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Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 16, 2004, 09:04:52 pm

So it looks like the driver found at pocketop.com (irk .10) will allow you to use the Targus IR Keyboard. Is this true?
I am a little reluctant to get the micro innovations keyboard due to the small space bar and other complaints I have seen. Any comments?
Can you rotate the 5600 screen to use it in landscape while using these keyboards?
Thanks, Brad.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: cavit8 on January 25, 2004, 08:59:07 am

I have irk.10 on my 5500 and it has the Targus board as an option. Haven\'t tried it myself and Craig\'s website is down for docs.  I ended up ordering a pocketop on ebay (~40 USD).  Check for 5600 rotation here
http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/sl5600...00_patches.html (http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/sl5600_patches.html)

Cheers

Cam

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2004, 11:56:56 pm

Just letting everyone know that it the Targus Wireless Keyboard works on the 5600. You have to go to Pocketop.net and download the 0.10 driver there. Brad.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: revdjenk on January 26, 2004, 01:39:58 am

I have both of these keyboards.
PRO:
Pocketop is minute and easy to pack, wonderful key combos to open apps, can find at extreme sale price, if you can find at all.
Targus has a real keyboard layout/feel w/separate number keys, jog dial that works.

CON:
Pockettop is minute, some extreme, non-intuitive key combinations needed for punctuation. If you are using the Z w/AC connection the connector causes Z to lean. ( I found that \"sticky-tack\" worked well to stabilize everything.
Targus is larger than Pocketop, but still transportable. Higher price.

I have chosen the Targus over the Pocketop. For several reasons, the keyboard layout, the more secure way of holding the Z, and it seems to be a little easier/faster to setup.

I have not tried the Targus in landscape, and I don\'t know how that would really be done, unless you can rotate the screen 270, because of the IR port being on a swing arm that can not be positioned to point at the port in the \"normal\" left-hand 90 turn.
I own a 5500, but assume that these will all be similar issues with the 5600.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: revdjenk on January 26, 2004, 01:48:12 am

BTW,
I tried the Targus in the store. As I set it up, the employee said, \"Oh, you\'ll need to transfer the program from the CD.\" Of course, I just Targus from the IRK setup and started typing. He was highly impressed!

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 27, 2004, 10:13:11 pm

So I cannot find a rotation software that allows the 5600 to rotate 90 (so the IR works with the Targus). Does anyone have any suggestions for us folks who have to use Sharps ROM since no alternative stable rom exists for the 5600 (that I am aware of). Thanks

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: RadioRental on January 29, 2004, 02:34:38 pm

I have the curry bros rotation app working on my 5600 sharp rom http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/downlo...2.3.2-4_arm.ipk (http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/download/sl5600/qt-emb-fix/qt-embedded-rotation-fix_2.3.2-4_arm.ipk)

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 30, 2004, 01:08:53 am

Quote

I have the curry bros rotation app working on my 5600 sharp romhttp://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/download/sl5600/qt-emb-fix/qt-embedded-rotation-fix_2.3.2-4_arm.ipk

I have problems with the font with the qt embedded. I did install the fix ipk and it still is not working for me.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2004, 09:34:47 am

It seems that Pocketop is now charging $10 to download the IRK driver from their website,  pocketop.net.   So is it true that IRK 0.10 can no longer be downloaded for free?

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2004, 10:53:29 am

I didn\'t give them permission to charge for the Zaurus driver - they\'re not allowed to, and I\'ve just mailled them about it.

(Craig)

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on January 31, 2004, 10:55:01 am

And they\'re not.......

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: ckarnstedt on February 02, 2004, 04:49:12 pm

Hmm...  I can\'t download the 0.10 version of the IRK driver from the ZUG server;  it says I don\'t have permission (however, I can download the 0.092 version).  The pocketop.net site won\'t let me download it either,  as it has a broken link or something.  Is anybody else having this trouble?  Is there any other place I can download this driver?  I bought the Targus keyboard.  Thanks.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: ernest on February 03, 2004, 01:44:15 am

www.ifound.com/anon

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: ckarnstedt on February 04, 2004, 09:02:29 am

Got it.  Thanks!  Man, this is so slick.  Thanks to everybody that worked on this driver.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: rrashkin on February 05, 2004, 09:44:41 am

Which Targus IR keyboard works for the Z (5500)?  I was just looking at them on Amazon and they\'re all for IPAQ or Clie or something else -  not Z.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: revdjenk on February 05, 2004, 03:49:09 pm

rrashkin,
You want the Universal Wireless Keyboard.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: Anonymous on February 08, 2004, 12:00:59 pm

Is the Targus most peoples keyboard of choice over the other two mentioned ones. I saw the thread on that, just curious for a general concensus.

Haven\'t seen it in stores but i did see it advertised online.

THnaks

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: revdjenk on February 08, 2004, 07:06:35 pm

rrashkin,
You need the UNIVERSAL Targus Wireless Keyboard. It will advertise having the IR port on a swing arm, so it can be positioned for any PDA IR port. It may be listed for around $79US.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: rrashkin on February 09, 2004, 10:17:48 am

Are there any other drivers or changes that need to be made (SL5500, Sharp3.1) to make it work?

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: undrwater on February 09, 2004, 11:19:23 am

Just look for the irk driver on any of the feeds or on the Zaurus Software Index.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: cwaig on February 09, 2004, 11:38:43 am

And remember - the \"official\" IRK only supports the Targus as of version 0.10.

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: undrwater on February 09, 2004, 12:41:02 pm

cwaig,
firstly, thanks for your work!
i\'ve noticed that the downloads for irk all point to an ip address...is this your computer?  when i checked it today the link was broken (9:30am 2/9/04 pacific).

would you be averse to having this mirrored elsewhere?

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: rrashkin on February 09, 2004, 12:41:15 pm

CWAIG,
what do you mean?  version 0.10 of IRK?  Is that what\'s in the download?

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: undrwater on February 13, 2004, 11:44:04 am

Heh...I just found it in the download area  :oops:

Thanks cwaig!

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: freckface on May 24, 2004, 09:34:25 pm

Hello,

I installed the rotation software found at http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/sl5600...00_patches.html (http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/sl5600_patches.html) and am not finding an application.  I feel a bit sillly.

Where is the app?

Thank you

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: flavio_marcelo on September 23, 2004, 10:53:39 pm

Hi,

I have just bought a SL5600 and a targus universal IR keyboard.
I have downloaded all the possible IR drivers (0.92, 0.10 and 0.11) but the keyboard doesn't work at all.
The rom version is the original: 1.2.1
 
Is there anything I am missing?

Thank you,

Flávio

Title: Targus IR Keyboard for 5600?
Post by: cwaig on September 24, 2004, 07:09:20 am

Quote

Hi,

I have just bought a SL5600 and a targus universal IR keyboard.
I have downloaded all the possible IR drivers (0.92, 0.10 and 0.11) but the keyboard doesn't work at all.
The rom version is the original: 1.2.1
 
Is there anything I am missing?

Thank you,

Flávio

Usual stuff:
1) Turn off beam receive (ie. set to manual). This is important, and a lot of people forget this.
2) Select IRK as the input method - you'll get the IRK control panel instead of the normal on-screen keyboard / handwriting recog / etc.
3) Configure IRK via it's settings panel - select Targus and SL5600 from the drop downs.
4) Turn on IRK from it's control panel.
5) Point your keyboard at the IR port and start typing.