EZMouse by Eyetech ================== Introduction ------------ Your EZMouse hardware allows you to connect a PC PS/2 type mouse or trackball into the Amiga mouse socket, with no extra software being required for normal use. The software on this disk allows you to make use of the wheel and 3rd & 4th button functions available on many PS/2 mice and trackballs. Installation ------------ Simply double-click on the "Install" icon, located on this disk, and follow the on-screen prompts. Configuration ------------- While installing the EZMouse software to your Amiga, you will be given an opportunity to configure it to your own needs. After this, if you wish to configure it, you should run the "FreeWheel" program, located in your SYS:WBStartup drawer. The gadgets in the main window are as follows: Mouse speed X/Y: These allow you to adjust the mouse's speed with very fine control. Setting the horizontal and vertical mouse speeds separately can be useful if you're working in a screen mode that doesn't have square pixels. Click to front: When this is checked, a double-click in a window's border will bring that window to the front. Click to back: When this is checked, a double-click in the border of the frontmost window will send it to the back. Remember that a window is not necessarily the frontmost window just because it isn't obscured by other windows. Hot key: This string gadget contains a description of the commodities hotkey which is used to bring up the GUI. Set Buttons: This will open another window, which will allow you to assign functions to the third and fourth mouse buttons, as follows: Click: The following functions can be assigned to a click of either button: » Shift - will simulate the left shift key being held down. » Shift + Left Button - Simulates a click with the shift-key held down. N.B. Not all programs will recognise these shift- clicks. » Toggle Left Button - Useful for trackball owners; one click will simulate a press of the left button, another will release it. » Movement -> scroll - Also for trackball and three-button mouse owners: While the button is held down, movement events will be converted to scroll events. » Move/Scroll Toggle - As Movement -> Scroll, except one click will enable the conversion, another will disable it. » Cycle Screens - The topmost screen will be sent to the back. Click + Roll: » Depth Arrange Windows - If you roll the wheel away from you, the window under the pointer will be sent to the back, and vice-versa. » Horizontal Scroll - In this mode, while the button is held down, vertical scroll events will be converted into horizontal scroll events. Double Click: » Cycle Screens - The topmost screen will be sent to the back. » Swap Axis - Horizontal and Vertical scrolling events will be exchanged. This allows you to scroll horizontally with a mouse that only has one wheel. Set Scrolling: This will open a configuration window for scrolling-related features: Scroll window: This item determines whether scroll events affect the currently selected window, or the window under the pointer. Move->Scroll speed: This is the rate at which scroll events will be generated by the Movement to Scroll modes. Ignore MUI: If Alessandro Zummo's MUIWheelPatch version 1.4 or higher is running and this is checked, FreeWheel will not send events to MUI windows. This avoids previous problems with MUI windows receiving both cursor-key presses and scrolling events. Mirror H/V Scroll: Checking these gadgets will reverse the direction of scrolling. Prop Gadgets: When this is checked, FreeWheel will attempt to nudge any proportional gadgets (scrollbars or sliders) it encounters. HSpeed/VSpeed: These are the amounts by which the gadgets will be nudged. For scrollers, the settings here should be thought of as fractions of a page. Scrolling sliders will only work if these are set above half. KeyPresses: When this is checked, windows which don't contain recognisable proportional gadgets, and which listen for keypresses, will receive cursor-key presses. Shift paging: When scroll events build up quicker than a program can clear the keypresses, if this gadget is checked, FreeWheel will clear the backlog and send a shift-cursor key event, which many programs use for page-up/down. Page after n lines: The number of events which will trigger the Shift page feature. Compatibility ------------- While the EZMouse adapter is compatible with many of the PC PS/2 mice and trackballs available, you should note the following: o The adapter & software currently support standard 3-byte PS/2 protocol, and the extended 4-byte protocol used by the Microsoft Intellimouse and compatibles. o Logitech wheel mice have a 'native' mode and an Intellimouse compatible mode. They should be set to 'Intellimouse' mode to function correctly. Some OEM models don't have the Intellimouse mode, and these will not work with this adapter. o Models the EZMouse is known to work with: - Logitech Mouseman Wheel - Aries Airmouse - Genius EasyMouse - Genius EasyMouse+ - Microsoft Wheel Mouse o Models it is expected to work with: - Microsoft IntelliMouse - NetMouse PS/2 - IntelliMouse Explorer (First 3 buttons only) - GlidePoint PS/2 o Models it is unlikely to work with: - NetScroll PS/2 - Thinking Mouse PS/2 - IBM ScrollPoint If you find a mouse brand which is fully compatible with the EZMouse, but not listed here, please let us know so we can share that information with other users. You can contact us via post, phone, fax or email. Eyetech Group Ltd The Old Bank 12 West Green Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5BB UK Phone: +44 (0) 164 271 3185 Fax: +44 (0) 164 271 3634 Email: info@eyetech.co.uk Copyright notice ---------------- This readme, the WheelDriver program, and the EZMouse firmware and electronic design are copyright of Eyetech Group Ltd 2000. Copying, reproduction or reverse engineering of any of these components in whole or in part by electronic or other means is strictly prohibited. Violators WILL be prosecuted.