Anyone use a bluetooth mouse with their "T"??

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rocketman · #1 Post by **rocketman** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:36 pm

If you do which one do you use? I'm thinking the Logitech MX900 would be good.

Franasia · #2 Post by **Franasia** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:33 am

One of my colleagues has had the MX900 for his T40 since last March and works very well. I have a preference for trackballs so I haven't used the BT feature on my T42 for that. Have trackball on Mini Dock. Works great for me.

Hope it helps.

Cheers

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2373-3UU SXGA, a/b/g, BT from Bill!

rablaw · #3 Post by **rablaw** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:34 am

I've considered using a bluetooth mouse but opted for a RF/USB Microsoft mouse. Works verywell, but I'd like to know the differences/advantages to using a BT mouse. You have obviously given it some thought.

Thanks.

rablaw

BobsThinkPad · #4 Post by **BobsThinkPad** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:33 pm

I've been using a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse with my T42 for several weeks now. It works great with the built in Bluetooth radio. The key to installation, as others here have pointed out, is to skip installing the Microsoft drivers/software that come with the mouse. All of the button/functions work with the exception of the horizontal scrolling by tilting the wheel. I decided to use Bluetooth instead of other wireless mice to avoid having another device to plug into the USB ports...Bob

rablaw · #5 Post by **rablaw** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:47 pm

Thanks. I may give one a try. Which model do you use?

How many bluetooth devices can be used at the same time?

rablaw

sugo · #6 Post by **sugo** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:25 pm

http://tscherwitschke.de/download/mouserate.zip

Bob, if you have time could you try using mouserate (link above) utility to see what's the refresh rate you get from your MS bluetooth v2.0? Thanks in advance.

rocketman · #7 Post by **rocketman** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:34 pm

Funny just for the heck of it I tried to use my Apple Bluetooth mouse with my T42 since it's the only bluetooth mouse I have.. I turned on the bluetooth radio and the Apple Mouse was found but I wasn't able to pair it, either by letting Windows choose the passkey or making one up of my own. I don't know what it should matter that it's an Apple mouse but I guess it must.

benz · #8 Post by **benz** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:14 pm

^^ neat utility!! i tried it with my trusty old USB (2.0) MS Wheel Mouse Optical, and I'm getting a steady 124Hz...is that fast or slow? what are others getting?

Highline · #9 Post by **Highline** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:03 pm

rablaw wrote:Thanks. I may give one a try. Which model do you use?

How many bluetooth devices can be used at the same time?

rablaw

As far as I know only one BT device can be used at once.

lfeagan · #10 Post by **lfeagan** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:14 pm

Highline wrote:
rablaw wrote:Thanks. I may give one a try. Which model do you use?

How many bluetooth devices can be used at the same time?

rablaw
As far as I know only one BT device can be used at once.

Absolutely false. If that were the case then bluetooth could never succed as the replacement for our mouse and keyboard and printer and pda and other device connection wires we currently use. It supports up to eight devices in a piconet (two or more bluetooth devices sharing the same channel).

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=21326
http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=21324

Highline · #11 Post by **Highline** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:28 pm

lfeagan wrote:
Highline wrote: As far as I know only one BT device can be used at once.
Absolutely false. If that were the case then bluetooth could never succed as the replacement for our mouse and keyboard and printer and pda and other device connection wires we currently use. It supports up to eight devices in a piconet (two or more bluetooth devices sharing the same channel).

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=21326
http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=21324

Well, in that case, as far as I knew, was wrong

Thank you for correcting me!

Volker · #12 Post by **Volker** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:10 pm

rocketman wrote:Funny just for the heck of it I tried to use my Apple Bluetooth mouse with my T42 since it's the only bluetooth mouse I have.. I turned on the bluetooth radio and the Apple Mouse was found but I wasn't able to pair it, either by letting Windows choose the passkey or making one up of my own. I don't know what it should matter that it's an Apple mouse but I guess it must.

I have the Apple bluetooth keyboard, and I love it. So it certainly does not matter who built the bluetooth device, since the protocol is standardized the hardware is interoperable.

Now I did not try the Apple mouse (not enough buttons for my taste

), but it should work. Try 0000 as a PIN.

cj3209 · #13 Post by **cj3209** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:03 pm

I think the confusion is that you cannot use a similar BT device AT THE SAME TIME. For instance, you can't use two different BT keyboards at the same time; you have to pair with one or the other - you have to keep pairing it if you want to use both keyboards.

BTW, I could never get the apple BT mouse to work but the apple keyboard works fine.

kano · #14 Post by **kano** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:22 pm

I use Kensington PocketMouse Bluetooth (perfect, compact size):
http://www.kensington.com/html/5529.html
The mouse doesn’t have an on/off switch, but not continue to function in the bag when laptop is off. The mouse can be activated by pressing the button for a 2-3 sec (laptop must be on). Nice addition: under the wheel is a blue diode, which starts blinking when batteries are low. Average 2AA NiMH accu lifetime 2-3 weeks (5-8 hours/day). Mouserate reports all time over 200Hz.
Regards, KaNo

Volker · #15 Post by **Volker** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:09 pm

cj3209 wrote:I think the confusion is that you cannot use a similar BT device AT THE SAME TIME. For instance, you can't use two different BT keyboards at the same time;

Never mind the futility of this exercise, but why should you not be able to use up to 7 bluetooth keyboards simultaneusly? They all have separate ID's and you certainly are able to link them together. You may run into bugs in the bluetooth stack since this configuration probably received not much testing, but apart from that it *should* work.

cj3209 wrote:BTW, I could never get the apple BT mouse to work but the apple keyboard works fine.

Weird, should work. I do not know of anybody else who tried, though.

astpaul · #16 Post by **astpaul** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:18 pm

i use the BLUETAKE BT500 and it works really fine.
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