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Finally, there's a simple, affordable, portable and pocket sized answer to every network administrator's biggest annoyance: finding and lugging around "crash carts" with a monitor, keyboard and mouse to administer servers and other headless machines. Epiphan Systems' KVM2USB™ product is a compact pocket sized portable device that conveys the VGA stream from any host computer to a laptop, while emulating the laptop's keyboard and mouse outputs.

Key Features

KVM over USB to Access computers from laptop without use of network
Pocket sized portable KVM over USB - Ideal "crash cart" replacement
Administer headless servers, legacy systems, proprietary OSes, and embedded systems
Emulate keyboard, mouse, and monitor using any laptop
Self-powered, works during power outage on a battery-powered laptop

KVM2USB is a truly portable crash cart. Now, all you need to take with you on administrative site visits is your laptop, the KVM2USB device (roughly the size of a box of paperclips) and the accompanying cable.

KVM2USB works with virtually any computerized machine or embedded system, including:

Windows, Macintosh, Unix computers and servers
Medical devices, scientific and lab equipment
ATM machines
Slot machines and VLTs

KVM2USB Connection Diagrams

The product provides a simple, portable, lightweight and rapid means of conveying VGA images from host machines to a laptop and simulating the laptop's keyboard and mouse outputs. This allows administrators and technicians to quickly and easily connect to—and administer— headless machines without hassles, without having to use a network.

As a compact external device, KVM2USB is easy to use and to transport. About the size of a box of paperclips, this KVM over USB solution is easily plugged in and requires no additional power so you don't have to locate a spare electrical outlet onsite, or drain valuable power from your UPS systems during emergency shut down procedures.

KVM2USB is ideal for network administrators and security experts that want to manage red-lan, compartmentalized LANs, DMZs or contaminated equipment without the need to make connections that expose other equipment and networks to a compromised machine.

The product ships complete with all required hardware and cabling. Software development kits are also available for specialized applications.

Learn more about how to control desktop from laptop using KVM2USB.

Connecting your KVM2USB

After purchasing your KVM2USB, make sure that the yellow connector is connected to the KVM2USB device while the black connector is connected to the VGA source. KVM2USB will not work otherwise.

KVM2USB Connection Diagram

More Information

Case Studies - See how Epiphan Systems KVM2USB is used for video and image capture by users all over the world.

FAQ - Look through the most asked questions about the KVM2USB.