Black Box ACU3009A Specifications download pdf (Page 16)

CHAPTER 3: Introduction

3.1 Compatibility

The ServSwitch Brand CAT5 KVM Micro Extender is designed to operate in

various environments and with a mix of hardware from different manufacturers.

During development, this product was extensively tested with a wide variety of

hardware. However, please note that it is impossible for us to guarantee that the

Micro Extender will interoperate correctly with every keyboard, mouse, monitor,

motherboard variant, and RS-232 device currently on the market. If you suspect

that you’re having incompatibility problems, please call Black Box Technical

Support.

In general, the Micro Extender is compatible with the following types of

equipment:

• CPU: IBM

PC/AT

, PS/2, and 100% compatible clones. These should be

desktop machines; laptops and docking stations are not supported.

• Monitor: VGA, SVGA, XGA, XGA-2, or RGsB (sync on green). Be aware that a

few monitors and graphics cards might not work with the “as is” Micro

Extender—at least in their factory-default settings—because they exchange

monitor IDs or VESA DDC (Display Data Channel) information. Call Black

Box Technical Support for help with “ID bit” problems. As for DDC, the

Extender supports it at the ACU3009A’s local user station but not at any

remote user station, so either (a) do not use a DDC monitor at your remote

station, or (b) go into your graphics card’s settings, turn DDC off, and

manually configure the card for your monitor(s).

• Keyboard: Standard (101- or 102-key) PS/2 type or enhanced PS/2 type (104-

or 105-key, designed for use with versions of Windows

starting with

Windows 95). Although we don’t recommend this, you might also be able to

use a PC/AT type keyboard with 5-pin DIN connectors; you’ll need adapters to

attach it and its native CPU to the Micro Extender (see the start of

Section 4.2). Some older PC/XT™ or PC/AT type autosensing keyboards

might not be compatible with the Extender. If the keyboard you want to use is

some other type or has some other type of connector, call Black Box for

technical support.

For information about keyboard typematic support, see Section 7.2.

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