KVM switch no good for my mouses's

FatRakoon

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Ah, I devided to grab myself another KVM. Not had one for a very long time, not really needed one till now.

I got a little PC next to my main PC and I have been piddling about with it.

I use VGA on that, and DVI on my main PC, and so I can simply select the input from DVI/VGA, and I sue a Wireless keyboard & Mouse setup and so, when I play with the little PC, I just get them out, flick the switch and away I go, and its been ok, but a bit of a chore, and so KVM it is.

I bought one and it was a VGA job, I thought ah well, never mind, but the thing is, that my meeceses simply dont want to work with it? - It even said on the box that it was compatible with Mutifunction mice and it quite honestly is not.

The key combinations didnto work either, so, after far too long, I simply gave up and got my money back.

Now, I just bought myself a very similar model, however, this one was DVI and thats cool, but also the selector was a little remote clicker... Sweet as pie I thought, and sure enough, it works and I can select between either compuyter at will.

However, the mouse issue is still there.

I have tried a handful of mice and NONE of my good mice work. I am currently usign a Microsoft WebScroll Eye and thats about as basic as they come, Im just thankful its a fairly good mouse, but if I try anything even remotely half decent, not only does the mouse fail to work, but the keyboard acts up, like crazy and its constantly making the USB disconnect/ connect sound... Oh, and abotu my keyboard... That does work as I said, however, its a Logiteck G510 and the drivers dont seem to want to recognise it anymore... The display now shows the G510 only, and the macro keys no longer work... I dont exp[ect them to work on the ssecond PC, but I would have hoped that they worked on the PC that has the drivers in it.

So, it seems to me, that these KVMs are only actually designed for basic keyboards and basic mice, and not for anything half decent.

So, Iam wondering... Anyone care to recommend a KVM that will accept my keyboads and mice?
 
Any reason you can't just setup remote access to the 2nd machine?
Naturally you'd need your main machine switched on to access your 2nd machine, but depending on how you're using it this might not matter.
 
No, remote access is not really an option no, because of many reasons, among them, is that the second PC is sometimes my MacMini, sometimes My hackintosh, and sometimes a different PC, and I might be installing an O/S, so no, remote is not an option.
I do use Remote though, I use VNC and TeamViewer and I control the MediaCenter and my kids PCs from this one, and it works well, but for this particular thing, I decided that I need a proper KVM.

They are ATEN. The model thats connected now, is the Aten C5682

Im not using the Audio part of it, but its a right old swine with my keyboard and mouse.
My Keyboard works fine, the Volume control works, however, the software can no longer see the keyboard and so the macros and the extra gubbins dont work, and the mouse is now a basic MS Wheel mouse.

I have downloaded the latest firmware as that has better support for multifuntion key/mouseys and the software cannot find the KVM so im kind of piddled off with it all now!

I might try plugging it all into one PC and connecting ALL the USBs and the DVI ports to it, and seeing what happens? - see if the software sees it then? LOL

Oh, and its supposed to be able to sense if either PC is off and it will default to the running one... It does not.

At this moment, I do have it so that when it loses the keyboard or mouse, I can flick the select button to the other and back and it seems to work, but not with the good mice.
it does work the Hackintosh and the MacMini just great however, but these dont need the extra stuff with the keyboard/mouse do they.

I am actually considering splashing out on a high end one, but with this little remote thingy, I think that is the best thing about it.

Also, this one changes PCs wit ha double click of the mouse wheel... What the hell for? I use that in a couple of games, so I need to disable that, but there is no config software for this thing.

Ah, I dont know.
 
Right stuff it. I cant take it anymore...

It seems to be going into an endless loop where its as if the Mouse and keyboard are being plugged in and out all the time.

It wont let me use any special mouse or Keyboard other than the most basic ones I have, and I have given up and just put the original cables all back in and its all good again.

I may consider a high end one next time, but not if this is what I have to face up to everytime I need to use it.
 
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