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Additional Free-Flow operations and settings
settings that you can make.
Mouse... (acceleration) setting
Acceleration
Mouse acceleration allows you to move the mouse pointer quickly across the large areas
of the screen in response to small but sharp shifts in the mouse position. The
>
Mouse...
option provides settings between 0 and 50, however, a value of 12 to 15 will
give a typical Windows-like default operation.
Mouse parking... setting
Mouse parking allows you to optionally determine where the mouse pointer for each
system should be placed when the focus moves to a different system/video screen. The
>
Mouse parking...
option displays vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Use
the scroll bars to pinpoint the position that should be used to park the dormant mouse
on each screen.
Switch... settings
Enable (Disable) Free-Flow
This option allows you to switch off the Free-Flow feature within the CCS-PRO4 switch.
Located within
>
Switch...
menu item, untick the
Enable Free-Flow
Start-up Port
Located within
>
Switch...
menu item (see above image), this option allows
powered on.
Switch Mode
Located within
>
Switch...
menu item (see above image), these check boxes
allow you to determine which peripherals should be switched whenever the channel is
changed by the Free-Flow method. The switching of peripherals via the other methods of
channels selection (e.g. the front panel, hotkeys, mouse buttons, etc.) remain unaffected
by these settings. By default, the Keyboard/Mouse and Audio are selected.
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Operation
SELECTING A COMPUTER
Using the innovative Free-Flow automatic switching utility
Using the control panel
Using hotkeys
Using mouse button presses
Remote control via an external system
Using the optional RC4 remote control
Selecting a computer using the control panel
The control panel allows you to determine how the various peripherals are switched to
one or more computer channels.
1 Optional: If you need to selectively switch some of your peripherals, press the MODE
button repeatedly to change the switching mode:
Will switch all peripherals together
Will switch keyboard, mouse and speakers
Will switch only the keyboard and mouse
Will switch only the speakers
Will switch only USB peripheral 1
Will switch only USB peripheral 2
Notes:
another computer channel.
The peripherals to be switched using the Free-Flow method are set independently.
2 Press the COMPUTER button repeatedly to select the required computer channel.
Selecting a computer using the Free-Flow utility
to edge of one screen towards the next screen. As the mouse pointer reaches the edge
it will cause the channel to automatically change and will jump to the next screen.
Notes:
PRO4 switch - see
.
prevents undesired behaviour when dragging windows around or group-selecting items.
You can determine which peripherals will be switched by Free-Flow independently of those
that would be switched with any other method. See
Switch Mode within the Switch...
settings
section.
You can continue to use any of the other channel switching methods while Free-Flow is
enabled.
The four upper indicators on the CCS-PRO4 display panel will scroll across every few
seconds to show that Free-Flow is enabled. See
What is Free-Flow?
for an introduction
to the utility or
for more details about how to prepare it for
operation.
You can temporarily disable (and re-enable) Free-Flow using hotkey presses:
Simultaneously press and hold
and
, then press
Use this button
to choose which
peripherals will
be switched
The upper K/M, SPK, USB1, and USB2 indicators show which
peripherals are switched to the current computer channel OR (as
you begin pressing the MODE button) the peripherals that will be
switched during the next press(es) of the COMPUTER button.
Use this button to
choose the next
required computer
Indicates the number
of the currently
selected computer
The lower four indicators will
intermittently scroll across
whenever Free-Flow is enabled.