That's what he's doing. But we're talking about re-purposing the KVM CABLES at the I/O switching network's extremities. No changes are made to the boxen/cable network connectors betwixt. These remain stock, whichever type or combination of types is chosen, PS/2 or USB. for a mixed platform switching system.
AFAIK, there has been no KBD or Mouse emulation on any of the KVM switches I've used. Maybe there is in the OmniView Mac Adapter, but that wouldn't have done anything for the KVM'd ADB Bus on the downstream side of it anyway.
KBDs seem to be pretty stable on a KVM switch, but the mouse will go wonky fairly regularly. There's a utility called ADB Reset that I use to fix any KVM induced ills on the bus. I keep an alias on the desktop between the HDD and Trash Can for tabbing between desktop icons so I can run it from the KBD whenever the mouse is DOA. I also make sure it's the first hit for A so I can select it easily after control-tabbing through the open apps in the case that the a full screen window covers the ADB Reset alias.
IIRC, that's how to do it, I haven't used the ADB KVM since I moved three years ago and it's been over nine years since it was part of my production setup. YMMV!
One day I intend to build an adapter box that will contain the controller from the horrible AppleDesignKBD which should take care of the lack of K&M emulation by keeping the ADB bus active on the console. ISTR testing that out at some point by having that KBD set up in between a Mac and my mechanical ADB KVM switch.
AFAIK, there has been no KBD or Mouse emulation on any of the KVM switches I've used. Maybe there is in the OmniView Mac Adapter, but that wouldn't have done anything for the KVM'd ADB Bus on the downstream side of it anyway.
KBDs seem to be pretty stable on a KVM switch, but the mouse will go wonky fairly regularly. There's a utility called ADB Reset that I use to fix any KVM induced ills on the bus. I keep an alias on the desktop between the HDD and Trash Can for tabbing between desktop icons so I can run it from the KBD whenever the mouse is DOA. I also make sure it's the first hit for A so I can select it easily after control-tabbing through the open apps in the case that the a full screen window covers the ADB Reset alias.
IIRC, that's how to do it, I haven't used the ADB KVM since I moved three years ago and it's been over nine years since it was part of my production setup. YMMV!
One day I intend to build an adapter box that will contain the controller from the horrible AppleDesignKBD which should take care of the lack of K&M emulation by keeping the ADB bus active on the console. ISTR testing that out at some point by having that KBD set up in between a Mac and my mechanical ADB KVM switch.