Summary

Currently this project is only suitable when the host machine is a windows machine.

synergy-listener listens for changes in a synergy 3 host's log file, parses the tail-end, and writes what computer is currently being controlled to a .txt file. You can then hook into this .txt file via other applications/processes to react based on which computer is currently being controlled. For example, the advanced scene switcher plugin for obs can switch scenes based on the contents of a text file, the coordinates of your mouse, and more. I combine this with the obs ndi plugin to send a video feed from each PC in my setup to my capture pc. From there, I can automatically switch to whatever scene represents whichever display / section of a display on whichever computer I'm currently controlling with synergy. See the video below to witness this in action.

synergy-listener-example_a.mp4

Setup

1. Install the Latest PowerShell & Git

Run the following command in powershell.

winget install Microsoft.PowerShell Git.Git

2. Clone the synergy-listener Repository

Run the following command in PowerShell in the directory you desire (ie cd ~/Documents).

git clone https://github.com/ninbura/synergy-listener

3. Create and Modify config.json

• Create config.json in the root of the repository you just cloned.

  • New-Item -Type File -Name config.json

• Provide the SynergryLogPath, OutputFileDirectory, & RetryOnFailure within said configuraiton.

  • {
      "SynergyLogPath": "C:/ProgramData/Synergy/logs/synergy.log",
      "OutputFileDirectory": "//192.168.1.4/a-sexy-capturer/Users/gabri/Documents",
      "RetryOnFailure": true
    }

• The RetryOnFailure option will make synergy-listener attempt to relocate the relevant files/paths set in the configuration if it can't find them. Useful if you're using network locations.

4. Install synergy-listener

Simply run ~install.bat at the root of the repository as administrator. After this, the proccess should automatically startup with your computer. From now on, when you switch computers with Synergy, the current-computer.txt file should contain the computer currently being controlled by Synergy. current-computer.txt should be located within your specified OutputFileDirectory.

Log Information

If you're running into issues, or it seems like synergy-listener isn't running; check the synergry-listener.log file in root where you cloned the repo.

Stopping, Restarting, & Uninstalling synergy-listener

• Run ~stop.bat as administrator to stop the schedule task.
• Run ~restart.bat as administrator to restart the task if it's not working, or if you've updated the config.json file.
• Run ~uninstall.bat as administrator to uninstall and remove the task, feel free to delete the repository after this.