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    Travel Keyboard w Ultranav stays Numlocked & Fn key not work

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by crashnburn, Sep 5, 2010.

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    crashnburn Notebook Consultant

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    Travel Keyboard w Ultranav Fn key not work & also scrolling zones on trackpad

    I just got the USB Travel size USB Keyboard with Ultranav:

    ThinkPad Travel UltraNav USB Keyboard
    The travel version of the above:
    [​IMG]

    When plugging into my T61, it has some issues... which I am hoping will go away..?
    It gets recognized as multiple devices when plugged in.. (one of the notifications.. as a USB hub)..

    - Keyboard when plugged in goes into its own Numlock state (even when I toggle using the Numlock on the T61's own keyboard) and hence all keys to right side of the QWERTY become the Numeric keys etc.
    - For now, the Fn key doesnt seem to be recognized or working so I cant Disable the numlock.

    So, I downloaded the sw/ drivers located here:
    Lenovo Support & downloads - USB Keyboard and Travel Keyboard with UltraNav driver

    When I tried to install the Driver it said I already have more recent version of synaptics driver and couldnt install unless I uninstalled the existing installation.
    Then I installed the Hotkey driver v2.0.1.3.. So far still the same response.

    I havent yet restarted the machine... so... any suggestions welcome. Hopefully its fixed or you guys have a fix, when I wake up and restart tomorrow.

    - RESTARTED - No change at all.

    There is no way to disable the Numlock. Apparently the Fn key does not work as well.
     
    crashnburn, Sep 5, 2010
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    Thanks for someones insights I got a partial solution... But Fn key is still gone.

    Partial patch:
    When I went for "Synchronized" vs "Independent" status of keyboards, the Numlock issue got fixed since it now syncs with the T61/BIOS state for Numlock etc.

    ISSUES LEFT:

    - I updated to latest Lenovo BIOS just to be sure.

    - All the options said and done... 'Fn' key option in Keyboard section relates only to enabling/disabling 'Fn' key as a STICKY key.

    - 'Fn' key from USB keyboard does not work. Do I need some special driver for this to work? I am guessing this key is faulty?? Can I concur on this... ?

    - Access IBM (USB) .. also does not work. (Thinkvantage on T61 works).

    - Also... No scrolling zones etc. like the Internal Trackpad. How do I enable that?

    PS: Also, which drivers do I need to have? When i attempted to installed the specific drivers it exited by saying I had more recent Synaptic drivers.

    I wonder if the ones I have are generic synaptic v/s these specific ones?
     
    crashnburn, Sep 6, 2010
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