Oops. Mine is a K780. Note that a keyboard using BLE/Bluetooth won’t work with the P3SVGA, even with a BLE dongle due to the lack of the Bluetooth stack on the P3SVGA card. Thus you must use a keyboard with a Unifying or similar dongle to communicate with the keyboard.
73! Jack, W6FB > On Jun 25, 2018, at 8:12 AM, Jack Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Logitech keyboards work very well with the P3SVGA. The Logitech Unifying > receiver plugs into the P3SVGA’s USB port > and just work. > > Recent keyboards such as the K380 give you additional features - you can also > use the keyboard with up to two additional devices. > This can be used to control both the P3 and the shack computer (and maybe a > second P3 for SO2R). These keyboards have a > set of three buttons that allow you to select one of three devices they are > directly communicating with. In my test setup I have > the device 1 button switch to the P3 (on my left) while the device 2 button > selects the computer. The keyboards can use both > Unifying and BLE for communications. For use with my older Mac (which does > Bluetooth but not BLE) I acquired a second > Unifying receiver to allow it to use the keyboard. > > There are several styles of keyboards at various sizes which allow you to fit > the keyboard to your desk. Note that you will > need one of the newer keyboards that have the Unifying receiver. The company > makes quite a few bluetooth-only keyboards > (mostly for use with iPads and Android tablets). These will not work with the > P3SVGA. > > If you have any questions, just give me a shout. > > 73! > Jack, W6FB > ps (yes, in fact I am an engineer with Logitech these days). > > >> On Jun 25, 2018, at 5:29 AM, N4OI - Ken <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I have a P3 and will be ordering the P3_SVGA. I assume this will NOT >> support a wireless USB keyboard, but just thought I would confirm before >> buying one... On the topic, any favorite keyboards I should consider - or >> avoid? Thanks for your input! >> >> 73 >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
