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SERVSWITCH™ USB AND USB PLUS
• In applications that include both IBM compatible and Mac G3 or G4 type
CPUs, a single keyboard—either PC/Mac/generic USB type or (with
ServSwitch USB Plus models) PS/2 type—should suffice for most of the
activities you’ll want to do on either platform. You just have to be aware of the
cross-platform mappings of the keys, shown in Table 4-1 on the next page.
Also, when you use a PC keyboard, the functions of the Mac keyboard’s Power
key will not be available.
• You can use the left mouse button on a PC USB type or (with ServSwitch USB
Plus models) PS/2 type mouse with two or three buttons to perform any Mac
mouse-click function. However, you cannot use a single-button Mac mouse to
perform the PC mouse-click functions that require the center or right mouse
button, so we recommend that you use a PC mouse in a mixed PC/Mac system.
• We do not recommend attaching more than one USB video camera at a time
to the system. Videocams make heavy demands on USB bandwidth; it can be
very difficult for a single bus to properly support two or more of them
simultaneously.
4.3.3 PS/2 K
EYBOARD AND
M
OUSE
(O
PTIONAL
, USB P
LUS
O
NLY
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If your PS/2 keyboard has a 6-pin mini-DIN male connector, you can plug it right
into the ServSwitch USB Plus’s PS/2 keyboard port; this is the 6-pin mini-DIN
female connector labeled with the picture of a keyboard in the teal-colored “USER
AND PERIPHERAL CONNECTIONS” area on the rear panel of the Switch. If the
keyboard is a PC/AT type with a 5-pin DIN male connector, you’ll need a keyboard
adapter such as our product code FA211 to make this connection. If your keyboard
is really PS/2 compatible but has some other type of connector, call Black Box for
technical support.
If your PS/2 mouse has a 6-pin mini-DIN male connector, you can plug it right
into the ServSwitch USB Plus’s PS/2 mouse port; this is the 6-pin mini-DIN female
connector labeled with the picture of a mouse in the teal-colored “USER AND
PERIPHERAL CONNECTIONS” area on the rear panel of the Switch. If your
mouse is really PS/2 compatible but has some other type of connector, call Black
Box for technical support. The Switch does not support PC/AT type RS-232 serial
mice.
The PS/2 keyboard is capable of performing most of the activities you’ll want to
do on either the PC or Mac platform—you just have to be aware of the cross-
platform mappings of the keys, which are shown in Table 4-1 on the next page.
Also, when you use a PC keyboard, the functions of the Mac keyboard’s Power key
will not be available.