Details on monitor top/bottom border config

[mcascone]

I have MacBook A sitting to the left of and quite below the monitor of MacBook B. The area of overlap between them is quite small, but I still like the mouse to transition from one to the other in the same place.

The bottom of the right monitor lines up about 3-4 inches below the top of the left MacBook screen.

The docs and config UI don't really explain the meaning of the "top/bottom border" configs.
It took me a few minutes to wrap my head around it.

You think of the top/bottom borders in absolute terms. So for me the top border on the left screen is 0: the top of the screen. The bottom border is a little below the top, i liked it at 5000.

The top border for the right monitor is quite low, at 29750. And the bottom is the maximum, 32767.

I hope this helps anyone with similar questions!

[hrvach]

The numbers are actually how absolute coordinates get reported to the OS, but this wasn't supposed to be entered manually unless one really really want to - there is a keyboard shortcut that enables you to position the mouse where the other monitor "begins", so you just park the cursor there and press that shortcut and that's all the calibration you need.

[mcascone]

I did see that feature, and tried it, but it didn't seem to work right, or I wasn't following the directions right... The doc only says to run the commands on the Larger screen. When I do that, the alignment is thrown totally off. I had to set both left and right as I described in the config UI to get it where I want it.

All of this is nitpicking by me. This is the ONLY device I am aware of that lets me use my network-locked client computer and my wild-west other computer with the same kb/mouse. So it's an amazing workflow upgrade. It just feels natural. It even works with my Logitech wireless mouse receiver. I love it.

The only other constructive comment I'll make is that it is very picky about the cables it'll work with. I had to try four or five cables of both kinds (USB-C, Micro-USB) to get it all to work: all of them sent power, but weren't connecting data. It's most likely caused by my motley assortment of old cables, but perhaps some robustness can be added here?

Again, this is all constructive criticism, not complaints. Overall this is an amazing piece of gear!

[kpfleming]

The only other constructive comment I'll make is that it is very picky about the cables it'll work with. I had to try four or five cables of both kinds (USB-C, Micro-USB) to get it all to work: all of them sent power, but weren't connecting data. It's most likely caused by my motley assortment of old cables, but perhaps some robustness can be added here?

The USB cable compatibility is driven the RPi Pico boards inside the unit; there's probably nothing which can be done at the software level to change that behavior.