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trouble with logitech mx 700 mouse and equip kvm switch
hi all,
got some 4port ps2 kvm switch from equip (sw0407c) and try to use it with a logitech mx 700 mouse. the mouse is a native usb one, but comes with that little green usb-ps2 adapter. it works well when connected directly to any kind of computer with a ps2 port. now when i connect it to the equip kvm switch, it works ok (basic functions) with linux, but it acts weird inside windows 2000. when i first connected the mouse to the kvm and booted the win2k box, it didnt work at all. i logged in with keyboard only, and then there the logitech driver redetected some "lower class" logitech 3 button scroll mouse, but didnt detect the mx 700 model properly. most of the stuff worked all right, scrolling and forward/backword extra buttons also worked. after a reboot and mouse was dead again, and didnt work after relogin. then i installed the latest win2000 logitech mouseware driver, and it then detected the mouse model as mx 700 correctly, but then mouse isnt working ever since, or sometimes it jumps around on the screen, and then disappears completely. whats wrong here? i read in some threads, that the various mice manufacturers run their own proprietary protocol or something on their cables/connectors, and thats why some kvms support one brand of mice, but not all. can this be true? and i thought the standard was the connector, and the pins all had their signals and meanings, and not that some crazy manufacturers could abuse or run some coded stuff on their cables and connectors. this is madness... i am wondering if soemone has any experience with those equip kvm switches and logitech mice. or equip kvm stuff in general? or what other kvm brands are compatible with logitech mice, or with a broad range of mice manufacturers? any advice or hints? thanks, andy |
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I am not sure who makes a sw0407c but most KVM switches prefer to use
the default mouse drivers as shipped with the OS. It's to complicated to try and keep up with every mouse manufacturers driver revisions. My suggestion, let plug-n-play do the job for you. The KVM switch performs keyboard and mouse emmulation. This means that the computer will detect the KVM switch mouse, not the mouse connected to the KVM switch. This explains why the mx700 is not detected. Also, most KVM switches only support 3 buttons and a wheel. Therfore buttons 4,5,6 and up will not work. Shannon Hegele Tech Support Rose Electronics KVM www.rose.com "Andreas Bittner" wrote in message ... hi all, got some 4port ps2 kvm switch from equip (sw0407c) and try to use it with a logitech mx 700 mouse. the mouse is a native usb one, but comes with that little green usb-ps2 adapter. it works well when connected directly to any kind of computer with a ps2 port. now when i connect it to the equip kvm switch, it works ok (basic functions) with linux, but it acts weird inside windows 2000. when i first connected the mouse to the kvm and booted the win2k box, it didnt work at all. i logged in with keyboard only, and then there the logitech driver redetected some "lower class" logitech 3 button scroll mouse, but didnt detect the mx 700 model properly. most of the stuff worked all right, scrolling and forward/backword extra buttons also worked. after a reboot and mouse was dead again, and didnt work after relogin. then i installed the latest win2000 logitech mouseware driver, and it then detected the mouse model as mx 700 correctly, but then mouse isnt working ever since, or sometimes it jumps around on the screen, and then disappears completely. whats wrong here? i read in some threads, that the various mice manufacturers run their own proprietary protocol or something on their cables/connectors, and thats why some kvms support one brand of mice, but not all. can this be true? and i thought the standard was the connector, and the pins all had their signals and meanings, and not that some crazy manufacturers could abuse or run some coded stuff on their cables and connectors. this is madness... i am wondering if soemone has any experience with those equip kvm switches and logitech mice. or equip kvm stuff in general? or what other kvm brands are compatible with logitech mice, or with a broad range of mice manufacturers? any advice or hints? thanks, andy |
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"Rose Tech Support" wrote in message
om thanks for the reply. well, another question though, what other kvm switches would anyone recommend? what switches are capable of emulating logitech stuff, since many switches i have seen on the net only talki about ms/intellimouse compatibility. and what about usb kvm switches? do those handle the usb mice/keyboards properly, with all the buttons and functionality? i think usb support has to be better/complete, as then need to pass on the complete usb signal, they cant just filter various functions out, or emulate the whole stuff? any good usb kvms out there for desktop/soho application? why is this ps2 stuff so complicated in terms of different codes and signals for different manufactures. i used to believe, that the various pins on the ps2 connectors had some meaning and would pass on the various signals of the button and so on, and not some sort of protocol, that each and every vendor could modify and abuse this much. i wonder why those mice work at all, and can be called ps2 mice, if logitech is totally different from microsoft and other manufacturers. thanks andy |
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