Dual Primaries controlling 1+ Secondary

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I know this is a weird question but I have 2 desktop machines (1 work 1 personal) that are on a KVM. I also have 1 laptop I like to use as a secondary sometimes. What i want to do is have each primary be able to connect to it at the same time. So when I switch the KVM its a seemless transition to controlling the laptop.

 

Maybe it could be added as a feature to 2.0 ;) 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

If I understand correctly what you want, you can set both primaries to connect to the secondary and achieve what you want.  The KVM is immaterial.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes i have two pcs that could be considered primary but due to the kvm the one keyboard controls both.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Multiplicity only allows one primary in its setup, so I don't think this will be able to be implemented, especially because it would probably need to interact with the KVM switch in some way.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Rosco I have an idea that could be implimented as an option that could solve my problem. 

If a disconnect happens for any reason (such as another primary connects or just a network issue) dont reconnect until mouse or keyboard input is detected. that way when I switch box i switch to will reconnect and the other will be thrown off but they wont fight over it like they do now. 

By the way I got my preorder in for 2.0 and it is nice but the audio features are not working correctly for me. but overall very nice and im glad ctl-alt-backspace seems to finally be working correctly. (Both are windows 7 x64 boxes)

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Wow i just installed 2 on the other machine and its allowing exactly what I asked for in the origional post. Both primarys are connected at the same time. This is awesome!!! :D

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

What problems are you having with the audio features?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting z3razerviper, reply 6
Both primarys are connected at the same time.
End of z3razerviper's quote

I stand corrected, this was added in v2, and either the developers didn't tell me, or much more likely, I forgot...  v_v

Glad you're happy, though! :thumbsup:   Let me know if everything works well for you.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

No Problem Rosco just please make sure they dont patch it out ;) As far as audio goes i get skipping audio on the source box so it is never passed to the primary pc. If i disable the audio feed my audio plays correctly on the source.