Logitech Control Center - Readme

Version 1.0.0

1. What's in this release

The Logitech Control Center (LCC) is designed to support Mac OS X, and allows you to take full advantage of your Logitech keyboard, mouse or trackball. The LCC is an easy-to-use tool that gives you access to useful shortcuts and one-key actions that will make your time at the computer or on the Internet more productive, comfortable and enjoyable. With your Logitech keyboard you can:

Browse the Internet using dedicated keys that provide one-touch access to your favorite sites.
Launch your e-mail application by pressing a button.
Play music and control the system speaker using built-in buttons.
Open frequently used items, such as documents, folders and applications, with a single keystroke.

With your multi button mouse or trackball you can take full advantage of the powerful features of Mac OS X. You can use your mouse buttons or wheel to:

Scroll in windows. New applications built for MacOS X will scroll up and down on single keystroke or wheel movement.
Switch between open applications.
Show contextual menus with a single mouse click.
Simulate keystrokes to provide shortcuts to commands you use regularly.

2. System Requirements

Mac OS X version 10.1.2 or higher.
Macintosh computer with built-in USB port.
Any PCI PowerMac using a USB adapter card.

The installer will check for the OS version and will not install the Logitech Control Center if your Macintosh is not running Mac OS X version 10.1.2 or higher.

3. Installation Notes

Because the installation places drivers inside system folders, you will need an account name and password with administrative rights to install this software. If you installed the operating system yourself, you are probably using an administrative account. If you are not sure, contact the administrator of your computer. The drivers will only be active once the computer has restarted. The files are installed on your startup disk in the following locations:

File	Location
Extension
LogitechUSBHIDevices.kext	/System/Library/Extensions
Daemon and Application
LCCDaemon	/Library/Application Support/Logitech
Device Manager
Preference Pane
Logitech Control Center.prefPane	/Library/PreferencePanes

Uninstalling

To uninstall the Logitech Control Center, double-click the "LCC Uninstaller" program icon, provided in the distribution disk.

4. How to configure your device

When you first begin using your Logitech device, many of the features available are preprogrammed with default settings. On a keyboard, for example, when you press the Mail key your default email application is launched. On a mouse, clicking the right button displays a contextual menu.

To change the default settings assigned to a device:

Launch the System Preferences.
Click the Logitech Control Center icon:

The Logitech devices connected to your computer are displayed.
Select the device you wish to configure. You can:
- Configure it by pressing the Configure... button. A configuration window is displayed listing the buttons and wheels you can reprogram.
- Change options by activating the contextual menu (press Ctrl while clicking on the device icon, or click with the right button). Depending on the device, different options can be activated or modified.

5. Questions and Answers

Q: Why do I need to restart after installation?

A: The installation process needs to ensure that the devices connected are attached to the "Kernel Extension" delivered by Logitech and copied in the system folders during installation. Restarting guarantees that the device will be recognized.

Q: I was using MouseWare for Mac under Mac OS 9. Is this version a successor?

A: The Logitech Control Center is a new version of software that was specifically designed for Mac OS X, incorporating the core functionality of MouseWare, and adding support for Logitech's enhanced keyboards. The Logitech Control Center enables you to customize many new functions that can be assigned to buttons, wheels and keys.

Q: Some keys are assigned to "Nothing". Can I re-assign them to my favorite shortcuts?

A: Yes. We have left several key unassigned because the assignment of keystrokes is closely related to each application's implementation, the application and system language, and the actual keyboard layout you are using. You can reassign any key by accessing the Logitech Control Center from the System Preferences. For example, you could assign the "Undo" and "Redo" keys to [Cmd]-[Z] and [Shift]-[Cmd]-[Z].

Q: How can I have LCC work for different users?

A: The installation will automatically configure the preferences for the user who launched the installer so that LCC is activated every time he logs in. If there are other users on the computer, they will need to configure the devices one time to activate the LCC. Each user will be able to have his or her own settings, as the preferences are saved in each user's preference folder.

Q: The wheel is not scrolling all applications the same way: some scroll very well, while others do not scroll at all. What is the reason behind this behavior?

A: On Mac OS X, scrolling is managed by each application. New, well-written, applications will receive and handle the wheel information and scroll accordingly. Applications that were designed for Mac OS 8/9 may not offer wheel scrolling functionality.

Q: How can I eject a CD with my Logitech keyboard?

A: Pressing F12 will eject the CD. In addition you can also configure any other programmable key to do it.

Q: I have an international keyboard layout. How can I use special characters?

A: Special characters have a completely different layout between Mac keyboards and Windows keyboards. Your Logitech keyboard was designed initially to match the Windows layout and its marking reflects how to use it under this OS. You can obtain every desired symbol using a different key combination. To discover the combinations that apply to your keyboard, open the KeyCaps application, located in your Applications folder, inside the Utilities subfolder. You can then try different combinations of modifiers, most likely Option and Shift, and look at the characters displayed in the window.

Q: I have an international keyboard layout. It seems that two keys are inverted. How can I swap them back?

A: With some international keyboard layouts, two keys may be swapped. They are located on the extreme left, on the upper and lower row of character keys. If you encounter this situation, swap the keys as follow:

Launch the System Preferences.
Click the Logitech Control Center icon.
Press Ctrl while clicking on the keyboard picture, to activate the contextual menu.
Select "Alternate International Layout".

Q: How can I disable keys or remove their assignment?

A: You can completely disable any button or key by simply assigning it to the special "Nothing" action. Using the key will have no effect. To disable any button or key:

Launch the System Preferences.
Click the Logitech Control Center icon.
Select the device you wish to change and click the "Configure..." button.
Select the button or key you wish to disable.
Select "Nothing" as the action assignment.

6. Wireless devices

The Logitech Control Center preference pane displays a small icon next to the device icon to show its battery status:

A green battery indicates a good level
A red battery indicates a critical level

Note that a green battery may also indicate that the device has not yet communicated the battery level. It may take a couple of minutes for the receiver to recognize the battery status after it has been powered up (or plugged into the USB port). For keyboards it may take a few minutes depending on your typing activity.

7. Compatibility notes

7.1 iTunes

In order to obtain full functionality of multimedia keys of the keyboard, iTunes version 2.0.4 or higher is required.

8. Support/updates

Please visit our web site at http://www.logitech.com for technical support, and to obtain the latest version of this software.