Looking at setting up a MythTV box with an old computer just to try it out. Not planning on PVR right now. It would just be for DVD playing and Music. I am looking for a decent reasonably priced IR keyboard so I can use it to teach my learning remote (sony RM-VL600) to control the MythTV.
neither of which I am greatly impressed by. I figured I would just be able to pick up a simple IR keyboard for $30 or so but that doesn't seem to be the case.
So... you want a wireless keyboard just to train a learning remote? But not actually use it as a keyboard? Hopefully someone else can help you with that.
But, if you're looking for a keyboard to actually use, I highly recommend the Adesso WKB-3000UB. Right now they're $61 from Amazon.
I have two of them and LOVE them.
Their layout is perfect. The built-in optical trackball sits right under your right thumb, and there's a L-click button on the right-back edge for your trigger-finger. On the left-back edge is a scroll wheel, right where your left index finger lands when holding the keyboard. The keys are not that nice - They're a little cramped, and don't have a nice feel to them. But for mousing around HTPC's, this is a great mini keyboard.
Does this keyboard work through the walls? My HTPC is in a room about 50 feet away and I would like to use this keyboard on my plasma monitor
Well.... originally I was going to work on a MythTV box. That is on the back burner and now I am looking at the best way to connect my laptop, having modeline issues with HDMI , but S-video works ... but back to this thread....
If I am going to buy the SK-7500 I will now need a ps/2 to usb adapter to connect to the laptop. As mentioned earlier in this thread there are some issues with the cheap adapters but not sure I am willing to pay twice the price for an adapter then the keyboard
So I did a bit of searching and I may have figured out why the lower cost adapters work and the higher cost ones do. Looks like the lower cost adapters only connect the wires to the change the physical connection while the more expensive ones have a chip doing some processing. -- **edit** -- looks like RGB was right about the current draw. Answer Q&A number five also mentions current draw!
So by that theory something like the StarTech USB2PS2 should work and can be found for a bit cheaper then y-mouse. Also the converter listed second (part #USB-PS2) on this page should also work.
***EDIT***
I think I found the adapter listed here for sale cheaper here , here , here , and here $7.47 is the cheapest
Yes, the Pi Engineering unit has a chip that translates the mouse/keyboard into standard HID-compliant I/O. You probably want an adapter that mentions "HID".
I think all these dual PS2-USB adapters have a chip in them for the conversion. It's just that most assume less current draw. The only PS2-USB adapters that probably don't have a chip in them are the ones that convert a USB mouse or keyboard into PS2, and in this case, the mouse or keyboard has to be designed with this conversion in mind. Usually these adapters are included with USB mice or keyboards and connect on the cable end.
Please report your findings on the Ziotek, StarTech or any other USB-PS2 adapter you test with the SK7500.
It would be nice to know there are low cost alternatives to the Pi Engineering USB-PS2 adapter, even though the Pi unit is excellent quality.
My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H) only has a single PS/2 port (although it does have a COM1 that I could optionally use) that I could connect to the SK-7500.
Is there any downside or upside to using the COM port (assuming Linux as the OS) as opposed to a PS/2->USB adapter?
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Originally Posted by lindend /forum/post/17098511
Rgb,
My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H) only has a single PS/2 port (although it does have a COM1 that I could optionally use) that I could connect to the SK-7500.
Is there any downside or upside to using the COM port (assuming Linux as the OS) as opposed to a PS/2->USB adapter?
I am looking at (eventually) getting the same motherboard and was actually curious about this same issue. I was thinking of trying to use the PS/2 port for the keyboard portion of the SK-7500 and a PS/2 to USB adaptor for the "mouse". I don't actually own either
but hope to this by this fall
I would be grateful if you post back and let us know how it worked with this specific motherboard!
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Originally Posted by lindend /forum/post/17098511
Rgb,
My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H) only has a single PS/2 port (although it does have a COM1 that I could optionally use) that I could connect to the SK-7500.
Is there any downside or upside to using the COM port (assuming Linux as the OS) as opposed to a PS/2->USB adapter?
The mouse pointer on the SK-7500 receiver works fine via COM serial port. Be aware that popular distros like Ubuntu don't automatically support serial mice- you need to enable COM port mice manually.
I'm getting ready to add an OTA DVR to my setup (since DirecTV still isn't broadcasting my locals in HD). I'm playing around with an existing PC and have installed Mythbuntu 9.04. I wanted to use a Hauppauge HVR-2250 for the dual tuners, but couldn't get Linux to see it correctly. I'll wait for Linux drivers. Anyway, I installed a Hauppauge HVR-1250 and set up Myth to test things out before committing the money on the real thing. It works like a charm......almost. There's ALWAYS an almost
I can't get the remote to work. I've searched the web and everything seems to point to NO Linux drivers - for the card, yes, for the remote NO. I have a Logitech Harmony One that I'm currently using with my setup. Is the "IR keyboard -> learning remote" thing the way to go on this?
I value you guys' opinions. You've been doing this stuff longer than me.
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