<wpwrak>
phew. logitech M560, the mouse from hell.
<wpwrak>
the middle button switch on the scroll wheel of my M215 was dying. so i looked for a new critter. the M560 looked nice. some people claimed that there would be issues with the middle button since the wheel worked in an unusual way, but then yet others said the little button next to it can act as middle button. so all should be well, right ?
<wpwrak>
turns out that logitech implemented some win8-specific mouse-keyboard bastard, with virtually everything hard-wired to hostile functions. of the four more-or-less-crappy solutions/workaround i found on the intertubes, two didn't work, one requires installation of some closed-source tool that does a gazillion of things, maybe including "fixing" the mouse, and the fourth finally worked. needless to say, trying to puzzle it out by lookin
<wpwrak>
g at xev, xbindkeys -k or -mk, et al. was hopeless, too.
<DocScrutinizer05>
hmmm
<DocScrutinizer05>
tried a od -x /dev/* ?
<DocScrutinizer05>
err
<DocScrutinizer05>
od -x /dev/input/<*>
<DocScrutinizer05>
I seen that M560 critter in a blister pack lately and wondered if that "little button next to scrollwheel" wasn't again just a mechanical lever to clutch the pitch snap of the scrollwheel, for "freewheeling" vs "stepping" mode
<DocScrutinizer05>
btw weird scrollwheel middle button function and a little pushbutton switch next to it acting like the genuine middle mouse button is exactly the _default_ config of the MX-revolution aka MX5500
<wpwrak>
naw, the freewheeling is what you get if you press and release the wheel. press and release again and it is stepped again.
<DocScrutinizer05>
also the mentioned "mouse+kbd hybrid" is exactly what MX-Revolution does, I found out by inspecting all devices in /dev/input/ with od. Anyway meanwhile the mapping of scancodes to key events is absolutely fine for the MX
<wpwrak>
the button sends some windows curse, mainly as "keyboard"
<DocScrutinizer05>
yes, *exactly* what MX-Revo does in _default_ mode. You know, you can config/program the mouse itself
<wpwrak>
for the m560 there are contradictory configurations. and the one you get with the "help" of the program that will then interpret the config is wrong. i'm not sure how they accomplish that :)
<wpwrak>
yes, with a window-only tool (setpoint) or that closed-source monstrosity (hidpoint). apparently, there's no public programming info
<DocScrutinizer05>
maybe you wanna check my revoLUTIONconTROL stuff?
<wpwrak>
how the heck does one change free-spinning vs. click by software ?
* whitequark
is looking at manufacturing ceramics
<wpwrak>
pottery ! :)
<whitequark>
so i could make an alumina green body using direct coagulation casting
<whitequark>
take alumina, ammonia polyacrylate, magnesium oxide, mix, then form
<DocScrutinizer05>
wpwrak: revoco -mode ? sth like that
<whitequark>
you don't need a press this way
<whitequark>
it's a sol-gel process. you can even machine the resulting "gel", it's cohesive enough
<whitequark>
then you sinter it as usual
<whitequark>
after that you need a ceramic-metal seal. in the industry they sinter a molybdenum manganese oxide powder over the ceramic in the atmosphere of wet hydrogen
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<Mike25226>
Would this be a suitable place to discuss the creation of a powerful 2.4GHz/5GHz PCB Antenna for wifi?
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<viric>
o
<viric>
no
<Mike25226>
Any suggestions of where I might be able to find help with my topic? (If i understand correctly what Copyleft hardware is... my topic would be classified as such)
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<whitequark>
PCB antennas are fairly standard
<whitequark>
look for appnotes from wifi chip vendors
<whitequark>
or not even wifi, anything that runs on 2.4