<p>PS/2 to USB adapters vary wildly in quality and reliability.</p>
<p>Please refer to this web site for more info.:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/124184">http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/124184</a> </p>
<p>73,<br>
Bob, N6TV</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 21, 2013 12:42 AM, "Don Beattie" <<a href="mailto:g3ozf@btinternet.com">g3ozf@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><span>Sorry Bob - too much haste.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Keyboard is PS2 through a PS2:USB adaptor to an XP desktop.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I'll run some full power tests today and see what happens.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>73</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Don</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px">
<div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <<a href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Don Beattie <<a href="mailto:g3ozf@btinternet.com" target="_blank">g3ozf@btinternet.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:39<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WT-support] LOCK-UP<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div>OK Don, but you didn't answer my other questions.</div>
<div>73,<br>
Bob, N6TV</div>
<div>On Jun 21, 2013 12:32 AM, "Don Beattie" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:g3ozf@btinternet.com" target="_blank">g3ozf@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><span>Thanks Bob,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>I doubt RFI. This is a low-power contest, and so I was running just 100w into co-ax fed antennas 100 metres from the house at 1.1:1 VSWR. The station here as been bomb-proof for years at full power. But I'll have a look around to see if there is any problem of that sort. </span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span>I guess (hope) I may have to wait another ten years for it to happen again!</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br>
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<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Don</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px">
<div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> "Bob Wilson,
N6TV" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:n6tv@arrl.net" target="_blank">n6tv@arrl.net</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Win-Test Reflector <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:support@win-test.com" target="_blank">support@win-test.com</a>>; Don Beattie <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:g3ozf@btinternet.com" target="_blank">g3ozf@btinternet.com</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:23<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WT-support] LOCK-UP<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Don Beattie <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:g3ozf@btinternet.com" target="_blank">g3ozf@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Is there any history of the xdt routine causing lock-up ?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not of which I am aware. But if I understand your description, even after exiting Win-Test, the keyboard was still unusuable? That sounds like a weak connector or an RFI issue, not a software issue.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you are using a USB keyboard, try unplugging it, then plugging it back in. Or were you using a built-in notebook keyboard? Or were you using a docking station?</div><div><br></div><div>Please try to reproduce the problem, step by step, otherwise there is little hope of any "fix" being provided.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm betting on RFI though. All it takes is one weak coax connector that arcs, or static discharge from a wool sweater to cause a keyboard to hang, depending on the hardware and how well it is shielded and grounded.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div>73,<div>Bob, N6TV</div></div>
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