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Arkwolf

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    Arkwolf got a reaction from swimtome in My wife vetoed my plan   
    Ah man, I didn't know the forum had this. I just wrote a forum post about the KVM usb issue. The forum post is here:
     
    Feel free mods to delete my other thread if you think it should have just been here.
     
    The gist of my post:
     
    An alternative to solve the KVM swapping issue would be to use something like an ESP8266 and ESPHome software to emulate a keyboard and connect it to the HID port on the KVM. Then just integrate it into ESPHome. You could then control it via Home Assistant to control the toggle between PC1 and PC2.
     
    There is also other alternatives such as arduino or pi pico and different methods of controlling it such as a basic webserver. It achieves the same goal at a fraction of the price and is probably more reliable then other methods due to the simplicity (non complex protocols).
     
    ESP8266 Keyboard Emulator Guide
    ESPHome Intergration guide for Home Assistant
     
    I guess this post is more to bring attention to the LTT crew about an alternative then needing to go down the HDMI and USB over ethernet.
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