Wireless (radio) mice?
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Posted by Harry Bloomfield on May 25, 2008, 11:55 am
Please log in for more thread options with the PC and the radio receiver is built into the PC case, serving both mouse and a keyboard. The mouse is becoming a little worn and I would like to replace it, but with one which would work with the built in radio receiver. Do these things work to any kind of standard which would allow this? Are all mice described as being 'wireless' radio linked rather than IR linked - most ads do not seem to make this point clear? -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on May 25, 2008, 3:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options It's a proprietary link between mouse and receiver, you can't even assume all models from same manufacturer would work with same receiver. Your best bet is to buy the mouse having the features and ergonomic styling/shape that suits you best, and using an external receiver for it. >
>Are all mice described as being 'wireless' radio linked rather than IR >linked - most ads do not seem to make this point clear? There have been a few IR mice but they don't do so well needing to have line of sight to the receiver while being a moving object. Radio linked mice are far far more common and it is not a 100% guarantee but generally assumed a mouse uses radio rather than IR link if not specified (though if something were very old generic it might be more likely to use IR than a decent modern popular brand like Microsoft or Logitech). Go to a store and try out a few, that's the best way to select on a human interface device like this. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mike Walsh on May 25, 2008, 3:23 pm
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Most (maybe all) current wireless devices operate on a low power unlicensed radio band, usually 27 Mhz or 2.4 Ghz. Your best chance of compatibility is to use bluetooth devices. Harry Bloomfield wrote: >
> I currently have a wireless mouse, radio linked to a PC. The mouse came > with the PC and the radio receiver is built into the PC case, serving > both mouse and a keyboard. > > The mouse is becoming a little worn and I would like to replace it, but > with one which would work with the built in radio receiver. Do these > things work to any kind of standard which would allow this? > > Are all mice described as being 'wireless' radio linked rather than IR > linked - most ads do not seem to make this point clear? > > -- > Regards, > Harry (M1BYT) (L) > http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk -- Mike Walsh | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Harry Bloomfield on May 26, 2008, 1:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options Mike Walsh wrote :
> Most (maybe all) current wireless devices operate on a low power unlicensed
> radio band, usually 27 Mhz or 2.4 Ghz. Your best chance of compatibility is > to use bluetooth devices. > Thanks to both, I was just trying to avoid yet another dongle on the system. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on May 25, 2008, 5:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> I currently have a wireless mouse, radio linked to a PC. The mouse came
> with the PC and the radio receiver is built into the PC case, serving > both mouse and a keyboard. > > The mouse is becoming a little worn and I would like to replace it, but > with one which would work with the built in radio receiver. Do these > things work to any kind of standard which would allow this? > > Are all mice described as being 'wireless' radio linked rather than IR > linked - most ads do not seem to make this point clear? > Being the curious type, I'd either try Everest or Sisoftware Sandra, and get a list of hardware in the PC. Or open the side of the PC and have a look around, to see how the radio feature is implemented. (Everest was formerly AIDA32, and this is the last free version. Newer versions can be purchased from lavalys.com) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html (Sandra Lite is free.) http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=&location=downandbuy&langx=en&a= The reason for doing this, would be to see if the radio is described as Bluetooth, because that improves the odds you could use a new product based on Bluetooth, with the PC directly. It is possible the radio device is connected to an internal USB header, but I don't know that it is done that way for a fact. But perhaps using a few utilities, will unearth a bit more information about what is inside your PC. USB devices can be examined with this utility. http://web.archive.org/web/20070516010130/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/vidcap/UVCViewdwn.mspx Paul | |||||||||||||||||||
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>with the PC and the radio receiver is built into the PC case, serving
>both mouse and a keyboard.
>
>The mouse is becoming a little worn and I would like to replace it, but
>with one which would work with the built in radio receiver. Do these
>things work to any kind of standard which would allow this?