any idea why this takes so long to switch between my computers? using 1 kb and mouse for a mac and a pc, takes 30 secs each switch. Is this normal?
325612
I have the same issue with two Windows machines. The Win 8.1 machine switches instantly. The Win 7 machine takes 5-10 seconds to recognize keyboard and mouse.
325613
A delay is normal for USB swithes. The length of the delay seems to depend on the specific hosts and devices. This is because the new host has to redetect the devices every time. The same as if you had unplugged them. Some more expensive swtiches can emulate keyboards and mice so that the host never disconnects them.Examples: My work KVM (different manufacture) takes about 5 sec to toggle. But sometimes it doesn't work and I have to toggle several times.On my home KM (this device): My Mac sees the KM within a few seconds, but my Win 7 box takes around 30 sec.
325614
Hello Obi,it's strange, i use to switch between 2 pc's and it doesn't take soo long... Which version of usb are you using to connect the switch? Try to plug at a usb 3.0, and see if becames quicker. Free to ask any question, best regards.
325615
I use it to flip a thumb drive between two computers and it is near-instantaneous. My KVM switch does take some time, however. My guess is that it is the way in which the OS handles keyboards more than the switch latency you are experiencing.
325616
That is definitely not my experience, and probably has more to do with your systems. My switch activates my USB devices in 1-2 seconds. But I'm not using a MAC--both of mine are PCs. I'm switching a keyboard and mouse.
325617
I have this between a Mac Mini and PC, the switch over is instant when one of the computers is turned off. I have never tried to toggle between them when they both are running, my HP monitor will not auto stitch between them so I just use one or the other depending on what I want to do.
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A delay is normal for USB swithes. The length of the delay seems to depend on the specific hosts and devices. This is because the new host has to redetect the devices every time. The same as if you had unplugged them. Some more expensive swtiches can emulate keyboards and mice so that the host never disconnects them. Examples: My work KVM (different manufacture) takes about 5 sec to toggle. But sometimes it doesn't work and I have to toggle several times. On my home KM (this device): My Mac sees the KM within a few seconds, but my Win 7 box takes around 30 sec.
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Neither the mouse or keyboard have a power switch. I believe that it has an inactivity time out and powers off after a few minutes or when the computer is powered off. The first keystroke or mouse activity turns them on. Even Inland mice with a power switch operate this way.
876358
Hi, Depend of your switch, if your switch is 1000MB the speed will be seted automatically.The speed of the hard drive is important too when you transfer something over the network.Regards
760882
I think you'll get faster transfers with Gigabit ethernet switch; depending on the write/read speeds, I get even more than 100MB/s via ethernet connection.Also I'm not sure whether one can connect two Macs for file transfer via TB/firewire; I've only tried connecting Macs in this manner for target disk mode and for that it works well.
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The switch will go back and forth between the two regardless of whether either computer is on (using the button). I frequently have only one computer attached to the switch because the second computer I use is a laptop, but I have used the switch to go over to the laptop even when the desktop is off. In other words, the switch will do its thing ignoring what the computers are doing.
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Using the BM306 on a MacBook Pro with OSX, I did not realize for a good while that moving the mouse does not wake it up and reconnects. Only pushing a button does. The button click is registered by the OS though. May be that is what you are experiencing in Windows as well.
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Yes indeed. I am doing it right now. My older computer runs on Windows XP, but I cannot run internet on that computer any more, so I got another computer just for internet. I have two monitors, but only one keyboard and one mouse. The switch works very well, just as it is supposed to work. You can connect with me through metric pioneer if you want more details. Thanks for asking.
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I have the same setup as you. Mac at home and PC at work. We use them on both systems.
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i'm jumping into the conversation here, anybody find a solution for the delay/slow middle mouse button reaction? I need a double-middle click for CAD, this mouse is not cutting it. It is replacing my 4 year old MS Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 - excellent btw, just worn out. Was hoping the 3500 was the same mouse, just with BlueTrack.system is brand new, 8g ram etc, drivers new, so performance of the system shouldn't be a factor...
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My experience has been that it is flakey on a Mac. It'll work fine for a while, and then it becomes very slow/laggy, and/or it will repeat characters 4 or 5 time, randomly, while typing. The lag may not have anything to do with a mac. If you search for "slow laggy Logitech keyboard" on google, you'll see posts from many other non-Mac people with similar problems, so I may just have a bad keyboard, but that's been my experience with this keyboard on a Mac so far.
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Yes. I use it with KVM switch between my PC desktop and Mac laptop. Some of the extra buttons have different default assignment under two OSes, but other than that, no issues
1322566
The keyboard is switched off/on by the switch located on the mouse, also the entire unit runs off of a single USB piece that plugs into your pc and stores in bottom of mouse. So far I have had no problems with this product. Best option is to toss the old mouse and get a new setup.
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I don't know if that would work. It only takes a about 5 seconds to switch my headset/ keyboard/ mouse. I would imagine it depends on the web cams and their drivers as well. Also on your definition of 'much'
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No this isn't a Mac one. I used it for a PC and I don't think they cross over.
1865591
Installed in my 2008 Mac Pro with OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite). Transfer speeds are definitely higher when using to clone my startup (SSD) to another SSD. Instead of ~3 hours using USB 2, this took less than 34 minutes. The device does NOT work when I boot into OS X 10.5.8, and it disconnects my device when the Mac Pro goes to sleep ("Disk Not Ejected Properly"). But that's not a problem since no writing is being done while it is asleep.
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I use the Startech KVM switch with a Logitech G500 gaming mouse without issue. My keyboard is a standard keyboard though. I would add, the times I've had problems with the KVM switch are when the KVM switch gets radio frequency interference from my iphone. So, I keep the iphone away from the KVM switch and it works like a charm.
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I have no idea why he has to use 2 mice, I only use one mouse and keyboard for both. (I'm wondering if he has it hooked up wrong, because it's not intuitive and you need to follow the insructions.) I'm not even hooking up the monitor at the moment, so each computer is still using its own.