[PX3] Adafruit P/N 1737 Wireless Keyboard

[Joel Black-2]

The Adafruit 1737 wireless keyboard I ordered showed up today. Appears to work fine with the PX3 in case anyone’s interested.

I would consider the price a little high with shipping - $17 for the keyboard and more than $12 for shipping. The keyboard is not very robust but I don’t  plan on standing on it. :)

All I’ve tried so far is Ctrl-Alt-M to see if it would communicate. It communicates fine. I will try adding macros in the next day or two but I don’t think there will be any issue.

73,
Joel - W4JBB
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[Phil Wheeler-2]

I recently acquired this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M75WPKO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 
and am using it with my computer. Caveat: Not yet
tested with PX3, but I really like it with
computer, it seems well built and price was right.

73, Phil W7OX

On 7/21/16 10:10 AM, Joel Black wrote:
> The Adafruit 1737 wireless keyboard I ordered showed up today. Appears to work fine with the PX3 in case anyone’s interested.
>
> I would consider the price a little high with shipping - $17 for the keyboard and more than $12 for shipping. The keyboard is not very robust but I don’t  plan on standing on it. :)
>
> All I’ve tried so far is Ctrl-Alt-M to see if it would communicate. It communicates fine. I will try adding macros in the next day or two but I don’t think there will be any issue.
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB

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These all look suspiciously alike, and have no branding on the keyboard itself.

I have this one, but sold under a different name.  It works great.

I also have one that looks identical except for the ON-OFF switch.  There isn't one.  It also works great.  

One is on the P3/SVGA, the other is on the PX3.  They've been interchanged between the two and work correctly either place.  I prefer the one with no switch because it's always ready to go.  For reasons of training and perhaps OCD, I do turn the switch off on the keyboard with the switch.  

I use NIMH rechargeables in both and they haven't needed recharging in over a year.

YMMV

73
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Marc  W8SDG

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Phil Wheeler <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I recently acquired this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M75WPKO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and am using it with my computer. Caveat: Not yet tested with PX3, but I really like it with computer, it seems well built and price was right.
>
> 73, Phil W7OX

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[Joel Black-2]

Well, as I stated, I bought the keyboard and it arrived. I find it perplexing that I cannot use the F-keys for macros but I *can* use CTRL, F-key. I need to do some more reading. Works okay for what it is and why I bought it - macros for the PX3. This brings me to RTFM:

It really helps. I figured out I could program macros on the PX3 itself with its function keys. I only really wanted four to six macros which is all I had on the K3. Well, you can do that. I use FN1 - FN4 for BW control on the PX3. I figured out about the PX3 macros today and programmed FN5 and FN6 for what I was using PF1 for on the KX3.

Just thought you’d find a little humor in my continuing saga of cockpit errors. :) At least it wasn’t an expensive mistake and if I need more than six macros, I have the keyboard.

73,
Joel - W4JBB

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 12:10, Joel Black <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> The Adafruit 1737 wireless keyboard I ordered showed up today. Appears to work fine with the PX3 in case anyone’s interested.
>
> I would consider the price a little high with shipping - $17 for the keyboard and more than $12 for shipping. The keyboard is not very robust but I don’t  plan on standing on it. :)
>
> All I’ve tried so far is Ctrl-Alt-M to see if it would communicate. It communicates fine. I will try adding macros in the next day or two but I don’t think there will be any issue.
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB

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