The target computer does not have a usb port
The target computer does not have a usb port , There is no way to use Tinypilot
Is there any solution?
Michael Lynch @michael2021-07-07 15:12:22.103ZUnfortunately, there's no solution in this case. TinyPilot needs the target computer to have a USB input port.
What sort of computer is this?
- Jjames ch @james360
HP Digital AlphaStation 255
- In reply tomichael⬆:Ddragon788 @dragon788
I highly doubt any adapters from USB to PS/2 for these older computers would be compatible with the composite device. It might be possible to create such an adapter with TMK/QMK or more likely using a microcontroller directly.
I thought this was an interesting problem so I did a bit of research.
Pricey option that may work, but no guarantees, you'd definitely want the TinyPilot power/data splitter because odds are it doesn't expect very much current draw by the keyboard.
https://www.kvm-switches-online.com/kmu2p.htmlSomeone else asked about the USB to PS/2 keyboard adapters, those only work with keyboards that have a built in controller that talks PS/2 or USB.
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/q/7717See a more detailed explaination here:
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/7723This guy has implemented the microcontroller route for converting USB to PS/2 with some caveats (no multimedia keys, which most PS/2 only devices probably didn't understand anyways).
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/16804
https://github.com/10110111/usb2ps2conv
Michael Lynch @michael2021-10-12 21:04:29.755ZThanks for those pointers, @dragon788 !
I wasn't aware of the Adder device. That could be useful for customers with a hard requirement on PS2.