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Posted by
Toby Crundwell
on January 08, 2002
Company: GWS
Product: The
Rotokiller
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Attaching
the device is as simple as any other USB device (the unit
does not come with a USB to PS/2 or serial adapter). The
installing process was a bit unorthodox, and involves
letting the CD autorun, plugging in the 720, installing it
with the drivers from the CD, then installing the
application software. Only then will the device work
properly. Configuring the device is done through special GWS
software, and not through the mouse control panel, as is
common with Logitech and Microsoft mice. However, this is
probably for the best, as the device should only be used for
games (i.e. it is not suitable for extended desktop use!).
However,
after this trivial affair there are a multitude of options
included in the software. Main settings included changing
the shift levels, general sensitivity, acceleration,
mouselook sensitivity, double click speed, inverting and
exchanging of the X or Y axis. The latter is quite novel,
and allows the unit to be used "upside down" (the
unit is semi symmetrical anyway).
The
lights section deals with, surprisingly, the LEDs on the
device. The intensity of the red and orange lights can be
changed, as can the flashing techniques. The default of
"No flash" makes the four top-mounted buttons
orange/yellow, although button #3 has a slightly reddish
tinge to it. "Fast blend" makes the four LEDs
flash orange approximately once a second, evenly. "Slow
blend" flashes twice in quick succession before a pause
of about a second, then repeats itself. "Fast
Alternative" has the two central buttons red and the
outer two off before all flash orange, at an even rate.
"Slow alternative" has the two central buttons red
and the outer two off before all flash orange twice in quick
succession every second or so. In addition to these
"default" light states the lights can also be set
to enter one of the above mentioned modes of display
whenever a button is pressed. This is especially useful for
the side mounted buttons, as it is difficult to tell when
they are depressed, aside from the action on the screen.
As
well as binding lights, sounds, applications and Keystrokes
can be bound. These settings are found by primary clicking
on the graphic representation in the configuration software.
Any button can act as the clutch, or a a mouselook scroll.
Additionally the "lock" function can be applied to
any button, effectively the primary function of the button
is engaged as soon as it is clicked, but it is not stopped
until the button is pressed for a second time. The primary
functions for each button are: "mouse 1",
"mouse 2", "mouse 3", "mouse 1
double click", "wheel up, wheel down".
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