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ProConnect Series KVM 2-Port Switch Kit Use this guide to install this Linksys product: KVM100SK KVM 2-Port Switch Kit User Guide
ProConnect Series KVM 2-Port Switch Kit Use this guide to install this Linksys product: KVM100SK KVM 2-Port Switch Kit User Guide
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...equipment to notify any refunds. Box 18558, Irvine, CA 92623. Linksys makes no guarantee that every KVM 2-Port Switch Kit is free from the date of their respective proprietors. COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 1999 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ... radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used according to the instructions, may cause harmful interference to : Linksys P.O. If this documentation and all inquiries to radio communications. These limits are registered trademarks of purchase and package barcode. ...
...equipment to notify any refunds. Box 18558, Irvine, CA 92623. Linksys makes no guarantee that every KVM 2-Port Switch Kit is free from the date of their respective proprietors. COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 1999 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ... radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used according to the instructions, may cause harmful interference to : Linksys P.O. If this documentation and all inquiries to radio communications. These limits are registered trademarks of purchase and package barcode. ...
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... with no software or extra cables required, the ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit lets you connect two CPUs to a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Ready to run right out of a Linksys ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit. a switch and two cables. Switch between two PCs with the press of dollars in storage...for the home, office, or anywhere you need to last, the ProConnect 2-Port Switch Kit virtually eliminates cable swapping while saving you take instant command over two desktop or notebook PCs! This handy little CPU switch lets you hundreds of a button! Just hook it 's like having your ...
... with no software or extra cables required, the ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit lets you connect two CPUs to a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Ready to run right out of a Linksys ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit. a switch and two cables. Switch between two PCs with the press of dollars in storage...for the home, office, or anywhere you need to last, the ProConnect 2-Port Switch Kit virtually eliminates cable swapping while saving you take instant command over two desktop or notebook PCs! This handy little CPU switch lets you hundreds of a button! Just hook it 's like having your ...
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... PS/2 mice (no adapters can be used for the mouse) and PS/2 keyboards (an AT to PS/2 adapter may be purchased. Package Contents ProConnect 2-Port KVM Switch unit 2 Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Cables (PS/2) 1 PS/2 to 9-Pin Serial Mouse Adapter 1 PS/2 to 5-Pin AT ...AT keyboard and Serial Mouse, Additional adapters must use the PS/2 to Serial mouse adapter and the PS/2 to install and use the Linksys ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit. About This Guide This guide explains how to AT 4 Introduction Windows 95 Keyboards Compatible with All Major PS/2 Mice ...
... PS/2 mice (no adapters can be used for the mouse) and PS/2 keyboards (an AT to PS/2 adapter may be purchased. Package Contents ProConnect 2-Port KVM Switch unit 2 Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Cables (PS/2) 1 PS/2 to 9-Pin Serial Mouse Adapter 1 PS/2 to 5-Pin AT ...AT keyboard and Serial Mouse, Additional adapters must use the PS/2 to Serial mouse adapter and the PS/2 to install and use the Linksys ProConnect KVM 2-Port Switch Kit. About This Guide This guide explains how to AT 4 Introduction Windows 95 Keyboards Compatible with All Major PS/2 Mice ...
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Hardware Getting to Know the Hardware If you look at your KVM switch, you will see three sets of the highest resolution that ... the following to use with the switch. A VGA, SVGA or Multisync card. Either a 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), or DB-9 (standard serial) mouse port. Either a 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style) keyboard port with +5V DC on pin 4..."Console". Two of them are where you will attach your monitor to properly communicate with the CPUs on the switch, you must ensure that the following equipment is installed on the computers that you plan to the console connectors:...
Hardware Getting to Know the Hardware If you look at your KVM switch, you will see three sets of the highest resolution that ... the following to use with the switch. A VGA, SVGA or Multisync card. Either a 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), or DB-9 (standard serial) mouse port. Either a 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style) keyboard port with +5V DC on pin 4..."Console". Two of them are where you will attach your monitor to properly communicate with the CPUs on the switch, you must ensure that the following equipment is installed on the computers that you plan to the console connectors:...
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...the connection. If your PCs to -Serial adapter so that you can plug the cable into the PC' s mouse port. Hardware Cables For your convenience, you can use any authorized Linksys dealer. 7 DO NOT connect the adapters to -AT keyboard adapter so that you can plug the custom cable into... the PC' s keyboard port. If you are using the standard extender cables, you cannot use a Serial-to-PS/2 converter at the ends of your PC uses a standard AT style keyboard socket, we have provided a PS/2-to the KVM Switch. These adapters must be purchased at any standard...
...the connection. If your PCs to -Serial adapter so that you can plug the cable into the PC' s mouse port. Hardware Cables For your convenience, you can use any authorized Linksys dealer. 7 DO NOT connect the adapters to -AT keyboard adapter so that you can plug the custom cable into... the PC' s keyboard port. If you are using the standard extender cables, you cannot use a Serial-to-PS/2 converter at the ends of your PC uses a standard AT style keyboard socket, we have provided a PS/2-to the KVM Switch. These adapters must be purchased at any standard...
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... extender cable. 5. If you need to use a power adapter, you must purchase one . The KVM switch automatically draws power from the PCs connected to the keyboard, monitor, and mouse ports of the custom extender cable (included with one from a computer hardware store. Connect the ends of your... first PC. This step is not provided with the KVM Switch Kit) to it into the KVM switch now. See page 7 for more information...
... extender cable. 5. If you need to use a power adapter, you must purchase one . The KVM switch automatically draws power from the PCs connected to the keyboard, monitor, and mouse ports of the custom extender cable (included with one from a computer hardware store. Connect the ends of your... first PC. This step is not provided with the KVM Switch Kit) to it into the KVM switch now. See page 7 for more information...
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..., make the notebook the active PC, you will not be able to the KVM switch. They are sensitive and may not function normally when the mouse and keyboard ports are no problems with the KVM switch. The KVM switch draws power from the keyboard ports on the two PCs. If you cannot disable the power saving feature, then...
..., make the notebook the active PC, you will not be able to the KVM switch. They are sensitive and may not function normally when the mouse and keyboard ports are no problems with the KVM switch. The KVM switch draws power from the keyboard ports on the two PCs. If you cannot disable the power saving feature, then...
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... the extra buttons or wheels that are built into your monitor, wait five seconds, then power on the PCs, the monitor and the KVM switch. If the mouse still won 't respond Solution: Try resetting the mouse. Turn off your operating system. Your mouse resolution may be too...Switch the mouse to PS/2 mode if you have a power adapter connected to operate at a lower resolution. 12 Specific Problems Appendix Problem: The mouse won 't respond, change the mouse and/or the driver. Reconfigure your mouse to the KVM switch, disconnect it back in. Unplug it from the console port...
... the extra buttons or wheels that are built into your monitor, wait five seconds, then power on the PCs, the monitor and the KVM switch. If the mouse still won 't respond Solution: Try resetting the mouse. Turn off your operating system. Your mouse resolution may be too...Switch the mouse to PS/2 mode if you have a power adapter connected to operate at a lower resolution. 12 Specific Problems Appendix Problem: The mouse won 't respond, change the mouse and/or the driver. Reconfigure your mouse to the KVM switch, disconnect it back in. Unplug it from the console port...
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... Auto Scan or Last/Next mode. Be sure to work properly. Unplug it from the console port and then plug it . Turn off both PCs. Solution: The cable quality is not working properly. Try resetting the KVM switch. Some monitors may have a power adapter connected to normal operation. Appendix Problem: The keyboard won... using the cable that came with the monitor. 13 Turn off your monitor, wait five seconds, then power on the PCs, the monitor and the KVM switch.
... Auto Scan or Last/Next mode. Be sure to work properly. Unplug it from the console port and then plug it . Turn off both PCs. Solution: The cable quality is not working properly. Try resetting the KVM switch. Some monitors may have a power adapter connected to normal operation. Appendix Problem: The keyboard won... using the cable that came with the monitor. 13 Turn off your monitor, wait five seconds, then power on the PCs, the monitor and the KVM switch.
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Dimensions (L x W x H) Appendix 5.0" x 3.9" x 1.3" Operating Temperature 40° - 100° F Storage Temperature 0° - 140° F Operating Humidity 0 - 80% Non-Condensing Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your KVM 2-Port Switch Kit, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support Fax Bulletin Board Email Web FTP Site 949-261-1288 949-261-8868 949-261-2888 (33.6K, 8-N-1) support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.com 16
Dimensions (L x W x H) Appendix 5.0" x 3.9" x 1.3" Operating Temperature 40° - 100° F Storage Temperature 0° - 140° F Operating Humidity 0 - 80% Non-Condensing Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your KVM 2-Port Switch Kit, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support Fax Bulletin Board Email Web FTP Site 949-261-1288 949-261-8868 949-261-2888 (33.6K, 8-N-1) support@linksys.com http://www.linksys.com ftp.linksys.com 16