ServeView KVM power pinout

[pentium]

Well my massive ServeView KVM switch arrived today and to my dismay it came without a power cord and making it worse it was not a regular connection. It's a 5-pin DIN connection and above it it's printed "17VAC CT".
I own the SVE-16U version and according to Rose electronics it has either never been documented or never existed. I can make cables but the thing is a big bleack brick without power.

[pentium]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

Rats, this thing is a bitch (language) to take apart.
There's four layers of PCB bolted together and the front panel uses that horrible flexible plastic ribon cable that is soldered to the board. Flexing it too many times causes problems.
I'll try again.

[pentium]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

Well by the looks of it there was really nothing to worry about.
Disassembly and inspection showed that there was nothing special behind the power supply and out of the five pins on the connector only two are used.
Now to find a 17V ac power supply.
One thing I did notice was that it looks like someone was sleeping in the inspection department. All the boards in the unit have flux residue that did not get washed off.

[dood]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

How do you plan on using that thing?

[pentium]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

Well since I don't plan on running each of my SGI's on their own monitors (usually fixed for large 21" monitors ) I am going to make those super expensive cables ($90 for a 2 foot SGI to ServeView cable! I'll build my own using schematics and pinouts) to connect all my SGI's (and other boxes) to this and then finally hookup to a single 21" monitor....and the old IBM mouse aswell as my only PS/2 clicky keyboard. :3
One of the great things about this unit is that it will also convert from Sync-on-green to regular VGA which makes finding a monitor a piece of cake.

[dood]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

Ah, my question was regarding the proprietary cables. Guess you've got that sorted out, then.

[pentium]

Re: ServeView KVM power pinout

Yeah, there's a website out there that has full schematics and pinouts for the cables. I backed up the whole page because you never know when sites like that go down for good.