Black Box ACU1600A User manual

Put up to 200 meters (655 feet) of CAT5 cable
between a local CPU and a remote user station—
including audio and serial extension!
Put up to 200 meters (655 feet) of CAT5 cable
between a local CPU and a remote user station—
including audio and serial extension!
ServSwitch Wizard Multimedia KVM Extender
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FEATURES
• Control a primary PC CPU from a primary
control station (keyboard, monitor, and
mouse) across as much as 200 m (655 ft.)
of Category 5 cable.
• You can also attach a local CPU that the
primary station can switch to.
• And you can attach a local station that
shares the primary CPU.
• Carries and switches stereo audio and
microphone signals.
• Carries RS-232 signals.
• Supports video resolutions up
to 1600 x 1280.
• Optional password protection.
In an Extender system,
these are the basics of
how attachment and
control work…
…and this is how the
hardware fits together
in detail.
OVERVIEW
There are a lot of gizmos around that do keyboard/video/
mouse extension. But how many of them also extend audio
and serial signals? How many also support switching to a local
CPU, or contention with a local control station? How about
support for password security and video resolutions up to
1600 x 1280? How many are the size of a pair of small books?
And how many come with virtually every cable and adapter
you’ll need to make all your connections?
The ServSwitch
™
Wizard Multimedia KVM Extender does
all this and more. Attach a primary IBM
®
compatible computer
CPU to the Extender’s “Unit A.” Then plug a primary keyboard/
monitor/mouse control station into its “Unit B.”
Then run as
much as 200 meters (655 ft.) of Category 5 or higher-rated
unshielded twisted-pair cabling between the two Units,
and your basic extension system is ready to go.
If your computer has audio-input and audio-output ports,
you can attach either of these to Unit A as well, and use a
microphone and/or a pair of stereo speakers or headphones
plugged into Unit B to communicate with them.
If you connect a local CPU to Unit B, users at the primary
control station will be able to switch between that CPU at
their site in addition to the distant primary CPU. And if you
connect a local control station to Unit A, users at that station
can contend with those at the primary station (through an
inactivity timeout) for access to the primary CPU. (The illus-
tration above shows how all this works.)
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CAT5 Cable
control control
(switching) (contention)
Extender
Unit A
Extender
Unit B
Local Control Station
(optional)
Primary Control
Station
Extension
cable(s) Extension cable(s)
Direct
connection Direct connection
Local CPU
(optional) Primary CPU
Required
primary CPU
Optional
local CPU 8-position
DIP switch
Auxiliary
LEDs
Main
LEDs
8-position DIP
switch
Input cord from
power supply
Connection
for optional
power supply
To attached
serial device
(optional)
To attached
serial device
(optional) Category 5
interconnection cable
Audio cables
and CPU-
Extension Cable
(all included)
Audio cables
and CPU-
Extension Cable
(all included)
Optional local control
station (monitor,micro-
phone,speakers,
keyboard,and mouse)
Required primary
control station (mouse,
keyboard,speakers,
microphone,and monitor)
UNIT A
Unit B
Main
LEDs

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TECH SPECS
Cable Required — Between Units A and B: Four-pair (eight-wire) Category 5
or higher unshielded twisted pair; shielded twisted pair can also be used
at shorter distances
Compliance — CE (EN55022 Class A), FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A, IC Class/
classe A
Standards — VGA, SVGA, XGA, or XGA-2 video
Interfaces —
Video: VGA;
Keyboard and mouse: IBM PS/2 compatible; with appropriate adapters,
also supports IBM PC/AT keyboard and EIA/TIA RS-232 mouse on
these ports;
Serial: EIA/TIA RS-232, pinned according to TIA-574, DCE;
Audio: 3.5-mm stereo
Resolution — At distances to 65 m (210 ft.): Up to 1600 x 1280
noninterlaced at up to 85 Hz;
At distances to 100 m (325 ft.): Up to 1600 x 1280 noninterlaced
at up to 60 Hz;
At distances to 200 m (655 ft.): Up to 1024 x 768 noninterlaced
at up to 65 Hz
Supported Serial Characteristics —
Transmission protocol: Asynchronous;
Handshaking/device protocol: Mouse (supersedes all other serial
settings), hardware, or none, user-selectable;
Data rate: 1200 or 9600 bps, user-selectable;
Data format: 7 or 8 data bits; even, odd, or no parity; and 1 or 2 stop
bits; user-selectable
Maximum Distance —
Between Units: Up to 200 m (655 ft.) of unshielded twisted-pair cable
or 100 m (325 ft.) of shielded twisted-pair cable;
From Unit A without optional power supply:
2 m (6 ft.) to any attached keyboard, monitor, and mouse;
3 m (10 ft.) to any attached CPU;
10 m (32 ft.) to any attached audio or serial device;
From Unit B or from Unit A with optional power supply:
10 m (32 ft.) to any attached keyboard, monitor, and mouse;
15 m (50 ft.) to any attached audio or serial device;
20 m (65 ft.) to any attached CPU
User Controls — Keyboard commands;
Mouse-click functions;
(1) Side-mounted 8-position DIP switch on each Unit; switches on Units
A and B control different options and functions
Indicators —
(3) Top-mounted LEDs:
On Unit A: Power (green), Primary Control (red), and Local Control
(red);
On Unit B: Power (green), Primary CPU (red), and Local CPU (red);
Extender also indicates compensation, control-lockout, and password-
lockout modes by flashing various patterns on the Num Lock, Caps
Lock, and Scroll Lock LEDs of the attached keyboard(s)
Connectors — All side-mounted on both Units A and B (control-station
connections optional on Unit A, CPU connections optional on Unit B):
(2) HD15 female: (1) to monitor, (1) to CPU’s video port;
(4) 6-pin mini-DIN female: (1) to keyboard, (1) to mouse, (1) to CPU’s
keyboard port, (1) to CPU’s mouse port;
(4) 3.5-mm stereo jacks: (1) to audio-input device [microphone, etc.],
(1) to stereo audio-output device [speakers, headphones, etc.],
(1) to CPU’s audio-in port, (1) to CPU’s audio-out port;
(1) DB9 female for serial-device attachment;
(1) Barrel jack for power-supply connection
Power —
Unit A without using included power supply: 5 VDC at 500 mA from
attached CPU’s keyboard interface;
Unit B or Unit A using included power supply:
Input: 100 to 240 VAC at 50 to 60 Hz from utility-power (mains)
outlet, through detachable power cord and IEC 320 inlet, to
external transformer;
Output: 5 VDC at up to 2.5 A from transformer to Extender
(Extender draws only 500 mA);
Consumption: Typically 2.5 watts by Unit A, 7.5 watts by Unit B
Maximum Altitude — 10,000 ft. (3048 m)
Temperature Tolerance — 32 to 104˚F (0 to 40˚C)
Humidity Tolerance — 5 to 60% noncondensing
Enclosure — Steel and aluminum
Size — 1.3"H x 6.5"W x 5.6"D (3.3 x 16.5 x 14.2 cm)
Weight: Net — 1.1 lb. (0.5 kg) per Unit;
Shipping: At least 7.5 lb. (3.4 kg)
The Extender carries one more type of data: Units A and B
each have a single serial port for connecting one RS-232 serial
device. The Extender doesn’t support switching of, or conten-
tion for, this connection. In fact, serial communication across
this link isn’t affected in any way by which station is in control
of which CPU. You can set the serial link’s data rate (to 1200
or 9600 bps), as well as its data format and handshaking.
The video resolution you run can be as high as 1600 x 1280
at up to 100 m (325 ft.); from there the maximum slowly
diminishes to 1024 x 768 at 200 m (655 ft.). It’s very easy to
finely tune the Extender’s video compensation, and the
Extender saves the compensation setting to EEPROM so you
only have to do it once. Very important: You will have to set
the Extender’s video compensation before trying to operate
it—the picture will look terrible otherwise.
The Extender supports a wide range of hardware,
including IBM PS/2®, PC/AT®, and RS/6000®CPUs; PS/2 and
PC/AT keyboards; and PS/2 and RS-232 mice, including the
Microsoft®IntelliMouse®and similar “wheel” mice. Some of
these connections will require adapters, but as you can see
from page 4’s What‘s Included box, the Extender comes with
almost all of the cables and adapters you might need for it.
You can configure many, many options on the Extender,
including a password that must be entered before the
primary control station can be used.

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ACU1600A
Item Code
ServSwitch™Wizard Multimedia KVM Extender ACU1600A
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✦ The Extender’s Unit A.
✦ The Extender’s Unit B.
✦ Unit B’s power supply.
✦ Unit A’s optional power supply.
✦ (4) VELCRO®mounting strips.
✦ (2) Bonded three-to-three CPU-Extension Cables,
one 5 ft. (1.5 m) long, one 10 ft. (3 m) long.
✦ (4) 2.5-m (8.2-ft.) stereo audio cables, all with 3.5-mm
stereo audio plugs. (These will work fine with mono
equipment.)
✦ (1) PS/2 to PC/AT keyboard adapter, 6-pin mini-DIN
female to 5-pin DIN male, for connecting a PC/AT type
CPU’s keyboard port.
✦ (1) PS/2 to serial mouse adapter, 6-pin mini-DIN female
to DB9 female, for connecting a PC/AT type CPU’s serial
mouse port.
✦ A users’ manual.
WHAT‘S INCLUDED
• Four-pair (eight-wire) twisted-pair cabling rated to at
least Category 5.
• Category 5 surge protectors.
• Control-station equipment (monitor, keyboard, mouse,
and/or audio devices).
• Extra keyboard- and mouse-port adapters if you are
attaching two PC/AT type computers.
• A keyboard adapter if you actually want to use a PC/AT
keyboard.
• Any serial devices, plus any cables and adapters you’ll
need to connect them. (Please call Black Box Tech
Support before attaching any serial devices other than
CPU serial ports.)
• A mouse driver for each CPU.
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