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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: The_Beast on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:09:21

Title: 10 key pad
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:09:21

I was wondering if I bought a separate number pad, would my computer see it as a separate input device and there for be able to write an autohotkey script to make it a giant macro/hot key board? Would this work with a fullsized keyboard?

Title: Re: 10 key pad
Post by: longweight on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:11:06

Mine is recognised as the numberpad, I haven't tried to do anything funky in Autohotkey though!

Title: Re: 10 key pad
Post by: damorgue on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:11:54

I think that the 3700 numpad I got from nntnam appears as one keyboard, and the other one which is connected to that numpad is hidden from the OS.

Edit: It also masks out macros which I have on the large board.

Title: Re: 10 key pad
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:13:29

If I have a fullsized, would it see it as a separate input device? If so, could a autohotkey script be written for that specific input device?


What I want is a number pad that works as a number pad (on the keyboard) and a separate 10 key pad for macros.

Title: Re: 10 key pad
Post by: alaricljs on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:32:32

It's dependent on whether the boards use the same input driver.  Most do.  There are workarounds on the AHK forums to force scripts to trigger on specific USB HIDs.

Title: Re: 10 key pad
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:35:50

Quote from: alaricljs on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:32:32

It's dependent on whether the boards use the same input driver.  Most do.  There are workarounds on the AHK forums to force scripts to trigger on specific USB HIDs.

Sweet! I'll look for those scripts before I buy tho ^__^