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Keyboard Diagnosis?
What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll
Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice  480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:40 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson Is there a KVM involved in this? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue. |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:31 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson Is there a KVM involved in this? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Yes :-( ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:26 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS Belkin F8E-206-USB. "Offending system" is IOGear HCS1734 KVM. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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That happens during startup POST and, IIRC, when the KB is plugged in.
Lemme see...(if nothing follows, it stopped working :-p ) Ahyup, does. Dang, numlock turned off...that's better... I think some KBs just don't do it. Tim -- Deep Fryer: A very philosophical monk. Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:04:12 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:31 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson Is there a KVM involved in this? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Yes :-( ...Jim Thompson Could be a "hot key" mode. Does pressing ESC make it go away? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:50:21 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:04:12 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:34:31 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:20:40 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? ...Jim Thompson Is there a KVM involved in this? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Yes :-( ...Jim Thompson Could be a "hot key" mode. Does pressing ESC make it go away? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany No. And IOGear "support" is playing dumb, only will say their keyboards work with their KVM's ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Cheers |
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Martin Riddle wrote:
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg
wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? ...Jim Thompson Hmmm, Sounds like the KVM power supply might have been flakey. Cheers |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. If you have a digital scope just hang it on the USB supply to the keyboard and set the trigger to normal, trig level to 90%, time base to 100msec/div or so. That should show any collapse when you plug it in. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? I guess you meant "without the KVM supply plugged in". Maybe it comes up a bit sluggish and the keyboard POR is lousay, as Archie would have put it. It's amazing how only a few people are able to design a proper POR. What I've done at times (shhh, don't tell anyone I went that low) is to take the lone electrolytic in the offending unit out and replace it with a much smaller one. But never on anything mission-critical. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:50:54 GMT, Joerg
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. If you have a digital scope just hang it on the USB supply to the keyboard and set the trigger to normal, trig level to 90%, time base to 100msec/div or so. That should show any collapse when you plug it in. I'm going to lash up a USB "break-out" extender, so I can watch such things. It certainly looks like a "surge" oscillator. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? I guess you meant "without the KVM supply plugged in". Maybe it comes up a bit sluggish and the keyboard POR is lousay, as Archie would have put it. Yep. I got my double negatives up in force ;-) It's amazing how only a few people are able to design a proper POR. What I've done at times (shhh, don't tell anyone I went that low) is to take the lone electrolytic in the offending unit out and replace it with a much smaller one. But never on anything mission-critical. I have some really slick POR's. You don't do chips or I'd share with you. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:50:54 GMT, Joerg wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. If you have a digital scope just hang it on the USB supply to the keyboard and set the trigger to normal, trig level to 90%, time base to 100msec/div or so. That should show any collapse when you plug it in. I'm going to lash up a USB "break-out" extender, so I can watch such things. It certainly looks like a "surge" oscillator. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? I guess you meant "without the KVM supply plugged in". Maybe it comes up a bit sluggish and the keyboard POR is lousay, as Archie would have put it. Yep. I got my double negatives up in force ;-) It's amazing how only a few people are able to design a proper POR. What I've done at times (shhh, don't tell anyone I went that low) is to take the lone electrolytic in the offending unit out and replace it with a much smaller one. But never on anything mission-critical. I have some really slick POR's. You don't do chips or I'd share with you. That would be nice. And no, I am not planning to do any chips. Might get pulled into one but then they usually want me to re-design a nasty area such as a pulser or an amp. I'm a board level guy. Debugging a flex with tons of 0402 right now. Man, that gets difficult with age. My PORs are pretty simple, just transistors, diodes, resistors and a cap. The cap is rapidly discharged below threshold should the power rail drop down. That way it'll hold in reset for a while when it comes back up. Works a lot better than what's found on many uC. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com |
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:20:38 GMT, Joerg
wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:50:54 GMT, Joerg wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:37:43 GMT, Joerg wrote: Martin Riddle wrote: "Jim Thompson" wrote in message ... What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Sounds like a bad keyboard. Over current reset. Maybe the KVM cant supply the current needed. Or a dirty POR on the keyboard itself, after which it kind of "hangs". I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. If you have a digital scope just hang it on the USB supply to the keyboard and set the trigger to normal, trig level to 90%, time base to 100msec/div or so. That should show any collapse when you plug it in. I'm going to lash up a USB "break-out" extender, so I can watch such things. It certainly looks like a "surge" oscillator. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? I guess you meant "without the KVM supply plugged in". Maybe it comes up a bit sluggish and the keyboard POR is lousay, as Archie would have put it. Yep. I got my double negatives up in force ;-) It's amazing how only a few people are able to design a proper POR. What I've done at times (shhh, don't tell anyone I went that low) is to take the lone electrolytic in the offending unit out and replace it with a much smaller one. But never on anything mission-critical. I have some really slick POR's. You don't do chips or I'd share with you. That would be nice. And no, I am not planning to do any chips. Might get pulled into one but then they usually want me to re-design a nasty area such as a pulser or an amp. I'm a board level guy. Debugging a flex with tons of 0402 right now. Man, that gets difficult with age. My PORs are pretty simple, just transistors, diodes, resistors and a cap. The cap is rapidly discharged below threshold should the power rail drop down. That way it'll hold in reset for a while when it comes back up. Works a lot better than what's found on many uC. I'll send you a sample. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:26 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS Belkin F8E-206-USB. "Offending system" is IOGear HCS1734 KVM. OK, I was thinking of a PC as a host system. Sounds like the KVM is continually rebooting. Many keyboards blink their LEDs upon startup, but no PCs can cycle so quickly that one would describe a repetitive blink. Do you have a powered USB hub lying around? Try putting that between the KB and KVM. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI! |
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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:26 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS Belkin F8E-206-USB. "Offending system" is IOGear HCS1734 KVM. OK, I was thinking of a PC as a host system. Sounds like the KVM is continually rebooting. Many keyboards blink their LEDs upon startup, but no PCs can cycle so quickly that one would describe a repetitive blink. Do you have a powered USB hub lying around? Try putting that between the KB and KVM. Never mind. Take a look at the Belkin spec page: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...oduct_Id=22227 "Our ClassicKeyboard only works with MS drivers. Our drivers do not work in Windows XP". To me, this means that this keyboard needs to talk to specific drivers instead of being some sort of generic USB keyboard device. I'll bet that the KVM doesn't support whatever it is that the keyboard is expecting. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ RAM disk is *not* an installation procedure. |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:26:42 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote: "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:26 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS Belkin F8E-206-USB. "Offending system" is IOGear HCS1734 KVM. OK, I was thinking of a PC as a host system. Sounds like the KVM is continually rebooting. Many keyboards blink their LEDs upon startup, but no PCs can cycle so quickly that one would describe a repetitive blink. Do you have a powered USB hub lying around? Try putting that between the KB and KVM. Never mind. Take a look at the Belkin spec page: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...oduct_Id=22227 "Our ClassicKeyboard only works with MS drivers. Our drivers do not work in Windows XP". To me, this means that this keyboard needs to talk to specific drivers instead of being some sort of generic USB keyboard device. I'll bet that the KVM doesn't support whatever it is that the keyboard is expecting. Sounds like nonsense to me. The keyboard plugs directly into USB and works just fine on my XP machine, has for a year. But your powered hub suggestion is excellent. My thought is that the keyboard pulls more power at start-up than the KVM can supply. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice 480)460-2350 | || E-mail Address at Website Fax 480)460-2142 | Brass Rat || http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:26:42 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:26 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? What model number keyboard? And what is the offending system? It may be more than a simple power problem (I'd just expect nothing to work). Its probably a failure signal either from the keyboard processor itself or the PC's BIOS Belkin F8E-206-USB. "Offending system" is IOGear HCS1734 KVM. OK, I was thinking of a PC as a host system. Sounds like the KVM is continually rebooting. Many keyboards blink their LEDs upon startup, but no PCs can cycle so quickly that one would describe a repetitive blink. Do you have a powered USB hub lying around? Try putting that between the KB and KVM. Never mind. Take a look at the Belkin spec page: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...oduct_Id=22227 "Our ClassicKeyboard only works with MS drivers. Our drivers do not work in Windows XP". To me, this means that this keyboard needs to talk to specific drivers instead of being some sort of generic USB keyboard device. I'll bet that the KVM doesn't support whatever it is that the keyboard is expecting. Sounds like nonsense to me. The keyboard plugs directly into USB and works just fine on my XP machine, has for a year. Well, its Belkin's nonsense, not mine. It does suggest that there may be driver incompatibility issues, exacerbated by the fact that even they don't know which systems their own products work on. But your powered hub suggestion is excellent. My thought is that the keyboard pulls more power at start-up than the KVM can supply. That'll eliminate the power supply issues. USB power compatibility is pretty well defined and I didn't see whether the keyboard requires more than 100mA or the KVM is limited to that level. Absent anything in the spec., you could make a USB cable that breaks out the +5V line and see what it draws. -- Paul Hovnanian ------------------------------------------------------------------ Life is like an analogy. |
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On 2007-07-30, Jim Thompson wrote:
What does it mean when all three LED's (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) on a keyboard blink together? either the host is rebooting the keyboard repeatedly or it's blinking the leds on purpose. It doesn't happen on all the systems I plug it into, just one. I'm guessing maybe the one host system can't support the keyboard power ???? Is there anything special about that system? does a different keyboard work? Bye. Jasen |
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On 2007-07-30, Jim Thompson wrote:
I got it to work by resetting the KVM WITHOUT its own power unit unplugged, so that power only came via the host PC's. Maybe it IS a bad (as in too high a current) keyboard?? From the other posts it looks like that device doesn't support the HID standard and is a keyboard shaped proprietry device. Unless you can get drivers for the KVM (something I seriously doubt) it's not going to work. Bye. Jasen |
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