Sharkoon FireGlider Optical Owner's manual

Brand: Sharkoon

Model: FireGlider Optical

Category: Mice

Type: Owner's manual

Sharkoon FireGlider Optical: Elevate your gaming and computing experience with this high-performance mouse. Featuring an optical sensor for precise tracking, 7 programmable buttons for customized control, and on-board memory to store your macros, the FireGlider Optical adapts to your every need. Experience unparalleled accuracy, speed, and efficiency with this versatile gaming mouse.

Manual

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Content

1. Features

2. Speciﬁcations

3. Package content

4. The mouse at a glance

5. Connecting to a PC

6. Installing the software

7. The editor

7.1 Launching the editor

7.2 The user interface (main window)

7.3 The pulldown menus

7.3.1 General info

7.3.2 No setting

7.3.3 Keyboard

7.3.4 Mouse

7.3.5 Internet

7.3.6 Multimedia

7.3.7 Execute program

7.3.8 Key Combination

7.3.9 Ofﬁce Sets

7.3.10 Windows 8

7.3.11 System

7.3.12 Select Macro File

7.3.13 Macro Manager

7.3.14 DPI setting

7.3.15 Report Rate

7.4 Macro Manager

7.4.1 Overview

7.4.2 The tabs “Loop”, “Key”, “If” and “Equ”

7.4.3 Command icons

7.4.4 The record function

7.4.5 Macro play back mode

7.4.6 Time control

7.4.7 Absolute/relative movements

7.5 Further functions

Dear customer!

Thank you for purchasing this premium quality SHARKOON product.

For an extended product lifetime, and to take full advantage of this product, we recommend that you read this

manual completely.

We hope you enjoy your experience with this Sharkoon product!

SHARKOON Technologies

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1. Features

 • Opticalsensor

 • 7buttons,5ofwhicharefreelyprogrammable

 • DPIswitchwithcolordisplay(5steps)

 • Weighttuningsystem(max.19.5g)

 • On-boardmemoryformacros

 • Smoothrunningandnelyadjustablescrollwheel

 • Ergonomicdesignforconvenienthandling

 • Specialgripareasofferingmaximumhold

 • Supportedoperatingsystems:WindowsXP,Vista,7/8(32-/64-bit)

2. Speciﬁcations

Max.DPI/CPI 3000

DPI/CPIstepping 400-800-1200-1600-3000

Max. acceleration 5G

Mouse weight max. 135g(w/ocable)

Dimensions(LxWxH) 130x65x45mm

Sensor Optical

Connector USB(gold-plated)

Cablelength 180cm(textilesheathing)

Max.FPS 3600

Button reaction time 3ms(leftmousebutton),rest16ms

Pollingrate Max.1000Hz(1ms)

Onboardmemory Yes

Numberofbuttons 7

DPIindication Yes(LED)

Mouse slide pads 5,plastic

Chip PixArtPAW3305

Liftingsensitivity 3mm

Weight Tuning System Yes,max.19.5g

3. Package content

 • FireGliderOptical

 • CDwithsoftwareandmanual(asPDF)

 • Additionalmouseskates

 • Transportbag

Note:

If you are missing any of the items listed above, please contact our customer service immediately:

suppor[email protected] (Germany and Europe)

suppor[email protected] (international).

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4. The mouse at a glance

A – Button1:leftmousebutton

B – Button2:double-clickbutton(freelyprogrammable)

C – Button3:rightmousebutton(freelyprogrammable)

D – Button4:middlemousebuttonandscrollwheel

  (freelyprogrammable)

E – Button5:DPIselector

F – Button6:freelyprogrammable

G– Button7:freelyprogrammable

A – Button6:freelyprogrammable

B – Button7:freelyprogrammable

C – Griparea

A – Weighttuningsystem(max.19.5g)

B – Mouse slides made of teﬂon

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5. Connecting to a PC

 1.Plugthemouse’sUSBconnectorintoanavailableUSBportonyourPC.

 2.Theoperatingsystemwillautomaticallyrecognizethemouseandinstallallrequireddrivers.

 3.Ifyourmouseisnotrecognized,disconnectitandtryitinadifferentUSBport.

6. Installing the software

 1.Beforeinstallingtheincludedsoftware,removeallpreviouslyinstalledmousesoftwarefromyoursystem.

 2.PlacetheincludedToolsCDintoyourCD/DVDdrive.

 3.OpentheCD/DVDdrive’sfolder(e.g.D:/).

 4.Start“Setup.exe”andfollowtheinstructionsoftheinstallationwizard.

 5.Aftercompletingtheinstallationprocessthefollowingiconwillappearinthetaskbar:

7. The editor

7.1 Launching the editor

 Starttheapplicationbydouble-clickingthesymbolonthedesktoportherespectiveiconlocatedinthetask

 bar.

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7.2 The user interface (main window)

A – Filemenu:seeg.1.

B – Thecurrentconguration’sname.Viathelemenuanynumberofcongurationswithveproles

  eachcanbecreatedandedited(seeg.1).

C – Prolemenu:uptoveprolescanbesavedonthemouse’sinternalmemory,selectthemfromthis

  dropdownmenu(g.2).

D – Renamethesingleproleshere.

E – Buttonconguration:eachmousebuttoncanbeassigneddifferentfunctions,selectthesefunctions

  fromtherespectivedropdownmenu(see7.3).

F – Functiondenition:Fromthispulldownmenuselectthedesired,pre-denedfunctiontoassignitto

  thebutton.

G– Thistextelddisplaysthepre-denedfunctiondescription.Thisdescriptionmaybechangedany

time.

H – Clickingthisbuttonwillclosetheeditorwithouttransferringthechangestothemouse.

I – Clickingthisbuttonwilltransferallchangesmadeinsidetheeditortothemouse,theeditorwindow

remains open.

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A B C D

E F G

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New   – Createsanewconguration.

Open   – Opens/loadsanexistingconguration.

Save   – Savesthecurrentcongurationunderitsexistingname.

Saveas  – Savesthecongurationunderanewname.

Rename  – Changesthecurrentprole’sname.

Import/export– Allowsfortheimport/exportofmacros(seebelowg1a).

Readmemory– Readsthecurrentcongurationfromtheinternalmouse

memory.

Exit    – Closestheeditorwithouttransferringthechangestothe

mouse.

 Fig.1(Filemenu)

 Fig.1a(Import/Export):

 ImportexistingmacrosinAMCformatorexportthemasAMCle.

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 Fig.2(Prolemenu):

 Openthelistbyclickingthearrow.Selectbetweenproles1through5.

 Theseprolesallowdeningvedifferentbuttonassignmentswithinoneconguration.Example:Youcan

 createdifferentbuttonassignmentsfordifferentcharactersinonegame.

7.3 The pulldown menus

7.3.1 General info

 Thepulldownmenuswillopenupwhenthebuttonispressed.Thepulldownmenusaresimilarforall

 mousebuttons(g.3).

A – Button

B – Menu items

C – Flyoutmenuswithfurtherfunctions/

options

Fig.3

Byclickingthe“OK”buttonallchangesfromtheeditorwillbetransferredtothemouse.

Pressing“”willdiscardallchangesandexittheprogram.

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7.3.2 No setting

 Thebuttonisassignednofunction.

7.3.3 Keyboard

 Assignkeyboardfunctionstothebutton(g.4).

 Fig.4

7.3.4 Mouse

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu(g.5).Assignmousefunctionstothebutton.

 Fig.5:Assigndifferentmousefunctionstothebutton.

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7.3.5 Internet

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu(g6).Assignabrowserfunctiontotheselectedbutton.

 Fig.6:Assigndifferentbrowsercommandstothebutton.

7.3.6 Multimedia

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu(g.7).Assignmultimediafunctionstothebutton.

 Fig.7:Assigndifferentmultimediacommandstothebutton.

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7.3.7 Execute program

 Designateanyprogrambeinglaunchedafterpressingthisbutton.

7.3.8 Key combination

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu.Assignakeycombinationfromtheset“Textcommands”

 (g.8)resp.“FileCommands”(g.9)tothebutton.

 Fig.8:Assigndifferenttextcommandstothebutton.

 Fig.9:Assigndifferentlecommandstothebutton.

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7.3.9 Ofﬁce Sets (OS functions)

 Clickingthearrowwilldisplayayoutmenu(g.10).Assignofcefunctionstothebutton.

 Fig.10:Assigndifferentofcefunctionstothebutton.

7.3.10 Windows 8

 Clickingthearrowwilldisplayayoutmenu(g.11).AssignWindows8functionstothebutton.

 Fig.11:AssignWindows8functionstothebutton.

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7.3.11 System

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu(g12).Assignasystemfunctiontothebutton.

 Fig.12:Assigndifferentsystemfunctionstothebutton.

7.3.12 Select Macro File

 Clickingthearrowwillbringupayoutmenu(g13).Assignapre-setmacrofunctiontothebutton.

 Fig.13

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7.3.13 Macro Manager

 Launchthemacromanager(seebelow7.4).

7.3.14 DPI setting

 Fig.14:DenethedesiredinitialDPIsettingmatchingyourpersonallikingshere.

 TogglebetweenthesingleDPIsteppingbypressingthemouse’sDPIbutton.

7.3.15 Report Rate

 Fig.15:Denethemouse’sreportrate(=numberofreportspersecond).

 NotethatahigherreportratealsorequiresmorePCpower.

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7.4 Macro manager

 Usingthemacromanagerallowsyoutocreateyourownmacros,whichthenmaybeassignedtoany

 button(see7.3.2).

 Thereare3waystocreateascript:

 1.Addthedesiredfunctionsusingthefunctionsbuttonsandfunctionsmodules.

 2.Tapemousemovementsandkeycombinationsusingtherecordfunction.

 3.Enterinstructionsusingtheinputarearesp.thekeyboardconnectedtothePC.

 Saveyoursettingsbyclicking“”.

 Viathebutton“”inthemainwindowyoursettingswillbetransferredtothemouse.

7.4.1 Overview

 A – Thetabs“Loop”,“Key”,“If”and“Equ”(seebelow7.3.4.2)

 B – Menubar

 C – Commandicons(seebelow7.3.4.3)

 D – Recordfunction(seebelow7.3.4.4)

 E – Macroplaybackmode(seebelow7.3.4.5)

 F – Insertsectionrepeat(seebelow7.3.4.6)

 G– Insertjumpinstruction(seebelow7.3.4.7)

 H – Denedelaytime(seebelow7.3.4.8)

 I – Deneabsoluteandrelativemousecursormovements(seebelow7.3.4.9)

 J – Deneasequenceofmousebuttonstrokes

 K – Codearea

 L – Deneasequenceofkeystrokes

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7.4.2 The tabs “Loop”, “Key”, “If” and “Equ”

 Thetabs“Loop”,“Key”,“If”and“Equ”allowsyoutodenedifferentinstructionswhichwillbecopiedinto

 thescriptbyclickingthe“Plugin”button.

 1.Loop:

  a)Insertsectionrepeat

   Usetheinputareastoentertherespectivestartandendlineanddenehowoftenthisareashallbe

   insertedintothescript.Pressingthe“Plugin”buttonwillcopythedenedsectionintothescript.

  b)Insertjumpinstruction

   Thisfunctionenablestodenejumpinstructionswhichwillbecopiedtothescriptusingthe“Plug

   in”buttonafterwards.

 2.Key:denetheeffectofpressing/releasingabuttonandcopythisconditionintothescriptusingthe

  “Plugin”button.

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 3.If:denedifferentconditionsandinsertthemintothescriptbyclickingthe“Plugin”button.

 4.Equ:createdifferentconditionsandinsertthemintothescriptbyclickingthe“Plugin”button.

7.4.3 Command icons

Save Back Next Cut Copy Paste Down Up Erase

7.4.4 The record function

 Byselectingthe““buttonyoucaneasilycreateamacrobypressingthecompletekeyboard

 andmouseactions.Thesingleinstructionswillsimultaneouslybedisplayedinthecodearea.

 Usingthe““buttonwillsavethecreatedinstructioncode.

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7.4.5 Macro play back mode

 Choosebetweenthefollowingmenuitems:

 PlayMacroOnceONLY:themacrowillbeexecutedoncebypressingthebutton.

 PlayMacroRepeatedly:themacrowillbeexecutedseveraltimes.Youmaydeneifthemacroisreplayed

 untilthebuttonisreleased(Presstostartreleasetostop)orifthemacroisexecutedaslongafterhitting

 thebuttonuntilanyotherbuttonispressed(Presstostart.Re-presstostop).

7.4.6 Time control

 Tickthecheckboxestodeneifthetimedelayshallbecarriedoutafterpressingthebuttonorafter

releasing it.

 Thecomboboxesallowyoutosettimeunitandtimedelay.

 “Plugin”copiesyoursettingstothecodearea.

7.4.7 Absolute/relative movements

 Todetectthecurrentabsolutecoordinatesgrabthecrosshairs()bypressing(andnotreleasing)the

 mousebuttonandmovingthecrosshairsacrossthescreen.

 Relativecoordinatesaredenedusingtherespectiveinputforms.

 With“Plugin”youcopythesettingstothecodearea.

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7.5 Further functions

 Morefunctionsandcongurationsmaybeaccessedbyright-clickingtheicon““inthetaskbar.

 Thefollowingcontextmenuwillbedisplayed(g.16):

 Fig.16

 Selectbetweenthesemenuitems:

 a)AutoLaunchonBoot:decideswhetherthemousesoftwareshallbeloadedandstartedduringsystem’s

start.

 b)OpenEditor

 c)Exit:closesthecontextmenu.

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Legal disclaimer

Forpotentiallossofdata,especiallyduetoinappropriatehandling,SHARKOONassumesnoliability.

Allnamedproductsanddescriptionsaretrademarksand/orregisteredtrademarksoftherespectivemanufac-

turers and are accepted as protected.

AsacontinuingpolicyofproductimprovementatSHARKOON,thedesignandspecicationsaresubjectto

changewithoutpriornotice.Nationalproductspecicationsmayvary.

Thelegalrightsoftheenclosedsoftwarebelongtotherespectiveowner.Pleaseobservethelicensetermsof

themanufacturerbeforeusingthesoftware.

Allrightsreservedespecially(alsoinextracts)fortranslation,reprinting,reproductionbycopyingorother

technicalmeans.Infringementswillleadtocompensation.

modicationsreserved.

Disposal of your old product

Yourproductisdesignedandmanufacturedwithhighqualitymaterialsandcomponents,whichcanbe

recycled and reused.

Whenthiscrossed-outwheeledbinsymbolisattachedtoaproduct,itmeanstheproductiscoveredbythe

EuropeanDirective2002/96/EC.

Pleasebeinformedaboutthelocalseparatecollectionsystemforelectricalandelectronicproducts.

Pleaseactaccordingtoyourlocalrulesanddonotdisposeofyouroldproductswithyournormalhousehold

waste. The correct disposal of your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences to the

environment and human health.

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Sharkoon FireGlider Optical Owner's manual

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Model: FireGlider Optical

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