Black Box Freedom II Series User Manual

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CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 5
CHAPTER 1: SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2: WELCOME .............................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................8
2.3 What‘s Included ....................................................................................................................................................................................9
2.4 Additional Items You May Need ..........................................................................................................................................................9
2.5 Hardware Description ........................................................................................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................... 14
3.1 Locations ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
3.2 Mounting ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
3.3 Connections ........................................................................................................................................................................................15
CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................. 24
4.1 Initial configuration ............................................................................................................................................................................24
4.2 Glide and Switch configuration ......................................................................................................................................................... 32
4.3 Multi-Monitor Glide and Switch configuration ................................................................................................................................34
4.4 Configuring LED indicators................................................................................................................................................................ 36
4.5 Additional Glide and Switch operations and settings ..................................................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 5: OPERATION .......................................................................................................... 40
5.1 Selecting a computer .........................................................................................................................................................................40
APPENDIX A - CABLE PIN-OUTS ............................................................................................... 45
APPENDIX B - WHAT IS TRUE EMULATION? ............................................................................. 46
APPENDIX C - WHAT IS GLIDE & SWITCH? ................................................................................ 48
APPENDIX D - OPEN SOURCE LICENSES .................................................................................. 50
APPENDIX E - SAFETY INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 51
CONTENTS

Black Box Freedom II Series Specifications

General

Brand	Black Box
Model	Freedom II Series
Category	Switch
Language	English