Hardware Setup - IOGear GCS1953 User Manual

Hardware Setup

1. Important safety information regarding the placement of this device
is provided on page 4. Please review it before proceeding.
2. To prevent damage to your installation from power surges or static
electricity. It is important that all connected devices are properly
grounded.
3. Make sure that power to all the devices you will be installing has
been turned off. You must unplug the power cords of any computers
that have the Keyboard Power On function.
Cable Connections
To set up your installation, refer to the installation diagram on the following page
(the numbers in the diagram on page 16 correspond to the steps below), and do the
following:
1. Ground the GCS1953 by connecting one end of a grounding wire to the Grounding
Terminal and the other end to a suitable grounded object.
Note: Do not omit this step. Proper grounding helps to prevent damage to the unit
from power surges or static electricity.
2. Plug your USB keyboard and USB mouse into the USB console ports from the
Console Ports Section located on the unit's rear panel.
3. Plug your monitor into the DisplayPort console port from the Console Ports Section
located on the unit's rear panel and power on the monitor.
4. Plug your speakers into the Audio Jacks located on the unit's front and rear panel.
The speakers plugged into the front panel have priority over those plugged into the
rear panel.
5. Using the DisplayPort cable, plug the DisplayPort connector into any available
DisplayPort port on the KVM Ports Section of the switch (CPU 1 and CPU 2), then
plug the USB 3.0 cable and audio cable into their corresponding ports.
Note:
○ Verify that all the connectors are in the same KVM Ports Section (all in CPU 1,
all in CPU 2.).
○ The unit can be bus-powered by the connected KVM sources via USB ports.
See Powering the Unit, page 18.
6. At the other end of the cables from step 5, plug the DisplayPort cable, USB 3.0
cable, and audio cable into their respective ports on the computer. Repeat steps 5,
and 6 for other PC systems you are installing.
7. Using the USB-C cable, plug the USB-C connector into the USB-C port on the
KVM Ports Section of the switch (CPU 3), then plug the audio cable into its
corresponding port.
8. At the other end of the cables from step 7, plug the USB-C cable and audio cable
into their respective ports on the USB-C device.
Note: For video output to work through a USB-C port, the device must support DP
Alt Mode.
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