I suspect there are relatively few different types of devices in this pool, because there are relatively few types of wireless keyboards/mice. Markings are important.
Logitech uses a 2.4Ghz-but-not-BT protocol ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logitech_Unifying_receiver). They have their own trademarked icon, but i think that is more recent than the devices and protocol. There's also a lot of poorly-marked didn't-give-money-to-the-BT-SIG devices from offshore vendors. I think generally Russel's advice is good here, re: trial-and-error, but as a possible refinement, i think i might do a first-pass of classification of the USB dongles first (see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/74367/watch-usb-connections-vendor-id-product-id-revision for instance) to figure out how many different device-test options you need, and how interchangable they all are. On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Russell. That's kind of what I was afraid of. Thought there might > be something easier that rote trial and error. > > Michael > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net > > > wrote: > > > USB is hotplug, so you don't need to reboot. What I would do would be > > to get your dongles and your keyboards and mice and lay them all out. > > Make sure the keyboards and mice have fresh batteries. Plug the > > dongles in one at a time and then try all the devices (press a key, > > wiggle the mouse) until you find the one that is interacting, then > > take out the dongle and put it with that thing (or label them, or > > whatever association you prefer). > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Over time, I have collected a variety of wireless keyboards and mice. > > Some > > > are used infrequently, like with Raspberry Pis. Now, I find a box with > > > several keyboards, several mice, and several little dongles. Is there > any > > > way to determine which goes with which? Other than lots of trial and > > error > > > plugging them in, rebooting, etc? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
