On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 05:08:59PM -0800, Chaz Sliger wrote: > The Video id VGA. > The Keyboard & Mouse are USB. > What I find that "sucks" about them is that they don't switch, or they > switch only some of the devices, or they cause the system to not recognize > devices (usually keyboard/mouse). > Sometimes this behavior is inconsistent as it is with the latest culprit a > Belkin SOHO 2 System. > When it works the video is fine.
Ah - that sounds like what my ioGear does. If you push the switch quickly, it switches only the video, for video monitoring. If you push and hold for 3(?) seconds, it switches all the ports. That is valuable behavior in some circumstances. Probably not yours, not for my wife, either. Since this behavior is common but not universal, and not advertised, it is a Real Good Idea to download the manuals and evaluate before buying. I'm guessing that any advice we could give you about our own KVMs (likely no longer being made) won't help you much with the stuff for sale now. However ... as of a week ago, Free Geek had some Belkins that have the behavior approximately like you want. They are buttonless - you switch them with the Scroll Lock key on the keyboard ( [SL] [SL] [1] or [SL] [SL] [2] ). But don't trust me, check the manual first! Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
