Kinesis Savant Elite2 - Overview, Features & Compa Bility

Overview,features&
compability
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CommonFeaturesofallSavantElite2
models
 Pedal(s)fronthinged,low‐profile,
force‐adjustable.
 USBplugandplay:nospecialdrivers
neededtouseortoreprogramthe
deviceonPC,Mac,Linux,Android,
andChrome.
 Performskeyboardaconsandmac‐
ros,includinglemousedoubleclick.
 Pedalaconsdefinedbyany,edita‐
bletextfileresidingonamemorychip
inthedevice.Itbecomesvisibleona
“virtualremovabledisk”(VRD)which
iscreatedinProgrammingMode.
 Recessedswitchonundersideusedto
acvateProgrammingMode(except
waterproofmodels).
 PressingpedalwhileplugginginUSB
cablealsoacvatesProgramming
Mode(includingwaterproofmodels).
 ProgrammingGuidestoredonVRD.
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Standardfactoryprogramming
FP10JandFPMJ2:Jack1=lemouse
buon,Jack2=rightmousebuon.
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FPMJ4:Jacks1&2sameasFPMJ 2,Jack3
=Backspace,Jack4=“Thankyou,”sample
macro.
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FP20A:Lepedal=lemouse
buon,
rightpedal=rightmousebuon
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FP20AJ:PedalssameasFP20A,jack=le
mousebuon
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FP30:Lepedal=lemousebuon,mid‐
dlepedal=lemousebuondoubleclick,
rightpedal=rightmousebuon.
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FP30AJ:Pedalssame
asFP30A,jack=le
mousebuon
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Featuredetails
Usingthedefaultmousebuonaconsisa
greatwaytoreducethestrainofmousing.
Byholdingthemousesimplyforpoinng,
withoutworryingaboutclicking,youcan
substanallyreducetheeffortandrepe‐

onrequiredofyourmousinghand.
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Manyuserswillsimplyassignacommonly
usedkeyboardacontoapedal,such as
BackspaceorTab.However,avoidusing
aconsthatrequiresomuchrepeonthat
youcreateexhausonandpotenalover‐
useofyourfeetandlowerlegs.
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Simplemacrosarealso
agreatuseofthe
SavantElite2.Commonlyusedcommands
forparcularapplicaons(e.g.Ctrl‐F1).
Frequently‐usedshiedcharacters(e.g.the
@symbolusingatradionalkeyboard)can
alsobeassignedtoapedalasasimple
macro.
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Advancedfeatures
Anumberofadvancedfeaturesare
availa‐
ble,butitisrecommendedtoavoidthese
unlyouhavesuccessfullyprogrammed
standardkeyaconsandsimplemacros.
‐ Slow output. Ifnormalprogrammedoutput
fromthefootswitchistoofastforthecom‐
puter,“slowoutput”canbeselected.
‐ Inserng “delays” between keystrokes.The
footswitchcan
beprogrammedwithoneor
more0.5seconddelays.
‐ Separate press/release commands. For
specialapplicaons,youcansenda“press
key”or“releasekey”only,oryoucanpro‐
gram“presskey”aconsseparatelyfrom
“releasekey”acons.
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Systemrequirements
AUSBportisrequired.Deviceiscompable
withbutdoesn’trequireUSB2.0orUSB3.0.
SavantElite2usesgenericHID(humaninter‐
facedevice)driversprovidedbytheoper‐
angsystem.Itcanbeoperatedandpro‐
grammedwithoutanyspecialdriversin
mostenvironmentssupporngUSBdevices,
includingWindows,MacOSX,Linux,An
‐
droid,andChromeoperangsystems.
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InPlayModeitemulatesagenerickeyboard
andmouse,inProgrammingModeitemu‐
latesagenerickeyboardandremovable
disk.ProgrammingModerequiresgeneric
OSsupportforaremovabledisk,plusatext‐
edingprogramorappthatcaneditand

saveafileas“plaintext”or“simpletext.” 
Mostwordprocessingandtextedingpro‐
gramshavethiscapability.