darry wrote:ocdmonkey wrote:I'm wanting to use my new 5160 with a PS/2 KVM switch, but it refuses to recognize the keyboard with either of the KVM switches I have on hand. I'm using an adapter cable to convert the PS/2 keyboard connection into the AT DIN connection and it works just fine if I plug the keyboard directly into it, but going through the switch I always get an error after POST. The switch works just fine with a computer with a PS/2 connection. Any ideas?
Is the KVM powered only through the keyboard ports ? Maybe it needs more power than it is getting to operate properly from the converted port .
That was one of my first thoughts too, but I tried it even with the KVM switch plugged in and kept getting the same result. The manual I found online for the switch (well, more another switch from the same family: the main one I've been using is a Belkin OmniView SE 4-port), and it references adapter cables for connecting it to a computer with an AT keyboard connector, so the switch should be designed for use-cases such as this (even has serial connections for serial mice). The only thing I can figure is that maybe there is some weird incompatibility with my specific adapter, but that doesn't make sense since a quick google search suggests PS/2 and DIN5 have fairly 1 to 1 pinouts, unless there's some weirdness going on with the "unused" pin 3 on the DIN 5 connector? A similar thing happens with the VGA card I have in it. Since my monitor is missing the "Monitor ID" pins it just assumes it's monochrome, unless it goes through the switch in which case I get color.