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OTG and USB keyboard/mouse Xperia Tablet Z

LittleGreyCat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:29:44 GMT

I am trying to connect a USB keyboard and mouse to my Xperia Tablet Z WiFi using an OTG cable.

Progress so far:

keyboard and mouse + OTG cable work with Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.

keyboard and mouse + OTG cable do not work with Xperia Tablet Z.

old FAT USB stick + OTG cable works with Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.

old FAT USB stick + OTG cable works with Xperia Tablet Z.

So conclusion so far:

tablet does support OTG for USB stick.

tablet does not support OTG for mouse or keyboard.

Is this correct, or is there something I can do to get the tablet to recognise a USB mouse and/or keyboard?

Cheers

LGC

Thommo — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:57:57 GMT

Your mouse and keyboard - Are you connecting both at the same timeor just one, Also as can often be the case some usb devices are incompatible

LittleGreyCat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:10:01 GMT

Tried both together, just the keyboard, just the mouse.

Keyboard is Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro

Mouse is no-name Chinese optical mouse but it works with everything else including the Samsung Galaxy S3 phone.

Have you ever successfully used a USB keyboard or mouse with the Xperia Tablet Z?

Thommo — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:03:49 GMT

I've used a Sumvision USB mouse and a Dell USB mouse but never tried a keyboard - To be honest I've never had a need to test this or try and use one

LittleGreyCat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:12:10 GMT

O.K.

Thanks.

I'll work round my stock of keyboards and mice and see if I can find one that works.

Edit:

Logitech Cordless Desktop Ex110 works - wireless keyboard and mouse combo with a receiver which plugs into USB or serial. (so quite old, I assume).

Logiteck M570 track ball mouse with Unifying Receiver also works.

On that basis I am assuming that any Logitech keyboard compatible with the Unifying Receiver should also work.

So my issue is resolved - wireless keyboards and mice do work via a USB dongle.

Not all wired devices work.

I haven't sorted out why yet but the main problem has now gone away.

Additional note - the USB optical mouse didn't seem to want to work with my Raspberry Pi either.