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Upgrade
To display the Upgrade page
Note: Firmware upgrades are not possible using the Safari browser, please use a different 
browser when performing upgrades.
1 Access the CCS Manager.
2 On the left side, click the Upgrade button.
Performing a firmware upgrade
The CCS-PRO4 switch is fully upgradeable via a firmware upgrade.
To perform a firmware upgrade
1 Download the latest CCS-PRO4 firmware upgrade file from the Adder Technology 
website (www.adder.com) and install it on a computer that is attached via a network 
connection to the CCS-PRO4 switch. 
 
The file is supplied as a compressed ZIP file. Decompress the ZIP file with an 
appropriate tool such as WinZip (www.winzip.com) and extract the contained *.bin file. 
2 Access the Upgrade page (as detailed left).
3 Click the Select upgrade file button and use the subsequent file dialog to locate 
the downloaded *.bin upgrade file. Once selected, the name of the upgrade file will be 
displayed within the Upgrade window.
4 Click the Start upgrade button. As the process begins, the Upgrade page will show 
‘Upgrade in progress’ and the CCS-PRO4 front panel will show ‘’ .  
 
The upgrade process may take several minutes to complete, after which time the CCS-
PRO4 front panel will return to showing the current channel number.     
						

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FREE-FLOW CONFIGURATION
Installing the standard configuration application
The Free-Flow configuration application is available for download from the Adder 
website (www.adder.com).
1 Install the application onto any computer (not necessarily one of the four computers 
linked to the CCS-PRO4 switch).
2 Connect the computer to the CCS-PRO4 via the network port. See To temporarily 
connect a computer to the network port for details.
3 Run the installation application and follow the on-screen instructions. Once installed, 
start the Free-Flow application. It may report that it is ‘Unable to communicate with 
the device’. If so:
a Click the OK button, whereupon the Free-Flow window will open. 
b Select Configure > Connection... to display the Communication configuration 
dialog. 
c In the first tab, select the Network  connection. The Serial option is used only for 
the standard CCS4-USB switch.
Configuring a standard Free-Flow system
Use the Free-Flow application to declare the display screens and their positions relative 
to each other. Then download the configuration to the CCS-PRO4 switch.
1 On the icon bar, click the red, green, blue and yellow screen icons (or use the Screens 
menu) to add the required number of display screens to the map area:
1A2A3A4A1A2A
3A4A1A
2A3A4A
 
Note: By default, the Free-Flow screen will automatically add four screens in a straight row  
(1A2A3A4A), each at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. You can edit or delete these screens 
as required.
2 Arrange the coloured rectangular screen representations to mimic the physical layout 
of the actual displays, for example: 
(Windows PC required)
d Enter the IP address of the CCS-PRO4 unit (it is set to 192.168.1.22 as standard) as 
well as the username and password, if used. 
e If required, test the connection. Select Configure > Send Layout to Switch. If 
no error message is returned then you can assume the connection is working.  
 
The important thing is to define where each screen edge abuts to the next so that the 
CCS-PRO4 switch can determine the correct moments to switch channels. 
 
Use the small black squares around the perimeter of each highlighted screen 
representation to change their size or stretch them.
 
Note:  The numbering of the screen images relate directly to the four channels on the switch.
 
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3 Double-click on each screen representation to set the screen resolution and, 
optionally, add a screen name and/or configure an LED monitor indicator: 
See also Additional Free-
Flow operations and settings
 
The screen resolutions are not critical but they enable the CCS-PRO4 switch to 
accurately map the movement of the mouse onto corresponding movements of the 
pointer across the screens. The screen names, if used, are not downloaded to the 
CCS-PRO4 switch.
 
If you need to configure an LED monitor indicator, click the LED Setup tab. Please see 
Configuring LED monitor indicators for details.
4 When the screen map is complete and accurately matches the true layout of the 
display screens, choose File > Save to store a copy of the layout. The layout will be 
stored as a ‘Free-Flow Config file’ with the extension: .ffc
5 To send the configuration, select Configure > Send Layout to Switch. 
• If the download is successful, the screen representations will briefly turn grey and 
the upper four indicators on the CCS-PRO4 switch will begin to scroll across (they 
will continue to do this while Free-Flow mode is enabled).
• If the download is unsuccessful, a message dialog will explain that it is ‘Unable to 
communicate with the device’. Check the connection and the settings mentioned in 
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Multi-Monitor Free-Flow configuration
Installing drivers and multi-monitor config app
In order to use Multi-Monitor mode you will need to install a Multi-Monitor Free-Flow 
driver (available for download from the Adder website www.adder.com) onto each PC 
that has multiple monitors attached.
1 On each multiple monitor PC, run the downloaded file. After accepting the licence 
agreement you will be prompted to choose a destination folder. Either accept the 
suggested location or change it, as necessary.
 
Note: The Install for all users option should be ticked if there are more  
than one user account on the PC and all need to use Free-Flow.
2 The options available during installation are as follows:
• Full Install, (this is recommended), or
• Options to install individually:
• Configuration App  
This is the Free-Flow application and needs to be installed only on the PC that 
will be used to set up the CCS-PRO4 switch via the network port.
• Visual C++ Runtime 
The C++ runtime library is a windows component that is required by the 
multi-monitor driver in order to run its helper applications. It is pre-installed 
with Windows but is offered here as an option as you may want to keep an 
older version already installed on your system, or you may already have a newer 
version in your copy of Windows. 
• Drivers 
Multi-Monitor Free-Flow drivers that are required on each PC that will be using 
Multi-Monitor.   
 
Choose the required components and click the Next > button.  
3 Once the chosen components have been installed, click the Finish button.
 
Note: On the PC that will be used to set up the CCS-PRO4 switch, you can optionally tick 
‘Click to run the Free-Flow Configuration Application’ in the lower left corner to immediately 
begin using Free-Flow - see Configuring multiple monitors on the next page for details. 
 
Note: On each PC that you installed the driver, a process called mumoapp.exe will remain 
running.
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Configuring multiple monitors
Multi-Monitor configuration is similar to normal Free-Flow setup except that you can 
add more than one display per PC, up to a total of eight per machine.
Note: It is necessary to install a driver on each PC that has multiple displays - see Installing 
drivers and multi-monitor config app on the previous page.   
1 If it is not already running, start the Free-Flow configuration application on the 
computer that is connected to the network port of the CCS-PRO4 switch. See 
Installing the standard configuration application for details.  
2 On the icon bar, click the red, green, blue and yellow screen icons (or use the Screens 
menu) to add the required number of display screens per computer to the map area. 
 
For example, to add two monitors for PC 1, click the red computer icon twice. The 
two red monitor representations will be placed side by side within the Free-Flow map 
area.  
3 Arrange the coloured rectangular screen representations to mimic the physical layout 
of the actual displays. For example, you may wish to have the two screens of PC1 side 
by side, with the two screen screens of PC2 below them (as shown left), or some 
other arrangement to reflect the actual positions of the physical monitor screens.   
 
The important thing is to define where each screen edge abuts to the next so that the 
CCS-PRO4 switch can determine the correct moments to switch channels. 
 
Use the small black squares around the perimeter of each highlighted screen 
representation to change their size or stretch them.
 
Note: The numbers of the screen representations relate directly to the four channels on the 
CCS-PRO4 switch, while the letters relate to the screen hierarchy attached to any single 
computer (i.e. A is primary, B is secondary, etc .).
4 [Optional step] If you need more squares on the grid in order to arrange many 
displays in a row, right click on an empty square (or on the darker gray edging) to 
enlarge the grid. Further right clicks will add even more empty squares.
5 Continue from step 3 of the standard Free-Flow configuration instructions.     
						

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Configuring LED monitor indicators
When the optional CCS-XB LED monitor indicator kit is used, there are several 
configuration options available that allow you to customise behaviour and these are set 
using the Free-Flow configuration application.
Adjusting colour and brightness for all indicators
If necessary, you can impose default colour and brightness settings upon all connected \
LED monitor indicators. Choose Configure > LEDs... to display the following popup:
4 Choose the CCS-XB LED output port that you wish to associate with the currently 
selected video screen.
5 Optionally alter the colour, from the Colour: list, that you wish the LED indicator to 
display when the associated video screen is selected:
To impose a default colour on all connected indicators, choose the required Default 
colour and then tick the option Set all LEDs to this colour. 
Use the Default brightness option to determine the intensity of all indicators.
Click OK to exit and apply the required settings. 
Note: Once default settings have been made you can optionally change any or all indicators 
individually as required using the steps outlined below.    
Adjusting individual indicators
For each installed video display screen, you have the opportunity to add and configure an 
LED monitor indicator.
To adjust details for an individual indicator 
1 Double-click on a screen representation (or right click on a screen representation and 
then choose Properties) to display the screen popup. 
2 Click the LED Set-up tab to display the indicator details: 
3 For a newly added screen the LED: entry will show No LED. Click on the drop 
down handle and choose the LED indicator that you wish to associate with the 
currently selected video display screen:
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CCS-XB
Each entry within the LED: list relates to one of the ten output sockets on the CCS-XB module.
Note: It is possible to associate any LED indicator with more than one video screen.
6 Click OK to save and exit. 
7 Repeat steps 1 to 6 for each screen that requires an LED monitor indicator.
8 Choose Configure  > Send Layout to Switch to update the CCS-PRO4 switch.
9 IMPORTANT: Once the Free-Flow configuration application has downloaded 
the setup, remove and reconnect power to the CCS-PRO4 to allow the new 
settings to take effect. 
Note: Each LED indicator can only 
have one colour, so if you associate an 
indicator with more than one screen 
and then change the colour on a later 
screen assignment, it will be changed 
for all the screens in the list for that 
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Additional Free-Flow operations and settings
In addition to the core configuration functions, Free-Flow has a number of additional 
settings that you can make.  
Mouse... (acceleration) setting 
Acceleration
Mouse acceleration allows you to move the mouse pointer quickly across the large areas 
of the screen in response to small but sharp shifts in the mouse position. The Configure 
> Mouse... option provides settings between 0 and 50, however, a value of 12 to 15 will 
give a typical Windows-like default operation. 
Mouse parking... setting
Mouse parking allows you to optionally determine where the mouse pointer for each 
system should be placed when the focus moves to a different system/video screen. The 
Configure > Mouse parking... option displays vertical and horizontal scroll bars. Use 
the scroll bars to pinpoint the position that should be used to park the dorman\
t mouse 
on each screen.
Switch... settings
Enable (Disable) Free-Flow
This option allows you to switch off the Free-Flow feature within the CCS-PRO4 switch. 
Located within Configure > Switch... menu item, untick the Enable Free-Flow 
checkbox and download the configuration the CCS-PRO4 switch to disable. 
Start-up Port
Located within Configure > Switch... menu item (see above image), this option allows 
you to determine which port should be enabled whenever the CCS-PRO4 switch is first 
powered on.
Switch Mode
Located within Configure > Switch... menu item (see above image), these check boxes 
allow you to determine which peripherals should be switched whenever the channel is 
changed by the Free-Flow method. The switching of peripherals via the other methods of 
channels selection (e.g. the front panel, hotkeys, mouse buttons, etc.) remain unaffected 
by these settings. By default, the Keyboard/Mouse and Audio are selected.    
						

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Operation
SELECTING A COMPUTER
There are six ways to switch the common peripherals to specific computer channels:
• Using the innovative Free-Flow automatic switching utility Þ 
• Using the control panel Ü  
• Using hotkeys 
• Using mouse button presses 
• Remote control via an external system
• Using the optional RC4 remote control
Selecting a computer using the control panel
The control panel allows you to determine how the various peripherals are switched to 
one or more computer channels. 
1 Optional: If you need to selectively switch some of your peripherals, press the MODE 
button repeatedly to change the switching mode:
Will switch all peripherals together
Will switch keyboard, mouse and speakers
Will switch only the keyboard and mouse
Will switch only the speakers
Will switch only USB peripheral 1
Will switch only USB peripheral 2
 
Notes: 
• If an indicator flashes, it signifies that the respective peripheral is currently switched to 
another computer channel.
• The peripherals to be switched using the Free-Flow method are set independently.   
2 Press the COMPUTER button repeatedly to select the required computer channel. 
Selecting a computer using the Free-Flow utility
Once configured, Free-Flow allows you to change channels merely by moving the mouse 
to edge of one screen towards the next screen. As the mouse pointer reaches the edge 
it will cause the channel to automatically change and will jump to the next screen.
Notes: 
• Free-Flow cannot be enabled until a layout has been configured and downloaded to the CCS-
PRO4 switch - see Free-Flow configuration.
• The mouse will not flow across the screens while any mouse buttons are pressed down - this 
prevents undesired behaviour when dragging windows around or group-selecting items.
• You can determine which peripherals will be switched by Free-Flow independently of those 
that would be switched with any other method. See Switch Mode within the Switch... 
settings section.  
• You can continue to use any of the other channel switching methods while Free-Flow is 
enabled. 
The four upper indicators on the CCS-PRO4 display panel will scroll across every few 
seconds to show that Free-Flow is enabled. See What is Free-Flow? for an introduction 
to the utility or Free-Flow configuration for more details about how to prepare it for 
operation.
You can temporarily disable (and re-enable) Free-Flow using hotkey presses:
• Simultaneously press and hold  and , then press     
Use this button to choose which peripherals will be switched
The upper K/M, SPK, USB1, and USB2 indicators show which peripherals are switched to the current computer channel OR (as you begin pressing the MODE button) the peripherals that will be switched during the next press(es) of the COMPUTER button. 
Use this button to choose the next required computer
Indicates the number of the currently selected computer
The lower four indicators will intermittently scroll across whenever Free-Flow is enabled. 
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Selecting a computer using hotkeys
Using hotkey combinations, you can quickly switch the keyboard and mouse, speakers 
and USB peripherals to any computer channel.
To select a computer using hotkeys
The standard hotkey press combinations allow you to change channels with the minimum 
of keypresses: 
1 Simultaneously press and hold  and  (or other hotkeys, if altered). 
2 While still holding  and , press the number key of the required channel address 
(or the TAB key), then release all of the keys. 
 
Note: The numbers on your keyboard’s numeric keypad are not valid, use only the numeral 
keys above the QWERTY section.
 
The ports (K/M, audio and/or USB) that are switched using this method depend upon 
the switching mode that is currently set using the control panel buttons.  
The range of standard hotkey combinations are as follows:
Note: If your hotkeys have been changed, substitute them for  and  in the examples 
given here. 
 
   Selects channel 1
 
   Selects channel 2
 
   Selects channel 3
 
   Selects channel 4
 
   Isolates the user console from all channels
 
   Selects the next channel (see note )
To disable/enable Free-Flow
Once Free-Flow is in operation, you can temporarily disable (and re-enable) it. You can 
tell when Free-Flow is in operation when the four lower indicators on the CCS-PRO4 
front panel scroll across every few seconds.
• Simultaneously press and hold  and , then press    
Choosing which computers are accessed when using hot keys + tab
The computer channels that are visited when you use the hot keys + tab (or mouse 
buttons) are determined by a setting within the Configuration menu: 
1 Enter the General configuration page of the CCS Manager. 
2 Choose the required Port cycling option, either: 
• Cycle all ports (visits even inactive ports), or
• Cycle only active ports.
3 Click the Save button.
What are hotkeys?
The  and  keys when pressed in combination are called ‘hotkeys’ and they 
signal to the CCS-PRO4 switch that you wish to control it, rather than the computer. 
However, if these particular hotkeys clash with another device or program, you can 
change them to a different combination within the General configuration page of the 
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Selecting a computer using the mouse buttons
Using the mouse buttons, you can quickly switch the keyboard and mouse, speakers and/
or USB peripherals to any computer channel.
Note: These procedures work only with three-button or IntelliMouse devices and only if the 
‘Mouse switching’ option has been enabled (within the General configuration page of the CCS 
Manager). 
To select a computer using the mouse buttons
1 Hold down the middle button (or scroll wheel) of the mouse.
2 Click the left mouse button to increment the channel number or click the right mouse 
button to decrement the channel. When the correct channel is reached, release the 
middle button. 
 
When using this method of switching:
• The computer channels that are visited depend upon the configuration menu 
setting (see note ).
• The ports (K/M, audio and/or USB) that are switched using this method depend 
upon the switching mode that is currently set using the control panel buttons. 
Choosing which computers are accessed when using mouse buttons
The computer channels that are visited when you use the hot keys + tab (or mouse 
buttons) are determined by a setting within the Configuration menu: 
1 Enter the General configuration page of the CCS Manager. 
2 Choose the required Port cycling option, either: 
• Cycle all ports (visits even inactive ports), or
• Cycle only active ports.
3 Click the Save button.