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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Wed, 20 August 2014, 17:59:22
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So, nobody has stepped up to comment on this ultra-badass keyboard.
I got it at a salvage shop but have not been able to test it, probably because I lack software drivers. It responds with nice clean beeps when I press the keys, but Windows 7 will not see it. I have connected it via PS/2 and also with the big AT plug (on the assumption that it needs a separate power source) but no dice.
Software drivers have always turned up after a trivial internet search in the past, but these seem to be closely-held and proprietary.
Does anybody know how to get anywhere with this? I want to test it, at the minimum, and/or likely sell it, because it is certainly a valuable and all-but-indestructible piece of industrial hardware.
Anyone who wants or needs a truly hard-core keyboard should take this off my hands.
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You found this user guide? http://www.bematechus.com/web/Documents/KB3000_UM.pdf
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When presented with a mysterious PS/2 device I hook it up to a soarer PS/2 to USB converter and run HID_listen to see what it's getting.
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When presented with a mysterious PS/2 device I hook it up to a soarer PS/2 to USB converter and run HID_listen to see what it's getting.
Nada.
You found this user guide? http://www.bematechus.com/web/Documents/KB3000_UM.pdf
Yes, it popped up immediately. It refers to the driver, but does not actually give it to you ......
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How about the PS/2 link on this page? http://www.bematechus.com/kb3/
Link: http://www.logiccontrols.com/web/Utils/LKUtility.zip
The readme in there says it's the driver.
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How about the PS/2 link on this page? http://www.bematechus.com/kb3/
Link: http://www.logiccontrols.com/web/Utils/LKUtility.zip
The readme in there says it's the driver.
Sorry, but no, been there, done that, multiple tries.
It is the installer for the driver, but not the actual driver.
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I suspect the PS/2 port is disabled somehow. Have you tried a USB / serial adapter (or an old machine with a serial port)?
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I suspect the PS/2 port is disabled somehow. Have you tried a USB / serial adapter (or an old machine with a serial port)?
The way I read the users guide is the PS/2 port is an input for another keyboard, and you have to use an adapter from J2 to connect to your computer:
Connecting the KB3000 to a PS/2 computer:
1. Use the supplied interface cable. Plug in the 6-pin DIN connector of the interfacecable into J2 of the KB3000.
2. Connect the 5 pin DIN connector of the interface cable into the 5 pin DIN of the AT-to-PS/2 adapter.
3. Plug the PS/2 connector of the adapter into the computer’s key board port.
4. Connect the PS/2 keyboard into J1 of the KB3000.
NOTE 1: J5 and J6 are not used in this configuration.
NOTE 2: The AT-to-PS/2 adapter is not supplied but can be ordered from the manufacturer.
The steps for connecting to an AT port are essentially just 1 and 2 of the above, but plugging into a computer instead of an AT->PS/2 adapter.
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When presented with a mysterious PS/2 device I hook it up to a soarer PS/2 to USB converter and run HID_listen to see what it's getting.
I will try some of this.
Connecting a straight-through male-male PS/2 cable from keyboard to computer powers the keyboard at least enough to make the switches beep, even with nothing else connected.