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== What is the FrogPad? ==
 
== What is the FrogPad? ==
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The FrogPad is a 20-key keyboard with a special layout which enables you to write with only one hand at nearly normaly speed. After roundabout 20 hours of continuous training, you should be able to write a text without looking at the keypad at an average speed (this is my experience.. may vary from mind to mind ;-) ).
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The FrogPad is a 20-key keyboard with a special layout which enables you to write with only one hand at nearly normal speed. After roughly 20 hours of continuous training, you should be able to write a text without looking at the keypad at an average speed.
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== How can I use it on my neo? ==
 
== How can I use it on my neo? ==
 
  ''A manual for using the bluetooth hcid daemon to auto-reconnect your FrogPad with
 
  ''A manual for using the bluetooth hcid daemon to auto-reconnect your FrogPad with
 
  your Neo will follow.''
 
  your Neo will follow.''
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=== FrogPad on the GTK or qtopia image ===
 
=== FrogPad on the GTK or qtopia image ===
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You can use the FrogPad like every normal bluetooth keyboard on your device. For more information take a look at [[Manually_using_Bluetooth#Being_able_to_use_HID_devices]].
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You can use the FrogPad like every normal bluetooth hidd keyboard on your device. Follow these steps to connect to it: [[Manually_using_Bluetooth#Being_able_to_use_HID_devices]].
  
 
=== FrogPad with debian on the neo ===
 
=== FrogPad with debian on the neo ===
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After following the steps in the link above, you won't be able to use your FrogPad as keyboard in the xserver. You have to follow these steps to get it working:
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After following the steps in the link above, you still won't be able to use your FrogPad as keyboard in the xserver. You have to follow these steps to get it working:
  
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The keyboard is wrapped by the evdev driver, so you have to create a new InputDevice entry in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Before you can do this, you first need the hardware adress of your FrogPad, which you will get by typing:
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The keyboard is wrapped by the evdev driver, so you have to create a new InputDevice entry in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Before you can do this, you first need the hardware address of your FrogPad, which you will get by typing:
  
 
  cat /proc/bus/input/devices
 
  cat /proc/bus/input/devices
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In this output you will find the physical address of your FrogPad, which you will need for the xorg.conf:
 
In this output you will find the physical address of your FrogPad, which you will need for the xorg.conf:
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After this, you have to kill your x-server and restart it with
 
After this, you have to kill your x-server and restart it with
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Now your FrogPad should work :-)
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Now your FrogPad should work! Happy Hacking! :-)

Revision as of 09:42, 4 July 2008

Using irssi on Debian together with the frogpad to IRC on #neo1973-germany

Contents

What is the FrogPad?

The FrogPad is a 20-key keyboard with a special layout which enables you to write with only one hand at nearly normal speed. After roughly 20 hours of continuous training, you should be able to write a text without looking at the keypad at an average speed.

How can I use it on my neo? 

A manual for using the bluetooth hcid daemon to auto-reconnect your FrogPad with
your Neo will follow.

FrogPad on the GTK or qtopia image

You can use the FrogPad like every normal bluetooth hidd keyboard on your device. Follow these steps to connect to it: Manually_using_Bluetooth#Being_able_to_use_HID_devices.

FrogPad with debian on the neo

After following the steps in the link above, you still won't be able to use your FrogPad as keyboard in the xserver. You have to follow these steps to get it working:

The keyboard is wrapped by the evdev driver, so you have to create a new InputDevice entry in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Before you can do this, you first need the hardware address of your FrogPad, which you will get by typing: 

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

This should give you something like this: 

I: Bus=0005 Vendor=11c3 Product=0100 Version=0110
N: Name="FrogPad Bluetooth Keyboard"
P: Phys=*PHYSICAL_ADDRESS*
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/s3c2410-ohci/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/hci0/acl000ADF0023D0/input/input4
U: Uniq=00:0A:DF:00:23:D0
H: Handlers=kbd event3 
B: EV=12001b
B: KEY=e080ffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: ABS=300 0
B: MSC=10
B: LED=1f

In this output you will find the physical address of your FrogPad, which you will need for the xorg.conf: 

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "FrogPad"
       Driver          "evdev"
       #See output from cat /proc/bus/input/devices from above for the event handler.
       #This should only be used if it doesn't work with the physical adress and the device name.
       #Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/event3"        
       Option          "Name"                  "FrogPad Bluetooth Keyboard"          
       Option          "Phys"                  "PHYSICAL_ADDRESS"             
       Option          "XkbRules"              "xorg"
       Option          "XkbModel"              "en_US"
       Option          "XkbLayout"             "us"
EndSection
.....
Section "ServerLayout"
...
      InputDevice     "FrogPad"
...
EndSection

After this, you have to kill your x-server and restart it with 

startx -- vt1

Now your FrogPad should work! Happy Hacking! :-)

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What is the FrogPad?

The FrogPad is a 20-key keyboard with a special layout which enables you to write with only one hand at nearly normal speed. After roughly 20 hours of continuous training, you should be able to write a text without looking at the keypad at an average speed.

How can I use it on my neo? 

A manual for using the bluetooth hcid daemon to auto-reconnect your FrogPad with
your Neo will follow.

FrogPad on the GTK or qtopia image

You can use the FrogPad like every normal bluetooth hidd keyboard on your device. Follow these steps to connect to it: Manually_using_Bluetooth#Being_able_to_use_HID_devices.

FrogPad with debian on the neo

After following the steps in the link above, you still won't be able to use your FrogPad as keyboard in the xserver. You have to follow these steps to get it working:

The keyboard is wrapped by the evdev driver, so you have to create a new InputDevice entry in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Before you can do this, you first need the hardware address of your FrogPad, which you will get by typing: 

cat /proc/bus/input/devices

This should give you something like this: 

I: Bus=0005 Vendor=11c3 Product=0100 Version=0110
N: Name="FrogPad Bluetooth Keyboard"
P: Phys=*PHYSICAL_ADDRESS*
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/s3c2410-ohci/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/hci0/acl000ADF0023D0/input/input4
U: Uniq=00:0A:DF:00:23:D0
H: Handlers=kbd event3 
B: EV=12001b
B: KEY=e080ffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: ABS=300 0
B: MSC=10
B: LED=1f

In this output you will find the physical address of your FrogPad, which you will need for the xorg.conf: 

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "FrogPad"
       Driver          "evdev"
       #See output from cat /proc/bus/input/devices from above for the event handler.
       #This should only be used if it doesn't work with the physical adress and the device name.
       #Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/event3"        
       Option          "Name"                  "FrogPad Bluetooth Keyboard"          
       Option          "Phys"                  "PHYSICAL_ADDRESS"             
       Option          "XkbRules"              "xorg"
       Option          "XkbModel"              "en_US"
       Option          "XkbLayout"             "us"
EndSection
.....
Section "ServerLayout"
...
      InputDevice     "FrogPad"
...
EndSection

After this, you have to kill your x-server and restart it with 

startx -- vt1

Now your FrogPad should work! Happy Hacking! :-)