On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:01:14 -0500, you wrote:
>Time for a dedicated laptop/desktop without the java period
I'm puzzled, how does this allow the 1670x to work with an existing
keyboard or mouse?
Do you propose, instead, bypassing the local connections and using a
separate computer?
Harvey
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>To: hp_agilent_equipment <
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>Sent: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 4:22 pm
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>Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] 16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
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> It appears that all that is wrong with these units is that they are
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> missing pull-up resistors on the PS/2 ports. There are even unpopulated
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> pads for them directly behind the connectors. (see image) All that I had
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> to do was add 1k resistors in the four locations and the unit recognized
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> an old el-cheapo PS/2 mouse and keyboard. (As expected, a USB mouse or
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> KB thru a PS/2 adapter did not work.)
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>Good to know.? I hunted through my box of old keyboards until I found on that worked, but someday I might still need this.
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>Now id someone could just solve the recent JAVA security update incompatibility that would be great (recent JAVA does not work with the remote browser interface, refuses to connect to the analyzer).
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