Mini USB keyboard

[kissyfish]

Originally Posted by rai

I'm glad to report that Targus Universal USB Portable/Foldable Keyboard works fine with iLiad
http://www.targus.com/us/product_det...?sku=PA875U01X

I bought mine from eBay, one can find quite an affordable price there.

I cannot get this keyboard to work with the iliad.

Any tricks I need to know? I have downloaded the software to CF card. ran the app, but to no avail...

Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

[rai]

Originally Posted by kissyfish

I cannot get this keyboard to work with the iliad.

Any tricks I need to know? I have downloaded the software to CF card. ran the app, but to no avail...

Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

Ok, this is what I did. I installed the software, turned off the iLiad, plugged in the keyboard, turned the iLiad on. Then I went to Abiword, tried writing something (you are not supposed to pull out iLiad keyboard at this stage), at first nothing happened so I went out of Abiword, clicked on the icon saying "US keyboard driver" (or something of that sort), went back to Abiword, and then the keyboard was immediately working.
After that, I didn't have any more problems with iLiad recognizing this keyboard. I always turn the iLiad on with keyboard already plugged in (I don't know if this matters, but I just do it this way).

[kissyfish]

Originally Posted by rai

Ok, this is what I did. I installed the software, turned off the iLiad, plugged in the keyboard, turned the iLiad on. Then I went to Abiword, tried writing something (you are not supposed to pull out iLiad keyboard at this stage), at first nothing happened so I went out of Abiword, clicked on the icon saying "US keyboard driver" (or something of that sort), went back to Abiword, and then the keyboard was immediately working.
After that, I didn't have any more problems with iLiad recognizing this keyboard. I always turn the iLiad on with keyboard already plugged in (I don't know if this matters, but I just do it this way).

Thanks much for your reply.

I have been booting it up while the unit is plugged in, and then running the USB KB app. But still no avail.

Perhaps I have a faulty KB, do I have to do anything to activate the USB on the iliad?

I will keep poking around.

Thanks again,

Jim

[carandol]

Originally Posted by kissyfish

Perhaps I have a faulty KB,

Have you tried the keyboard with your PC? That should at least eliminate that possibility (assuming you have a USB port, of course!)