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Never Retreat. Advance!
Sentinel III introduces a host of
improvements, building upon the
ergonomic, palm grip design that
fans have come to love.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 .Fea t ures - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
2 .But to ns Over v iew - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7
3 .Spec i f icat ion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
4 .On- the- f ly Ad justments by Hardware - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9
5 .So ftware Gu ide - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
6 .Main But ton Ass ignment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15
10.USB Pol l ing Rate and OS Sett ing ---- --------------------------------- 23
8.Mouse LED and Custom OLED Logo Sett ing ---------------------------- 20
9.Mouse DPI and Sensor Setting ------------------------------------------------- 22
13.Setting the Language of Tool Tips -------------------------------------- 26
15.Support Tab ---------------------------------------------------------------- 28
16.Legal Information ---------------------------------------------------------- 29
7 .Conf igur ing the S torm TX But ton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
11.Create a Macro -------------------------------------------------------------------- 24
12.Library Management ------------------------------------------------------------- 25
14.Edit Prof i le and Custom Image ---------------------------------------- 27
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• High-End Gaming Optical Sensor
o Avago S3988 precision optical sensor
o DPI up to 6400
o Auto-adjust lift off distance for different mousepads
o Adjustments by steps of 50 DPI
• Durable and Best Click Feeling Switches
o Omron D2FC-F-7N
o 20 million clicks life cycle
• Powerful ARM 32bit Processor
o SONIX ARM Cortex-M0
o 512KB on-board memory
• Full Speed Response
o 1000 Hz Polling Rate
o 1ms Response Rate
• RGB - up to 16.7M Colors
o Two zones: headlights and acrylic top
• Storm TX and Advanced Macro Programming with
Five Profiles
o Every single button can be customized with macros.
o Double button count with Storm TX feature
• Adjustable Weight Design
o Five 4.5g disks to adjust
• Two Textured Surfaces Combined
o Mouse body is covered in a matte UV coating
o Main keys housing with matte texture
• Easily changeable mouse feet
o Easily removable mouse feet by small nudges
Features
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Features
DPI ON-THE-FLY
LIGHTING COLORS
OLED DISPLAY
LOD TUNE AUTO ADJUST
5 PROFILES 512KB MEMORY
8 BUTTONS PROGRAMMABLE
STORM TX COMBINE
WEIGHT SYSTEM
Two Zones
RGB Lighting
16.7 Million Colors
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Never Retreat. Advance!
The Sentinel III radiates any color you want, like a neon sign announcing
your presence. Two different areas (the headlights and the top) can glow
crimson red, burnt orange, gunmetal grey, or any color that piques your
fancy. With 16.7 million color options, you’ll tinker till you drop.
Want something a little more subtle?
You can also completely switch off all LED lighting.
HEADLIGHTS
THE TOP Two Zones
RGB Lighting
16.7 Million Colors
RGB Lighting System
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SIDE BUTTON(1)
Default : Next Page
SIDE BUTTON(2)
Default : Previous Page
LEFT CLICK
FUNCTION(1)
Default : Switch Profile WHEEL CLICK
FUNCTION(2)
Default : DPI Level Down
FUNCTION(3)
Default : DPI Level Up
RIGHT CLICK
Sentinel III | Cooler Master Gaming Mouse
Buttons Overview
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Grip Type Palm
Material Plastic / Rubber
Color MasterCase 5 - Black
LED Color RGB
Sensor Avago 3988 Optical Sensor
CPI / DPI 4 Levels and up to 6400 DPI setting
Tracking Speed 200 IPS / 50 g
Lift Off Distance < 2mm (adjustable)
Polling Rate 1000 Hz / 1 ms
Angle Snapping Yes (adjustable)
Mouse acceleration 50 g
Programming Profiles 5
On-board Memory 512KB
Programmable buttons 8 (15 with Storm TX)
Connector Cable USB 2.0
Cable Length 1.8 Meters
Dimensions 135 x 83.6 x 40 mm
(5.3 x 3.3 x 1.6 inch)
Weight w/o weights
w/o cable
Additional Weights
155 g / 0.342 lbs
115 g / 0.254 lbs
5x 4.5 g / 5x 0.009 lbs
Additional Weights 22.5 g / 0.049 lbs (5 x 4.5g weights)
Warranty 2 Years
Specification
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On-The-Fly Adjustments: Overview
Press SWITCH PROFILE
Press
DPI LEVEL DOWN
Press DPI LEVEL UP
Press and hold for five seconds
SWITCH LOD SETTING WITH
SCROLL WHEEL
Press and hold for five seconds
ADJUST DPI WITH
SCROLL WHEEL
Press and hold for five seconds
AUTO TUNING LOD
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On-The-Fly Adjustments: LOD Auto
Press and hold for five seconds
AUTO TUNING LOD
CALIB
RA
TING
Press and hold L-Button
WHILE MOVING MOUSE IN
CIRCULAR PATTERN
Mousepad * We suggest recalibrating the LOD when tracking
on different surface.
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On-The-Fly Adjustments: LOD
Press and hold for five seconds
SWITCH LOD SETTING WITH
SCROLL WHEEL
LOD
1
LOD 1
LOD 5
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On-The-Fly Adjustments: DPI
Press and hold for five seconds
ADJUST DPI WITH
SCROLL WHEEL
X- 6
40
0
Y- 6
40
0
50 DPI
6400 DPI Steps of 50 DPI
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Main Control for key mapping & sync with
setting in system.
- Key Assignment
- OS Sensitivity
Adjustment with LED color & lighting effects.
- Full color tuning of DPI indicator
- Four modes of lighting effects
- Including Spectrum LED mode
Change sensor performance
- DPI tuning
- LOD tuning
User can get the information of mouse & link
to official support page.
- Online Support
- Version Information
- Automatically start at launch option
- Multi language Support
* Download from coolermaster.com
Software Features
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Main Tab GUI Control
Main Control │ Macro setting │ Library setting │ Support Info Language│ Minimize │ Close AP
Switch AP
Pull down Menu
Disable Keys
Mouse Clicks
Keyboard Keys
Macro Keys
Multi-media Control
Rapid Fire
Profile
DPI
Sensor Control
Storm TX key * Can be set on Button-5 only.
OLED Control
OLED Wake Up
APPLY : Apply Current Setting to Mouse
Application
Buttons Overview
The Main Control is the default tab when opening the Sentinel III software.
On this page, you can change the functions of every button your Sentinel III.
Software Guide
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Disable Disable a button.
Mouse Left Click Set a button to function as the Left Click.
Note : One button must always be set as the left click button.
Right Click Set a button to function Right Click.
Wheel Click Set a button to function as Mouse Wheel Click.
Browser Forward Set a button to function as the browser page forward
button.
Browser Backward Set a button to function as the browser page
backward button.
Keyboard Set a button to perform a selected key stroke.
Macro Set a button to function as a macro key combination.
Multimedia Web Browser Set a button to open the default web browser.
E-Mail Set a button to open the default email program.
Media Player Set a button to open the default media player
program.
Play/ Pause Set a button to function as the play/pause media
function.
Stop Set a button to function as the stop media function.
Next Track Set a button to function as the next track media
function.
Prev Track Set a button to function as the previous track media
function.
Volume Up Set a button to function as the volume up media
function.
Volume Down Set a button to function as the volume down media
function.
Mute Speaker Set a button to function as the volume mute media
function.
Calculator Set a button to open the windows Calculator program.
My Computer Set a button to open Window’s My Computer file
explorer.
Key Assignment
Main Button Assignment - 1
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Rapid Fire
Mouse Set a button to function as a repeating mouse button
clicks.
Selecting a mouse button.
Enter a number for the amount of times (from 1 to
254) to repeat the clicks.
Keyboard Set a button to function as a repeating key stroke.
Press a key on the keyboard.
Enter a number for the amount of times (from 1 to
254) to repeat the keystroke.
Profile Set a button to switching Profile.
Key Assignment
Main Button Assignment - 2
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DPI Set a button to switch DPI.
Sensor ON/OFF Set a button to toggle sensor ON or OFF
Storm TactiX Set button 5 (default function: browser back) to a
combo button for multiple commands at once.
* Can be set on Button-5 only.
OLED ON/OFF Set a button to toggle OLED display ON or OFF
OLED Wake up Set a button to wake up the OLED display for 5
seconds.
Main Button Assignment - 3
Key Assignment
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ASSIGN 2nd Functions (examples)
Not having enough keys on your mouse is a pain. Storm TactiX solves this problem by
letting you assign secondary functions to your mouse. During a game, simply press
one button to trigger secondary functions for every mouse button. This essentially
increases your button count from 9 to 15.
Press
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2
3
4
6
7
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9
10
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15
Left Click
Right Click
Wheel Click
Browser Forward
DPI [+]
DPI [-]
Profile Cycle [+]
Configuring the Storm TX Button
Create key combinations with Storm TactiX.
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Click the ‘Storm TX’ tab. This section turns button 5 (default function: browser backward) into a combo button
for multiple commands at once.
Click and select which button you would like to add to the combo setting.
Click the checkbox next to the drop-down list that you would like to configure and use (activate).
The mouse wheel can he applied to a combo button by scrolling the mouse wheel up or down.
Repeat these steps for each of the settings that you would like to setup.
When all desired changes have been made, click the ‘Apply’ button.
Configuring the Storm TX Button
Storm TactiX
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4
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2
3
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5
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Setting LED Colors
Click on check box of DPI or Profile for setting color.
Sliding bars change the RGB colors for different DPI
indicator. (From 0 to 255)
By sliding the bars back and forth, you can create a
total of 16.8 million colors. The possibilities are
endless and you can play around with it to find the
perfect color for you.
Setting Current DPI Color
LED and Custom OLED Logo Setting
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LED Color Setting
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LED Modes
There are five LED modes.
Static / Spectrum / Rapid Fire / Breathing / Turn Off
With Static – the color stays solid.
Spectrum mode – the LED will cycle through all the colors of
the rainbow.
Rapid fire – the rapid fire mode is a cool responsive effect
and will make the LEDs flash when the left and right mouse
buttons are clicked.
Breathing – the LED color slowly fades in and out.
Turn off – the LED will be off.
LED and Custom OLED Logo Setting
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3
1
Custom OLED Logo
Click the folder icon to open the image that you want to
upload to the mouse.
Preview the uploaded custom logo.
* The maximum image size is 32 x 32 pixels, and image must
be black & white.
Resets the custom logo to Cooler Master logo.
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LED Color Setting
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Sensor Setting
DPI Settings
Choose which DPI level you want to set the DPI.
Slide the bar right to increase the mouse sensitivity. The DPI
can be set from 50 to 6400 DPI with 50 DPI per step.
*The further the tab is to the right, the faster the mouse cursor
will move.
The X and Y axis can be adjusted independently by clicking
the lock icon. : Lock X&Y axis : Unlock X&Y axis
Lift Off Distance (LOD) Settings
There are five LOD levels.
The LOD of sensor can be set from Low(1) to High(5).
You can slide the bar right to increase the sensor LOD.
Mouse DPI and Sensor Setting
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3
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2
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Angle Tuning
There are twelve levels to set the angle of the sensor.
The angle tune ranges from -30° to +30° with steps of 5°. You can slide the bar right to increase the rotated angle of the
sensor.
Angle Snapping
There are ten levels of angle snapping.
The angle snapping can be set from Low(1) to High(5).
You can slide the bar right to decrease the motion data output
of Y-axis
0 9
1 5
30° -30°
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USB Polling Rate
The polling rate determines how often the
mouse sends information to your computer.
Increasing the polling interval will improve
precision at the tradeoff of using more CPU
resources.
OS Sensitivity Mouse sensitivity is how far the mouse moves
with a certain movement.
OS Double Click
Speed
Adjust this setting to change how fast the left
click buttons must be pressed to register a
Double Click.
The lower the number, the slower the presses
to complete a Double Click will be.
Set the number higher to require faster
presses of the buttons to complete a Double
Click.
Button Response
Time
The delay time between the clicking of the
mouse button and the system executing the
button press.
Set the slider to the left for faster response
time.
Lock OS Setting
Locks the software from controlling the setting.
The operating system mouse settings will
control how the mouse functions.
OS Sensitivity
USB Polling Rate and OS Setting
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Macro Setting
Create a Macro Macro
Click on the Macro tab to edit your Macros.
Click on and give a name to the
macro.
Click on to create a new macro.
Click on the Macro name in the list.
Click on the drop-down list to select an execution mode for this
macro.
Click on the check box to choose the mode of delay time.
Click on . Execute your macro. In this example, we use
the keyboard short-cut commands for copy.
Click on . The Macro is now stored.
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Press to run
once The macro is run through a single cycle as soon as
the button is pressed down
Release to run
once The macro is run through a single cycle as soon as
the button is released from a click
Press to loop The macro runs and repeats on continuous cycles
as soon as the button is pressed down. Pressing
again will stop the cycle.
Release to loop The macro runs and repeats on continuous cycles
as soon as the button is released from a click.
Press and release to stop the cycle.
Hold to loop The macro will run and repeat on a continuous
cycle as long as the button is held down. Releasing
the button will stop the loop.
The execution dropdown affects how the macro is triggered and how
it runs:
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Macro Setting
Library Management
The Library tab allows you to manage your macro and
profile database.
Macro
Utilize the ‘Import’ button to import downloaded or saved
macros. Use the ‘Export’ button to store mouse macros in
another location or so that you can share them with others.
The ‘Macro Backup Files’ section lists all saved macro files that
are not currently stored on the mouse.
Use these buttons to transfer macros to or from the onboard
mouse memory.
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Profile
Click the ‘Profile’ tab.
Import, Export or Delete profiles from this section.
Utilize these buttons to transfer macros to or from the onboard
mouse memory.
Manage onboard mouse profiles from this section.
Profiles can be individually reset back to factory defaults
through the button.
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Language Settings
Language Setting
You can click the box next to language options
to display translated tool tips for all the functions
and features in the software.
You won’t have to APPLY this setting.
The tool tips will pop up when you move the
cursor near text.
There are twelve different languages.
When you set the language in ENGLISH, the
tool tips won’t pop up for reference.
Tool Tips of Features
Setting the Language of Tool Tips
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Profile Editing
Once all setting have been completed, click the button.
The profile names and images will be updated to reflect your
preferences.
Edit Profile and Custom Image
The software allows you to edit your own profile name
and image, and can you can disable/enable profiles.
Profile Setting
Select the Profile that you would like to edit the name or disable.
Right click on the profile and select then give a
name to the profile.
*Profile name only supported with ENGLISH and NUMBERS ,
can be no longer than 11 characters.
Right click on the profile and select then the
profile will be disabled. Please duplicate the process to
reactivate the profile.
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Profile Image
Select the Profile that you would like to upload your customized
image.
Right click on the profile and select to open the
image that you intend to upload.
*The maximum size of a Profile Image is 145 x 62 pixels. Larger
pictures will be scaled to fit this size.
Right click on the profile and select to clear the
image of the profile.
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The support tab will give you information on further support with a button to the CM page which
contains the latest drivers and updates for your Sentinel III and other CM products. The Version
Info button will provide current information for both the software and the firmware on the mouse.
Download the latest drivers from
http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/mice/sentinel-iii/
Support Tab
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LEGAL INFORMATION
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LEGAL INFORMATION 1. Warranty Length
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repairs or modifications. The Program does not cover any events such as below:
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Damage, deterioration or malfunction resulting from:
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unauthorized product modification or failure to follow instructions included with the product.
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Cooler Master reserves the right to refuse to service any product which has been altered, modified or repaired by
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LEGAL INFORMATION(continued) 7. Shipping
Based on company policy, customers are responsible for shipping costs to ship back the defective item for RMA
repair/replace. Once the item is repaired/replaced, Cooler Master will ship the item back to the customer. Shipping
methods will be at Cooler Master's discretion.Cooler Master will not be able to ship repaired/replaced items in the
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