Peripheral issue - Mac now treating foot pedal as a mouse

I just spoke to a representative from VEC Electronics who confirmed that the issue of the MAC recognizing the foot pedal as a mouse is rectified by the Infinity 3 foot pedal. He explained to me that it is a matter of an upgraded chip in the 3 compared to the 2 that solves the problem. The only glitch is that the chips that are in the 3 are being impacted by supply issues. In order for them to meet demand they did furnish some Infinity 3 with the former chip, which will work just fine on PCs. He offered a way to tell if you are getting the new chip that is needed for our MAC computers. If you order the Infinity 3 MAKE SURE that it is marked as "A" and you'll know it has the right chip in it. If marked with a "B" then that is the older chip they are using. They are just starting to mail these out now, so just be sure, or you will have the same problem with the 3. Just wanted to pass along that info to further save us all a huge headache again.

I had that problem, and I use Express Scribe as my audio player. The tech there said that if I had Infinity USB-2, that might be the problem. He suggested purchasing Infinity USB-3, which I did. That fixed the problem. Good luck!

I admit up front that this is a complicated work around but it does work.

*downloaded the Parallels app

*install Windows 10

*install ExpressScribe FROM THE WINDOWS STORE

*connect the VEC controller TO WINDOWS (not OS)

Once all is said and done, it works perfectly.

I found a not (not very great) workaround: While using the pedal, the mousepointer has to placed on a window, that doesn't allow rightclicks. E. g. the software used here with the pedal has a menu window for the footpedal where rightclicks have no effects and no contextual menu appears.

So as long you don't use the mouse to navigate in your text and remember to put the mousepointer in a corner of the screen where the menu window is open when you start playback it... just works. 🤨

Thank you for your posts. I had been having the same problem (I only discovered the problem two weeks after the upgrade to Monterey because I had been away and using a vP-4 MKII Wireless Foot pedal while away and had no problems with that particular one) when I got back to my office and I had issues with the VEC Infinity 2. I chatted with my provider and while they weren't sure at that point that the Infinity 3 would not have the same issues, they recommended I get one and see (money back guaranteed if it didn't work). I've just received the Infinity 3, plugged it in and there are no issues. It's working just like it should. But the posts on here pointed me in the right direction so I am very grateful.

Updating here that the VEC Infinity 3 works. There's nothing either company can do so yes, we all have to upgrade our pedals. Such is technology. Sucks but that's how it is with everything eventually as things like chips become incompatible.

Use the VEC Infinity 3. As others in this thread have confirmed, it works.

I have the same problem exactly. Someone from Express Scribe help asked me if I have Infinity USB-2, which I do. That person said if I purchase Infinity USB-3 that will solve the problem. I have ordered it, and if it works, I will come back and post here. In the meantime, has anyone else found a different solution?

This is the exact wording I received from VEC. VEC also added this:

"I have heard that this issue will not occur with the new INFINITY-3USB, I am trying to confirm this and will let you know

Another user reported this,

However, the issue seems to be with the whole OS system as I get a 'right click' function when I press the central pedal even if I'm just on Firefox or the Mac Finder. Thankfully in the meantime I have a bit of a workaround, as I also have the virtual Windows software 'Parallels' and the pedal is happily communicating as normal through that."

As soon as I read this thread, I ordered this foot pedal (link below) from Amazon and it works. Headaches (both mine and my husband's since he's my IT man) disappeared as soon as I tried it :)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CZZ3RBH?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_product_details

Similarly to others here my Infinity 2 stopped working as expected. I read the comments here with interest & decided that there must be a better solution than sending a perfectly good piece of kit to landfill. As mbmendo pointed out it is only a collection of 3 quite simple switches. Solution: replace the circuit. I used a Teensy LC & it took about an hour to replace the old circuit. Since I use it for music transcription I have set it up to send MIDI signals but I am sure that it would be just as easy to send standard keyboard type messages. At this point you can completely customise the pedal - and all for about 15€. Just a thought.

I am also having this issue with a v2 and Monterey. A work around I've discovered is pressing Esc after every foot press that activates the right click. This clears the contextual menu and lets me keep typing.

I did receive the USB-3 pedal, and everything is working fine now. Wow, it was like the Twilight Zone for a while though. I hope they can fix the Monterey OS so others don't have go go through this.