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From: Wes Groleau on 13 May 2010 23:38 I know very little about BlueTooth. Bought a nice keyboard, and went through a not bad but non-trivial "pairing" procedure. Then I used the keyboard for several hours. Tonight, it doesn't work. The Macbook knows it's there, but typing on it has no effect. Pressing the "connect" button doesn't do anything. -- Wes Groleau Pat's Polemics http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett
From: isw on 14 May 2010 00:35 In article <hsigkg$6sv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > I know very little about BlueTooth. > > Bought a nice keyboard, and went through a not bad but non-trivial > "pairing" procedure. Then I used the keyboard for several hours. > > Tonight, it doesn't work. The Macbook knows it's there, but typing on > it has no effect. > > Pressing the "connect" button doesn't do anything. Infant mortality? Isaac
From: George Kerby on 14 May 2010 10:47 On 5/13/10 10:38 PM, in article hsigkg$6sv$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, "Wes Groleau" <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > I know very little about BlueTooth. > > Bought a nice keyboard, and went through a not bad but non-trivial > "pairing" procedure. Then I used the keyboard for several hours. > > Tonight, it doesn't work. The Macbook knows it's there, but typing on > it has no effect. > > Pressing the "connect" button doesn't do anything. Try switching it off and back on and search again.
From: Wes Groleau on 14 May 2010 14:10 On 05-14-2010 00:35, isw wrote: > Wes Groleau<Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> I know very little about BlueTooth. >> >> Bought a nice keyboard, and went through a not bad but non-trivial >> "pairing" procedure. Then I used the keyboard for several hours. >> >> Tonight, it doesn't work. The Macbook knows it's there, but typing on >> it has no effect. >> >> Pressing the "connect" button doesn't do anything. > > Infant mortality? I shouldn't say it does _nothing_. If I press connect on the keyboard, the little LED near it blinks for a while. And the keyboard _is_ at least doing handshaking with the Mac, i.e., for discovery and identification. But either the keyboard is not sending keystrokes, or OS X is ignoring them. Manufacturer's overseas call center guy doesn't know what eBay is. Says if it keeps happening to "take it back to eBay." The (hopefully) one-time fix he suggested was to remove and replace the batteries. -- Wes Groleau Obama Changing “Latin” Policies http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1515
From: isw on 15 May 2010 01:09
In article <hsk3n7$lei$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 05-14-2010 00:35, isw wrote: > > Wes Groleau<Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > >> I know very little about BlueTooth. > >> > >> Bought a nice keyboard, and went through a not bad but non-trivial > >> "pairing" procedure. Then I used the keyboard for several hours. > >> > >> Tonight, it doesn't work. The Macbook knows it's there, but typing on > >> it has no effect. > >> > >> Pressing the "connect" button doesn't do anything. > > > > Infant mortality? > > I shouldn't say it does _nothing_. If I press connect on the keyboard, > the little LED near it blinks for a while. And the keyboard _is_ at > least doing handshaking with the Mac, i.e., for discovery and > identification. But either the keyboard is not sending keystrokes, or > OS X is ignoring them. It's perfectly possible for the Bluetooth part to be fine, while the keyboard scanning part is defective. > > The (hopefully) one-time fix he suggested was to remove and replace the > batteries. Not a bad idea; hope it works. Isaac |