Detection if input is going to master/slave/which slave?

[Jolly]

is there a way for me to programmatically detect this from another program, script, api call, etc? Autohotkey, or something similar?

My Goal I use a streamdeck, which is very handy.

I would love for this stream deck to be able to tell if I"m using the host or the guest, or which guest So that way I could run a script accordingly.

(like I have a script that will automatically find my slack window, and launch it if it's not already running, but if I can detect which screen I'm on, I can then have it run in my guest if I'm in the guest or host if I'm on the host)

-Jolly

[Jolly]

I see that ID macro's let us define a macro's target, but I'm Trying to figure out a way to access that same sort of information from outside of input director itself, IE an auto hotkey script or a batch file or something.

Any ideas?

-Jolly

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• Unassigned - The macro is disabled and has no target.
• System with Input Focus - Whichever system has the (mouse/keyboard) input will be the one that the macro is played to.
• Director - No matter which system has the input, the macro will be played on the Director system.
• Client with Input Focus - If the system being controlled is a client system then the macro will be played on it. If the Director system has the input then the macro isn't played.
• All Client - The macro is played to all available client systems
• All Systems - The macro is played to all available client systems and the Director system
• All but System w/ Input Focus - The macro is played to all available client and the Director except for the system that currently has the input focus
• System: clientname - The macro is bound to a particular client. No matter which system has the input, the macro is played to that specific client.

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[Jolly]

Or is it possible that ID's macro's can output the name of the device it's sending the input to?

[Shane]

Hi,

Not at this stage. A few years ago I did raise the idea of providing hooks that could be used to trigger other programs / scripts when particular events occurred (such as transitioning control), but didn't get any real interest so never implemented it.

Regs,

Shane.

[BJ Hoffstadt]

Is there anything new on this topic? In particular, a way to determine from a script or program (you probably guessed, AutoHotKey) which system currently has focus in the ID network

Currently, I'm sending a special key, and whichever client receives it sends a network message back to the script host identifying itself. It works, but is a little cumbersome. I tried to get the details from ID's information window, but Narrator couldn't find anything to read in the window either, so I didn't try too hard

[Scott Copus]

BJ,

Check out this WinLister tool; it may help. This guy has TONS of other useful tools too.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winlister.html

cheers,
Scott

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thanks,
Scott

[BJ Hoffstadt]

Thanks for the suggestion, Scott, but I found nothing in any of Nir's tools (which I've used for many years,) of help

If you can find something specific to my goal, please let me know

Thanks,

    BJ

[Shane]

Hi,

The next Input Director version (v2.3) has a new command line tool that can be used to query Input Director’s state, switch to mirror mode, return the cursor to the Director, send a sequence of keystrokes to another computer, et. al. 

I’ll be posting here in a few weeks, looking for help with early testing of this feature and the new profiles. It’d be great if you can get involved.

Thanks,

Shane. 

[Aviad Raviv]

I'm in

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[BJ Hoffstadt]

Please consider me involved

On Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12:34:16 AM UTC-7 Shane wrote:

Hi,

[Jolly]

I'd move back to ID to test this!

If there's any way to have ID log to a file when it changes between computers (either on each change or just which computer it's currently on) that would be great.

Mirror mode: does this or profiles allow switching which computer is the master and which is the guest?

I've recently switched to using mouse without borders and a hardware USB switch. This has helped with the occasional lag I get with ID and mouse without borders, and sends input in both directions.

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[BJ Hoffstadt]

I thought I'd add that if an API was available that could be setup to do a callback on certain events, that would be much less overhead than a task which would need to be spammed at some rate in order to detect changes