Re: Twiddler2 PS/2 question

From Wear-Hard Mailing list Archive (WH) Maintained by R. Paul McCarty

On Mon, 16 May 2005 21:27:06 -0400, "Steve Barr" <>
said:
> Craig M. Armstrong wrote:
> > I have tried a half dozen of those dual PS/2 to USB adapters with my
> > Iogear KVM, but the mouse won't work (and yes, I've tried several
> > different mice). Using one of the passive adapters (like the one in the
> > link below) it does work--depending on the mouse, it's not compatible
> > with all mice :(
> 
> IIRC, this is because one or more pins on the PS/2 connector are
> "reserved," and get used by different manufacturers for different things.
> 
> I'm sure the adapter TekGear sells works fine, but I've not used it.
> I've had good luck with the one Handykey sold when I bought a
> PS/2 Twiddler2.
> 
> Steve
> -- 
> http://www.stevebarr.com

Sorry, I didn't make it clear, the IOGEAR KVM I use has USB console
ports. It expects a USB keyboard to be plugged in to one port, and a USB
mouse to be plugged in to another port. It doesn't work correctly having
a single USB composite device. The keyboard works, but the mouse
doesn't. If I could find a PS/2 to USB adapter that looked like just a
mouse then that would probably work, but I haven't seen them. So, I have
tried one of the passive mouse adapters, and it works--but only if the
mouse can support it.

--
Craig

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