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My name is Andrew Sutton, aka Shandy.

I am currently living and working in the UK within the garment industry as an IT specialist. This blog contains mainly IT related issues.

I was a Microsoft VB MVP for a couple of years (Apr 2004-Mar 2006) and was a vbCityLeader between April 2003 and June 2007.

If you are looking for my Sri Lanka or Morocco experiences check out Shandy's Sri Lanka Blog or Shandy's Morocco Blog.

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Last Friday we re-organised the Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) switches at one of our server rooms. Previously we had never bothered to daisy chain our KVM switches and consequently had three KVM switches, each with their own keyboard, mouse and monitor. As we had two identical KVM switches - Belkin Omni View Pro 8 Port KVM Switches (F1D108-OSD) - it seemed logical to place these physically together, daisy chaining them using a Belkin 2' Daisy-Chain Cable (F1D108-CBL) so that they could share a single keyboard, mosue and monitor. However, when we did this the monitor attached to the master unit would only work for devices attached to the master unit; we had to attach a second monitor to the slave unit to handle devices attached to the slave unit. The master unit keyboard and mouse worked successfully for both devices connected to the master and the slave unit. Has anyone else come across this problem and found a solution so that only a single monitor is required?
posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 2:43 PM

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# re: Belkin Omni View Pro 8 Port KVM Switch (F1D108-OSD) : Daisy Chain Monitor Problem 4/25/2007 2:19 PM IAN YOUNG
Hi Andrew, long time no speak, Ian Young here, probably dont remember me but spent some time in Sri Lanka working with you until I was forced to quit my job. Long Story !!
Anyway one of my memories is having major hangovers after long nights on the drink :)

Dont know how to send you a secure message so I can pass my email address onto you , to catch up !!

Kind Regards
Ian


# re: Belkin Omni View Pro 8 Port KVM Switch (F1D108-OSD) : Daisy Chain Monitor Problem 4/25/2007 2:25 PM Andrew Sutton
Hi Ian,
Of course I remember you. It was around Feb/Mar 2004 that our paths crossed briefly I believe. Use the following email address:
shandy at andrewsutton.org.uk (where the at is the @ character and without the spaces)
It would be great to catch up with you. I too can remember the hangovers!

Cheers
Andy

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