Specifications

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What is Free-Flow?
TheAdderFree-FlowrepresentstrueinnovationinKVMswitching.Fortherst
time, Free-Flow allows users to automatically switch between target computers
simply by moving the mouse pointer from screen to screen. What makes this
such a revolution is that you no longer need software to be installed on your
mission critical computers in order to do this. Adder Free-Flow resides on the
switch itself, sensing screen boundaries and instantaneously switching keyboard
and mouse to the defined target computer. Free-Flow can be configured for
almost any combination of screens using the included application which allows
you to declare the individual screen sizes and visually position each one relative
to the others.
PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4
COMPUTER K/M SPK USB1 USB2 MODE
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Free-Flow consists of special code within the CCS4-USB unit plus an intuitive
graphical configuration application. First you inform the Free-Flow configuration
application how many screens you have, their pixel resolutions and how they are
physically arranged (e.g side-by-side, vertical stack, square formation, etc.). You
then download this information to the CCS4-USB unit and this is used during
operation to determine the precise moment to switch from one screen/system to
the next.
ThebeautyofFree-Flowisitssimplicityofcongurationandoperation.Once
the initial configuration has taken place, all monitoring and switching is handled
within the CCS4-USB without need for extra connections or software utilities.
Issues when using Free-Flow
• TheCCS4-USBunitmusthaveaminimumofrmwareversion1.50installed
to operate with Free-Flow.
• Free-Flowdoesnotrunanyspecialutilitiesoneachcomputerandthushas
no way to instruct the computers to hide their mouse pointers when they
are deselected by the CCS4-USB unit. Therefore, the CCS4-USB ‘parks’ each
mouse pointer in the bottom right corner of the screen immediately before
changing the channel. In most cases this will cause no issues, however, it
may be noticeable in circumstances such as the following:
• Ifthetaskbarissettoautohideanditispositionedeitheralongthe
bottom of the screen (as default) or along the right hand side, then the
task bar will automatically reappear when the mouse pointer is parked.
• Whenplayingfullscreenvideo,theon-screencontrols(play,pause,seek
etc.) will very likely be revealed when the mouse pointer is parked.
• Themousewillnotowacrossthescreenswhileanymousebuttonsare
pressed down - this prevents undesired behaviour when dragging windows
around or group-selecting items.
More information
• Free-Flow Configuration
• Operation: Selecting a computer