Mouse will wake not wake up mac mini

Just purchased and hooked up a Gyration cordless optical air mouse and keyboard to my mac mini. The mini is connected to my television. When I put the mini to sleep I can not wake it back up with these devices. The light on the RF receiver hooked in t he usb port continues to blink rapidly when the mac mini is in sleep mode.
Help!!!

The problem is that some external devices simply don't integrate into MacOS sufficiently that they allow this sort of thing. For example, when sleeping, the mini may not know the USB dongle and thus keyboard/mouse are present, so not detect their presence and the mouse/key wakeup signal.
If there are drivers that came with (or are available for) this device and are suited to the version of MacOS, install them and see if that helps. If there are not, it's possible that an SMC reset might help since that's the device which controls system devices, but I wouldn't hold out much hope.
To reset the SMC on an Intel mini:
-From the Apple menu, choose Shut Down (or if the computer is not responding, hold the power button until it turns off).
-Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord and any display cables.
-Wait at least 15 seconds.
-Plug the power cord back in, making sure the power button is not being pressed at the time.
-Then reconnect your keyboard and mouse to the computer.
-Press the power button on the back to start up your computer.

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