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June 9th, 2017 12:00
P4317Q, Dual computers, USB hub question
I have a couple of these monitors and have set the units up with a couple of PCs connected to one of the monitors. I have connected one of the PCs to the USB 3 uplink to enable use of a mouse and keyboard via the USB hub. Now how do I control the second PC without the need for a second keyboard and mouse?
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Brad L (retired)
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June 9th, 2017 17:00
You're going to need to look into something like a USB 3.0 switch, or even just bypass using the monitor's port and get a keyboard video monitor switch (KVM), unfortunately KVMs can get pricey at that resolution, so I would look at a Keyboard Mouse switch / USB switch etc.
I haven't personally used this one or this one (I'd share a Dell link but did not see one for USB 3.0 switches), but I think something like this would work perfectly if you wanted to incorporate the hub in the monitor between both systems.
So to be clear, you would plug both computers into this hub, and then plug this hub into the monitor, this switch would then allow you to switch between the systems (so you could control which one is using the