Hooking to an android phone or tablet should be much easier.
Right, that's what I was considering, although I've heard that some don't power the keyboard?
Usually when supported handheld devices (smartphones and what not) when enabling USB OTG (On The Go). They would power whatever the subsequent USB device(s) that it is plugged into. Also enabling OTG drains a fair amount of power on the said device.
There are also USB Y cables that one can get to prevent their handhelds from going flat, most of them are available from sites like Ebay for instance.
You might be able to do it with Autohotkeys. Dont quote me. Im not very sure
Thanks for the suggestion, but I think AutoHotKey works by setting up scripts (text files) for what keys you want remapped. The problem is that I don't know what the Vol_Up/Down/Mute keys are sending to the PC - it's not the standard commands.
Hooking to an android phone or tablet should be much easier.
Right, that's what I was considering, although I've heard that some don't power the keyboard?
The HHKB seems to require a lot of power compared to some keyboards - I guess because it has a USB2 hub built in?
Even to reliably use it with my PC, I have to connect it through a powered hub, and when I connect anything like a Flash Drive to the ports on the back of the keyboard it tells me that the device is not receiving enough power.
The following links are in Japanese.
According to
PFU's official site, the power offered by USB hubs are 100mA. I would guess the same thing applies regardless if you have the Pro2 or the Pro2 Type-S or if you have the Lite2 variant. PFU has also mentioned some of the limitations with the USB hub onboard the HHKB series (that have USB hubs):
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/notice.htmlI would say from my personal point of view is that it is not the keyboard itself that requires lots of power but possibly because of the limitations in the controller allows maximum drawing of 200mA total apart from the keyboard itself. Which again is 100mA max per port and there's only two sockets.
As for the volume up, volume down, eject, mute keys. On linux here I can see that with HHKB under windows mode it sends out the same key codes: 38, 39, 40, 41. These are a, s d, f respectively. Even with Fn key pressed they send out the exact same key codes. I recalled on PFU's official page that those media keys only work on Mac. So I unplugged my HHKB and flipped the first DIP to on (it was previously off, factory default as with every other DIP switches). When I plugged my HHKB back in and ran the same tool again. This time holding down the Fn key produced different key codes: 122, 123, 121, 198. These were again a, s, d, f but with the Fn key held down and with the first DIP switch turned on.
I think from memory the "Power" key (which is labelled as such on the Esc key but on the front) can also only be enabled when HHKB is set to Mac mode. The normal Esc key sends out key code 9, however when in Mac mode and Fn key is held down, the key code: 124 is displayed.
This basically tells me two things:
- Media keys and power key only works when HHKB is in Mac mode.
- Media keys and power key also requires Fn key to be depressed. Though I am sure most of you would be aware of that already.
I ran the command "xev" under linux to get the key codes. I guess if one were to be in windows they still need to in the very least enable HHKB in Mac mode to be able to make use of the extra keys that were once reserved for Macs. Actually there is a mentioning on the PFU site:
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/hhkb_support/faq_pro.htmlAs a forewarning that when running HHKB in Mac mode, the key codes for other keys maybe different from when HHKB was set to Windows mode. I think PFU's support page on HHKB describes some of the changes.
