Cooler Master Sentinel Advance User Manual

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CMSTORM SENTINEL ADVANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Package Contents

Sentinel Advance Outlook Hardware Setup and Software Installation

LAN-friendly Driverless Setup

03 03

04 05

Hardware Control 07

Main Control Game Profile

Color Control Macro

Script The Library

08-12

14-15

16-17

18-19

Support and Update Q&A

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and 104.11 except for deviations

pursuant to Laser Notice No. 50,

dated June 24,2007

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Introduction

CMSTORM SENTINEL ADVANCE

Designed for One Purpose: To Search and Destroy

Fortified with uncompromising tactical performance and superior in-hand ergonomics, the Sentinel Advance gaming mouse was developed within the CM Storm Labs with the pure intent to empower up and coming talent with the hardware that the best e-sport pros demand.

Fully equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology, the Sentinel Advance is armed with a Doppler Effect twin-laser sensor, which enables lag-free play, doubles the precision, and has a maxed-out 5600 DPI resolution. To top it off the Sentinel Advance is completely built with unprecedented tactical controls such as: customizable lighting effects, OLED man agemen t,_adj ustabl e_weight_sy stem,_ on-the -fly swappable gaming profiles and an intelligent encoding engine to perform complex scripts and macros. Best of all the Sentinel Advance gaming mouse is LAN-party friendly and theft proof with the patented security of StormGuard™.

Enhanced and engineered for triumphant victory, the CM Storm Sentinel Advance is your weapon of choice.

Package Contents

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Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse

Storm Tactic AP Software

StormGuard™

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Sentinel Advance Outlook

A Button 1 Left Click

B Button 2 Right Click

Mechanical Buttons

Octoshade™ LED Tech

OLED DPI System

Storm Tactical

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Sensor

Weight System

C Button 3 Middle Button/Scroll Wheel

D Button 4 DPI +

E Button 5 DPI -

F Button 6

H Button 8 Storm Profile Button

K LED Octoshade™ Top LED

L Sensor Storm Tactical™ Twin-laser Sensor

M WS Weight System Compartment

Button 7

I OLED OLED DPI Management System

J LED Octoshade™ Front LED

Side Button (IE, Forward)

Side Button (IE, Backward)

M M

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Hardware Setup and Software Installation

The Sentinel Advance is a full-speed, plug and play USB gaming mouse. If your computer system supports plug and play, drivers will be optional for installation. Although most USB ports today are hot-swappable, we do recommend shutting down your system

before plugging in or removing the USB device.

System Requirements:

Windows® 2000/XP/Vista/7 Free USB Port CD-ROM Drive

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Step 7:

(Optional) Secure your Sentinel Advance with the StormGuard security .

Plug Sentinel Advance into any free USB port on your computer system.

Turn on the computer system; Windows® will automatically install the necessary programs.

Open->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager and confirm that your mouse is working properly.

Insert your Storm Tactic AP Software CD into the CD-ROM drive.

When the Storm Tactic AP Software setup screen appears, select Driver Installation (optional) or Driverless Execution.

Customize your Sentinel Advance through the Storm Tactic AP Software

NOTE:

Regular updates will be available for the Sentinel Advance. For the latest firmware

please visit the CM Storm home page: http://www.cmstorm.com.

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The Sentinel Advance is a high performance gaming mouse with mass data transfer

rates. To ensure optimal performance we do recommend plugging the mouse

directly to system USB port and not a USB HUB.

During customization, the Sentinel Advance must be connected to the computer

system. Do not remove the mouse during customization.

LAN-friendly Driverless Setup

LAN-friendly and Driver-free

As a LAN-friendly gaming mouse, the Sentinel Advance is driver-free; enabling you to bring your mouse to LAN-parties, internet cafes, and other out-of-home locations without extra system installation.

Setup: Copying Source Files

For driverless freedom, simply copy the files from the Storm Tactic AP Software CD, and paste the application files in to a removable drive of your choice. Please make sure that the files are copied on to the local hard disk at the new destination before launching the software. The application will automatically create three folders in the local drive – “Firmware”, “Images” and “Library” to store your tactical settings.

Launching the Application

To launch application, double click on CMSTORM.EXE, and Storm Tactic setup page will appear, choose Driverless Execution and the application will search and load initial mouse settings into the Sentinel Advance.

Optimize Sensor

Set your sensor to perform under office/casual gaming or pro gaming mode, during data exchange the top of the Sentinel Advance will flash, please wait few seconds for the application to load.

For office use please choose casual gaming option.

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The Sentinel Advance is not connected to system

Hardware Control

Switch your DPI mechanically with the Sentinel Advance

Step 1:

Press DPI [-] switch down for 3 seconds to activate mechanical DPI switch mode.

Note: The Octoshade LED Tech will flash during

mechanical DPI switch mode.

Step 2:

Press Down

Roll

Roll the mouse roller forward to increase DPI.

Roll the mouse roller backward to decrease DPI.

Step 3:

Press IE Back button to configure X indepedantly.

Press IE Forward button to configure Y indepedantly.

Step 4:

Press DPI [-] switch and release to exit mechanical DPI switch mode.

DPI-

DPI+

Press X

Press Y

Press / Release

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Main Control

Configuring your Storm Tactic AP Software

Main Control

The main control allows users to have full control over DPI levels, intrinsic mouse settings, and programmable button assignments. After configuration is complete, you can safeguard all your settings inside the 64KB Sentinel-X™ Onboard Memory; all settings are manageable within the gaming profile system.

Note: All settings can be stored internally, allowing applied

settings to be utilized on another computer without the Storm Tactic AP Software installed.

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Main Control Modules:

Button Assignment

DPI Level Control

Motion Sensitivity

USB Report Rate

Game Profiles

Disable:

L-Button

R-Button

M-Button

IE Forward

IE Back

DPI [+]

DPI [-]

Cyclic DPI [+]

Cyclic DPI [[-]

Macro

Script 1 - 6

Profile Switch

Standard Profile

User Profile 1-4

Profile [+]

Profile [-]

Motion On/Off

Switches the mouse button off

Left Click

Right Click

Scroll Wheel Click

Select the next previously selected program or website

Select the previous program or website

Increases DPI resolution

Decrease DPI resolution

DPI resolution loop increase

DPI resolution loop decrease

Assigns preset macro to button

Assigns preset script to button

Profile Switch: Switch to next profile

Jump to standard profile

Jump to selected user profile

Jump to next profile

Jump to previous profile

Turns mouse motion on and off

Jumps to the DPI Level of choice

Main Control

Button Assignments

General Button Assignments

From the drop down menu, you can re-define each button based on your own preference.

In addition to buttons re-assignment, there are also various functions to utilize such as scripts, macros, rapid fire mode, multimedia and internet functions.

Note: To assign scripts and macros to a specific button, you

must first record macro or script in the corresponding menu of your selection.

DPI Level 1-4

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Main Control

Advanced Button Assignments

Keyboard

This option is made to emulate keyboard commands; single or compound short-cuts can be inserted and assigned to memory. The process is as follows.

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Choose a button and select "Keyboard" from the drop down menu.

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Input the command by keyboard. (Clear input by clicking icon C )

Press Apply to activate new setting.

Multimedia

Sentinel Advance can also emulate Multimedia (Human Interface Device,HID) by specific code. The process is as follows.

Step 1:

Choose a button and select "Multimedia"

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Step 3:

Select a Multimedia function,or enter a HID code.

Press Apply to activate new setting.

Main Control

Advanced Button Assignments

Rapid Fire Mode

The Rapid Fire Mode allows gamers to assign automatic firing power to 6 function buttons on the Sentinel Advance. The rapid shots can be looped continuously or repeated from ranges of 1shot to 254 shots; user can also define the time duration with each shot and also the time interval between each shot.

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Step 1:

Choose a button and select "Rapid Fire(Mouse)" or “Rapid Fire (Keyboard)”.

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Step 2:

Step 3:

Define the button to emulate.

Set the shooting times and speed.

Column A: Rapid fire counts: Place a number from 1 to

254. 255 for continuous loop shots while held.

Column B: Time duration of each shot while button is

pressed: Place a number from 1~255.

Column C: Interval between two shots :

Place a number from 1~255.

Press Apply to activate new setting.

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Main Control:

DPI Level Control

With default DPI levels set at 1100, 2600, 3800 and 5600; you can manually

DPI +

fine tune each DPI by either adjusting the DPI slider or through text definition in the X and Y DPI input box. To suit your gaming environment X & Y can be adjusted independently.

Windows Sensitivity Control

Motion Sensitivity

Adjust windows pointer sensitivity here from slow to fast. We recommend keeping the sensitivity level in the middle under regular usage, and tuning the sensitivity slower while operating under a high DPI setting such as 5600DPI.

Double Click Speed

USB Report Rate

The USB report rate can be set to 100Hz, 111Hz, 125Hz, 142Hz, 166Hz, 200Hz,

200%

250Hz, 333Hz, 500Hz, and or 1000Hz. The higher the USB report rate the more times the computer communicates with the mouse with information, at a high DPI resolution we suggest setting the report rate above 500Hz.

The double-click response slider area allows you to adjust your double-click speed from slow to fast. Essentially slow means a longer interval between each click, and fast as a shorter interval between each clicks.

Button Response Time

Here users are allowed to adjust button response time from 250 microseconds to 32 milliseconds.

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Game Profiles

Standard Profile

Game Profiles

The Game Profiles area holds 5 sets of profiles – 1 standard and 4 customizable profiles are available for settings creation and data storage management. All setting changes are registered into the internal Sentinel-X™ Memory, allowing users to load presets from memory and perform without reconfiguration.

Customizable Profile

The standard profile acts as a factory default and limits users to general behavior settings such as “DPI level”, “Motion Sensitivity”, “Double Click Speed”, “Button Response Time”, “USB Report Rate” and “Color Control”. Users may conveniently switch back to standard mode to troubleshoot setting errors made in other profiles.

Create/ Edit Profile

To organize and display your gaming profile name on the top display of the OLED, simply select the profile of choice, click Create/ Edit Profile under Game Profiles and enter an avatar name in English with a maximum of 10 characters, after you are done press OK and store name to the internal Sentinel-X™ Memory. You may also upload a profile image in the same menu, and create a cool profile avatar for neat organization.

In addition to the functions available in the standard profile, customizable profiles allows users to alter button assignments, assign dedicated gaming buttons and activate functions such as macro, scripts and Rapid Fire Tactical™ mode.

Profile Management

Here the profile management system allows users to import and export profile through mouse and local hard disk.

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Color Control

Configuring your Octoshade LED

™

Color Control

Take pride in your team colors, whether it is red + white, yellow + blue or fully white, the Octoshade™ LED lighting system allows an 8 shade color combination and a 4 color stylization option to be applied to the front and top positions of the LED area. In addition to the color customization, you may also upload your personal team logo and tag it on the OLED display area.

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Color Control

1. Choose Color

Simply click and choose the color of choice:

Octoshade™ Front LED: [Off-Red-Green-Blue-Yellow-Purple-Turquoise-White] Octoshade™ Top LED: [Off-Red-Green-Blue-Yellow-Purple-Turquoise-White]

2. Choose Style

3. Choose Logo

Simply click and choose the style of choice

Available Styles: [Full Color-Breathing-Rapid Fire-Disable]

Upload and tag your team logo

Upload the team logo of your choice from your local hard disk, the file format should be 32 px by 32 px black and white color in BMP format. Click revert to reload CM Storm logo.

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Macro

Configuring your Storm Tactics Macro Support

Macro Function

Vital to in-game situations and to further fortify input performance, the Storm Tactics Macro Support system allows gamers to record all keyboard and mouse inputs into a sequential and organise able format. Storm Tactics Macro Support system allows 124 byte length of string storage, which allows users to input single or compound commands executable to variable methods of choice. With ability to have manageable time delays between each command users can have full control and conveniently assign macros to buttons 3-7 on each profile of the Sentinel Advance.

Create New Macro

Load Exisiting Macro

PROFILE:2

BUTTON [3]

Creating a Macro

Under the "Macro" menu click NEW to create a brand new macro, or LOAD to edit a preset macro previously assigned to a button.

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Macro Recording and Editing

Macro Recording

Move the cursor to the "record area", click on Start Record to record keyboard and mouse instructions. After you've finished recording, click Stop Record to enable macro editing mode.

Note: After recording, users can edit each "Macro Line" by

selecting the recorded data in the left column.

"With time"

By activating this function, the time duration of each button press, button release and time intervals between each command will be automatically registered and recorded.

"Insert"

By activating this function, keyboard and mouse input recordings will be inserted after the selected "Macro Line" of your choice.

Navigating Macro Data Priorities:

Click Move Up & Move Down to alter "Macro Line" position

Macro Data Removal:

Click DELETE, to remove the selected "Macro Line".

Edit Macro Data and Time Delay:

Double click on the "Macro Line" and edit data assignments and time delays.

There are 5 execution methods:

Loop (released): The recorded macro will be executed repeatedly when the assigned button is released. To stop execution,

simply perform the same button release.

One shot (released): The recorded macro will be executed once when the assigned button is released.

One shot (press): The recorded macro will be executed once when the assigned button is pressed.

Loop (hold): The recorded macro will be executed when the assigned button is pressed. Release to stop the execution.

Loop (press): The recorded macro will be executed repeatedly when the assigned button is pressed. To stop execution, simply

perform same button release.

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Script

Configuring your Storm Tactics Script Support

Script Function

The Storm Tactics Script Support system is an advanced macro editor coupled with a robust scripting engine. A total of 6 script assignments are available, with each holding 256 byte length of string storage. For users with basic programming knowledge, the script command line allows users to add extra commands such as "GOTO", "IF", "IF (Variable)", "CALL", "Repeat", "Pause", "Stop" , "Left and right button down/ up", record "Mouse Motion" and assign "Variable". Along with scripting abilities virtually all Multimedia (HID) commands can be embedded as well.

Create New Script

Load Exisiting Script

Creating a Script

Under the "Script" menu click NEW to create a brand new script, or LOAD to edit a preset script previously assigned to a button.

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Script Recording and Editing

Script Recording

Move the cursor to the "record area", click on Start Record to record keyboard and mouse instructions. After you've finished recording, click Stop Record to enable script editing mode.

Note: After recording, users can edit each "Script Line" by

selecting the recorded data in the left column.

"With time"

By activating this function, the time duration of each button press, button release and time intervals between each command will be automatically registered and recorded.

Edit Script Data and Time Delay:

Double click on the "Script Line" and edit data assignments and time delays.

"Insert"

By activating this function, keyboard and mouse input recordings will be inserted after the selected "Script Line" of your choice.

Navigating Script Data Priorities:

Click Move Up & Move Down to alter "Script Line" position

Script Data Removal:

Click DELETE, to remove the selected "Script Line".

Command Script Insert

Script command line allows users to add programming commands with the activation of multimedia (HID) functions. Press ADD to add to the last line of "Script Line" or INSERT to insert it under the selected "Script Line" of choice.

There are 8 execution methods:

Loop (released): The recorded script will be executed repeatedly when the assigned button is released. To stop execution,

simply perform the same button release.

Note:

To run "2-phase" and "Multi-stage" execution "Stop",

"Pause" is required within the instruction time line.

One shot (released): The recorded script will be executed once when the assigned button is released.

One shot (press): The recorded script will be executed once when the assigned button is pressed.

Loop (hold): The recorded script will be executed when the assigned button is pressed, release to stop the execution.

Loop (press): The recorded script will be executed repeatedly when the assigned button is pressed. To stop execution, simply

perform same button release.

2-phase: If there is a "pause" command in the recorded script, when the assigned gaming button is pressed, the script will be

executed and stop on the "pause" command, release for the button the execution continue.

Multi-stage (press): If there are several "pause" commands in the recorded script, when the assigned gaming button is pressed,

the script will be executed and stop on the "pause" command, press the button again for the execution to continue, it will stop on the command before the next "pause".

Multi-Stage (released): If there are several "pause" commands in the recorded script, when the assigned gaming button is

released, the script will be executed and stop on the "pause" command, release the button again for the execution continue, it will stop on the command before the next "pause".

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The Library:

This library function allows you to save macro & script to your local hard disk.

The Step as following:

A. Upload Macro file

1. Select " SELECT MACRO"

2. Select the profile and macro button you want to upload to library

3. Select Upload to Library

4. Input the file name (*.mac, macro file), then save it.

B. Download Macro file:

1. Select " SELECT MACRO"

2. Select the file in the "MACRO LIBRARY" that you want to download to mouse

3. Select the profile and macro button you want to download

4. Select Download to Mouse

C. Upload the Script file

1. Select " SELECT SCRIPT"

2. Select the Script you want to upload to library

3. Select Upload to Library

4. Input the file name (*.sh, script file), then save it.

D. Download Script file

1. Select " SELECT SCRIPT"

2. Select the file in SCRIPT LIBRARY

3. Select the Script #1, 2, 3 you want

4. Select Download to Mouse

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Support and Update

Technical Support

For technical support and the latest drivers and firmware, please visit

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Update Firmware

Download the latest firmware from CM Storm website and click UPDATE to load the latest firmware.

Warranty

Two years’ limited manufacturer’s warranty

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Q&A

Q1. Hi, I just plugged in the mouse and the cursor doesn't work so well? What can I do?

A: By default the Sentinel Advance should work virtually on any gaming mouse pad or surface.

If this happens, please try to reduce the USB rep o r t r a t e o n t h e Storm Tactics AP Softw are . You r sys tem may not su p p o r t t h e current USB report rate.

B: Uncheck the "Enhance pointer precision" in Mouse Pointer Option, for better performance.

Windows XP

Windows 7/ Vista

C: Clean around your mouse sensor on the bottom with a cue tip.

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Q&A

Q2. The Sentinel Advance is connected to the PC, but not enabled. What can I do?

A: Here are possible solutions:

1. First try to change to another USB port.

(Windows XP) USB r e gistr y e rror pr ocess: S tart> C ontro l P anel> View By L a rge ico n s or smal l i cons> Mouse or DeviceManager> delete the hid compliant mouse (Sentinel Advance)>unplug Sentinel Advance mouse> re-plug Sentinel Advance.

(Windows Vista) USB registry error process: Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Mouse or DeviceManager> delete the hid compliant mouse (Sentinel Advance)>unplug Sentinel Advance mouse> re-plug Sentinel Advance.

(Windows 7) USB r e gistr y e rror pr ocess: S tart> C ontro l P anel> View By L a rge ico n s or smal l i cons> Mouse or DeviceManager> delete the hid compliant mouse (Sentinel Advance)>unplug Sentinel Advance mouse> re-plug Sentinel Advance.

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