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I just tried an ABKO K995P V3 keyboard with my Tripp Lite 0DT60002 and Soarer's converter. The keyboard didn't work. It apparently requires too much power.

I recently purchased a Pro KEY 124 keyboard made by Maxi Switch, Inc. The Pro KEY 124 keyboard has a Field key and a Delay key in the upper left corner of the keyboard like the Maxi-Pro II keyboard. Gateway AnyKey keyboards have an F11 and F12 key in the same corresponding key positions. I learned t...

Maybe the issue timw4mail is experiencing with the Tripp Lite 0DT60002 is it isn't getting enough power. I use a custom Soarer's converter with extra 1K Ohm resistors between Clock and +5V and between Data and +5V. You could try to plug the USB keyboard into a powered USB hub and then plug the male ...

The Tripp Lite 0DT60002 has worked well for me on multiple USB keyboards, including Rosewill RK-9000V2, RK-9000V2 RGB, Redragon Brahma Pro, Bloody B975, and Inland OMK-X keyboards. I use these keyboards with Soarer's converter connected to the Tripp Lite 0DT60002. Two other USB to PS/2 adapters that...

It would be nice if there were some cushioning during the bottoming out of a key press so that your fingers do not impact a hard, unyielding surface, causing discomfort and possibly long term physical damage to your fingers. Perhaps there should be a double layer of membranes or a double layer of sp...

Did you uncomment the following 2 lines? There is a bug in the, "hid_tokens.cpp", source file. For some reason, Soarer commented out two lines for: //{ "EXTRA_UNUSED_1", 0xB0 }, // extra //{ "EXTRA_UNUSED_2", 0xC1 }, // extra This causes the hid_token_list[] array indexes for the HID codes greater t...

If you have a package thief in your neighborhood, then it might be better if you have packages delivered to your workplace. There will also be less chance of confusion that the package is being delivered to the right place if the business has a sign on its door or on the building as many businesses ...

According to the documentation, the Handheld Scientific Bluetooth Adapter BT-500 is not just a device to convert a USB keyboard or mouse to function as a wireless Bluetooth keyboard or mouse. The BT-500 can also function as a compact USB-to-USB converter with up to 64 macros and 4 keyboard layers fo...

Here are some modern USB keyboards that record and play back macros on-the-fly at a fixed speed without the need for external software: 1. Inland OMK-X 2. Redragon K586-PRO Brahma Pro 3. Thermaltake Meka Pro The Inland OMK-X might be the cheapest and is available from Microcenter.com in the USA. The...

You might be able to use a macro like: macroblock macro PAD_4 LSHIFT -rshift -ctrl -alt -gui make LEFT onbreak break LEFT endmacro endblock You press the Left Shift key with number pad 4 to activate this macro. You can press Right Shift with number pad 4 to get the regular behavior. You might have t...

I purchased an Apex Pro keyboard because I was curious about it. I have never before used a hall effect keyboard or a linear switch keyboard. There is software available for the keyboard for Windows 7 and above which lets you update the keyboard's firmware, configure key actuation distance, configur...

I'm glad that you got everything to work. The scas program does not care what the file name extension is on the configuration file. I keep the *.txt extension on my configuration file so that I can simply click on the configuration file name to edit the configuration file.

Some people have had success using v1.03 of Soarer's converter software. I don't know if it is possible to reflash your version of Soarer's converter.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62168.0

A person named John Hawthorn designed his own replacement controller for IBM Model M keyboards.

https://www.johnhawthorn.com/2020/07/mo ... ontroller/

IBM Model M keyboards require more power than modern keyboards, which sometimes causes problems. Some people have solved the problem by adding resistors in various ways to the adapter or to the keyboard itself.

http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/keyboard ... tions.html

The instructions for the Maxi-Pro II keyboard should be the same as for the Gateway AnyKey keyboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_anykey

I have the clicky optical blue switch Bloody B975 keyboard and the clicky optical blue switch Inland OMK-X keyboard and less clicky optical brown switch Redragon K586-PRO Brahma Pro keyboard. The Bloody B975 keyboard is advertised as being a waterproof keyboard while the others are not. I have not t...

The Inland OMK-X keyboard sold by Microcenter stores seems to be a rebranded form of the optical switch keyboard known as the Redragon Brahma optical switch keyboard, but the Inland OMK-X keyboard does not have the 5 macro keys on the left side of the keyboard. The Inland OMK-X keyboard has 5 macro ...

I posted my latest sample Soarer's Converter configuration file on Geekhack. I learned how to use the norestoremeta clause and how to make macros repeat with the MAKE and BREAK commands. I also learned how to use the MAKE and BREAK commands to make the CAPS LOCK key function like a layer key but wit...

Always specify which modifier keys should not be used with a macro with a minus sign, like: macroblock # Pressing LEFT SHIFT with PAD_MINUS activates the Colemak keyboard layout. macro PAD_MINUS LSHIFT -RSHIFT -ctrl -alt -gui push_meta clear_meta all press SELECT_0 # Clear any previous keyboard layo...

Ctrl Scroll Lock acts as Ctrl Break, the same as Ctrl Print Screen.

No single keyboard layout is optimal for everyone's uses. If you get something like Soarer's converter or Hasu's USB to USB converter, then you can develop your own keyboard layout and carry it around with you wherever you go. I recently added macros to my Soarer configuration file to produce blocks...

I found another apparently active converter device on eBay with a female USB port and male PS/2 connector which might be compatible with Soarer's converter, but I haven't tried it:

NTI USB-PS2-R PS/2 to USB Adapter

I would create my own layout and begin with a sequence of keys on the home row spelling out the word, "the", from left to right, because, "the", is the most common word in the English language.

Using CAPS_LOCK is better, but I could not reliably use that on my original setup with the Rosewill RK-9000V2 keyboard with PS/2 cable, because pressing CAPS_LOCK, SCROLL_LOCK, or NUM_LOCK would cause all of indicator LEDs to flash and then lock up the keyboard if I started to type while the LEDs we...

I just wrote about this topic in another thread. There are two USB to to PS/2 adapters that can be bought on eBay:

Black Box kvusb-ps2

TRIPP LITE 0DT60002

I forgot to add that:

ifkeyboard any

should be added afterwards in the Soarer configuration file.

You can use a female USB to male PS/2 KVM converter to attach to Soarer's converter to make Soarer's converter a USB to USB converter with all of Soarer's useful keyboard macro and remapping capabilities. There are two models that I was able to find on eBay: Black Box kvusb-ps2 TRIPP LITE 0DT60002 I...

Here is an excerpt from my latest configuration file. Another person gave a long example of creating a SELECT configuration with a macro for each letter to capitalize every letter and replace the space character with an underline character, but there is a far more concise way to accomplish the same ...

When you remap a key, you are effectively replacing the entire key with another key with all modifiers (shift, ctrl, alt, windows) affecting the remapped key as though it were the original key. So, if you just want the press of a back quote character to produce a press of LGUI (Left Windows key) and...