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accessory! We appreciate your business, and we think you'll appreciate the many
ways that your new ServSwitch keyboard/video/mouse switch will save you money,
time, and effort.
That's because our ServSwitch family is all about breaking away from the
traditional, expensive model of computer management. You know, the one-size-
fits-all-even-if-it-doesn't model that says, "One computer gets one user station, no
more, no less." Why not a single user station (monitor, keyboard, and mouse) for
multiple computers—even computers of different platforms? Why not a pair of
user stations, each of which can control multiple computers? Why not multiple
user stations for the same computer?
With our ServSwitch products, there's no reason why not. We carry a broad line
of robust solutions for all these applications. Do you have just two PCs, and need
an economical alternative to keeping two monitors, keyboards, and mice on your
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The ServSwitch
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This manual will tell you all about your new ServSwitch™ Duo Extender,
including how to install, operate, and troubleshoot it. For an introduction to the
Extender, see Chapter 2. The Extender product codes covered in this manual are:
This manual also includes information about the Extender's Rackmount Kit, whose
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- Page 1 ServSwitch system that’s just right for you. The ServSwitch ™ family from Black Box—the one-stop answer for all your KVM- switching needs! This manual will tell you all about your new ServSwitch™ Duo Extender, including how to install, operate, and troubleshoot it. For an introduction to the Extender, see Chapter 2.
- Page 2 TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL BLACK BOX and the logo are registered trademarks, and ServSwitch and ServSwitch Wizard are trademarks, of Black Box Corporation. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Hewlett-Packard is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard.
- Page 3 FCC/IC STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is...
- Page 4 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER EUROPEAN UNION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in the European standard EN55022. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference.
- Page 5 NOM STATEMENT NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura.
- Page 6 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos, poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del aparato.
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ..................... 9 2. Introduction ..................... 12 2.1 Features and Benefits of the Extender ..........12 2.2 The Complete Extender Package ............ 13 2.3 The Extender Illustrated ..............14 2.4 Safety Concerns ................. 14 3. - Page 8 6.2 Clearing the Extender’s Password ........... 43 6.3 Restoring the Extender to Its Factory-Default Configuration ..43 6.4 Displaying the Extender’s Firmware Revision ......... 44 6.5 Calling Black Box ................44 6.6 Shipping and Packaging ..............45 Appendix A: Guidelines for Twisted-Pair Cabling ........46...
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Page 9: Specifications
CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications Between the Duo and the Extender: Four-pair (eight- Cable Required: wire) Category 5 or higher unshielded twisted-pair (UTP); shielded twisted-pair (STP) can also be used at shorter distances Compliance: CE (EN55022 Class A); FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A, IC Class/classe A Standards: VGA, SVGA, XGA, or XGA-2 video... - Page 10 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER User Controls: Keyboard commands; Mouse-click functions; (1) Side-mounted 8-position DIP switch for hotkey selection; Extender users can also access the Duo’s on-screen menus Both models: (2) Top-mounted LEDs: Power (green) Indicators: and Duo (red); KV6EXT-R2 only: (1) Top-mounted Local CPU (red) LED;...
- Page 11 CHAPTER 1: Specifications Power: From utility-power (mains) outlet, through detachable power cord and IEC 320 inlet, to external transformer: Input: 100 to 240 VAC at 50 to 60 Hz; Output: 5 VDC at up to 2.5 A from transformer to Extender (Extender normally draws only 1.5 A);...
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Page 12: Introduction
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 2. Introduction The ServSwitch™ Duo Extender is a high-performance IBM ® PC compatible keyboard-, monitor-, and mouse-extension device that you can use to connect a distant user station to a ServSwitch™ Duo. The Extender is linked to the Duo with twisted-pair cable, preferably rated Category 5. -
Page 13: The Complete Extender Package
2.2 The Complete Extender Package Along with your ServSwitch Duo Extender, you should have received: • The Extender’s power supply. • The power supply’s input cord. • This manual. If you didn’t receive everything, or if anything arrived damaged, contact Black Box right away. -
Page 14: The Extender Illustrated
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 2.3 The Extender Illustrated KV6EXT-R2 only: Connectors for cables Main (top) and Connector for the running to the optional local CPU’s I/O ports: cable running to the auxiliary (side) LEDs: From left to right, the mouse, keyboard, and Power (green) and Duo video ports (red);... -
Page 15: Installation
CHAPTER 3: Installation 3. Installation 3.1 What You Will Need These things must be in place before you can install your ServSwitch™ Duo Extender: • Four-pair (eight-wire) twisted-pair cabling rated to at least Category 5. This should be long enough to reach from your Extender to the ServSwitch Duo, up to a maximum of 200 meters (655 feet). -
Page 16: Placement
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER • If you’re connecting a local CPU to the KV6EXT-R2 Extender, you’ll need VGA and PS/2 extension cabling. We recommend our bonded three-to-three extension cable EHN408, which has VGA and PS/2 keyboard and mouse strands all in the same cable. However, you can also use separate VGA and PS/2 extension cables such as EVNPS05 and EVNPS03. -
Page 17: Connecting Your Devices
CHAPTER 3: Installation 3.3 Connecting Your Devices First make sure the power supply is unplugged and disconnected from the ServSwitch Duo Extender. Also make sure that (if possible) all of the devices you want to attach to your Extender system are turned off and unplugged. (If you have to “hot-plug” a powered computer into the Extender, see Section 5.9.) You don’t have to connect anything to ports on the Extender that you’re not using. - Page 18 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER Optional user station User station directly attached to directly the Duo’s user port #1 attached to CPUs attached to the (shares access with the Duo’s Duo system Extender station) user port #2 SERVSWITCH DUO Category 5 interconnection cable Optional local CPU...
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Page 19: Connecting The Extender To The Duo
CHAPTER 3: Installation 3.4 Connecting the Extender to the Duo NOTE This “-R2” version of ServSwitch Duo Extender can’t be used with the original (non-R2) ServSwitch Duo. Attach all of your local equipment to the ServSwitch Duo as described in the section titled “Systems with a Single Duo and Directly Attached User Stations”... -
Page 20: Powering The Extender And Attached Devices
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 3.5 Powering the Extender and Attached Devices Once you hook all of your devices to the ServSwitch Duo and ServSwitch Duo Extender and connect the Extender to the Duo, power up the Duo as described in the “Powering the Duo”... -
Page 21: Configuration
CHAPTER 4: Configuration 4. Configuration To configure your ServSwitch™ Duo Extender system, first you’ll need to configure any attached PC (if the Extender is a KV6EXT-R2), as directed in Section 4.1. Then you’ll need to configure the Extender itself, as directed in the rest of this chapter. -
Page 22: Configuring The Extender
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 4.2 Configuring the Extender The ServSwitch Duo Extender has a large number of configuration options. You’ll set different options using one of two different methods: • Which keyboard-character combination the Extender recognizes as a keyboard command is controlled with the Extender’s eight-position DIP switch. See Section 4.2.1. - Page 23 CHAPTER 4: Configuration Top of Extender Bottom of Extender Possible Settings of DIP-Switch Positions 6 through 8: All OFF: Hotkeys = [Ctrl] + [Alt] (default) DIP-Switch Positions 1 through 5 6 & 7 OFF, 8 ON: are reserved for future use; leave Hotkeys = [Ctrl] + [Shift] them set to OFF 6 &...
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Page 24: Using Configuration Mode
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 4.2.2 U SING ONFIGURATION If hotkeys are currently enabled (see Section 4.2.1), you can put the Extender in configuration mode by pressing the currently selected hotkeys along with the [Enter] key. For example, if the currently selected hotkey combination is the default pairing of [Ctrl] and [Alt], press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Enter] to activate configuration mode. - Page 25 CHAPTER 4: Configuration 3. Use any of these keys to “tune” the Extender’s video compensation: [Home] sets video compensation to zero. [Pg Up] increases the video compensation coarsely (in large increments). [↑] (up-arrow) increases the video compensation finely (in small increments).
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Page 26: Keyboard Commands
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 4.2.2.B Issuing Other Configuration-Mode Keyboard Commands While the Extender is in configuration mode, it is also possible to enter a number of other keyboard commands that you can use to configure advanced options on the Extender. (There are also commands for such functions as displaying the Extender’s firmware revision, restoring a disconnected mouse port, and resetting all of the keyboard-controlled configuration options to their factory-default states.) Most of these commands consist of pressing a letter key, then a number, then... -
Page 27: Setting A Password For The Extender
CHAPTER 4: Configuration • [F] [1] [Enter] = Display firmware version (see Section 6.4) • [F] [8] [Enter] = Reset to factory defaults (see Section 6.3) When you finish entering configuration commands and/or adjusting the Extender’s video compensation (see Section 4.2.2.A), press [Enter] to quit configuration mode and return to normal operation. - Page 28 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER Don’t worry if you type the password incorrectly; you can always re-enter it, even if you’ve exited and re-entered configuration mode. If you discover that you messed up entering the password or that you can’t remember what the password is only after someone locks the Extender, you can erase it by selecting “Clear UTP Extender Password”...
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Page 29: Operation
CHAPTER 5: Operation 5. Operation This chapter explains the general operation of the ServSwitch™ Duo Extender. We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before starting to use the Extender; also make very sure you have read the important notes at the start of Chapter 4. -
Page 30: The Extender's Leds
(in decreasing order of likelihood) loose/undone power-supply connections, AC outlet being turned OFF/not working, power supply being broken, the Extender’s Power LEDs being defective, or the Extender’s main board being defective. If you can’t determine the cause of this problem, call Black Box for technical support. -
Page 31: How The Extender Uses The Keyboard Leds
CHAPTER 5: Operation 5.3 How the Extender Uses the Keyboard LEDs The ServSwitch Duo Extender also uses the LEDs on the attached keyboards to indicate various conditions. It will light the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs in several different ways: •... - Page 32 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER • Password-lockout indication—lightbar flashing. As shown in Figure 5-3, while the Extender is locked and waiting for the user to enter a password (see Sections 4.3 and 5.1), it alternately lights the Num Lock/Scroll Lock LED pair and the Caps Lock LED on the keyboard.
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Page 33: Switching Between The Duo System And A Local Cpu (Kv6Ext-R2 Only)
CHAPTER 5: Operation 5.4 Switching Between the Duo System and a Local CPU (KV6EXT-R2 Only) If you haven’t attached a local CPU to the full KV6EXT-R2 ServSwitch Duo Extender, you can keep the Extender switched to the Duo system at all times, and use the Duo’s on-screen menu or other methods to switch between the Duo system’s CPUs (see the “Selecting Computers...”... -
Page 34: Contending For Control Of Duo-System Cpus
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 5.5 Contending for Control of the Duo-System CPUs The user station at the ServSwitch Duo Extender contends with the user stations directly attached to the Duo system for keyboard and mouse control of the Duo system’s CPUs. While a user at one station is in control of a CPU, the Duo system won’t accept keyboard or mouse data for that CPU. -
Page 35: Things To Keep In Mind About The Keyboards And Mice
CHAPTER 5: Operation 5.6 Things To Keep in Mind About the Keyboards and Mice PC bootup sequence: When your PC CPUs are powered on, they communicate with any attached keyboards and mice and load the setup parameters required by their particular operating systems. If you have a local CPU attached to the full KV6EXT-R2 Extender, it is necessary for the Extender to be powered on during this sequence so that it can give the CPU the required responses and keep track of the modes and settings requested by the CPU. -
Page 36: Keyboard Control: Hotkey Commands
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 5.7 Keyboard Control: Hotkey Commands NOTE On the basic KV6EXT-R2 Extender, or when the Duo-system CPU is selected on the full KV6EXT-R2 Extender, you won’t use any of the Extender’s own hotkey commands to switch to a different CPU in the Duo system. - Page 37 CHAPTER 5: Operation • Use {Hotkeys} + [0] to select nonexistent “CPU zero.” This causes the Extender to (a) stop lighting its CPU LEDs, (b) disable keyboard and mouse input to any CPU (although Extender commands will still work), and (c) shut off the video output to the attached monitor.
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Page 38: Mouse Switching (Kv6Ext-R2 With Local Cpu Only)
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 5.8 Mouse Switching (KV6EXT-R2 with Local CPU Only) If you have a local CPU attached to your full KV6EXT-R2 ServSwitch Duo Extender, another convenient way to switch between it and the Duo-system CPU is by using a three-button mouse. Simply hold down the central mouse button or “wheel”... -
Page 39: Hot-Plugging A Ps/2 Mouse Or Mouse Port Into The Extender Or Re-Enabling A Disconnected Ps/2 Mouse Port (Kv6Ext-R2 With Local Cpu Only)
CHAPTER 5: Operation 5.9 Hot-Plugging a PS/2 Mouse or Mouse Port into the Extender or Re-Enabling a Disconnected PS/2 Mouse Port (KV6EXT-R2 with Local CPU Only) It is advisable to switch off any local computer that you’re going to connect to the full KV6EXT-R2 ServSwitch Duo Extender before you install it. - Page 40 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER To restore lost mouse movement on a local CPU directly connected to the Extender: 1. If you’re working with the Duo-system CPU, select the local CPU instead. 2. Enter configuration mode (see Section 4.2.2) by pressing the hotkeys followed by [Enter].
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Page 41: Troubleshooting
Section 6.3. If nothing seems to help, get the Extender’s firmware-revision level as described in Section 6.4 if possible, then call Black Box Technical Support as directed in Section 6.5. If you need to ship your Extender, see Section 6.6. - Page 42 SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER 5. Make sure that (a) the mouse and computer were both connected to the Extender before any part of the system was powered up, and (b) the Extender was powered ON before the attached computer. If you’re not sure whether this was the case, then (if it’s possible to do so) power everything down, make sure all cable connections are correct and secure, power up the Extender, then power up all attached computers.
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Page 43: Clearing The Extender's Password
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting Problem: Compaq MX11800 model integrated keyboard and mouse only: The mouse consistently fails to boot when the Extender is connected to a PC running Windows NT 4.0 through its PS/2 style mouse port. Possible Solutions: There are three possible solutions to this problem: 1. -
Page 44: Displaying The Extender's Firmware Revision
For example, if the Extender reports “V118”, the firmware version is 1.18. 6.5 Calling Black Box If you determine that your ServSwitch Duo Extender is malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit. It contains no user-serviceable parts. Contact Black Box Technical Support at 724-746-5500. -
Page 45: Shipping And Packaging
If you need to transport or ship your ServSwitch Duo Extender: • Package it carefully. We recommend that you use the original container. • Before you ship the unit back to Black Box for repair or return, contact us to get a Return Authorization (RA) number. -
Page 46: Appendix A: Guidelines For Twisted-Pair Cabling
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER Appendix A: Guidelines for Twisted-Pair Cabling To connect your ServSwitch™ Duo Extender to a ServSwitch Duo, you can use either shielded twisted-pair (STP) or unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. It should be pinned straight-through and paired according to the TIA-568A or (preferred) -568B specification, as shown in Figure A-1 on the next page. - Page 47 APPENDIX A: Guidelines for Twisted-Pair Cabling twisted than the other three; this pair should be avoided. Unfortunately, different manufacturers—and even different cable types by the same manufacturer—use different pairs for the “tight pair,” so call your cable supplier. If they can’t tell you which pair to avoid, cut a short section off the end of the cable, open it up, and look at the pairs;...
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Page 48: Appendix B: Rackmounting
SERVSWITCH ™ DUO EXTENDER Appendix B: Rackmounting We offer a Rackmount Kit (our product code RMK19WX) for mounting a ServSwitch™ Duo Extender in 1U of vertical space in a 19" rack. It consists of a front-paneled rack shelf and a pair of countersunk screws. To use this Kit to mount an Extender, take these steps, referring to Figure B-1: 1. - Page 49 LEGAL INFORMATION DISCLAIMERS While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, the manufacturer and its authorized agents assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither do they assume any liability for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
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