A total of 3 reviews of this product on Reddit.
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Just thought I’d share my little weekend project, a kvm switch + rack-mounted setup to use my extra monitor/keyboard/mouse for all my servers.
As much as I love those fancy pull out laptop style kvm switches they cost waaay too much so this is my solution instead.
The whole setup cost me about $140 not including the screen/keyboard/mouse which I already had. For an 8 port rackmount usb kvm setup I think that’s a pretty fair deal
A pleasant surprise was to find out that the cheap wall mount VESA mount I ordered actually lined up with the rack wholes and I could mount it directly using standard rack bolts + washers.
Overall I’m pleased with the result, the keyboard tray is kind of heavy so the monitor setup wobbles a bit but it’s still very usable, if I were to do it again I’d probably look for something lighter.
If anyone is interested in doing something similar these are the parts I used:
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I’ve been toying around with the idea of getting one of these, and see if Pi-KVM can emulate the signals from the remote (connects via Micro USB).