How does the mouse know when to wake from sleep? mechanical motion sensor, short bursts of wakefulness?
839318
It's a mechanical motion sensor. As long as you have it turned on, it will works when you move it.
839319
It has a motion sensor in it I believe, because if it is left on it will go into a standby mode it seems. If you move it after that, the light on the top of the mouse will light back up again.
1199521
It goes to sleep when the computer does and wakes up when the computer does. There is no on/off switch.
1780547
No commands. When plugged in usb port it works. When disconnected it stops. The mouse I use is wireless ... But it doesn't matter if wired or just using the laptops own trackpad ... so yes, it does keep laptop awake either way
1949540
My mouse has a light in the middle of the mouse between the scroll wheel and the base that is nearest to your palm. That light goes on briefly when the mouse is turned on (green indicates a good battery), and then goes off. If you wait long enough (10-15 secs) to turn the mouse over after turning it ON, you may miss seeing the light.
1880612
Usually. About one time in 20 it does not and I find it still on when I wake up in the morning even though I know noone has been anywhere in the vicinity for hours. It also lacks a bit in sensitivity. Not much competition however.
1263196
Follow what Mark and Betty said. When you first switch the mouse on, you should see the red light inside the sensor. If you don't see that, it is not going to work and should be returned.
1971513
I believe this mouse goes into sleep mode after a while, and it also hads an on/off switch which allows you to save battery life. When I go to use the mouse first thing in the day, it does not respond, however, all I have to do is left click and the mouse "wakes up". You could possibly have a bad USB port. If tapping the mouse doesn't wake it up, I would try using a different USB port. If that makes no difference, you could have a defective product. I hope this helps a bit.
874361
I do not believe so. I found the programing for wake, leave, return, and sleep were easy to set. Hope that helps.
374004
It has a button that activates the scroll. movement is made moving the mouse
905292
The alarm emits a light beep when activated (turned on) and the same when deactivating it. When it detects movement it emits a LOUD alarm that will awake anyone in the house. I used it to detect movementOf a walker used by the patient. I leaned it against the walker so that it fall over if the walker was moved. It worked like a charm.....
2193807
I use it occasionally on new MacBook Pro 10.8.4, but it is sometimes a bit flakey when computer wakes up. I try to wait till the computer is back up before I turn the mouse on
1984677
Yes. Mice caused several false alarms with our system. We solved that problem with mouse traps. PiSector sells special motion detectors that are reportedly insensitive to small animals.
801382
For me batteries last about 2 weeks (sucks them dry very quickly). This is the type of mouse you really need to turn off after using it, something I always forget to do. I don't think it has a sleep mode, the bluetrack light is always on, even after hours of being idle, this probably contributes to the short battery life. If it wasn't for the battery life, this mouse would be very good. For now, i'm stuck changing the batteries out constantly, give the logitech touch mouse a look!
1038308
There is an ON/OFF switch on the bottom of the Mouse to conserve battery power.
1734297
Scrolling is fairly quiet - fast scrolling will produce some noise, but not a lot. Clicking is about normal for mice I've used.
119318
The Instruction sheet that comes with the mouse states on page 4:LOW BATTER INDICATIONThe red DPI indicator will start to blink when the battery is low. Please replace the battery to continue to use your mouse.
1504059
Auto-activated. It sleeps after "X" amount of inactivity, and awakes automatically with audio input.