Don't need keyboard

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Rene

I am developing a system where I will be using Windows XP embedded, the
system goes in a kiosk and it does not require a keyboard (All touch screen
interface)..



Is this a typical scenario, I would assume that a lot of applications using
Windows embedded would not require a keyboard only a mouse or touch screen.
Has anyone done anything similar? What are some probes that I may bump into
going keyboard less?



Thank you.
 
Hi Rene

I saw only one problem in the past.
Connecting a keyboard after starting up.
But a real keyless system (only with touch or mouse) is no prob!

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Thanks for reposing Martin.



I never understood why is so difficult to have the computer detect the
keyboard at any time, even after the computer has been started, you would
think that such a typical peripheral would be hot swappable.



Oh well, Thanks again.
 
I'm guessing it's probably because if the device is not detected by PnP
during *setup*, the class installer may not be processed. Later, when you
attach the keyboard after setup, it's probably failing because PnP tries to
process the keyboard driver, but its dependent class installer is not
already installed.

Andy
 
The system we have developed uses a non-standard
keyboard/joystick on a console connected via a RS422
interface. It also has the ability to have a PS/2
keyboard/mouse connected for maintainer/installer
functions.

If there is no keyboard/mouse connected at startup then
the system runs fine, be it with a little trickery to get
XPe to show a mouse cursor that is moved by our RS422
driver. If there is a keyboard/mouse connected then XPe
recognises them fine as the drivers are installed into the
image.

What my suggestion is, is to install the keyboard
components whether or not you have a keyboard attached.

HTH
 
This is something which is a problem on our image also - usually the
system will run with no KB mouse or monitor attached, however, if
something goes wrong, we can only then diag it via telnet (not much
help if the modem is locked up) and not by having an engineer plug
peripherals in.
I was told it was to do with the board's bios and PS/2 keyboards not
being PnP, however it can be a real problem if the unit needs rebooting
before being checked, as the reboot will often correct the problem.
 
What about using a USB keyboard for those troubleshooting incidents? I've
done that before in testing full XP when the mouse/kb fail during tests.
Having the usb stack and a couple of generic USB KB/Mouse drivers in the
image might be worth it to ensure you could always access the machine
locally.

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Andy

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Andy Allred said:
What about using a USB keyboard for those troubleshooting incidents? I've
done that before in testing full XP when the mouse/kb fail during tests.
Having the usb stack and a couple of generic USB KB/Mouse drivers in the
image might be worth it to ensure you could always access the machine
locally.
Click to expand...

The board doesn't have USB, and there's a modem in the only PCI slot.
 
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