Beam™ allows a HeadMouse® Extreme user to actuate the left, right and middle mouse buttons using adaptive switches without a direct connection to the HeadMouse. For a Swifty user, the Beam sends up to three button events that Swifty interprets as mouse buttons, joystick buttons or keyboard keys based on Swifty configuration.
Beam uses low power infrared light to communicate with the HeadMouse Extreme or Swifty much like a television remote control. A receiver is built-in to the HeadMouse Extreme and is located near one of the HeadMouse logos behind the small window. A receiver is also built into Swifty and is located under the window in the overlay.
The switch jacks accept industry standard adaptive switches, which use 1/8-inch (3.5-mm) plugs. Single and dual switches with mono or stereo plugs may be used with Beam. For example, Origin Instruments Sip/Puff Switch used with one cable to the Beam for left and right mouse buttons.
Beam is generally used by those with adaptive switches that wish to break the hard connection between the switch and the HeadMouse or Swifty. Often this is a power wheelchair owner that wants independence from an attendant for connecting and disconnecting his or her switch.
Specifications/Features
Optional Cable Kit
To facilitate special installations there is an available Cable Kit with a 2.5-foot (760-mm) USB extender cable, a 1-foot (300-mm) 3.5-mm switch extender cable and a stereo-to-mono plug adapter. The stereo-to-mono adapter allows two single switches with mono plugs to be connected to Swifty. The cable kit may be used with Beam™, Swifty™, or other switch adapted devices.
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