KVM Switch

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 8 12:57:02 UTC 2003


I am using an OmniView Pro-II. It works adequately with a mixed batch
of Linux and Windows machines. My initial experience with Belkin moves
me to declare that it will be a cold cold day on the surface of the Sun
before I do business with them again.

1) The unit contains a design flaw that caused an oscillation on vertical
   edge features on very high resolution display settings. I had to
   reengineer the unit, adding (back!) just the right bypass capacitor
   to its output amplifier. This oscillation was at resolutions within
   the specified handling capability of the box.

2) I complained to Belkin. They offered to exchange the unit. This was
   a brand new unit with a severe design defect. They shipped me a
   used replacement unit that had the front panel buttons mismounted,
   the case badly scuffed, and a worse oscillation. I ended up attempting
   and managing a repair on the new unit that I had bought and boxed the
   badly damaged used unit back to Belkin in better condition than when
   I received it. (In order to test it I had to disassemble the box and
   reassemble it with the buttons poking out of the front panel slots
   cut out for them.)

In view of these two items I would highly recommend avoiding Belkin.
I intend to do so myself in the future. All I can say for the unit
is that it now functions at the low end of adequately for my needs.

{^_^}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert L Cochran" <cochranb at speakeasy.net>

Can anyone suggest a KVM switch that works? I'm thinking of trying to
connect 3 boxes to one monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

Thanks

Bob Cochran
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA





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