Re: OT: (KVM) Splitting a combined USB mouse and keyboard cable to feed separate mouse and keyboard inputs

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: 
> Leading up to the Problem: My problem is this: one of the computers that I 
> need / want to keep in service for some time yet has separate inputs for the 
> keyboard and mouse -- the existing KVMs have separate outputs for the keyboard 
> and mouse, so all is (was) good.  (The other computer that I need to keep in 
> service has separate and combined keyboard and mouse inputs, i.e., one PS/2 or 
> USB cable can carry the combined signal from a mouse and keyboard into the 
> computer and both are detected and work.  The first computer, mentioned above, 
> does  not handle a mouse and keyboard combined to one input.
> 
> The Problem: Many of the KVMs that I've looked at recently have one USB output 
> (one for each computer) which carries the combined keyboard and mouse signals.
> 
> I'm wondering if there is a way to take that one USB output and divide it into 
> separate keyboard and mouse outputs.  I'm thinking of maybe a "Rube Goldburg" 
> approach that might involve feeding that one USB output into a hub from which 
> I'd run two USB cables (with USB to PS/2 adapters).  I'm hoping the mouse 
> input would ignore keyboard signals and the keyboard input would ignore mouse 
> signals.
> 
> Summary: Does anybody (on here) have experience with something like this: that 
> is, taking a USB cable with combined mouse and keyboard signals and somehow 
> splitting them to feed separate keyboard and mouse inputs on a computer?

Is there a reason you don't use a pure USB pathway for keyboard
and mouse?

i.e. does your target computer not have a USB port available to
take the KVM's input?

-dsr-