[Wylug-discuss] Many Wireless Mice/Keyboards in the same room

[Dave Fisher]

On 30 September 2011 11:55, Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Some devices have interchangeable recievers (at least for a subset of devices
> from the same manufacturer).  Pairing works in a similar way to bluetooth.
> Usually by simultaneously pressing a button on both the device and reciever.
> However in my experience this isn't always trouble-free.  Some
> devices/recievers automatically enter pairing mode when powered on.  I've seen
> device jump between recievers depending which order things were powered up,
> and which devices happened to be in range.  In most cases this pairing is
> strictly one-one, but I've also seen this get confused and ended up with a
> one-many pairing.

Aaaaargh! .... my briain is frying with all the options, snags and
choices involved in something as apparently 'simple' as buying a mouse
... as usual, it looks like I'm just going to have to 'plump' ...
hoping that the number/cost of fails is acceptably small.

Dave