<html><head></head><body>That tinypilot looks cool!!! I have an hdmi capture stick using usb and a decent strength rpi around somewhere. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On February 15, 2022 11:53:45 AM EST, Scott Plante via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Coincidentally, just about a week ago I happened to watch this side-by-side review of the PiKVM v3 and another Pi based solution called TinyPilot Voyager. I haven't tried either though. That video was the first I'd heard of them.<br><br><div><a href="https://youtu.be/TIrkEr2AeDY">https://youtu.be/TIrkEr2AeDY</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>TinyPilot Voyager: <a href="https://tinypilotkvm.com">https://tinypilotkvm.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 4:20 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
My last IBM 101M keyboard has a few keys broke that won't come back. Picked up a cheap Logitech 845 wired keyboard, forgetting that mice and keyboards are USB these days. All of mine have been using ps2 ports the last ... er ... 20+ yrs.<br>
<br>
I have a USB-2-ps2 adapter, but it doesn't seem to work with the KVM. Tried it with both the Logitech and a few other devices. All are known to work, I've just never used them with the KVM.<br>
<br>
Have a Belkin OmniCUBE 4-port KVM switch here that needs to be replaced. The Belkin is VGA + ps2 only, but has been solid and supports 1920x1200p resolutions without a problem.<br>
<br>
I've been spoiled. Devices tend to work forever (15+ yrs) around here. The Belkin still works, BTW. I did have to buy an active adapter to get the nVidia 1030 (a GPU I didn't actually want to buy, but was forced into) to support VGA.<br>
<br>
So, I've been looking at 4-port 4K HDMI + USB KVM switches. There seem to be the cheap ones which are $30-$150, with complaints that the USB devices get disconnected with every change to a different computer. They don't keep the keyboard/mice connections alive when on another box. Also, most of the clearly non-fake reviews complain about dead ports in a few weeks to 6 months.<br>
<br>
What are you good people using?<br>
<br>
Has anyone tried the PiKVM-Switch? <a href="https://pikvm.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pikvm.org/</a> This is an IP switch with support for fully remote management like a DRAC or IPMI tool, just with constantly patched, no Java, no ActiveX, dependency problems. They planned to sell it for under $100, but that seems to have gotten raise to $150 by the places carrying the "hat" for a pi. I think the r-pi v4 is separate. This is just for the "hat".<br>
<br>
Different subject ... anyone need a bunch of ps2 (keyboard/mouse) cables?<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Ale mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
<a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>
<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>