Black Box ServSwitch Wizard Specifications download pdf (Page 48)

SERVSWITCH WIZARD PRO

Keyboard and PS/2 mice: 6 pin mini-DIN male to 6 pin mini-DIN male with all

lines connected straight through (1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc.). If the PC has a 5-pin DIN

PC/AT style keyboard connector, you will need a PS/2 to PC/AT keyboard

adapter, 6-pin mini-DIN female to 5-pin DIN male (our product code FA212.)

If you are not using the Switch’s optional power supply, the keyboard and mouse

extension cables should be no longer than 10 ft. (3 m) in any situation. If you are

using the power supply, you might be able to run keyboard and mouse extension

cable, such as the keyboard and mouse strands of our CPU Extension Cables (see

Section 3.3), as far as 100 ft. (30.5 m).

RS-232 serial mice: You’ll need a special adapter with the pinning shown in

Figure A-1 on the next page (our product code FA314) to connect the ServSwitch

Wizard Pro’s PS/2 mouse port to the RS-232 port on a PC.

As noted above, PS/2 type mouse cables, such as the mouse strand of our CPU

Extension Cables (see Section 3.3), should be no longer than 10 ft. (3 m) if you’re

not using the optional power supply or 100 ft. (30.5 m) if you are. If you are using a

converter at the Switch end instead of the PC end and are running regular RS-232

cable, this cable should not be longer than 10 ft. (3 m) if you’re not using the

optional power supply or 50 ft. (15.2 m)if you are.

A.3 The Expansion Port

The DB15 connector on the back of the ServSwitch Wizard Pro is a proprietarily

pinned port using RS-232-type signaling. Its main purpose is to be the attachment

point for the Switch’s optional Remote Control Module (RCM), but you can also

connect an RS-232 device to it to perform channel switching. See Section 5.10 for

more details.

The pinout of this connector is pretty simple: Pin 9 (Signal Ground, SGND)

and Pin 11 (Receive Data, RD) are the only pins used for serial communication

to other RS-232 devices. All other pins are intended for RCM communication only

and should be left unconnected; attaching them to any other RS-232 equipment

could have unpredictable and possibly damaging effects.

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