Mouse test: how to check a computer mouse for working through online services, setting mouse parameters

It’s hard to imagine modern computer work without a mouse. They come in a wide variety of forms, wireless, wired, gaming or induction. However, whatever the way of working, these devices often perform only one task. In order to test the performance and performance of the basic functions, there are many services and programs.

How to test a computer mouse for performance

The main problems associated with the use of this device is sticking, delayed clicks or incorrect calibration. In order to identify and eliminate these malfunctions, there are online services that allow not only to detect problems, but also to calibrate the main parameters.

Mouse test through online services

There are many different kinds of services that provide testing services in all respects, including the speed of movement. This article will consider only the most popular services.

Zowie

Zowie is not only a site for testing and calibrating computer mice. This company is better known as a manufacturer of its own professional devices.

In order to analyze the operation of the device, you need to go to the main page of the site and find the item "Mouse Rate". It is located at the bottom left in the "Support" section. After that a special window will open. You need to click anywhere on this window with the left button and the analysis algorithm will start.

With this program you can measure the frequency of the cursor. The current value in Hz will be recorded every second. If the cursor is fixed, this value will be 0. When you move the mouse, the frequency will change, and recorded in a special window. This method can help compare the values declared by the manufacturer with the real ones.

REFERENCE. This service works online and requires a high-quality and high-speed Internet connection.

Unixpapa

On this site, you can check another parameter, namely the response speed and the presence / absence of sticking.

To check, you need to go to the site and click on the link "Click here to test".

After that, the user can see an inscription about events of the form:

mousedown which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 1;
mouseup which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 0;
click which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 1.

Where Mousedown - click the button, mouseup - return the button to its original position. Click - a click has occurred, that is, the main action performed by the mouse. LMB is indicated by the number 1, the wheel by the number 2 PCM by the number 3.

When right-clicking the mouse, instead of the "click" item, "contextmenu" appears. Therefore, the main function of the RMB is to call the context menu. If additional buttons on the side panel are involved, then the third line in the log is not displayed.

By pressing several buttons at the same time, additional lines appear that will display the events that occur. Somehow, while right-clicking and left-clicking the mouse, the log will look like this:

mousedown which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 1;
mousedown which = 3 button = 2 buttons = 3;
mouseup which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 2;
click which = 1 button = 0 buttons = 2;
mouseup which = 3 button = 2 buttons = 0;
contextmenu which = 3 button = 2 buttons = 0.

From this information, the user can conclude that with a simultaneous click, the program first processed the signal with LMB (click), then answered it, and only after that, answered the signal with RMB (contextmenu).In order to clear the interaction history, click on the item "Click here to clear"

Using the UnixPapa service, you can check the functionality of the buttons on the mouse, and it will also help to detect if others work with one button.

ATTENTION. If, during a click, more than one button is triggered, but several, the device case may be damaged. To fix the problem, you should disassemble the mouse. If no visible defects are detected, there may be a problem in the cable or in the connector where the device is connected.
REFERENCE. Also a rather useful service that can perform all of the above checks can be a Check mouse.

Mouse settings

In order to configure the basic mouse settings, you can use the standard settings on Windows.

To do this, open "Start" - "Control Panel" - "Devices and Printers". In the menu that opens, you need to select the desired device, and then right-clicking to open the "Mouse Settings". The following parameters can be configured in this menu:

Double click speed. To test it, there is a demo folder in the menu itself, which "opens" and "closes" after a double click.
Customize the mouse wheel. In the "Wheel" submenu, you can adjust the speed of vertical and horizontal scrolling. This is done by setting the required value in the corresponding line.
The speed at which the cursor moves. Here you set the sensitivity and rate of change of cursor location when moving with the mouse.