does synergy actualy clone mouse/keyboard input

[therian]

im ready for all flame/LOLNOOB posts yall have

first of all im using a custom built desktop for my main wow screen and a laptop for my other wow
i have been using voice cmd to control the second account but that is slow and often times doesnt register the right commands

i have been searching for days on how to make synergy actualy clone the mouse and keyboard inputs from one computer to the other like if i move my desktop mouse the laptop mouse will move in sync opposed to moving my mouse to the bottom/left of my desktop screen to enable use of it on my laptop

i just want to know if its possible to make it just mimic my input on both computers (for questing and whatnot)


if it does.. how do i enable that feature? right now all that does is make it act like i have 2 monitors on one pc.. which i can easily do anyways

[Vyndree]

Did you get plain ol synergy? Then no, it cannot do that. Synergy itself is just a KVM across the network.

Synergy with broadcasting can add a multiplexer, however. ;)

http://dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Synergy
(see the 2nd download link)

[Ellay]

It's the most basic primitive form of keybroadcasting as well. Nothing wrong with that though :)

[therian]

i originaly got basic synergy now im following the link you gave me and im working on the new one that Vyndree ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=User&userID=1044') pointed out


thanks for the info and for not flaming me .. i really like the information found on this forum and the people here .. thanks for the help


now last bit of noobish-ness from my mouth .... well keys

is there a guide on how to set up this version of synergy .. so far i can only get it to do the same thing regular synergy does

small update i got synergy to work like keyclone but i still need help making it mimic mouse movements

[Vyndree]

is there a guide on how to set up this version of synergy .. so far i can only get it to do the same thing regular synergy does

small update i got synergy to work like keyclone but i still need help making it mimic mouse movements

It's been a while since I've used it, but there should be a section where you can set a "Keyboard broadcast toggle" and "Mouse broadcast toggle". The mouse one is relatively useless if you're not running machines with the same resolutions, but you'll want to set a key for your "keyboard broadcast". Basically, you toggle broadcasting "on" and "off" (off is useful for chatting hehe).

I think I used tilde for mine (~ key), but some other folks use other uncommonly-used buttons like "scroll lock" and "pause break".

[Yarick]

Short answer: Synergy only clones intra-computer, not intra-window (to my knowledge). Read on for more detail.

This may be more info than you need, but it should cover every possibility.

I just went through the whole setup process, with the added complexity of a mixed Mac and PC environment.

Keep in mind that a 5-boxes with 5 PCs only needs to multicast between PCs since each machine willl have WoW as the only program needing inputs. A 5-boxer using 1 machine only needs to multicast beetween WoW windows since all instances of WoW are local. I have 3 WoWs running on one machine (the Mac) and 2 runing on another (the PC). From what I understand Key Clone can handle intra-window and intra-computer multicasting, but since I have my lovely Mac, I can't use it. This is why I needed such a complex setup. I am sharing it since other people may come across the same issues. Futhermore, a multi-Mac environment would need the dual software solution I use on the Mac since Key Clone is not an option.

Note: if I made it harder than necessary and someone has software to suggest to make my life easier, I'm all ears!



Here is what I did:

The Mac runs:

1) ClonedKeys (This allows for keypresses on the Mac to be multicast to 3 of my WoW windows)

2) Synergy for Mac with Broadcast (This allows me to share the Mac's Keyboard and mouse with the PC) Note: The default toggle is the tilde (~) to turn key broadcasting to the PC on/off.

The PC runs:

1) Key Clone (This allows for keypresses transmitted from the Mac to the PC to be multicast to the 2 WoW windows)

2) Synergy for PC with Broadcast (This is setup as the client so that keyboard input and mouse movement are received from the Mac)



So when I press a key on the Mac this happens:

a) It goes to the 3 instances of WoW on the Mac (clonedkeys)

b) It goes to the PC (synergy w/broadcast)

c) It goes to the 2 WoW instances on the PC (key clone)

I hope this helps.

[Vyndree]

custom built desktop for my main wow screen and a laptop for my other wow

I assumed from here that he knew that Synergy only works cross-computer. >.<

Could be wrong, sorry for making that assumption.