Connecting Usb Devices; Powering Up The System - NTI SPLITMUX-DVI-4RT Installation And Operation Manual

INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION
CONNECTING VIDEO SOURCES / COMPUTERS
Switch off the computer and disconnect the keyboard, monitor and mouse.
Connect keyboard and mouse ports of SPLITMUX to the computer ports either with a single USB cable
or via the PS/2 interface (use the Y cable) up to 5 meters. For greater distances use a KVM or USB extender.
To connect an analog video / computer source (VGA) to SPLITMUX, use a VGA-DVI cable. Digital video
sources are connected via a DVI cable up to 20 meters. For greater distances use a DVI or VGA extender.

CONNECTING USB DEVICES

Connect a USB device to one of the four transparent USB ports to switch it to computers connected to SPLITMUX.
SPLITMUX supports transparent USB devices such as printer, external memory, 3D mouse, and finger
printer.
keyboard
Mouse
keyboard
& mouse
Digital or
analog

POWERING UP THE SYSTEM

Switch on SPLITMUX with the power switch on the rear panel. All front panel LEDs light up briefly
indicating that SPLITMUX is ready for operation. SPLITMUX is now in Quad mode (default).
Power up all connected computers. SPLITMUX recognizes all input video sources automatically and
displays them on your monitor screen.
To select another display mode, use the relevant keyboard commands (see page 86) or buttons on the front
panel (page 6).
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PS/2 - Y cable
OR
USB cable (A-B)
DVI-I -HD15 or DVI cable
Connect
USB devices