In order for Pad to work properly the user must enable assistive devices in System Preferences. This can be done by clicking on the “Universal Access” icon in System Preferences and making sure that “Enable access for assistive devices” is checked. It is also recommended for the user to enable the Zoom feature in Universal Access, as well as selecting “When zoomed in, the screen image moves: Only when the pointer reaches an edge” in the zoom settings. The default zoom out/in keystrokes (cmd + alt + ’-’/’=’) are already bound to Pad’s default zoom gesture (two-fingered-pinch).

1. Connecting your iPhone/iPod Touch to your Mac

To connect to your Mac from the device PadD must be running. It is recommended to add PadD into your “Login Items” list, located in System Preferences’ “Accounts” icon. This will ensure that PadD runs each time you log in so that you never have to get up and launch it manually, should you already be in a comfortable position away from the computer.

    When PadD is run on the host computer it does not show up in the Dock, instead this:

icon should pop up in the status bar.

    PadD is configurable with three settings: password, name (displayed on your device) and network port. All of these are accessible in PadD’s “Configure PadD” menu item. Once PadD is running, make sure the device and Mac are on the same WiFi network and launch Pad on your device. Then simply click on the desired computer to connect.

3. Sending keys to device and assigning gestures

Once step 1. is complete, and the device has successfully connected to the computer, the “Configure device” menu item in PadD will be enabled. This allows the user to assign custom images to keystrokes, by dragging an image from Finder into the image box and setting a keyboard shortcut by clicking the white text field and pressing the keystroke. One can also edit modifier flags after entering the keystroke simply by pressing the corresponding button below the text field.

    It is recommended to “split” your keystrokes into the actual key to press and then manually adding the modifier flags desired with the buttons. This is because Mac OS as well as some applications sometimes “steal” the keystroke, depending on if it’s an application shortcut or a system-wide hotkey. Assigning application-specific keystrokes, such as Copy (⌘+c) should work by simply pressing the text field and pressing ⌘+c. However, if one desires to activate Spotlight (⌘+space by default), pressing the keystroke will cause Spotlight to activate, and PadD will not register the keystroke. This is fixed by pressing space first, and then selecting the ⌘ button below the text field. The key/gesture is assigned by pressing the “Send to device” button. It is possible to just set modifier flags (ctrl, alt, cmd, etc) to keys by not typing anything in the text field.

Keystrokes can equally be assigned to gestures by selecting the “Assign to gesture” radio button instead of the “Assign to button with image” radio button.

4. Further configuration of keys on iPhone

Once your custom keys are sent to the device they are automatically placed in the upper left corner of Custom Keys View, which auto-toggles on and enables move-mode if the device is in Landscape orientation.

    To manually toggle Custom Keys View, press and hold three fingers on the trackpad for at least 0.3 seconds whilst in Landscape mode.

In move-mode, key presses are disabled; instead the user can drag the keys around the boundaries of the Custom Keys View, or double-tap on a key to either send it to Trash (delete the key) or to make it visible only for a specific application.

    The application is specified by typing the application’s name in the text field.

Note: names are case sensitive, which means that “iTunes” is not the same as “itunes”.

When a key is sent to a specific application it will show up on the Trackpad View when the computer switches to the designated application, and disappear when the frontmost application changes. The custom-application keys can be moved around and sent to Trash/other applications just like the keys in Custom Key View.

    To toggle between Custom Keys and Application-specific Keys, simply tap the screen with three fingers in Landscape Mode.

5. Editing text

To send text strings to your Mac the user simply taps their device’s screen with three fingers when in Portrait mode to toggle the keyboard.

    Use the “Send” button to send the typed text to the clipboard of the computer (this will also auto-paste the text). The area directly above the keyboard is filled with keys which perform useful commands on the computer.

Available keys:

Upper row: Spotlight search,<Text Field>, Enter

Lower row: Copy, Paste, Undo, Tab, Backspace

    Example of Quick Spotlight search:

1. 1)Type your search query with the keyboard.
   

2. 2)Press Spotlight button (upper-left)
   

3. 3)Press Send button
   

4. 4)Press enter button (upper-right) to open Top Hit, or use the Trackpad View behind the keyboard to select a search result.

Feel free to contact us at support@sensim.net if you have any further questions

1. 1.Single left mouse click: tap once.
   

2. 2.Multiple left mouse clicks: tap multiple times.
   

3. 3.Left mouse down (drag): tap twice, keeping the finger down on the second tap.   (tap once to release)
   

4. 4.Right click: tap two finger simultaneously.
   

5. 5.Scroll: press and hold two fingers on the screen, move them both                          up/down or left/right for vertical or horizontal scroll respectively. Kinetic scroll can be enabled in the options view.
   

6. 6.Gestures: to do an Up/Down/Left/Right gesture, press and hold down a finger for at least 0.35 seconds, then flick it in the desired direction to get the corresponding gesture.
   

7. 7.Zoom: pinch two fingers together (zoom out) or separate them apart (zoom in).
   

Note: all of the above work exclusively, which means that more fingers on the screen than allowed will result in Pad ignoring input (e.g. : holding one finger down and tapping with the second will not result in clicks being performed on the computer).

2. Mouse control, scrolling, gestures

Note: to get to the options screen, press and hold the options button.