Is the SpaceMouse tied to a particular dongle? What happens when it is replaced?

[KatAdair]

I've been fighting trying to get my SpaceMouse Wireless connected for a couple hours tonight, and was about to give up, when I thought I'd try one last thing. I had bought five extra dongles because I lose things like that, and since I had no idea where my original dongle was, I just pulled another one out of my bag and tried connecting it on my new computer. It didn't work.

After an hour or so, I remembered where the original was, and when I plugged it in, it seems to work. Is the SpaceMouse Wireless actually tied/connected/registered to the dongle that came with it? What happens when the dongle is lost and needs to be replaced? How do you link a new dongle to the SpaceMouse?

Thanks.

[ngomes]

Is the SpaceMouse Wireless actually tied/connected/registered to the dongle that came with it?

Yes. All wireless devices are "paired" to a receiver (dongle) during manufacturing.

What happens when the dongle is lost and needs to be replaced?

All 3Dconnexion devices (CadMouse, SpaceMouse, keyboards) can be used with a cable. If something happens, a USB cable is all you need to recover a level of operation allowing the user to continue to work until the device can be paired to a replacement receiver (or to Bluetooth if the device supports it).

How do you link a new dongle to the SpaceMouse?

The Mac and Windows drivers ship with a pairing program. The user connects the new receiver, selects it on the driver UI and then opens the panel to initiate the pairing process.