Question about APC Cables - KVM Products, Data Switches, Video Splitters 2ft Pro KVM Switch Masterview Cable Kit - PS2 and Audio (42088-2)
I have a Belkin OmniView 2-port Reverse KVM Switch. This has worked fine for 18 months until I have re arranged the position of computers, UPS, wire less video camera and monitors. The left monitor flikers off and on and sometimes stays off for long periods. Probem is always the left monitor even if cabling and monitors are swapped around from the kvm switch outputs. Sometimes switching on an appliance with a low power motor will cause the screen to fail even though the motor is five feet from the monitor. I have tried re arranging the monitor cables to keep them away from other equipment. Swithching off and disconnecting the video camera makes no difference, I still have a blank screen, but sometimes switching the video camera on causes the problem. I think this may be a shielding problem.
Problem sorted. Signal would always be lost in shortest cable. Used 2 cables of identical length.
Posted on Jan 08, 2007
If you are sure the left monitor?s power is not the source of the problem it does sound like a shielding or excessive signal loss in a device/cable. If it?s always the left monitor I would try unplugging the video cable that goes from the left monitor and plug it into the right monitor; do the same with the other monitor. If the problem moves to the right monitor then that eliminates the monitors and we move on. If the problem goes away then probably one monitor had more signal degradation than the other. If the problem stays then the monitor is the source of the problem. If the problem followed the cable then I would exchange the cables that run from the switch to the monitors; if nothing changes exchange the cables that run from the switch to the PCs. If exchanging any of these cables results in the problem moving then you have a damaged cable or a bad connection. If the problem is still on the left monitor unplug the cables from the left PC that run from it to the switch and plug them into the right PC; do the same to the right PC. If the problem moves then you might have a damaged switch OR perhaps the video card output on one of the PCs is weaker than the other. All cables and devices weaken the video signal to some degree but the amounts can differ wildly. Over the years I?ve had this problem caused by cables, switchboxes, video cards, radio transmitters, bent connector pins, poor connections, excessive cable lengths, monitors and accumulative signal loss from several devices. The last is the hardest to diagnose. Good luck and let us know what happens.
Posted on Jan 01, 2007
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Switch is a reverse KVM - 1 computer 2 monitors. When I have exchanged the monitors (flat screns) I have also kept the power supplies with their own monitors. Thanks for quick reply.
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