Cables To Go 30505 2-Port USB 2.0 Manual Switch (Blue)
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Manufacturer: Cables To GoAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: 30505
Color: Blue
Product features:
- USB 2.0 interface provides data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps
- Lets you share USB devices between two PCs or Macs
- Two USB Type-B connectors, one USB Type-A connector
- Hot key functionality lets you use a keyboard to switch between computers
- Plug-and-play functionality makes installation a breeze
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Customer Review: It simply works.
Summary: 5 Stars
*** UPDATE 5/13/2009: After using this great little switch very successfully for nearly two years to share a single printer between 2 PCs, I shelved it (in favor of a network USB hub), as my application had changed. Now, a few months later, I need the ability to occasionally share a KVM setup between my desktop PC and a laptop. Thanks to R. Al-Kazily's and Bruce Zentner's reviews, I'm going to pull this little gem back out of the closet and repurpose it for the KM portion of this application. (My video display has dual inputs, and auto/manual switching.) End of update ***
I bought this switch to share a single USB2 printer (Canon Pro9000) between two PCs (Dell laptop and home-built desktop PC), because plugging and unplugging the USB cables at the back of the printer was getting to be a pain. I wanted the least expensive USB2 switch that could be controlled from the PCs, without loading any software on them.
Both PCs are running Windows XP Pro; the desktop PC is connected directly to the switch, and the laptop PC is connected to the switch through a USB2 hub.
This device simply works! Whether switching sources by depressing the button on the top of the switch, or double-clicking the ScrollLock key on either PC, the LED for the selected source will blink momentarily, then glow steadily when the switch has completed the transition. If it's *very* quiet, you can also hear the switch click over from once source to the other. No power adapter is supplied or required; the switch is powered by the USB ports of the connected PCs.
On my laptop PC's keyboard, ScrollLock is accomplished by Fn+NumLock. Neither this nor the USB2 hub between the laptop and the switch cause any problems in the operation of the switch.
My only complaint is that -- unlike some other USB switches (but just like my $425 printer!) -- no USB cable is included. It would have been nice if a short (say, 3 foot) cable had been included in the package; doing so should have only increased the purchase price $1.00 or so. But that's a minor quibble.
Highly recommended.
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