The HKS112U USB KVM Switch is compactly designed with quick & easy installation for home and office use. It allows users to control two computers with a single PS/2 keyboard and... more
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The HKS112U USB KVM Switch is compactly designed with quick & easy installation for home and office use. It allows users to control two computers with a single PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse, then connects to your computers through the USB port. The HKS112U eliminates the expense of purchasing a separate keyboard, monitor, and mouse for each computer. At the same time, the HKS112U eliminates the inconvenience and unnecessary effort involved in constantly moving around from one computer to another. Managing your KVM is as easy as pressing the hotkey sequences on your keyboard. It also comes with two LEDs indicators for easy port status monitoring.
Advantages: Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution Disadvantages: No manual overide or audio support
...stops autoscanning and lets you use the currently selected PC.
The Belkin claims support for scrolling mice but I did find sometimes one PC would start up without recognising this facility if it wasn't the currently selected one when booting up and in extreme cases, wouldn't recognise the keyboard and mouse at all. Previous KVM's I've used send the PC fake 'There's a keyboard and mouse here' messages when not selected and it seems this unit does not, which is a pity.
Conclusion
The Belkin 2portKVM is a well built unit that works nicely and provides a great way to save desk space and the cost of a second monitor, keyboard and mouse. The long leads are useful and despite the niggles with scrolling mice and the lack of manual switch. I'd say this unit is worth considering at this price if you can live with those shortcomings...
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Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution, audio support Disadvantages: No manual overide
...It's surprising how many people have more than one PC at home although even more surprising is that many of them each have their own screen, keyboard and mouse.
In many cases this makes perfect sense but sometimes, you know you'll only ever use one or the other - perhaps one is your general PC and the other your music workstation. In these situations you can save a lot of space and money by investing in a KVMswitch. KVM stands for Keyboard, Video and Mouse and allows you to use one keyboard, mouse and screen shared between two PCs.
This particular unit from Belkin is unusual in that it also includes audio support and also comes with all the leads permanently attached instead of being supplied as a separate cabling set.
Wiring it Up
Installation is simply a matter of taking each of the two main cables and plugging the sets...
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Advantages: price, simplicity Disadvantages: no USB keyboard/mouse connector
...This product does exxactly what it says on the tin.
It lets you view and control two computers from one monitor, keyboard and mouse.
It is PS2 only though and not USB - so if you have a very new PC without PS2ports then this one is not for you - look on this site for one with USB connectors.
Switching between machines is simple, just one key press to switch.
One word of warning, if you plan to use this to just connect up the monitor cable and not use the keyboard and mouse connections (as I tried) it will not work as the device needs to collect power from all 4 connectors. With just 2 connected it suffers from lock ups. Tech Support soon helped me sort this out though ;)
When connected as specified however it works perfectly!...
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