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Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis

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Who is up for designing a pair of scalable plug-in KVM-over-Ethernet 
plug in modules for Pi stacks?
Pi-side dongle with Ethernet and dual power (USB b + legacy barrel) on 
one side, with
HDMI input, USB b power to Pi, and perhaps an Ethernet-thru port for the 
Pi, with usb mouse/keyboard control input as a dongle, paired with a
User-side dongle accepting legacy PS2 mice/keyboard as well as USB 
mice/keyboard, dual power and HDMI output?
Most setups would have a single User-side dongle and multiple Pi-side 
modules, but would be able to accommodate several User-side dongles 
(useful in educational configurations.)

That would satisfy monitoring the start-up.

I am plugging in my pair of Pis to a monitor which accepts up to three 
HDMI inputs, swapping the keyboard/mouse USB cables when needed, but 
primary control of each is via Ethernet PuTTY shell and Xming-windows 
from a laptop, with more than satisfactory results. Reboots are done in 
the PuTTY command line and I have faith the session can be restarted 
after reboot. So I rarely need the TV. (save the occasional display of 
traffic or weather html pages I wrote specifically for my Pi) …and a 
clutter of mice. Yet, I still prefer two RPis headless.
The R-Pis each allow several students to log-in simultaneously over 
Ethernet  (using donated e-waste laptops) to test scripts, while the 
instructor laptop runs top to keep an eye on endless loops.

On 9/6/2015 10:00 AM, James Harris wrote:
> I fancy setting up a few Raspberry Pis with different configurations.
> Their small size would make them ideal for having many of them in a
> reasonably small space and I would need them all to be viewable on a
> single monitor (by switching).
>
> One monitor, keyboard and mouse would probably do for them all. Anyone
> aware of a good-value KVM solution for this? An 8-way would be enough.
> Some sort of power distribution would be a bonus. Second hand would be
> OK. Cheap components would be a double bonus.
>
> I am not thinking of compute modules as the individual Pis could me
> moved later.
>
> Any of you guys already done this?
>
> James
>

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Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 18:00 +0100
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2015-09-06 21:46 +0100
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 17:42 +0100
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-07 00:36 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis davehigton14@gmail.com - 2015-09-07 03:54 -0700
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2015-09-08 00:54 +1000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2015-09-13 12:45 +0000
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2015-09-13 19:22 +0100
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Jonathan Lane <tidux@faeroes.freeshell.org> - 2015-09-27 15:28 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-13 13:48 +0000
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-13 14:22 +0000
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-13 17:42 +0000
        Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-16 00:01 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis DisneyWizard the Fantasmic! <wiz@FANTASMIC!disneywizard.com> - 2015-09-17 08:38 -0700
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 08:40 -0400
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-18 14:26 +0100
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-18 18:42 +0000
        Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:09 -0400
          Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 20:17 +0100
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-09-18 21:35 +0000
              Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 23:19 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-09-19 06:48 +0000
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:15 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-19 08:13 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:19 +0100
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:31 -0400
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-09-19 19:39 +0100
              Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis colonel_hack@yahoo.com - 2015-09-20 22:06 -0700

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