Problems with USB HID Special keys

2015-10-01T14:04:07+02:00

Hey there,

I tried for a while to get my old sun type 5c keyboard onto usb and now I'm at a point where the keys are registered and modifiers work, but only on linux.
On windows it doesn't accept the volume up/down/mute or power keys. And on linux the power key seems to act as a sleep key.

I assume it has to do with my report descriptor and/or differences in how windows handles those few keys.
I checked with a tool if the keyboard does get recognised correctly in windows and sends the correct commands, and they seem okay.
Compared to another real keyboard, it only has 1 stream while the real one has apparently 2.

Can anyone help me with this problem?

Code:

PROGMEM const char usbHidReportDescriptor[USB_CFG_HID_REPORT_DESCRIPTOR_LENGTH] = {
    0x05, 0x01,                    // USAGE_PAGE (Generic Desktop)
    0x09, 0x06,                    // USAGE (Keyboard)
    0xa1, 0x01,                    // COLLECTION (Application)
    0x75, 0x01,                    //   REPORT_SIZE (1)
    0x95, 0x08,                    //   REPORT_COUNT (8)
    0x05, 0x07,                    //   USAGE_PAGE (Keyboard)(Key Codes)
    0x19, 0xe0,                    //   USAGE_MINIMUM (Keyboard LeftControl)(224)
    0x29, 0xe7,                    //   USAGE_MAXIMUM (Keyboard Right GUI)(231)
    0x15, 0x00,                    //   LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0)
    0x25, 0x01,                    //   LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (1)
    0x81, 0x02,                    //   INPUT (Data,Var,Abs) ; Modifier byte
    0x95, 0x01,                    //   REPORT_COUNT (1)
    0x75, 0x08,                    //   REPORT_SIZE (8)
    0x81, 0x03,                    //   INPUT (Cnst,Var,Abs) ; Reserved byte
    0x95, 0x05,                    //   REPORT_COUNT (5)
    0x75, 0x01,                    //   REPORT_SIZE (1)
    0x05, 0x08,                    //   USAGE_PAGE (LEDs)
    0x19, 0x01,                    //   USAGE_MINIMUM (Num Lock)
    0x29, 0x05,                    //   USAGE_MAXIMUM (Kana)
    0x91, 0x02,                    //   OUTPUT (Data,Var,Abs) ; LED report
    0x95, 0x01,                    //   REPORT_COUNT (1)
    0x75, 0x03,                    //   REPORT_SIZE (3)
    0x91, 0x03,                    //   OUTPUT (Cnst,Var,Abs) ; LED report padding
    0x95, 0x06,                    //   REPORT_COUNT (6)
    0x75, 0x08,                    //   REPORT_SIZE (8)
    0x15, 0x00,                    //   LOGICAL_MINIMUM (0)
    0x25, 0xFF,                    //   LOGICAL_MAXIMUM (101)
    0x05, 0x07,                    //   USAGE_PAGE (Keyboard)(Key Codes)
    0x19, 0x00,                    //   USAGE_MINIMUM (Reserved (no event indicated))(0)
    0x29, 0x91,                    //   USAGE_MAXIMUM (Keyboard Application)(101)
    0x81, 0x00,                    //   INPUT (Data,Ary,Abs)
    0xc0                           // END_COLLECTION
};

Statistics: Posted by Sinnlosvoll — Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:04 pm

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