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Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: pfink on Mon, 31 August 2009, 21:13:41

I picked up ten of these (used but clean) today at a government surplus warehouse:

(http://www.maxkeyboard.com/images/detailed_images/detailed_image_48_165.jpg)

They're pretty clicky and have what appear to be white Cherry switches.

Does anybody else here have one? I'd be much obliged if somebody could hook me up with the drivers diskette.

Thanks.

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 31 August 2009, 21:18:43

Are they Cherry switches, or copies?

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: pfink on Mon, 31 August 2009, 23:16:52

Quote from: timw4mail;113551

Are they Cherry switches, or copies?

They don't have the Cherry logo on them so I guess they're copies.

(http://www.soybomb.com/ratpfink/keyboards/qtronix-switch.jpg)

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 01 September 2009, 06:44:51

Yeah, those Cherry copies seem to synonymous with Qtronix.

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 01 September 2009, 06:48:33

I have one, not sure it's the same model but it has the fake Cherrys and DB-9. Have to look for the drivers disk.

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 01 September 2009, 06:55:40

Got it. PM me your email.

Edit: Finding a disk drive could be a problem...

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: lowpoly on Tue, 01 September 2009, 07:44:57

Looks like the designer for the disk label did not have a production sample so he took his phone for reference:

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/606/qtronixdriverw.jpg)

:-)

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: lowe510 on Thu, 01 April 2010, 23:39:47

Quote from: pfink;113566

They don't have the Cherry logo on them so I guess they're copies.

Show Image

(http://www.soybomb.com/ratpfink/keyboards/qtronix-switch.jpg)

this is not copy from cherry
it's call『Taiwan white switch』
the structure is different
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4312565267_4dfe72dbfd.jpg)

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: elbowglue on Fri, 02 April 2010, 00:01:22

Some of my thoughts about these switches:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=9256

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: Rajagra on Fri, 02 April 2010, 18:26:30

Lots of people call that a DB-9 connector (http://www.nullmodem.com/DB-9.htm) even though it's a DE-9, I know I always did. Maybe because DB looks like a contraction of D-Sub?

Re drivers, you might not need them. Just use SerialKeys (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/accessibility/serialkeys.mspx). I'm sure that if Windows can manage this, other OSes can too.

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: pfink on Fri, 02 April 2010, 19:36:46

Quote from: kishy;168923

Looks pretty neat, but that's not DB9.

Any chance you could source more and resell?

Yeah OK, DE-9 then.

How many do you want?

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: pfink on Fri, 02 April 2010, 21:21:55

Quote from: kishy;169126

i'd be interested in one. What kind of costs are associated with this?

ygpm

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: kishy on Wed, 14 April 2010, 11:49:30

This has info on the finer working details (http://www.linuxtoys.org/keypad/keypad.html), but won't be any immediate help to Windoze users like myself.

Just throwing it out there so it can be found more readily by anyone who could benefit...

Title: Qtronix QX-022R Numeric Keypad, DB9 Serial
Post by: kishy on Thu, 16 December 2010, 00:07:03

Update: tested successfully on XP and 7 (both with onboard serial port and Prolific USB serial port device). Looks like this is it.

I have the driver and will happily give it to anyone who asks. Just PM me.