Chapter 2. Hardware Setup
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Daisy Chain Installation
To control even more computers, up to 31 KH0116 units can be daisy chained
down from the KL1116.
Note: It would be unnecessarily wasteful and expensive to use KL1116
switches for daisy chaining since there is no point in having consoles on
the chained switches. Therefore, KH0116 switches are used instead.
The KH0116 is similar to the KL1116, except that it comes in a standard
housing without the built in Hideaway™ console.
As many as 512 computers can be controlled from the unit's integrated
Hideaway™ console in a complete installation. A table showing the relation
between the number of computers and the number of KH0116 units needed to
control them is provided on page 62 in the Appendix.
To set up a daisy chained installation, refer to the daisy chain installation
diagram on the following page, and do the following:
1. Make sure that power to all the devices you will be connecting up has been
turned off.
2. Use a daisy chain cable set (described in the Cables section on page 4) to
connect the Chain Out port of the parent unit to the Chain In port of the
child unit (First Station Out to Second Station In, Second Station Out to
Third Station In, etc.).
3. Use KVM cable sets (described in the Cables section of the KH0116 User
Manual), to connect any available KVM Port on the daisy chained switch
to the keyboard, video and mouse ports of the computers you are
installing.
4. Repeat the above steps for any additional KH0116 units you wish to add to
the chain.
5. Power up the installation according to the following procedure:
a) Power on the First Station (KL1116). Wait a few seconds for the unit to
ascertain its Station ID.
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