Input Device compatibility testing with KVM & KM switches

[yeaunome]

Some interesting notes on using a mouse to control switching on the ShuOne 8 that I saw in Discord:

Note that the Razer Trinity mouse may work fine but for other mice you may want to try the following...

yeaunome 12/22/2020:
@nodoze Corsair Scimitar CH-9304311-NA - OK - Basic Mouse Functions work - No Macros/Rebinding of the 12 keys on the side 8 port ShuOne

destrolock Today at 1:47 PM:
@yeaunome yes I was having the same issue. It does not pick up the ALT or Control for switing purposes when it comes from the mouse. I does however sent those keys though to the computer. I'm using g502 onboard mem.

yeaunome Today at 1:48 PM:
were you able to rebind it?

destrolock Today at 1:48 PM:
I got around that by binding the serial mode function to a key. press once to enable you to swhich to a screen and then press it again to turn it off and lock it to the screen you are on. It took a bit to get used to but I really like it now.
To be honest my setup is working pretty well with the 2 Shuones, one mouse one keyboard.
I set 2 macros on the mouse to turn on broadcasting to all PC's and another to toggle Serial Mode whih allows me to do 2 things. the first is to toggle serial port on which when you are in a broacasting state automatically jumps to port 1. You then have 2 options toggle it again and lock it to PC 1 or move your mouse left to right jumping from port 1 all the way to 8 and back through to 1. Moveing left with the mouse does the reverse effect. When you are on the desired computer with your mouse you can toggle off Serial and you mouse stays locked to that port.
Simple macros pass through to the shuone so Scroll lock Scroll Lock M and Scroll Lock Scroll lock 0 were all i needed in order to make this work. I was able to do some other fancy things but This gave me the best functionality and even allowed me to drive from other PCs very easily.

yeaunome Today at 1:52 PM:
hmmm ty. working on digesting that lol

destrolock Today at 1:53 PM:
I also have a 3rd bind on my mouse to reset the shuone when it acts weird.
Scroll lock Scroll lock R Resets the Shuone
Scroll lock Scroll Lock M Turns on and off serial mode. When serial mode is on you will get a bunch of weird screen movement when it is locked to a specific monitor that goes away.
Scroll lock Scroll Lock 0 Turns on broadcasting to all ports
The reason I settled on this is becasue if you are in broadcast mode and press the serial mode it always jumps to port 1 then i press Serial mode again to lock it to Port one and that is the port I play from with the mouse. very rarely am I broadcasting my mouse unless I am picking up quest items or gathering. I was going to make a guide but havent had time.

yeaunome Today at 1:58 PM:
ok, im following. You can set Serial Mode to toggle from Broadcast On directly to Port 1
which is exactly what i need. I will definitely check it out shortly

destrolock Today at 2:00 PM:
Yep. I was banging my head against the wall until I realized it did that. I went so far as to macro turning on / off all ports one by one but that took a bout 3 seconds to complete one by one.

yeaunome Today at 2:00 PM:
lol

yeaunome Today at 2:09 PM:
Boom. working perfect. My left hand thanks you.

destrolock Today at 2:40 PM:
Glad it worked

Note that Im using the corsair scimitar temp which is connected only to my master to drive my team. Im just using keyboard macros for the ShuOne Broadcast On(bound to X for me)/Serial Mode(Bound to C [I set the focus window to my master]) binds as my Razer Hunstman KB does work well through the KM

The scimitar onboard profiles will not work with any KVM/KM. There is a post in the corsair forums to confirm.

I will be attempting to run 2 ShuOne's for mouse and KB separately next week once the Razer Naga Trinity / USB PCI expansion card comes in.

[Prega]

That is a pretty interesting keypad. It reminds me of the Koolertrons which were great in theory but not interoperable with KM switches.

On a related note I had similar thoughts and wanted a fully hardware programmable keyboard/keypad I did research and in the end I wanted to leverage the Open Source Quatum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware standard (QMK). I had a hard time finding a cost effective yet professional QMK option and looked at lots of alternatives including isolinear keypads.

Most QMK options I found looked to be devices that need lots of hobbiest type of effort that I don't really have time for (and were expensive on top of needing lots of effort). In the end I decided that if I was going to pay that much for something I decided that I wanted to get something that would work in my normal life and would be effective for my job as well. The best professional option that I could find that looked to be effective in both games and work were the following QMK compatible options (which have 4+ programmable layers/profiles):

• - 67 keys : Drop ALT Mechanical Keyboard;
• - 67 keys : Drop ALT High-Profile Mechanical Keyboard;
• - 87 keys : Drop CTRL Mechanical Keyboard;
• - 87 keys : Drop CTRL High-Profile Mechanical Keyboard;
• - 99 keys : Drop SHIFT Mechanical Keyboard;
• - 99 keys : Drop SHIFT High-Profile Mechanical Keyboard;

All of the above should be fully usable for work and regular use with a default profile and then on one or more game profiles/layers every single key should be fully programmable (even sophisticatedly macro-able)...

If I have time (which is a big IF) I would love to test a QMK option with a synchronous switch (or hear of other's test results).

pretty interesting, i did not know this kb and related Quatum Mechanical Keyboard Firmware standard.
looks a real top class option.
so many profiles and a solid programmatic standard.

tempted!

atm both 99 keys models are OoS.

[Wootenblatz]

Today I received a Swiftpoint Z mouse and after setup I can confirm it is GOOD with an AIMOS8 port. I gave my ShuOne away to someone on Discord so I no longer can test that device. As long as you use the "Save mapping to permanent flash memory" from the driver software while plugged directly into a PC, all mappings will work on the AIMOS.

While I have some buttons setup for in game functions, a number of them are specifically AIMOS operations and all work as expected:
- Front edge button: Turn sync on, enable absolute mouse positioning
- Rear edge button: Enable relative mouse positioning, switch to PC1
- Right fingertip press: Turn sync on, enable relative positioning
- Left trigger press: Switch to PC2
- Left trigger pull: Switch to PC3
- Right trigger press: Switch to PC4
- Right trigger pull: Switch to PC5

Finally a unique feature on this mouse is the built in accelerometer that allows you to define output based on the tilt of the mouse left/right/front/back. I can confirm that when setup to issue my "others strafe" key binds, these tilt functions are passed through the AIMOS as intended.

[[BR]DarkFalcon]

Test results with an Aimos 4 port Synchronous KM switch :

• OK: Logitech G11 Keyboard (No GKeys)

[nodoze]

The initial post at the top of the thread has been updated with everything up to this post. Thanks for submissions thus far and please post to the end of this thread any corrections or new submissions (or if I missed something above). Please link to original sources if from other threads/sites and I will try to include the links in the summary.

[Kraxx]

Hi,


I have an Aimos 8 Port KVM Switch and have an issues when using the mouse maybe someone can help?


When I connect the mouse to the switch I can use it but it ignores the mouse speed settings of my pc or wow.
So in wow the screen often is flipping around or jumps to a strange camera angle when I hold the right mouse button (camera). I have already deactivated sync-mode etc. but nothing helps.


If I connect the mouse directly to the pc it works . I use an Redragon M990.


Does anyone encountered the same issue?


BTW my keyboard works perfectly fine.

Thx for help

[BZRBEE]

Good afternoon Guys
I have the Aimos 8 and the Shuone 8
https://www.walmart.com/ip/AIMOS-8-P...lack/446187777
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have Tested the following accessories.
Nostromo
Orbweaver
Tartarus Pro
Tartarus v2
Zelotes C-18 Mouse

Shuone 8
Nostromo - OK All buttons work. Nostromo would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Uses the defaults.
Orbweaver - OK Orbweaver would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. (I did see reports Orbweaver did work with the software, but I tried for a coupe hrs and no success.) Orbweaver uses the default key settings.
Tartarus Pro - Bad Only directional thumb stick works
Tartarus v2 - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus V2 would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Uses the defaults.
Zelotes C-18 - OK the directional joy stick don't work. C-18 wont use the C-18 software.

Aimos 8
Nostromo - OK All buttons work. Nostromo would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Nostromo uses the defaults.
Orbweaver - OK Orbweaver would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. (I did see reports Orbweaver did work with the software, but I tried for a coupe hrs and no success.) Orbweaver uses the default key settings.
Tartarus Pro - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus Pro would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Tartarus Pro uses the defaults.
Tartarus v2 - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus V2 would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Tartarus v2 uses the defaults.
Zelotes C-18 - Good All functions work . C-18 uses any key binds made to the C-18 software.

[Prega]

Hi,


I have an Aimos 8 Port KVM Switch and have an issues when using the mouse maybe someone can help?


When I connect the mouse to the switch I can use it but it ignores the mouse speed settings of my pc or wow.
So in wow the screen often is flipping around or jumps to a strange camera angle when I hold the right mouse button (camera). I have already deactivated sync-mode etc. but nothing helps.


If I connect the mouse directly to the pc it works . I use an Redragon M990.


Does anyone encountered the same issue?




BTW my keyboard works perfectly fine.

Thx for help

yes.
i m using same mouse. over aimos 4p, for slaves.
similar issue in my setup depends by relative/absolute coordinate.
you can control in aimos with these combo:

*+F9 absolute
*+F10 relative

when on mouse sync i use absolute , like when need to click quests etc
when controlling mouse for single client, to change view on movement etc, i switch to relative coordinate

[Ellay]

Really appreciate everyone putting together their experiences on what works and what doesn't. I'm sure many including myself have been referencing this.

[nodoze]

Good afternoon Guys
I have the Aimos 8 and the Shuone 8
https://www.walmart.com/ip/AIMOS-8-P...lack/446187777
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have Tested the following accessories.
Nostromo
Orbweaver
Tartarus Pro
Tartarus v2
Zelotes C-18 Mouse

Shuone 8
Nostromo - OK All buttons work. Nostromo would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Uses the defaults.
Orbweaver - OK Orbweaver would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. (I did see reports Orbweaver did work with the software, but I tried for a coupe hrs and no success.) Orbweaver uses the default key settings.
Tartarus Pro - Bad Only directional thumb stick works
Tartarus v2 - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus V2 would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Uses the defaults.
Zelotes C-18 - OK the directional joy stick don't work. C-18 wont use the C-18 software.

Aimos 8
Nostromo - OK All buttons work. Nostromo would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Nostromo uses the defaults.
Orbweaver - OK Orbweaver would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. (I did see reports Orbweaver did work with the software, but I tried for a coupe hrs and no success.) Orbweaver uses the default key settings.
Tartarus Pro - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus Pro would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Tartarus Pro uses the defaults.
Tartarus v2 - OK All the buttons work , Tartarus V2 would not be seen by the the synapse 2.2.xxxx software. Tartarus v2 uses the defaults.
Zelotes C-18 - Good All functions work . C-18 uses any key binds made to the C-18 software.

I added most of the updates.

Regarding Orbweaver I would read how others got theirs to work and retest following their steps very closely:

https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...l=1#post433611

https://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/...l=1#post433653