On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:17:58 -0500, Ben Jackson wrote:
On 2007-07-18, Jim Thompson wrote:
I want to switch a _USB_ mouse between multiple PC's.
Anyone know any tricks to fake out the unconnected PC's so they think
the mouse is there, but not sending data.
USB is all mastered by the host. The host (or both, in this case)
constantly interrogate the mouse to give it a chance to send back
movement info. You could try just switching in the right sense resistors
to claim the device is present, but when it stops responding things will
probably go badly.
Have you considered something like this:
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
Interesting, might be worth hacking a KVM to switch based on running
off the screen edge with the mouse.
...Jim Thompson
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