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.