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Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Wed, 22 September 2010, 15:53:53

I would need one featuring exclusively programmable keys. Captions don't matter, I'm gonna have to print stickers anyway. Got any recommendations?

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 22 September 2010, 16:24:22

http://www.genovation.com/683.htm

Plate mounted Cherry blacks (linear). Programmable under Windows. You can connect it either with PS/2 with passthrough or with USB with passive adapter. Each key top has a clear lid that you can put the label under. There are also keys that are 2×1 large that you can put either horizontally or vertically everywhere on the keypad. Comes with a key pulling tool.
There is an extensive review somewhere on the forum.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: CeeSA on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:06:19

Keypad Cherry G84-4700
with a another PS/2 keyboard you could programm every key beside the NUM Key.
With the NUM Key you set the programming mode or numbermode.
but there is no nkro

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:09:39

take a look here (http://www.ergocanada.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=Keypads&cart_id=5538537.7663). there are 2 pages. mechanical, rubber dome, programmable, backlit, etc.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:12:30

Thankee. No NKRO needed. ;) It'd be just for stuff I need for text editing that isn't on the keyboard.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:12:44

take a look here (http://www.ergocanada.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=Keypads&cart_id=5538537.7663). there are 2 pages. mechanical, rubber dome, programmable, backlit, etc. you should find what you are looking for.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:15:12

you can select USB or PS/2. there is also a second page. click "last 10 products" at bottom.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:40:15

maybe PS/2 isn't a problem for him. it doesn't look like you can have it both ways.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Wed, 22 September 2010, 18:47:30

these? (http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=topre_keyboards,rf_numberpad)

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: NewbieOneKenobi on Thu, 23 September 2010, 07:55:42

Can't go PS/2, have problems with the port. Modern keyboards that just happen to have the plug do work but neither an M nor an old-but-no-so-old IBM rubber dome (SK-8820) did. I was thinking about having a pad or possibly two separate pads, one for punctuation marks that didn't make it to the standard keyboard layout and the other for fancy French and German letters that show up in surnames and place names when translating European documents. In fact, I could probably come up with whole words to bind on programmable keys, lol.

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: Rajagra on Thu, 23 September 2010, 08:10:53

I use a PS/2 Cherry G84-4700 numpad with a bluecube convertor. Not only is it programmable to its own memory, it lets me hotplug PS/2 keyboards into it. Hurrah!

(Disclaimer - I usually still unplug from USB because I'm paranoid. But even so, I'm still avoiding the problem of PS/2 not being hotpluggable.)

Title: Programmable keypads?
Post by: lmnop on Thu, 23 September 2010, 09:33:31