Compaq Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Switch Box - Manual (Page 34)

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Connecting Tiers while the
System is Powered Up
If necessary, you can connect a master unit to a slave unit while the system is
powered on. This technique can be used to isolate any problems with a
minimum disruption to the system. When plugging a master
Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Switch Box into a slave unit, you must first connect
the mouse and video cables, then connect the keyboard cable. This is because
the master unit interprets the keyboard connection as the slave unit’s power
up. At this point the master unit sends initialization codes to the slave unit,
triggering device configuration.
Switching Tiered Systems
To switch the Keyboard/Monitor/Mouse Switch Box to a computer that is
connected to the master through a slave unit, proceed as follows:
1. Press Print Scrn. The CCR Selection window appears on the monitor.
2. Type the number of the port to which the slave unit is connected
followed by a dash and the number of the port (on the slave unit) to
which the computer is connected. For example, to switch to the
computer connected to port 3 of a slave unit connected to port 1 of the
master, press Print Scrn, 1, -, 3.
If the computer/slaves are listed in the window by name (as described
in “Assigning Names to Switch Ports”), then type the assigned name of
the computer. If no slave unit is connected to the selected master port,
the command is canceled when you enter the slave number.
3. Press Enter.