deskthority

Hello Deskthority community,

I just got in a Noppoo Choc-84 mini keyboard and was doing some testing with it and I am having an issue trying to produce ASCII characters via alt code. I have number lock turned on and have tried using right alt, left alt, right alt + fn, left alt + fn then trying a alt code with no luck. I am not sure what else to try from here out thanks!

- notrox

Hmm. Try to see what your computer is seeing. Something like this:

I was up to a similar thing yesterday. My 1985 IBM PC/XT obviously isn't recognised by my Mac, but Soarer's converter turns it into a standard full size USB keyboard as far as the computer's concerned. Yet the XT is anything but standard layout! To figure out what I had to remap, I went to Keyboard Viewer and hit keys. Try what you can with your setup. The Choc Mini could be sending different keys than you think.

I just tried on my noppoo choc, and when the NumLock LED is on (all other LEDs off), I can use left Alt + numbers without any problem, for example Alt+065 to get 'A' in Windows notepad.

Right Alt doesn't work, but it doesn't on any keyboard.

Have you tested with a different keyboard plugged in another USB port in the same program? Maybe it's another problem entirely.

Do the "numpad" keys work when using them without Alt with NumLock on?

Halvar wrote:I just tried on my noppoo choc, and when the NumLock LED is on (all other LEDs off), I can use left Alt + numbers without any problem, for example Alt+065 to get 'A' in Windows notepad.

Right Alt doesn't work, but it doesn't on any keyboard.

Have you tested with a different keyboard plugged in another USB port in the same program? Maybe it's another problem entirely.

Yes. I have tested a different keyboard on the same system using a different usb port and it works just fine. I tried using the same usb port with the Noppoo choc mini with no luck. I am conducting tests in a Windows 7 environment. The programs I have tested with are Chrome, Firefox, Windows explorer, and notepad.

Do the "numpad" keys work when using them without Alt with NumLock on?

Yes the numpad keys work with NumLock on.

I am quite puzzled by this issue.

Thanks!