The DCS series of fibre-in, fibre-out matrix switches adds simplicity and control to sophisticated video and KVM visual computing environments. The DCS, or “digital cross-point switch”, provides transparent, highly reliable and secure routing of video and human interface device signals from any input to any or multiple outputs. As an accessory designed to be integrated with the entire line of thinklogical video and KVM extenders, the DCS switches can make connections between virtually any transmitter and receiver easily and securely.

The concept for simplifying complex computer user interface environments (video, KVM, etc.) is simple. The multitude of various video, keyboard, mouse, USB, audio, and serial connections from computer sources all connect to a transmitter using very short standard cabling. The transmitter converts all these signals to fiber optics. By using only one fiber optic cable strand for video and one additional fiber for all of the non-video signals (keyboard, mouse, audio, etc.), the computer interface copper cable management challenges are reduced to routing one or two fibers to the desired destination receiver. At the receiver end the process is reversed and the optical data is converted back to electronics and standard copper cable connections. Copper cables then connect to their associated desktop and display devices (as shown in figure 2).