Patent ID: 6909609

Claim:
A rack-mounted controller for mounting on a rack for example, a computer-related apparatus, comprising: a main body fixed to a rear end of said rack and including a control circuit provided in said main body and at least two sockets provided at a rear side of said main body to expose from the rear end of said rack for connecting to at least two external apparatus; a control panel fixed to a front end of said rack and including at least one pushbutton provided at a front side of said control panel being expose from the front end of said rack; and a connecting cable extended between said main body and said control panel for electrically connecting said main body to said control panel; wherein a length of said main body extended in a longitudinal direction between the front and the rear end of said rack is smaller than an overall distance between the front and the rear end of said rack, and said at least one pushbutton provided on said control panel is adapted to control signal transmission between said main body and any one of said at least two external apparatus connected to said main body.