To function with the included dongle. Plugging that download and install software and drivers from the site. The mouse switch. Pairing takes place automatically. The configuration of the key is simple. Many functions have been prepared and can be assigned by drag and drop the keys. Keyboard shortcuts can quickly prove the buttons of the mouse to the Editor. The mouse is ergonomic and the customization possibilities virtually. Battery life could not test I. I use a battery with 1.2V, therefore the display is not working. despite a full battery, the program says 59 percent battery. But after two days of intensive use, it is still at 59 percent.
Without dongle the problems begin unfortunately right. The pairing does not work automatically. There also is not enough to add the device in the Bluetooth Device Manager on the computer and connect. Under Windows 7 succeed where the Pression button and the Magnifier button to press for 6 seconds, so that the mouse will delete the last Pairingpartner. It then appears in BT Manager as BT Low Energy HID-compliant mouse. A click on connect and connected the mouse. But as suggests the indication in Device Manager before the mouse is not addressed with the driver of Mad Katz, but with a standard Microsoft drivers, which has the result that the key programming is not working. The mouse can be only with the few settings for Mice under Windows in the System Preferences to set up the key assignment corresponds to a standard mouse.
On Mac we be brief. After updating to Yosemite Mussmann delete the entire BT configuration file. Otherwise it does not work. Then the mouse can simple click on Connect and the obligatory reset Pairingpartner, see above, are coupled. But again, none the buttons can be customized with the software does not configure here the mouse is recognized but can be configured with system resources.
Now to the headline. Why someone designed a mouse with a Bluetooth interface that promises universal use when the mouse is still Compatible only with the dongle supplied specially. Should I plug it into my computer for 5 dongles 5 BT devices? Incidentally, there is also an identical RAT 9 which differs only in radio technology and a 2.4 kHz dongle brings. Conclusion the BT version has the 2.4 GHz wireless version no longer value and the suggested properties that you can operate without a dongle is true only to a very limited, because the main feature of the mouse, the programmable keys can not be used.
Pro:
ergonomic
no cable
long term
Cons:
BT interface asks no added value
Complicated pairing without Dongle
PS The range of less than 1 m according to some review I could not understand. For me, with and without a dongle, the connection was stable at min. 5 m distance. A call to the support, also brought only the realization that every customer oriented more about the product than the people on the phone. There, I got just as competent statements that Win 7 no BT 4.0 supports, although I that daily use with headset and iPhone, and even with the same smart technology. What interests me even if the Office COUNCIL which is also identical and has BT, now owns a compatible with Windows and Mac OS drivers or was offered only one and the same product's return under a new name. That seems to be walk and add, because strangely, there are mice Mad Catz Cyborg and Saitek and and various other pseudo manufacturers, which are all produced in the same factory, look the same, have the same packaging, wearing only NEN other lettering.
Update:
After long now try a little progress. After pairing the Mous 9 of the driver can be manually installed by the HID compliant Mous selecting in the Device Manager under Mice. In several mice look at properties for a low power device.
Then select Right Mouse Button and Update Driver and then looking at the computer. Next, choose from a list the drivers, then select Disk and Browse button. Now go in the path of the driver installation. In my C: \ Windows \ Temp \ MadCatz \ MOUS9_Mouse_7_0_29_22_x64_Drivers \ Inf
The appropriate * .inf file Select if necessary. and confirm that the driver should be installed.
At the end of a restart and Mous is detected in the profile manager and the buttons can be assigned. And all this without the dongle.
