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Need cables for ATEN CS104 4-port KVM
Damned if I can find what I need.
Normal VGA's won't do. Mouse and keyboard are PS2. Anyone? Thanks Al |
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 02:24:36 +0200, tumppiw wrote:
kirjoitti 2.12.2018 klo 0.55: Damned if I can find what I need. Normal VGA's won't do. Mouse and keyboard are PS2. Anyone? Thanks Al Sorry, can't do. PS/2 Mouse and KB not possible.. (and VGA need's male-female cable).. Hmmm Then why would they make such a thing as this Aten cd-104? As I see it, the VGA cable connecting a VGA monitor to the KVM would have to be male to male. And the VGA cable connecting the KVM to computer would have to be female to male. And the mouse connecting cable from user-mouse to computer PS/2 would have to be male to male. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how it appears to this geezer. I've been wrong before. Thanks anyway Al |
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 02:24:36 +0200, tumppiw wrote:
kirjoitti 2.12.2018 klo 0.55: Damned if I can find what I need. Normal VGA's won't do. Mouse and keyboard are PS2. Anyone? Thanks Al Sorry, can't do. PS/2 Mouse and KB not possible.. (and VGA need's male-female cable).. https://www.walmart.com/ip/PC-Comput...86da56d0ebd3f3 ??? Al |
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2018 20:12:49 -0500, Paul
wrote: wrote: Damned if I can find what I need. Normal VGA's won't do. Mouse and keyboard are PS2. Anyone? Thanks Al What happened to the cables you were using up to this date ??? You did have a working KVM a while back I believe. If I'd known you were this devoid of materials, I would have sent you off to buy a new KVM. As it would be easier than scrounging up obscure items to make it work. What if the KVM itself isn't working, after you've gone to all this trouble ? You gave the impression before, you had everything but a power brick, and so we tried to find a power solution for you. But if everything is missing, it's getting perilously close to "buy a new kit with everything included". Paul Ur right. Actually what has happened is this. A while back, my IOGEAR GCS1774 USB2 4-port Miniview Symphony VGA KVME stopped working, so I have been pretty-well restricted to one PC. Then I found this ATEN CS-104 VGA KVM in my spoils bucket, and thought to see if it works. The first thing I had to do was get a compatible power adapter, which I did. I found that the KVM at least fires up, and its CPU-selection button seems to work fine. That brings me to the point of trying to hook it up to my PCs. Hence I need cables. That's when I have found that my cables don't match up, gender-wise. Looks like the monitor VGA cables must be male-male in and male-female out, and the PS2 mouse/keyboard cables, male-male. To me, anyway. Seems odd for sure. I think the cables I found, and cited yesterday, will connect right. I do wonder tho, if said VGA cables will work with this KVM. I say that because normal VGA cables will not work with the IOGEAR KVM, and its manual says so, explicitly. Seems the VGA pins are slightly different - and so I can't be too quick. BTW, a KVM package, with cables et all, is quite expensive. So because I am Scottish (not really), I embarked on this folly. What to do, what to do. Happy gobble gobble. Al |
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On 12/2/2018 12:49 PM, Paul wrote:
wrote: I have done some looking for cables for my ATEN KVM.Â* I think I will need: 1) to connect inputs to KVM: Â*Â*Â*Â* monitor - VGA cable, KVM monitor end male to KVM end male Â*Â*Â*Â* mouseÂ* - PS/2 mouse to KVM end male PS/2 Â*Â*Â*Â* keyboard - PS/2 keyboard to KVM male PS/2 2) to connect KVM to each CPU: Â*Â*Â*Â* monitor - CPU end, VGA male to KVM end female VGA Â*Â*Â*Â* mouse - KVM CPU PS/2 maleÂ* to PS2 mouse Â*Â*Â*Â* keyboard - KVM CPU PS/2 male to PS2 keyboard agree??? Thanks Al You have me at a disadvantage here, as you can see the items in question. I'm surprised the VGA cable to each CPU isn't male on both ends. They should really use cable choices the user is likely to already have. Â*Â* Paul Since most (all?) KVM switches use some sort of 'hydra' cable there is no serious advantage from their viewpoint in using standard connector arrangements. Nothing to stop them from using some *******ized single connector for each computer at the switch end if they wish to. They could always explain that it is a step toward simplification and space saving. |
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