cable doesn’t have a PS/2 style (6-pin
mini-DIN female) keyboard interface, but does have a PC/AT style
(5-pin DIN female) keyboard interface, connect the keyboard-port
adapter included with the Extender between that interface and the
KVM-extension cable’s keyboard-port connector. If the CPU, switch,
or breakout cable doesn’t have a PS/2 style (6-pin mini-DIN female)
mouse interface, but does have a PC/AT style RS-232 serial (DB9
female) mouse interface, connect the mouse-port adapter included
with the Extender between that interface and the KVM-extension
cable’s mouse-port connector.
3A. ACS235A: If you’re going to be using a parallel printer at the remote site: The
included parallel-extension cable has only one strand; it has a DB25 male
connector at one end and a DB25 female at the other. Plug the male end into
the CPU’s parallel port—or the parallel-printer port of your KVM switch if it
has one—and the female end into the Local Module’s DB25 male printer
port (labeled with the picture of a printer).
3B. ACS236A: If you’re going to be transmitting serial data across the fiber link: We don’t
include a serial-extension cable with the Extender because (a) applications
requiring serial extension will be rare and (b) the necessary type of extension
cable will vary depending on what type of equipment you’re attaching. Please
call Black Box Tech Support for assistance in selecting any serial cables and
adapters you’ll need. Keep in mind that in order to be attached to the Local
Module’s DB9 female port (which is pinned as a DCE), a serial cable must
have a DB9 male connector.