The Avocent Emerge ECMS1000P extender allows PS/2 keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) peripherals to work seamlessly from up to 1000 feet away from your server. Standard UTP cabling makes installation simple and keeps costs low. The ECMS1000P receiver can be rack mounted, desk mounted or mounted on the back of your monitor. Its industry-standard design makes the ECMS1000P extender compatible with virtually any PC, display technology and operating system. Installation requires no new drivers or software. The production environment is full of specialized applications that run on computers including: Non-linear Edit Systems (NLE), Digital Audio Workstations (DAW), Character Generators (C.G.), and Animation stations. All of these devices share four major problems: they create heat, they require large amounts of technical power (special grounding and surge protection requirements), they generate a level of background noise that is unacceptable in the production environment, and they present a security risk to the content stored on them.