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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ander on Sun, 20 March 2016, 17:12:30

Title: Proximity keyboard wedge?
Post by: ander on Sun, 20 March 2016, 17:12:30

What on earth is a "proximity keyboard wedge (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CASI-RUSCO-43011300-PROXIMITY-KEYBOARD-WEDGE-T3-A2-/291504682795)"?


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fA0AAOSw~gRVkveE/s-l1600.jpg)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DUsAAOSwLVZVkvea/s-l1600.jpg)


(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xxMAAOSwgQ9Vkvez/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: Proximity keyboard wedge?
Post by: JimByr on Sun, 20 March 2016, 19:45:01

http://www.accescontrol.com.br/Sistemas%20de%20Controle%20de%20Acesso/GE%20Security%20-%20Casi/Acess%C3%B3rios/Leitor%20de%20mesa%20tipo%20Wedge.pdf

Title: Re: Proximity keyboard wedge?
Post by: xtrafrood on Sun, 20 March 2016, 21:43:20

Reads the magnetic strips on ID badges for quick data entry? Sounds like hell to troubleshoot.

Title: Re: Proximity keyboard wedge?
Post by: ander on Sat, 26 March 2016, 00:18:58

Ah, so it wasn't actually some kind of keyboard. They just called it a "keyboard wedge" because it shared the keyboard's PS/2 line. So it returned character codes, as if someone were typing on the keyboard? Odd. Why wouldn't it have been a serial device?