JLCooper MCS3 USB - Manual (Page 8)

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What Does the MCS
3
Do?
When you press a key or turn the wheel, the MCS
3
behaves
like a PC keyboard or mouse.
The MCS
3
gives you the ease and convenience of using a
conventional tape recorder style transport control, which will
improve the speed you are able to work .
The MCS
3
also provides a way of remotely controlling your
computer when seated at a location other than directly in front
of the monitor.
Key Press Emulation
The MCS
3
can send a variety of commands, including simple
keystrokes, like the letters “a”, “j”, symbols such as “@”, and
function keys such as “F1”.
The MCS
3
can also send keys with modifiers. Pressing a single
MCS
3
key can send the equivalent of a cluster of keys, for
example, Control-Alt-A.
The simplest example is this: Many applications will play back
previously recorded music and or movies when you press the
keyboard’s spacebar. So, you might want the MCS
3
Play key to
imitate a spacebar. When you press the MCS
3
Play key, the PC
“thinks” that you have pressed the spacebar, and the software
begins to play back music and or movies.
Mouse Emulation
The MCS
3
keys also send mouse clicks. Pressing the MCS
3
key
can produce a mouse click at specific, user-selected location
within a window.
Most software applications have some on-screen buttons or
icons for which there is no key-equivalent at all. Again, the
MCS
3
gives you single-key access to those buttons and icons.