Feature Request: Mouse Jiggler Timer

KVM
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Is it possible to have a timer on the mouse jiggler? Some physical mouse jigglers have an option to run for 1, 2, 4, 8, etc hours only.

The use case is, for when i'm remote working, to have the mouse jiggle but only during work hours. If I forget to turn it off, my Teams chat will show as available all night long. Would be nice to set for 8 hours and forget about it (or put a time that it stops)

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We support mouse jagger in version 1.3, but not time setting yet. We will collect more user needs.

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+1 to this, I would love to see this

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Is this even work ? I enable jiggle and i didn't noticed that coursor even moves.

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The movement is so subtle that it is difficult to detect with the naked eye.

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I totally agree with this feature request. I had written a Java program that set a fixed end time—5 PM in my case—so the mouse jiggler would shut off at that time, no matter when I started it. It helped ensure I logged off on time every day.

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I’d really like a few features for the jiggler timer.

  1. how long (i.e. only jiggle for 8 hours)
  2. how often (i.e. only every 5 minute instead of every 30 seconds like it currently does seemingly)
  3. disable during actual use (i.e. when im on the machine itself and im using the mouse it sucks when the mouse jiggles because i lose my spot)

these three features would be HUGE. thank you

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Thanks for your reaching, I have record your advice to our Product team for consideration.

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The current implementation does not trigger jiggler when you are actually using GLKVM. However, if you directly operate the controlled computer, GLKVM will not be aware of it.

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Yeah, thats whats happening to me. im using the controlled computer directly, and the jiggler keeps going off like every 15 seconds and its super annoying. hence it would be nice if we got a customizeable jiggle delay (like 5 minutes) would make it more bearable.

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cat > /etc/kvmd/override.yaml << EOF
kvmd:
    hid:
        jiggler:
            interval: 20
EOF

use this command

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wait. theres a yaml file?!?!

edit: cool just found out you can open a terminal to the ipkvm in the web UI. so cool. im assuming the time unit is seconds? so for 5 minutes, id use 300 right?

also. do i need to restart after making the change or how does it pickup the changes?

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yes , use 300 here . And need reboot to make it work

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it works! thank you so much. are there any other docs for jiggle variables? id love to see what else i should customize here. thanks!

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use command kvmd -m , it shows all settings of kvmd