RE: Remote Mouse and Keyboard

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

My MS Bluetooth keyboard works through the ceiling, but the HA PC is more
or
less directly above the lounge (and it's not a concrete floor).  I've got a
couple of FT keyboards (Logitech and an el-cheapo Memorex), and they're not
good for anything beyond a couple of meters.

If it's just mouse that you need, then I think Logitech, and probably a
bunch of other suppliers, do something a bit more professional (we've got
them in our conference rooms) that use RF and have a range of at least
10mtrs in free air, but again, I've not tried with an obstructed path.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Brazier [mailto:simon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 September 2003 12:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Remote Mouse and Keyboard


I've managed to get the output of my main PC to display on the TV in the
lounge thanks to an RF modulator I had knocking around and the loftbox I
have installed. The only trouble is that I don't have mouse or keyboard
control.

The PC is only about 10 metres away from where I would sit in front of the
TV, but it is on a different floor of the house so it's not very easy to
run cables.

How do people normally achieve control ? Would an RF keyboard and mouse
transmit through a ceiling, is it worth trying a Bluetooth keyboard and
mouse, or is it best to get an IR keyboard and mouse and use something
like a Powermid to do the transmission ? Or would the best results come
>from

Main reason I'm wanting to do this is so that I can play music from the PC
upstairs in the lounge without having a noise PC in the lounge. The sound
and vision works, but without mouse control I can't add any tracks.

Thanks