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 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.