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Amulet Hotkey K4u
+
Manual
6.4.2 Cascades with multiple switches
You can connect up to four secondary K4u
+
switches to a master
K4u
+
(five switches in total), allowing a user to control up to 16
computers from a single keyboard and mouse.
Note: When cascading multiple K4u
+
units, we strongly
recommend that you use a keyboard with dedicated channel
keys (such as the Amulet Hotkey AHK3000E) to change
channels.
In the example below, a master K4u
+
connects to three
secondary K4u
+
units (A, B and C), giving access to 13 channels
in total. To set up the cascade:
1 Using USB cables, connect:
● The channel 1 port on the rear of the master K4u
+
to any
hosted front panel USB port (A to D) on K4u
+
A.
● The channel 2 port to any hosted front panel USB port
(A to D) on K4u
+
B.
● The channel 3 port to any hosted front panel USB port
(A to D) on K4u
+
C.
● The channel 4 port directly to a computer
2 Disable channel changing with a mouse. To do this, set DIP
switch A3 to OFF on all the K4u
+
units.
3 Specify different hot-key combinations on the master and
secondary K4u
+
units. Use the same hot-key combination on
all secondary K4u
+
units. For example, if the master K4u
+
uses Alt+Space, set all secondary K4u
+
switches to use
Caps Lock + Alt.
If you need to change channels using hot keys:
1 Connect to the required secondary K4u
+
switch:
● Press Alt+Space plus 1 to connect to K4u
+
A.
● Press Alt+Space plus 2 to connect to K4u
+
B.
● Press Alt+Space plus 3 to connect to K4u
+
C.
2 Press Caps Lock + Alt plus 1, 2, 3 or 4 to connect to the
required channel on the secondary K4u
+
.
For example, to connect to channel 3 on K4u
+
B press
Alt+Space+2 followed by Caps Lock+Alt+3.
Cascading multiple K4u
+
units: On the Master K4u
+
, channel 1 connects to channels on K4u
+
A; channel 2 connects to
channels on K4u
+
B; channel 3 connects to channels on K4u
+
C; channel 4 connects directly to a single PC.
Channels on K4u
+
C
Channels on K4u
+
BChannels on K4u
+
A
1 32 4
K4u
+
C
K4u
+
A
K4u
+
B
1 32 4 1 32 4
Master K4u
+
USB cable
AHK3000E keyboard
(with CN202 applied)
2
3
1
4