There should be a number on the dongle. There should be a matching number inside the battery compartment that matches.
On Mar 20, 2018 10:59 PM, "Rigel Hope" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 < > [email protected] > > > > > 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 <[email protected] > > > > > 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 > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
