A KVM lets two computers share one set of monitors, and the traditional way to get one is a physical switch box: extra hardware, extra cabling, and another point of failure on the desk. The displays already know how to change source — that is what the input button in their on-screen menu does — but doing it by hand means visiting every panel's menu separately each time you switch machines, which turns a quick handover into a dozen button presses.
MonitorPilot offers a software KVM instead, driving the input-source control over DDC/CI. With input presets you retarget every connected display to another computer at once — from HDMI to DisplayPort to USB-C — in a single action, no box required. Because inputs are just another setting MonitorPilot can store, you can fold them into a profile or workspace and trigger the whole switch with one click or a global hotkey, optionally alongside the brightness and layout changes that suit the other machine. Every command still passes through the serialized, paced queue that protects the control bus, so flipping several panels together stays stable rather than racing the hardware. As always it runs locally with no telemetry. The honest limits: both the monitor and your cabling must support the inputs you want to switch between, the panel has to expose DDC/CI, and some displays implement only part of the input-control standard — MonitorPilot detects and offers what each one actually supports.
