KVM switch with remote control function

Question

Iron

Good afternoon, Habrazhitel!
Could knowledgeable people tell me if there are inexpensive KVM switches with two inputs (VGA | PS / 2 or USB for keyboard and mouse) and one VGA output | PS / 2 (or, again, USB for peripherals), is the presence of an Ethernet port a prerequisite for the possibility of remote switching between signal sources?

Answer 1

Thanks everyone! Unfortunately, all decisions go far beyond my budget. I'll get by with a simple and stupid KVM with a button on board

Answer 2

All the same, it turns out that one cannot do without ip-kvm?

Answer 3

I am using ATEN CS1708i, both USB and PS/2 are available. Can work with both at the same time. The web face is pretty tolerable, the screen is drawn in a Java applet. There is a Windows application. There is no console, but there is stacking. Yes, the price is about $1200-1300 with 8 cables.
www.aten.ru/support/artview.php?idx=294

Answer 4

the ip-kvm you want is expensive . what kind of cars? maybe vendor expansion boards will suit you

Answer 5

I need to be able to programmatically switch the signal source. The scheme is something like this:
There is a certain PC1 and PC2, as well as a PRJ1 projector. I want to connect both PCs to the projector, write a little softkey so that the end user would press some software button and KVM would switch the input from PC1 to PC2

Answer 6

I think I understood ... After all, it is possible to send a double click of Scroll Lock through my program to switch, right? :)

Answer 7

And how then to switch KVM programmatically? Only by means of RS-232 or LAN?

Answer 8

Well, it all depends on the desire to hit all the hard. The perverted way is to buy a teensy (or a new arduino) that can pretend to be a USB keyboard, and an SPI-Ethernet adapter to it. Connect, connect to KVM, and write an evil server program that will “press” ScrollLock on a signal from Ethernet. The cost is about $40, not counting KVM with USB input (and not counting the time / nerves for writing a program).
Or you can buy two teensy, connect them via Serial, use one for control, and the second as a keyboard. Then most of the logic will be on the computer.