On Sunday 16 January 2005 09:49 pm, Matt Florido wrote: > * Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-16-2005 22:27]: > > Matt Florido wrote: > > >Just wondering if anyone has had success using a wireless mouse on > > >M10.1? I can't seem to get the basic mouse from MS to work correct. > > >I'm using a USB to PS2 adapter. It should function like a standard PS2 > > >3-button mouse w/ scroll wheel. > > > > > >Thanks! > > > > Dumb question time... > > Sorry for my ambiguity. > > > 1: By USB to PS2 adapter, do you mean one of the adapters that come with > > some mice to let you plug a USB/PS2 mouse in a PS2 poet, or an adapterer > > that gives you a PS2 port on a USB connection? > > The mouse interface is USB. Adapter is so I can plug it into a PS2 > port. > > > 2: If you are plugging into a PS2 port, did the adpater come with the > > mouse, or is it from a different mouse? > > It's an adapter that came with the Microsoft mouse. In fact, all USB > mice that I've purchased from MS come with this teal colored USB-->PS2 > adapter. > > > 3: Has the mouse ever worked with this setup? > > > > The reasion I ask is that the adapters that let you plug a USB mouse > > into a PS2 port only work with mice designed to be used that way. From > > what I understand, they just connect the PS2 power and data connections > > to the power and data lines on the USB connector, and don't do anything > > else. So if your mouse doesn't know how to talk to a PS2 port, and send > > information like a PS2 mouse instead of a USB mouse, it will not work. > > Come to think of it, this is the basic MS Wireless Optical Mouse. I've > used the adapter on other models. I use others on a KVM that only has > PS2 and it works with no issues. You make a good point. I shouldn't > assume this mouse works in a similar manner. I use a iOne Lynk mark 7 plugged into a KVM switch and it seems to work for me one thing you have to click it to wake it up otherwise press the button on the USB reciever and within 5 seconds press the button on the bottom of the mouse HTH
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