SetPoint

SetPoint is the control panel for older Logitech mice and keyboards, the ones that arrived with extra thumb buttons, a tilting scroll wheel or a row of media and shortcut keys along the top of the keyboard. Out of the box those extras do little or nothing. Install it, pick the device from the tabs across the top, click a button on the picture of it, and choose what that button should do from a list. Back, forward, a zoom, a copy, a keystroke combination or the launch of a program all become one press.

The key word is older. SetPoint belongs to an older generation of Logitech hardware, and newer devices use a different application entirely, the one Logitech now routes everything through. It still works for the mice and keyboards it was built for, but it is discontinued, and it no longer pairs new devices to a wireless receiver.

That job has moved on. If your device is on its list, it remains the simplest way to give its buttons a purpose.

Assigning buttons and keys

Each supported device gets its own tab, and each button on it gets a menu of tasks. Mouse buttons can open a program, switch between open programs, zoom, go back or forward in a browser, or send any keystroke you record. On a keyboard, the F-keys and the dedicated shortcut keys can be reassigned the same way, so a key that once opened a web page can launch the program you use instead. The tilt wheel, where fitted, gets its own horizontal scroll or task.

A pointer section sets speed and acceleration, and a scroll section sets how many lines each notch moves or turns on smooth scrolling. Settings can differ per program on some devices, so a thumb button might undo in an editor and go back in a browser.

Anyone whose Logitech device is not supported can reach similar results with a general mouse button remapper, which works on any mouse.

Battery status and the gaming options

Wireless devices report their battery level in the tray and in the application, with a warning when it runs low, which saves a mouse dying in the middle of work. Keyboards with lock-key lights that were not built in show caps lock and number lock as an on-screen notice instead.

For the gaming mice it supports, a game mode disables keys such as the one that opens the start menu, so a stray press cannot drop you out of a match, and some mice offer sensitivity steps that change on the fly.

Modern gaming peripherals from the same maker use Logitech G HUB instead, which covers lighting and macros this tool never handled.

Which devices it supports

This is the crux. SetPoint supports a specific list of older mice, keyboards and desktop sets, many of them sold with the small Unifying wireless receiver. Newer models, including the current productivity range, are handled by Logitech’s newer application, and installing this tool for them does nothing useful.

Checking your device against the supported list first saves a wasted install.

The pairing change

Pairing is where the change bites. Adding a new device to a Unifying receiver, or re-pairing one that lost its link, is now done through the newer application rather than this tool or the old standalone pairing utility. It still configures a device that is already paired, but it will not set up a new pairing. Owners with a receiver and an older mouse can pair once through the new application and then keep using this tool for the button settings.

The older standalone pairing utility no longer covers that job on current systems.

Conclusion

SetPoint suits owners of older Logitech mice and keyboards who want those extra buttons and shortcut keys to do something useful. For the hardware it was built for, it remains the simplest way to assign tasks, tune the pointer and keep an eye on battery life, and nothing about it needs relearning.

It is the wrong choice for any recent Logitech device and it can no longer pair a receiver. Check the supported list, pair new hardware through the newer application, and keep this tool for the button settings on the older kit it still serves well.