Multiboxing Wiki - My 5 (Now 10!) Boxing WoW Writeup

[Xzin]

Who is to say that port 1 could not be a broadcast to all keys though? That is what I do.

[keyclone]

you use a kvm?

[Fog]

Nevermind my previous question, found a fairly cheap one. Wonder if it's as crap as it is cheap, though. What should I look for to determine that? I'd link the page, but it's in danish :P

[Tealuin]

KEYBOARD
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INPUT - Vetra KM SWITCH (8 Port) VIP-708-KM
1 2 3 4 5 78 (Output Port 1-8)
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| | | | | | | |-----Port 8 (Unused)
| | | | | | |-----Port 7 (Unused)
| | | | | |----To PC X (Port 6)
| | | | |----To PC D (Port 5)
| | | |----To PC C (Port 4)
| | |----To PC B (Port 3)
| |-----To PC A (Port 2)
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Input---| Keyboard Multiplier (8 Port) 2 4 Ports Can Be Daisychained
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (Output Port 1-8)
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A B C D X (Computer A-D,X (5x total Y-Mouse or USB to PS/2 input to add a second PS/2 port on CPU A-D,X)) Ports 7 and 8 Unused.

KVM Output 1 will send to all, Output 2 will send to only PC A, 3 to only B and 4 to only C, etc. Use Scrl Lock + 1-8 to nearly instantly select a PC. (I personally use an X-keys Stick for this). Multiple 8 Port VIP-708-KMs can be chained together. The 2 and 4 ports cannot. I believe the limit is 64 units, if you want to pay for that many.

Planning was going good (comps, monitors, monitor stands ordered), but now I'm stuck on working out what control hardware I need to buy.

I quoted the diagram and the paragraph that seems to relate to it, but the rest of the text in that section of the Wiki is based upon a main or all 5 concept, right?

Am I interpreting the diagram correctly, that it's a setup for individual control of 5 PCs and broadcasting to all 5? I think it's indicating that port 1 of the KM/KVM goes to the input of the Multiplier and the next 5 ports go directly to the PCs. And then ports 1 to 5 of the Multiplier also go the PCs thus requiring 5 Y-mouse to connect both the KM and Multiplier to each PC.


Edit: Argh, turned emoticons off so as not to butcher Xzin's quote

[Tealuin]

Any ideas on quality cable tagging/labeling solutions?

[Xzin]

I used a sharpie.

[Tealuin]

lol ... didn't quite expect that answer, Xzin.

[Xzin]

Sometimes when you need to drive a nail, a hammer works just fine

[muffe]

buy 4 identical wireless keyboards
(cheap and easy)

[Slats]

A sharpie hahaha, i was also expecting some elaborate system =)