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My 'Digitus connect(tm)' 4-port KVM switch


Disclaimer: this came from TWiki, I really CBA to convert it properly now, but here's the text anyway.

This is a nifty little thing I picked up at HCC days in Utrecht, November 14th 2004.
Its price was EUR55,- which is a bit expensive perhaps. The idea is to have 4 PC's
use 1 VGA monitor, PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard. It doesn't require external power
supply, but leeches from PS/2 keyboard (*not* mouse) connector instead.

What follows here is a short summary of the manual, so I can safely toss that away :-)

---++ Some non-obvious features

	* PC selection via (single) pushbutton or hotkey
	* Up to 1920x1440, DDC, DDCB, DDC2B, <200MHz
	* Auto scan, auto skip on PC poweroff

---++ Port LED description

	* *LED off*: connected PC not powered on
	* only *LED green*: connected PC is powered on
	* *LED green on, LED red flash*: connected PC is selected for view

---++ PC keyboard functions

	* press *right Shift twice* to toggle beep-sound

---++ Modes of operation

---+++ Manual select

	* press *Select-button on KVM switch* to select a PC. The button
	  cycles through all powered PC's.

---+++ Hotkey selection

	* press *Left Ctrl twice* to move to next active PC
	* press *Right Ctrl twice* to move to prev active PC
	* press *Scroll Lock twice* to select auto-scan. A LED will flash for
	  5 to 30 seconds. *Esc* aborts auto-scan mode.
	* Press *+* to increase, and *-* to decrease scan time

Scan time is indicated using kbd LEDs:

	| *scan time* | *Num Lock* | *Caps Lock* | *Scroll Lock* |
	| *5 sec*	  |  -			| -			  | X				 |
	| *10 sec*	 |  X			| -			  | -				 |
	| *15 sec*	 |  X			| -			  | X				 |
	| *20 sec*	 |  -			| X			  | -				 |
	| *25 sec*	 |  -			| X			  | X				 |
	| *30 sec*	 |  X			| X			  | -				 |


---+++ Chaining to other KVM switch

I have this thing connected to [[My_Newstar_NS-211MICRO_2_port_KVM_switch]];
so see that page for more info.


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