MK10 Bluetooth Keyboard

rpostmo wrote: Working!!!   Thanks Simpson.   Turns out I wasn't pushing "enter" on both the keyboard and the 540 after entering the PIN #.   Once I did that, it paired on the third cycle.

Mike, I experienced the same issue.  I recommend calling tech support directly to resolve this.

I'm having a problem with my keyboard and was wondering if a fix exists or its just bad. I was able to successfully pair it once with the ifd and enter data, however as I was playing with it it started not behaving properly, like the 540 was getting bad data. I have tried deleting and re pairing the device without success. Now it gets to the point of pairing but no code is given for entry and the ifd goes back to the pairing page. Also the green led no longer blinks when I press the button on the back. It's fully charged so it's not a power issue. Before I deleted the device it was showing a blinking yellow led indicating key presses sent but the com frequency input just showed commas, no data. I'm wondering if there is a keyboard reset key sequence I need to try as it seems like the keyboard is not behaving properly and maybe needs to boot from scratch. Has anyone else seen this behavior and if so is the keyboard shot or is there a way to recover it?

Hmm, what other company sends out $299 pieces of equipment - no questions asked? Great customer service.

HI

So I received my replacement keyboard and am going to try it out shortly, probably today or tomorrow. In the meantime I did a little testing to see if I could change the existing keyboard behavior, and was also thinking about the circumstances when I did the original setup and wondering if it might have somehow led to the corruption of the keyboard.

On the experiment side I tried running the power all the way down on the keyboard and then recharging it. Theory being a cold start might refresh some corrupt program memory and fix the problem. This wasn't easy to do, I had to put a weight on the keys to keep the green LED lit. Even so it took 2 days to kill the battery. Useful to  know. In any case this didn't fix the problem. After charging Still no pairing indication when back button was pressed.

As far as the circumstances for the initial use. I was in my hanger, which is a pretty good faraday cage and keeps me from getting GPS lock. So the play time I had with the keyboard where it was working was without a GPS lock, and I'm wondering if this might somehow be associated with the keyboard failing after about 5 minutes of use. Without lock the IFD is pretty busy working on fixing that and I'm wondering if that might lead to the problem I saw. Id like to avoid a repeat of the problem and was wondering what others experiences were with using the keyboard without a GPS signal for an extended period of time.

Thanks

ben 

Hi Ben,

Make a few more mounts?

What a great example of an ideal 3D printing application.  I bet you have a nice little market right here.  I'd be interested in one!

I'll trade you a book (www.fiftyclassics.com) for a holder.  Both DIY projects!  I'll PM you.  - Ney

I would be interested in one of the copies. Just let me know

Hi

Lets just say interest has proved to be somewhat greater than I expected. If you PM'd me ill be in touch shortly to describe what I have for a design more completely and ask you what parts you are interested in as its somewhat optimized for my aircraft situation. If you haven't, please hold off as it will take me a bit to get this organized.

Ben

I'm not sure if this was answered already but is it possible to connect two BT keyboards to a single 440?

No. I think was answered previously