And then I often press the wrong arrow direction, which takes even more key presses to fix. More often than not, I end up fumbling to find the first button (for accessing the menu). Needless to say, it’s VERY hard to accurately make the 3 button presses it takes to switch inputs on the monitor. To make matters even worse, they are not backlighted and the labels on the buttons are a dark gray (on a back bezel background). In other words, I can not feel anything when I activate the buttons – they are part of the bezel. But the buttons are completely flat and non-tactile. There are 5 soft key buttons (1, 2, down, up, and power). But since I only switch about once per day, it’s acceptable. This is not ideal – it’s even a step back from many years ago when I had a KVM switch that I could operate by double-tapping my NUMLOCK key. Manually switch Monitor 2 from laptop to desktop (or vice versa).Manually switch Monitor 1 from laptop to desktop (or vice versa).Press physical button on USB Switch to flip keyboard and mouse.Switching between PCs involves these steps: For displays, I realized I would have to take advantage of the fact that my monitors support multiple inputs (1 x DisplayPort, 1 x Mini DisplayPort, and 3 x HDMI). I eventually decided to forego a one-stop switching solution and use a simple USB 2.0 Switch for keyboard and mouse. Additionally, the laptop doesn’t support dual DisplayPort outputs due to its modest graphics processing capabilities. I looked into using a dual-head KVM switch to make it easier to share monitors with multiple PCs, but the options for switching 4K resolution using DisplayPort inputs are somewhat limited.
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I switch from my desktop PC to my client’s laptop at least once each day, and sometimes more often. The other is my client’s Lenovo laptop that currently has one HDMI output and one DisplayPort (using a DisplayLink USB 3.0 to DisplayPort adapter). One of the PCs is a desktop with dual DisplayPort outputs.
I share two 27″-4K ( Viewsonic VP2780-4K) monitors between two PCs in my home office.
Skip ahead to The Solution or read on for details… The Scenario Instead, I found a application that allows me to make the switch using a command line.
I quickly grew tired of manually switching inputs using my monitor’s soft switches.
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