T3 + Palm Portable Keyboard problem

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I have a Palm Portable Keyboard ( the 'W' type 5-row keyboard which connects
directly to the Palm. I cannot get it to work with my T3. I have tried the
Palm Keyboard Driver 2.2 from the Palm website and also the Stowaway
Keyboard Driver 3.0 from the ThinkOutside website. Both of these appear to
be the latest drivers, but they don't work. Whenever I connect the T3, it
tries to hotsync and does not recognise the keyboard.
I hard reset my T3 and only loaded the keyboard driver. The same problem
occurred, so I know it is not a 3rd party application problem.
Can anyone help?
Mick

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Ian
I own two T3s. I bought a second one recently cheap as a backup.
- I downloaded keyboard 192p and loaded it. The same problem occurred.
- I hard reset the palm and only loaded the keyboard driver. It did not
help.
- I then loaded the keyboard driver on my other T3 and it worked fine.
It seems that the problem is a hardware one. Both T3s are running the same
version of the operating system.
Mick
"Ian Rawlings" <news05@tarcus.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On 2005-03-27, Penster <xxx@xxx.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a Palm Portable Keyboard ( the 'W' type 5-row keyboard which
> > connects directly to the Palm. I cannot get it to work with my T3.
>
> I have it working on mine, it is possible to make it work so it's
> worth persevering with.
>
> > I have tried the Palm Keyboard Driver 2.2 from the Palm website
>
> I am using version 1.9.2p which works fine. It's also labelled "Think
> Outside Inc" so we are probably using the same driver, although there
> is I think a distinction between the Palm Keybard and the Palm
> Portable Keyboard. You use one in the title and the other in the body
> of your post, so while it looks like you're using the right driver,
> it's best to check.
>
> > Whenever I connect the T3, it tries to hotsync and does not
> > recognise the keyboard.
>
> If I remember correctly, this is the symptom of having loaded the
> keyboard driver but not enabled it, run the "Keyboard" program on the
> Palm and check that you have ticked the "Enable Driver" tickbox at the
> bottom of the screen. I don't think it's enabled by default.
>
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Ian
I may do that. Thanks for the advice.
Mick
PS I agree about the T5.
"Ian Rawlings" <news05@tarcus.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On 2005-03-27, Penster <xxx@xxx.com> wrote:
>
> > I own two T3s. I bought a second one recently cheap as a backup.
>
> Yeah same here, mine broke so I bought a new one, and kept the old one
> once it was repaired as a backup, given that the T5 is so rotten (no
> sliding screen, daft connector, no voice memos) and the Tungsten E is
> similarly rotten (daft connector change, and generally everything
> useful is missing).
>
> > - I then loaded the keyboard driver on my other T3 and it worked
> > fine. It seems that the problem is a hardware one. Both T3s are
> > running the same version of the operating system.
>
> Nuts, that's a shame, how about sending it off for repair given that
> you have a spare? If you go through what you've done on the phone to
> the support guys I've usually found that they don't bother taking you
> through the scripts they have and just give you an RMA number and you
> send it off. That's in the UK, not sure where you are.
>
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