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Offline snarfarlarkus

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How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 10:12:37 »
Hey guys, do you happen to know how to connect a Northgate Omnikey 102 to a computer? I bought orihalcons AT connector but am unsure if it will work. Please help, cheers
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 10:15:44 »
Pretty sure Omnikeys are DIN5 connectors. I use a DIN5 to PS/2 adapter and then a PS/2 to USB adapter. But I think Orihalcon's adapter is much simpler since it goes from DIN5 to USB.
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 11:16:42 »
Quote from: snarfarlarkus on Thu, 17 September 2015, 10:12:37
Hey guys, do you happen to know how to connect a Northgate Omnikey 102 to a computer? I bought orihalcons AT connector but am unsure if it will work. Please help, cheers

The Northgates came with a female mini-DIN6 socket (aka PS/2 connector) on the case and supplied a cable with an AT connector on the other end.

You can convert that back down to PS/2 or use a straight male-male PS/2 cable.

Be warned: there are cables out there that look like they should work but do not actually have all the wires connected inside.
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 17 September 2015, 20:38:14 »
Thanks guys. So orihalcons adapter will work? Or does it not have the required cables inside of it?
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 20:07:37 »
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 21:40:47 »
If you have the original cable, an AT-to-PS/2 + a PS/2-to-USB adapter should work fine.
It does not need to be the advanced Orihalcon model with a pseudo-Teensy inside, but that one would be OK.
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“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power."
He paused for a moment, then thundered, “Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power!”
“In vain,” Roosevelt said, “they seek to hide behind the Flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the Flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.”
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Re: How to connect Omnikey 102 to a computer?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 22:06:35 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 18 September 2015, 21:40:47
If you have the original cable, an AT-to-PS/2 + a PS/2-to-USB adapter should work fine.
It does not need to be the advanced Orihalcon model with a pseudo-Teensy inside, but that one would be OK.

Damn, spent $40 on that darn thing hahaha. Cheers!
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