Anyone know if the mouse will work with a KVM switch?
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If your powered KVM (and attached devices) support USB it sure will.Unpowered KVMs might not work.
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I have the Belkin Flip KVM switch and this mouse did NOT work with it; the switch did not recognize that the mouse was plugged in to it.
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It did not work with my KVM switch since the mouse is powered by its USB plug instead of an internal battery (my KVM uses old school PS2 style plugs; I was attempting to use a PS2 to USB converter so there was no power available). If your KVM provides powered USB ports it should work.
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i bought this keyboard.. logitech illuminated keyboard, and am in dire need of a kvm switch. 4 port can anyone tell me which kvm to get that will allow for the backlighting, and ALL FUNCTION KEYS to work? from my research it's tough to find kvm switches that will allow function keys\volumeup\volumedown etc to work.Any tips PLEASE?!thanks For any Info.
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I would say "Yes, of course", but I've had an odd thing happen with mine. Sharing it with two PC's using a KVM switch, it occasionally gets disconnected from the computers when switched. I have similar setups at home and work using different switches. It happens on both. I would be very surprised if it did not work with your Mac, but Anne has had problems so you might too. I love mine and recommend you try give it a try if the vendor will refund your money in case of failure. Cheers, Scott
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The KVM switch should come with one cable that connects to your mouse, keyboard and monitor. Then you connect additional cables to each pc you want to control. It works very will and eliminates the need for additional keyboards, mice and monitors.
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Nobody responded in the last week so I'll provide an update myself (Boomer). I purchased the cheapest lighted keyboard I could find (not the Saitek) to test it with my KVM switch. Bottom line: everything works great. I thought if the light caused the switch not to operate properly, I could just turn the light off when activating the switch. In fact, that wasn't necessary (at least for the keyboard I purchased).
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All you guys who say it works fine with KVM have obviously not installed the SetPoint software. It will NOT work with this keyboard through a KVM switch unless the switch does NOT use keyboard emulation or it uses the new dynamic device mapping tech. Mine works fine with IOGEAR USB KVM, but the SetPoint software doesn't see the KB unless its hooked directly to the computer. This is because when its on the KVM, windows sees a different keyboard in Device Manager, with a totally different hardware ID. Solution is to get a passive switch which doesn't use hotkeys and has push buttons, like the ConnectPro UR-14. Or, the fancy full automatic ConnectPro UR-14+ which uses the dynamic device mapping, which as far as I know is a UNIQUE feature. It will translate the hardware ID so that Windows actually sees it as a Logitech keyboard, not a generic HID keyboard. Hope this helps some folks. Unfortunately I returned the KB anyway because it sufferes from phantom keyblocking while my old Saitek Eclipse II does not. Try holding Shift+W and then pressing SpaceBar. The space is IGNORED! Not on my Saitek! That makes it terrible for gamers.
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Yes, I use a wireless keyboard with my switch. I can't speak to a mouse, but I don't see why not.
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No, it's for the KVM switch, to enable the use of 2 computers with one Keyboard, Video Monitor and Mouse
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Yes, I initially used it with both a wireless keyboard and mouse but now only the keyboard is wireless. Problem was the mouse, not the KVM
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It has all the cables you normally need. Hopefully, your VGA monitor came shipped with a VGA cable. Any USB corded mouse and keyboard will work with the KVM Switch.
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I am using a 4 port KVM DVI/VGA switch and I had no problems using a wireless mouse/keyboard.
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I'm not entirely sure. Never tried. I have another computer that has a different KVM which does & I find it annoying because that system's shortcuts are the same as some of my software shortcuts (up/down arrow & ctrl+1-4), making them useless in the software & a real pain when I forget, so that's not a feature I would necessarily want in a KVM. I hve had the star tech for a year & a half & it's been a rock-solid unit.
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It does. I use a wireless Logitech keyboard and mouse and I use this KVM switch to go between my Mac Mini and my Windows-based desktop. Flawless.
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Yes. At my workplace, I am using an HDMI Monitor, thus it won't work with the VGA outputs of the KVM. So, yes, I use it in order to eliminate an extra keyboard and mouse from cluttering the desk...
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It should, provided you have the receiver plugged into the KVM's USB ports.
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I'm not sure which version it is, but I wouldn't recommend this KVM switch. I had problems with it from about the second week I started using it. About every other time I used it, I had to unplug all of the cables in it and then plug them all back in to get them to work. I finally gave up on it and ordered a Tripp Lite one that worked fabulously for me.
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No. It is *not a powered hub* and for the record, this is not just a "hub" in the normal sense. This is to switch up to 4 USB devices between 2 computers. I use it for a mouse, keyboard, and microphone and for those devices it works fine. This includes a Razer mouse that does not fully work with at least some other KVM solutions.