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3. Installation and Configuration
To set up your ServSwitch™ Brand 8 x 2 Matrix Video Switch system, take these
steps:
1. Making sure that the Switch is powered off, find its input ports. (These are the
HD15 connectors on its front panel labeled "INPUT 1" through "INPUT 8.")
Run cabling from these ports to the video-output ports of the PC CPUs or
other devices that will be providing the Switch's video input.
If all of these input devices are transmitting VGA/SVGA/XGA-type video
signals on HD15 female connectors, you can use standard VGA video-
extension cables such as our product code EVNPS05-MM. Keep in mind that
the length of any of these cables plus the length of any of your monitor/
output cables (see step 2) should not be more more than 300 ft. (90 m).
(You'll configure the Switch for the length of your cables in step 3.)
If any of your input devices transmit some other type of video signal
and/or use some other type of video connector, you might need special
cables or adapters; call Black Box Technical Support.
If you are attaching single-head video-source devices, attach as many as
eight of them in any order to any of the input ports. But if you are attaching
dual-head devices, you can only attach up to four of them, and you need to
connect the left heads to input ports #1 through 4 and the right heads to the
corresponding input ports #5 through 8. (If the left video from a device goes
into INPUT 6, the right video from that device must go into INPUT 10, etc.)
Figure 3-1. The Switch's rear-panel components.
2. The Switch's output ports are the two HD15 female connectors labeled
"OUT A" and "OUT B" on the Switch's rear panel. If both of your output
devices are standard VGA or multisync monitors with HD15 male connectors
on their video cables, you can plug them directly into these ports (if they'll be
placed nearby) or run video-extension cables to them such as our product
code EVNPS05-MF (if they'll be some distance away). Keep in mind that the
length of any of these cables plus the length of any of your CPU/input cables
(see step 1) should not be more more than 300 ft. (90 m). (You'll configure
the Switch for the length of your cables in step 3.)
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