Daisy Chaining - ATEN CL-1208 User Manual

Daisy Chaining

To control even more computers, up to 31 Master View ACS-1208A /
ACS-1216A units can be daisy chained down from the CL-1208 / CL-1216.
Note: It would be unnecessarily wasteful and expensive to use CL-1208 /
CL-1216 switches for daisy chaining since there is no point in having
consoles on the chained switches. Therefore, ACS-1208A and
ACS-1216A switches are used instead.
The ACS-1208A and ACS-1216A are similar to the CL-1208 and
CL-1216, except that they come in standard housings without the built
in Slideaway™ console.
As many as 256 (CL-1208) or 512 (CL-1216) computers can be controlled from
the unit's integrated Slideaway™ console in a complete installation. Tables
showing the relation between the number of computers and the number of
Master View units needed to control them are provided on p. 57 in the Appendix.
To set up a daisy chained installation, refer to the daisy chain installation
diagram on p. 15, and do the following:
1. Make sure that power to all the devices you will be connecting up has
been turned off.
2. Use a daisy chain cable set (described in the Cables section, p. 4), to
connect the Chain Out port of the parent unit to the Chain In port of the
child unit (First Station Out to Second Station In, Second Station Out to
Third Station In, etc.).
3. Use KVM cable sets (described in the Cables section of the ACS-1208A /
ACS-1216A User Manual), to connect any available CPU Port on the
daisy chained switch to the keyboard, video and mouse ports of the
computers you are installing.
4. Repeat the above steps for any additional Master View units you wish to
add to the chain.
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