RE: Multiple KVMs, multiple rooms

How about using a Remote Control KVM?  These are KVM's that don't actually
have a mouse, keyboard and monitor attached.  Instead, you go to it via a
web page and that provides the monitor, keyboard and mouse.

These are intended for use at a co-location type setup.  Warning, they are
not cheap.  An 8 port remote KVM with Remote Power control costs about
$2,000.  You probably wont need the remote power control so that'll save you
some money.  But it is still expensive.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:41 PM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: [PCTECH] Multiple KVMs, multiple rooms
> 
> (repost with correct subject)
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> Can you use a KVM as a splitter?
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> Here's what I want:
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> Room 1: Some computers, monitor
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> Room 2: Some computers, monitor
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> I would like to have two KVMs in room two.  The first selects the
> computer in that room.  The second then selects whether the signal goes
> to the local monitor or to a 15' cable leading to the other room.  In
> the other room, the cable then connects to the KVM along with the other
> computers in that room.
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> This way, I can be in Room 1 and see the currently selected box in Room
> 2, or I can walk over to Room 2 and first switch over to the local
> monitor, and then switch between the boxes in Room 2 using the local
> monitor.  When I leave Room 2, I simply switch back to the inter-room
> cable.
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> 
> Comp1   --+    (Room1)       (Room 2)              +--- Comp3
> 
> Comp2   --+- KVM1 +------|--------+ KVM2 +--+ KVM3 +--- Comp4
> 
> Monitor1 ------+           Monitor2 --+            +--- Comp5
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> KVM3 can be switched between Comps 3, 4 and 5.  KVM2 can switch the
> output of KVM3 to either Monitor2 or to KVM1.  KVM1 can switch Monitor1
> to either Comp1 or Comp2, or the output of KVM3 (if KVM2 is set
> correctly).
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> If this worked, I could start with manual switches, but eventually I
> could replace the switches in Room 2 with remotely controlled KVMs and
> be able to view all of the boxes from Room 1.
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> 
> Joe
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