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From: Ken Ingram on 13 Jun 2010 20:09 Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two separate PC's (identical units)? I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to find the relevant wires? Ken Ingram
From: Joerg on 13 Jun 2010 21:03 Ken Ingram wrote: > Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse > click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two > separate PC's (identical units)? > > I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to > find the relevant wires? > Search under the topic "KVM switch". Normally they are meant to switch a device such as a mouse between different PCs but maybe there are some that allow parallel operation. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Artemus on 13 Jun 2010 21:20 "Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... > Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse > click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two > separate PC's (identical units)? > > I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to > find the relevant wires? > > Ken Ingram Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. Art
From: AZ Nomad on 13 Jun 2010 21:34 On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:20:24 -0700, Artemus <bogus(a)invalid.org> wrote: >"Ken Ingram" <keningram(a)overden.com> wrote in message >news:4c157293.3891718(a)news.tpg.com.au... >> Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse >> click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two >> separate PC's (identical units)? >> >> I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to >> find the relevant wires? >> >> Ken Ingram >Even if you succeed with the wiring the sequence start isn't going >to be that exact as the mouse is a polled device. >Art Actually, it isn't.
From: D Yuniskis on 13 Jun 2010 23:42
Hi Ken, Ken Ingram wrote: > Is there any practical way that would enable me to use a single mouse > click in order to start a sequence at exactly the same time on two > separate PC's (identical units)? What do you consider "exactly" to mean? What do you consider that "sequence" to be? > I suppose this means hacking into the mouse lead itself, but how to > find the relevant wires? |