RE: Remote control of HCPC (long)

["Kenneth Watt" <kwatt@xxxxxxx>]

> On a related topic, I have an old IR keyboard/mouse which is highly
> sensitive to direction and therefore not at all suitable for
> controlling the PC from across the room. There was some talk of a
> wireless keyboard/mouse on here a few weeks back (Gyration?) which I
> believe was RF rather than IR. Is this a good solution and if it is
> RF based, then could I place the receiver inside the case (there is
> lots of room inside) so that I don't see it?

Yes, the Gyration pack is ideal for this application Graham, I have a set
here that I control my server with from my armchair. The mouse can be used
without a desktop at all (free air) and the keyboard is the size of the
average laptop's, so neither are intrusive in the least. The mouse is also
a
decent enough optical mouse besides that but the free-air thing does take
some getting used to.

It is indeed RF based and has a damn good range on it, even the lower
powered set which, IIRC, claims a 25ft range, would be more than enough if
it's in the same room IMO. Unless of course you win the lottery and get a
house with *really* big rooms, but then I doubt you'd care about it at that
point. ;)

Putting an RF receiver in a metal box and expecting it to work is probably
not gonna work, but as I said the range is fine, it's USB, so just chuck it
round the back and out of sight off one of the rear USB slots, sorted!

K.