Connect & Configure
Here's how to get your mouse and keyboard working smoothly with Cronus Zen.
🧩Setup Overview
Follow these four simple steps to get your mouse and keyboard working with Cronus Zen:
🔴Step 1: Turn OFF GamePacks or Scripts
🔌Step 2: Connect the Devices (MK Switch recommended)
🖥️Step 3: Open Zen Studio & Check Device Detection
🎮Step 4: Test Input Detection
🔴Step 1
Before connecting anything, turn OFF GamePacks or Scripts.
Here’s how:
🧠 Press the right blue Memory Slot button on the Cronus Zen
⏭️ Cycle through until the Collective Minds Alien logo appears on the OLED screen
✅ This means no GamePacks or Scripts are active
🔌Step 2
Connect the Devices (MK Switch Recommended) to your Cronus Zen.
🔗 Connection Order
🎮Plug your controller into Zen USB Port A1
⌨️Connect your keyboard to Zen USB Port A2
🖱️Connect your mouse to Zen USB Port A3
🖥️Connect the PROG USB cable from Cronus ZEN to your PC
⚠️ Once your main mouse and keyboard are connected to the Cronus Zen, they’ll function as a controller. You won’t be able to control your PC with them anymore, unless you switch them back manually.
That’s why you’ll need either a second set of mouse and keyboard, or a MK Switch to toggle between PC and Zen.
If you don’t have a second keyboard/mouse for your PC, a USB powered MK Switch is a huge help. More info 👉Cronus ZEN - MK Switch
🖥️Step 3
Now that everything is connected, it’s time to check if Cronus Zen detects your mouse and keyboard correctly.
🚀Launch Zen Studio
Open Zen Studio on your PC
Click on the “Device” tab
🔍Check Detected Devices
Look under the Connected Devices section
Your mouse and keyboard should appear
💡If your device shows up with a question mark, don’t worry, it still works. That just means Zen Studio doesn’t have an icon for it.
🎮Step 4
Time to test if the Cronus Zen is picking up the inputs from the Mouse and Keyboard.
📱Open the Device Monitor
In Zen Studio, press TOOLS --> Device Monitor
🖱️Test Your Mouse
Move your mouse, you should see RX/RY values changing in real time
This confirms your mouse input is being read as right stick movement
⌨️Test Your Keyboard
Press W, A, S, D, you should see LX/LY values changing in real time
This confirms your keyboard input is being read as left stick movement
Try other keys like spacebar to test additional mappings
[YOUTUBE LINK HERE - MK GUIDE STEP 4]
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