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Why does the cursor return to the master with slave unresponsive messages?

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Why does the cursor return to the master with slave unresponsive messages?

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When controlling a slave, the master monitors the slave to ensure that it is correctly processing the keyboard/mouse information sent to it over the network. The likely causes to why Input Director is returning the cursor to the master are: • Running Input Director over an unreliable network that is dropping data (for example a wireless network with poor connectivity) • If the slave system is unresponsive for several seconds (usually due to a rogue application) or freezes. By default Input Director will give a slave to 2 seconds to respond. If the cursor is being returned to the master frequently, you can increase the time Input Director will wait: • Open Input Director on your master • Switch to the ‘Master Preferences’ tab • Scroll down to the bottom of the panel • Change the time to wait for a slave to respond, e.g.

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