G80-3500 pointing device

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I have a G80-3500, which has a funky pointing pad which doubles as arrow keys.



The connector itself is a DB25 wich splits into a DIN6. The DIN6 is not a problem couse the keyboard woks as it should.



The DB25, which I presume is a RS232 interface as it has the pins connected as a DB25 to DB9 converter I have and has this pinout:



A no brainer here. The actual problem is that I'm not really sure how to put this pointing device into function. On Windows XP, serial devices should be fully suported and I often use RS232 communication devices and RS232 input devices that emulate a regular keyboard (specalty programmable keyboards, bar code readers, etc.), so I know my way around. The pad does not work on XP. Currenty I'm struggling with Linux, but the generic options are no good either.

As for the pad itself, it does function when used in arrow keys mode (the 'Maus' button switches the mode). And the interesting thing is that the more you move it into a chosen direction, the quicker the arrow key repeats itself which then results in a quicker movement.

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Double post.

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Just recieved this:

Hello,

I have asked an lady of our technical support hotline.

She informed that the "mouse part" has never worked in the past and therefore this product had not been introduced in the market finally.
I guess that the customer is using a sample. The keyboard has never been sold..

Hope, I was able to help you out.

Best regards

Not really what I wanted to hear, but it'll do.