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verumgero 2008-11-12 03:40
Bluetooth keyboard
 
Hey, I have had an N800 since last Christmas and I am finally getting around to getting a keyboard. I found one on ebay and put a small bid on it and lo and behold I won. Anyways, have any of you heard about this particular keyboard?

picture:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...thkeyboard.jpg

The Elektex fabric keyboard. Anybody?

TA-t3 2008-11-12 10:47
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
Looks nice, but it doesn't seem to use the HID protocol from what I could figure out from a little search. I'm not even certain it uses a kind of well-known serial protocol either, the specs are only referring to the drivers they provide for a number of Symbian and Windows phones, plus RIM and XP.
Edit: And Palm.
Maybe it'll be possible to use it with fanoush' serial driver.

verumgero 2008-11-14 23:38
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
It just came in the mail today and the n800 is only recognizing it as a phone. What is "fanoush' serial driver"?

verumgero 2008-11-15 22:47
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
OK I found out what the driver is, and I have tried to use it but the keyboard has a password and when I try and access the keyboard in xterm it just keeps saying "Permission denied". Any help?

verumgero 2008-11-15 23:04
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
Is there anyone who has gotten this keyboard to work?

verumgero 2008-11-17 23:38
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
WHAT?!?! I feel a little dumber now.

tz1 2008-11-24 14:25
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
How are you trying to access the keyboard?

The keyboard "password" is probably the pairing/pincode when you added the device in the bluetooth manager. It might say phone, but the type isn't always right.

What exactly do you have installed, and what exactly are you typing. Most of the people who might help aren't psychic.

fanoush 2008-11-24 14:54
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 241278)
Maybe it'll be possible to use it with fanoush' serial driver.
Maybe not. Who knows :-) From my basic search it looks like the keyboard needs to be 'calibrated' otherwise it may print different characters. Also it is pressure sensitive. From that I guess that keyboard may send just coordinates (and pressure?) of your press and mapping to specific key is done in the driver. kbdd definitely doesn't handle such device now.

verumgero 2008-11-25 04:26
Re: Bluetooth keyboard
 
thanks for all the input so far, I think I might just find a new keyboard.


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