Equivalent to Synergy - keyboard/mouse of multiple computers

Discussion in 'Feature Suggestions' started by Bernhard.parallels, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. Bernhard.parallels

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    Would you consider to make an equivalent to Synergy part of Parallels Tools in order use one keyboard/mouse for multiple computers connected over a network?

    I got Synergy to work from one Parallels VM to an Bootcamp Computer, but it would work only if in Full Screen mode.

    It seems very reasonable to implement something like this in Parallels because this is the only app that "knows" where mouse/keyboard work from (either from the VM or the Mac OS).



    Synergy
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy_(software)
     
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  2. John@Parallels

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  3. Bernhard.parallels

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    It seems to me that Teleport works from Mac to Mac.

    However, what I had in mind would be across plattforms and with making no difference whether originating from host or guest OS (this kind or "origin" is what I meant with that Parallels would be the only app to "know" whether the keyboard currently is in the guest OS or host OS or even working from Coherence.

    Right now I have Synergy to work from my XP VM in full screen mode (but of course, it does not work once I am in the Mac OS or Coherence) to an XP Bootcamp computer.

    This is "half" of I would like to have. Does is make sense?
     
  4. John@Parallels

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    Yes, it for Macs only, but as far as I can understand we are talking about Parallels Desktop software, so I assume, you want to control other Windows XP and Linux installed in Parallels Desktop on another Macs, so Transporter is the choice
     
  5. Bernhard.parallels

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    But Transporter would be for migration, wouldn't it?

    I phrased my request generally because other might have different scnearios. But in order to make it specific: I run one Mac computer with Mac OS and XP VM, which is the main computer with the keyboard. And I would like to controll another XP Bootcamp computer as well as another Mac from this main computer.

    It would mean that Parallels Desktop on the main computer would demand a "built-in Synergy" to send the signals (making no difference whether I am within the guest or host OS) and the other XP and Mac computers to have clients to receive the signals.
     
  6. John@Parallels

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    My fail!
    I wrote Transporter , meaning Teleport
    Please read Teleport in my previous reply
     
  7. Bernhard.parallels

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    It seems that we still do not understand each other.

    If am corect, Teleport is a single platform solution (for Mac), while I suggest an across platform (Mac+Windows+Linux) and an across VM and native OS (either Bootcamp Windows or Mac OS), which could be done only by Parallels Desktop since it is at the juncture of all.
     
  8. John@Parallels

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    I understand that Teleport is Mac OS,solution.I suppose we are at the different points
    You want network management administrative solution, I mean solution for Parallels Desktop and Parallels Server.
    For your administrative tasks, the best solution is
    http://www.netsupportmanager.com

    Please not this is exclusively my point of view, and in no means not official view of Parallels
     
  9. Bernhard.parallels

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    What I have in mind is something much, much lower level as the reference to Synergy was supposed to express - where it is only mouse and keyboard transmission and where the three computers are also on my desk and where I just one to use one keyboard/mouse - instead of three.
     

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