2 pointing devices in XP

[VJ]

Hello,

I'm wondering what the possibilities are to connect 2 pointing devices to a Windows XP computer.

It appears to work, but one of the devices (Kensington Expert Mouse 5 trackball) has its own drivers. When adding an ordinary mouse to the PC (trackball on serial port, mouse on PS/2), the trackball driver doesn't load anymore, saying no Kensington device was found (serial is supported though).
Both devices work, but the accelleration and buttons on the Kensington are wrong (it has 4 programmable buttons, now it only has the 2 regular mousebuttons) ...

Any thoughts?



Jörg

[UtwigMU]

Try searching for how to use MS drivers for the devices.

[VJ]

Originally posted by UtwigMU
Try searching for how to use MS drivers for the devices.

Well, the Kensington does work with MS drivers, but has limited functionality: one limitation is the loss of programmable buttons, the other has to do with the mousespeed. Especially that latter one makes the trackball virtually useless, as the common mouse speed settings would involve a lot of trackball motion... Changing the mouse speed would make the other device virtually useless...


Jörg

[Jon P. Inghram]

Well, both my Wacom tablet and my mouse work at the same time on XP without issues.

[mmp121]

I got 2 logitech mice, MX700 and another older wired mouse, hooked up to a PC using MS drivers. They both funtion fine, and all buttons do what they are supposed to.

[UtwigMU]

When I was playing with this (PS2 + serial mouse) it worked, I think it was on 98 or NT4.0. Both were logitech and were picked up by logitech drivers.

Are both of them from Kensington?

[VJ]

I think it has to do with the fact that the trackball has a different speed setting. When another mouse is present, it looks like the Kensington driver refuses to load, so the trackball is stuck with the same speedsettings as the mouse is. Similarly, it is limited to the same buttons.

So I get the impression that as long as both devices use the same speedsetting, there won't be an issue...


Jörg

[VJ]

The Kensington driver I use doesn't support USB devices. Perhaps if the other device is a USB device, the Kensington driver wouldn't notice its presence...
(I'll try this !)


Jörg

[VJ]

Yes, it works! I have the trackball on the PS/2 port, and a regular mouse on a USB port. Both have their own speedsettings and keys (those defined in the Kensington software still work on the trackball).
Even after a reboot!

Woohoo!


Jörg