You just need 4 lines connected 7 (HotSync) does not need to be connected Description for attaching the keyboard is at http://www.iptel-now.de/HOWTO/SER_PALM_KBD/ser_palm_kbd.html (there's basic code for reading data after toggling the RTS line there as well). The RTS toggling with a 555 chip was just a temporary hack for the iPAQ formerly - that's no longer necessary - nor is it for a PC where you can toggle RTS easily. http://www.thinkoutside.com (who make the keyboard) have a development kit that you can freely download and that explains the key code sequences and everything else. You need a driver - for Linux this is done as part of the Linux console project already. http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net/ http://www.suse.cz/development/input/ http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jpc1/linux/ipaq/serial.html For Windows - you should have a look at the Twiddler1 drivers - they show how input data is fed into the Windows keyboard queue. btw: A driver for WinCE on the iPAQ exists - which makes other devices "behave like a Stowaway keyboard" a very attractive development option. regards ralf On Fri, 4 May 2001, Zachariah C Pratt wrote: > I know this has been done over so many times it's sickening, but let me have this one last try. From all the archives and pin out > configurations, I'm concluding: > Foldable Keyboard pins to 9 Pin Serial- > 2 to 4 (DTR) > 3 to 2 (RD) > 4 to 7 (RTS) > 7 to 5 (GND) > 10 to 5 (GND) > Is this correct? Do I need any external power or does it run off the wearable via one of the pins? Do I need drivers for a Windows > OS or does Win automatically pick up 9 pin serial keyboard connections? > Please help, I'm on my 3rd Stacker 2 pill and I can't get this hack to work. > > Zach > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org > please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain > -- Best regards, Ralf Ackermann ======================================================================== "Free software" is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free speech", not "free beer". Richard Stallman ======================================================================== -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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