The heat orange illumination is capable of several modes of operation including: solid, slow, medium, and fast pulse. You can also vary the intensity of the illumination between low, medium, and high. For those of you who don€t like glowing shiny stuff on your desktop, you can completely switch off all illumination. It also brings a very real benefit to users who utilize multiple profiles: by giving them brightnesses, you can quickly switch between profiles and also know which profile is active.

There€s no need to install software of any kind in order to use the Sensei [RAW] Heat Orange. It is completely capable of operating flawlessly with default settings. However, to unlock the potential of your mouse, download the SteelSeries Engine software. The software provides you with the ability to customize CPI settings, LED intensity, programmable buttons and lighting modes.

Thanks to the support of the SteelSeries Engine software, you can record even extremely long and advanced macros to the Sensei [RAW] Heat Orange. The macros can not only be layered, include keystrokes and precise timing, but they can span across your peripherals allowing you to have a mouse button assigned to perform keyboard strokes and mouse clicks in the same macro.