Avocent LongView x30 Guide D'installation page 11

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Product Overview
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Features and Benefits
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The LongView and LongView Companion Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) extenders allow
you to extend the distance between your server and your VGA monitor, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2
mouse, stereo speakers, microphone and serial port device. All of these signals can be extended up
to 500 feet (152 meters) using a single inexpensive and commonly available CAT 5 Unshielded
Twisted Pair (UTP) cable - the type used in most Local Area Networks. A LongView extender
consists of a transmitter placed near the server and a receiver placed near the remote user's monitor.
Both the transmitter and receiver are powered using wall-mount power supplies. The LongView
Companion extender allows for a second workstation to be located near the server for convenient
system maintenance.
Audio capabilities are standard on the LongView and LongView Companion KVM extenders,
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while Avocent AutoTuning technology provides automatic compensation for different cable
lengths, video resolutions and serial COM port data rates.
Access sharing
The LongView Companion extender allows two users to share the use of a single server. Both users
can see the server's video, but only one can enter data at any given moment. A local user is next to
the connected server while an extended user can be up to 500 feet away.
Space saving
LongView and LongView Companion extenders let you keep your peripherals where you need
them and locate your system unit in a climate-controlled, dust/chemical free setting. Moving your
system unit away from your desk and work area frees up valuable space for other uses.
Easy installation
There are no jumpers to install or switches to set for cable length or COM port data rates. No
software installation or configuration of any kind is required. The LongView and LongView
Companion extenders connect to your server just like other peripherals.