[TriLUG] wireless mice - avoiding mutual interference?

[Jason Watts]

Joe,

I dont blame you... I would be taking it back as well.

The logitech's that I have had have all remembered the proper chanel... even
when the batteries in the mouse die.

On Jan 5, 2008 6:41 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
>
> Heartened by my success with the wireless optical mouse
> below (from Circuit City, because my son wanted that
> particular type), today I bought another wireless optical
> mouse (LabTec) from the local store (Intrex, who have served
> me well over the years and who I support when I can). This
> mouse requires you to press buttons on both the mouse and
> the usb receiver each time you boot or reinsert the USB key,
> for them to find each other. The button on the USB dongle is
> recessed and small and requires you to stand up and look
> over the screen and use a bit of agility. I didn't mind
> doing this once for setup, but after that I expect them to
> remember which channel they're on. I'll be returning this
> mouse.
>
> Joe
>
> > I bought my son a 27MHz wireless USB mouse for xmas and was surprised to
> find
> > that it worked out of the box on linux, since not much works out of the
> box
> > on Linux.  According to the spec, the mouse has a range of 5'. If you
> have
> > multiple wireless mice working in proximity, do they interfer with each
> > other, or are they like garage door openers, which have codes? The
> device has
> > no way of setting a code that I could find (in the docs, on the device,
> or on
> > the manufacturer's website).
> >
> > Thanks Joe
> >
> >
>
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