USB Think/Travel Keyboard with UltraNav Win 7

Although Lenovo assured me I would not have problems with my trackpoint keyboard (USB Think/Travel Keyboard with UltraNav), Windows 7 Pro 64 bit (ThinkCenter M93p) does not recognize UltraNav. The functions (example: scroll) work correctly in some applications but not in Windows itself (example: Windows Explorer).
I am looking for a Windows 7 64 bit, driver for that keyboard.
Thanks.

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USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav

Hi,
I've a Lenovo USB Travel Keyboard with UltraNav (31P9496) to my X301. The keyboard works fine but I can't get the TrackPoint or the TouchPad to work. I've tried the keyboard on other computers and there the TrackoPoint/TouchPad works fine. The only thing that differ is that I use Vista x64 and the other computers uses Vista x32.
I love the keyboard and want my trackpoint to work - Please help me!

I ended up opening my keyboard and resoldering the ribbon cable on the TrackPoint PCB, and improving the connection of the ribbon cable to the main board and now it works! I believe the problem was in the ribbon cable connection to the main board--those ribbon cables and headers are very flimsy. TrackPoint, TouchPad and keyboard are all functioning well with the default Windows drivers.
I'm not going to bother with the Synaptic drivers, because they made my Mouse options in the Control Panel crash, and I have all of the functionality I want out of this keyboard without them.
Thanks anyway,
--Dan

Driver issue? with docked T61, and 31P9490- IBM USB Travel Keyboard w/ UltraNav and sleep mode

Can someone from Lenovo please advise me on which version drivers need to be installed for the external keyboard and mouse, and/or the proper power setting(s) to use with this configuration so the machine will react and wake up from its nap with a Fn+F4 on the external keyboard?
T61 7658-CTO, 3GB RAM, Vista Business Ultimate. These are the external IBM/Lenovo devices used:
250410U     THINKPAD ADVANCED MINI DOCK
31P9490    IBM USB TRAVEL KEYBOARD W/ULTRANAV
31P8700     SCROLLPOINT PRO OPTICAL MOUSE
I have an issue with waking my T61 up from sleep mode while it’s docked and using the external keyboard, mouse, and monitor. When the machine is docked, the blue Fn keys or the Think Vantage button do not function on the external keyboard.
The external keyboard seems to be the same as the internal keyboard installed in the TP- which I thought would react the same as the internal keyboard when I installed the driver that it came with. I had hoped something this simple would be easier than it now seems.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers, Mark
Message Edited by masnider on 12-16-2008 03:33 PM
Message Edited by masnider on 12-16-2008 03:42 PM
Message Edited by masnider on 12-16-2008 03:42 PM

Thanks for the advice Izzy. After installing both sets of keyboard and hotkey drivers it does respond to most (but not all) blue Fn key combinations as marked on the external keyboard. The blue ThinkVantage button still does not respond.
Oddly enough, I am able to use the Fn+F4 key combination to put it into sleep mode and to bring it back out, but when the display comes back I have no control of the UltraNav pad, track pointer, or mouse. I had to open the TP cover slightly and use the pad to get past the login screen to the desktop.
Incidently, just after using the UltraNav pad on the machine as it was slightly open a couple of messages popped up onscreen involving the USB port(s). One indicated it was searching for a new device driver for a USB connected device, and the other indicated I could benefit from connecting the device to a high- speed USB port by unpluging the low-speed hub and connecting directly to an available high-speed USB port.
Interestingly, I don't have any external hub connected. It may have identified the docking station USB ports as low-speed, which I don't believe they are...any ideas for what to do with this new set of issues?
Thanks, Mark

What happened to Lenovo ThinkPlus USB Keyboard with UltraNav ?!?

Hi all,
I want a keyboard that works EXACTLY like my T410 native keyboard. I found the ThinkPlus USB Keyboard with UltraNav that looks wireless, but it's been discontinued as of Sept 2009...anyone know what's up with that? I also saw this Lenovo Fingerprint Keyboard but it's not wireless and has no trackpoint or UltraNav, this one looks nice but it's not wireless and has no numpad or UltraNav, this one lacks the ThinkPad feel and look and reviews say the build quality is bad...so why do they have all these very mediocre keyboards...anyone know if they're in the process of releasing a GREAT keyboard with these features)?
My T410 is out of reach when its docked, so I need my keyboard to be wireless with UltraNav + trackpoint AND NUMPAD for data input, programmable keys, and of course a fingerprint scanner! I also need it to be able to affect my T410 EXACTLY as if I was using the built in keyboard... like using Fn + F_ to toggle display, power, radio settings, etc. I want it to have the same keys in the same locations and it needs extra media (volume, play, pause) keys and programmable keys to open programs/folders. I would like it to be rechargeable too. It would be great if it came with a good wireless mouse as well. I understand wireless fingerprint readers are not any more secure, and are probably even less secure so this I could do without...but they should still put it on the dock that recharges the keyboard and mouse!
Pretty much, why hasn't Lenovo come out with the perfect wireless keyboard for us ThinkPad fans? I know there are other companies out there, but I'd like to add type on a keyboard with traditional ThinkPad quality that IBM lovers have gotten used to!
Thanks,
O

I used to own a ThinkPlus USB Keyboard with UltraNav. It wasn't wireless, just standard USB. Unfortunately, it died after 5+ years of abuse.
That keyboard has been replaced by ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint (55Y9003). If you search for that FRU number you'll find it available for sale.
The new model is closer to a current gen laptop keyboard (more so than the original ThinkPlus keyboard). But it is missing the numeric keyboard and the TrackPad part of the UltraNav.
There's a good story as to why the keyboard is wired and why the other components were removed:
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=2364
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=438
Yeah, unfortunately, I don't think Lenovo is going to produce exactly what you are looking for. Like you, I miss the numeric keypad.
But at least it's cheaper than before. You could buy a separate USB/wireless numeric keypad to with the savings.

Can't use an IBM PS/2 UltraNav Travel Keyboard with Lenovo Dock?

For my Lenovo Advanced Dock, I bought an IBM UltraNav Travel Keyboard with PS/2 connectors; I figured it might be better-buklt than the 31P9490 Lenovo version, which uses USB. I guess I hadn't thought it through, for the IBM keyboard requires two PS/2 connectors--one for the keyboard, one for the trackpad and TrackPoint--and the Lenovo dock has only one PS/2 port. Am I stuck?
Thinkpad W500, Windows 7 Ultimate, ATI graphics (home); ThinkPad E531, Windows 7 Enterprise, Intel graphics (work)

OK, it appears I can use it, provided I get a hold of a PS/2 splitter cable:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/PS/2_Port
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Req any examples of how to use a USB midi controller/keyboards with Labview TIA

Req any examples of how to use a USB midi controller/keyboards with Labview TIA

Hi,
To access the MIDI ports you will need to call the Windows SDK. To send MIDI commands is relatively easy, here is an example that shows you how to send data to a MIDI controller or keyboard.
As far as input goes, this is the hard part. There are a series of functions that you need to call to open up the device, set some buffers and and possibly a callback to get notifications on the incoming data.
Reading MIDI data will not be an easy task, your best bet will be to implement this in a DLL and call that DLL in LabVIEW, there should be some code available o the web.
= "http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/multimed/htm/_win32_multimedia_... is a link to the Windows multimedia functions that you could use for MIDI input.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
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IBM USB Keyboard with Ultranav - part works part doesn't

i have an IBM usb keyboard 02R0400 with built in touchpad and ultranav.
i am running a brand new 2month old Lenovo Thinkpad T61 with Windows Vista x64 and the last time I tried to conquer this problem I messed up my mouse drivers so bad I had to do a fresh reinstall of the OS. The machine is running so much better as a result of rebuilding from scratch so no worries but suffice it to say I don't want to go through that again.
CONTEXT:
- using thinkpad on a port replicator. have the US keyboard on the desk with my USB external mouse and second screen. nothing too tricky about the setup. windows vista x64. no other msft or logitech mouse software is installed - just msft vista doing it's auto install thing.
SYMPTOM:
- when i plug in USB keyboard it is recognized and the keys and the touchpad work but the ultrnav trackpoint does not which is really irritating as I like to use it and don't like the touchpad at all.
- given i am not currently able to find a vista driver on the Lenovo site I am a little confused. I don't really want to install driver software for XP/2000 given my unpleasant mouse driver corruption experience earlier and would like to run this install as lean as possible.
- the OS is clearly trying to install the ultranav but failing as it shows just an "unknown device" under mice and pointing devices in the device manager.
- also, when i go to the mouse control panel in the OS it's showing two ultranav tabs, one for the laptop and one for the keyboard but the keyboard one is not functioning and is greyed out as in it's inactive and I can't configure it
KEY QUESTIONS:
- How do i untangle this driver mess? And get the right driver installed so that I can get the trackpoint working on the USB keyboard without messing up my laptop ultranav trackpoint? Key here is that I don't want to mess up the drivers so that when I detach my laptop from the port replicator the keyboard and mouse pointer on the laptop don't work which is what happened last time? Should I just run the XP/2000 installation software for the keyboard or will that possibly screw up my vista OS - don't want that?!
BEST GUESS:
- What's so odd about this is that I have used external USB IBM/Lenovo keyboard like this for years and this is the first time I have ever seen an OS get confused and create two ultranav tabs on the mouse control panel so I am thinking this is a vista x64 issue?
Thanks for any thoughts on how to further diagnose and pinpoint the problem here or for suggestions on the proper workaround as this sure is annoying and seems like it should not be happening -- it's just a simple USB keyboard for god's sake! ;-)
/Josh

Saw this post today.
Same problem here. What worked for me is the latest ultranav driver.
I installed the latest ultranav driver from lenovo.com after trying a lot of stuff just as a last resort.
Voila! everything works now.
Hope this helps if you have not already found the solution
regards,

IBM USB Keyboard with Ultranav - D20 problems

I purchased an IBM keyboard, model #SK-8835 to use with my D20 WorkStation. They discontinued this keyboard in 2009, a mistake I think because they replaced it with a Lenovo keyboard #SK-8855, which does not have the extra number keys on the right side.
My Lenovo ThinkPad W700DS has a great keyboard with trackpoint, touchpad, and number pad.
So anyway, I plug in the IBM keyboard and neither the trackpoint nor touchpad are working. I tried to load the software which came with the keyboard and recieved an error that the software is not recognized by my current operating system.
I suppose I could purchase a seperate number pad, but I REALLY do not want to do that. I prefer having the number pad built into the keyboard.
I tried downloading software from Lenovo website with no luck.
Does anyone know how to get the IBM keyboard #SK-8835 working fully on a D20 WorkStation??
Thanks in advance.
Solved!
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no arguments there. i definitely miss having an integrated number pad. the canon calculator can switch from numpad to calc functions though, making it a rather useful alternative.
anyway, the keyboards are made by lite-on and use a combination of lite-on, synaptics, and IBM/lenovo hotkey drivers. if you don't have luck with the package linked above then i'm not sure what else to suggest. this particular piece of hardware is rather complicated for being so simple. (that's an oxymoron, i know, but it makes sense in my head)
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USB travel keyboard vs non-IBM PC

For some time I've been using a USB keyboard with ultranav - the kind with the keypad, which has been discontinued - on my non-IBM PC running XP. That keyboard worked fine, and I could modify all the attributes of the trackpoint and pad. For me, it's especially important to be able to reduce the force necessary to use the trackpoint or I'll hurt my hands. Over time, though, it reached the end of its lifespan.
I bought a USB travel keyboard with ultranav. Essentially the same thing, but without the keypad. I've tried a variety of driver installs, including generic Synaptics drivers, and I can't modify the trackpoint's beavior. Both the pad and the trackpoint work, controlling the mouse, but there is no way to reduce the force necessary. At one point, I got the message that the trackpoint was disabled and I needed to re-enable it in the BIOS... but this isn't an IBM machine. It has an ASUS motherboard, and the bios has nothing relevant as far as I can tell.
A potential clue:
Watching the device manager, I've plugged in my old keyboard and the new travel keyboard. The old keyboard is recognized as a "HID Keyboard Device", "Synaptics Composite USB TouchPad", and "Synaptics Composite USB TouchStyk". The _new_ keyboard is recognized as a "HID Keyboard Device" and "HID-compliant mouse." I would have expected two mice, actually, one for the trackpoint and one for the touchpad.
I have tried various installs and drivers, including drivers from Lenovo and generic ones from Synaptics, without luck. It's still an HID-compliant mouse which won't let me change the amount of force necessary.
Any ideas?

I feel your pain ringrose.
My beloved IBM T42, circa 2005, has been retired from work duties and soldiers on in limited duty at home. I have recently attempted to re-create the well-designed keyboard, particularly the Synaptics touchpad and the TrackPoint, for my office PC, which is a clone (but with 'name-brand' internals, an Intel motherboard and processor, Kingston RAM, OCZ SSD) running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional, SP1.
So, for the princely sum of $35 I purchased a new keyboard, an IBM Part No. 89P8500 and IBM Model No. SK-8840. It's labeled IBM, not Lenovo. The keyboard's cord ends in two PS/2 plugs, one for the keyboard and one for the mouse, the latter I believe refers to the integrated Synaptics touchpad, and the integrated Trackpoint. My office PC has no PS/2 inputs, so I purchased a Ziotek PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse to USB Adapter (ZT1040444) to make the connection between the keyboard and the PC.
The keyboard does achieve basic functionality by simply plugging it into the PC through the Ziotek adapter. But the Synaptics touchpad and the TrackPoint are capable of considerably more functionality. I know this because on my T42 the touchpad and TrackPoint were controlled by UltraNav software, which created a tab in the Mouse Properties in Control Panel. There, many adjustments and customizations were possible.
But having spent more hours than I will admit to (yes, it's in double digits), I am still unable to achieve UltraNav levels of functionality. Worse, and even though the keyboard functions, if I open Control Panel, Mouse Properties an error message appears saying:
"Unable to connect to the Synaptics Pointing Device Driver.
If you have installed another PS/2 Pointing Device Driver please uninstall the Synaptics driver by clicking on the Yes button. You then need to reinstall your pointing device driver for your external device again.
Do you want to uninstall the Synaptics driver now?"
I select "No" and the Mouse Properties dialogue box opens, sans any indication of UltraNav or any functionality beyond the basic functions provided in Windows.
It finally dawned on me that the UltraNav software is IBM's proprietary version of Synaptics' generic touchpad / trackpoint driver. And it just doesn't want to and/or isn't going to work on my clone PC. I have literally tried dozens of USB and PS/2 drivers from Lenovo's website. The generic Synaptics driver from Synaptics' website imparts none of the UltraNav functionality, as best as I can tell.
My guess is that IBM probably didn't plan on selling enough of the now-priced-at-$35 keyboard (89P8500 / SK-8840) to merit going to the trouble and expense of preparing an UltraNav driver for non-IBM computers to run the thing. But, is there a version of UltraNav that will run on non-IBM/Lenovo PCs? I haven't found it.
The keyboard uses PS/2 and the Ziotek adapter, at least in theory, maps the PS/2 interface over to work with the USB interface. But is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit treating the Ziotek adapter-connected keyboard as a PS/2 device (which it is), or does the Ziotek adapter cause windows to treat the keyboard as a USB device? Thus, is the adapter's mapping over process so complete that the PS/2 device is now treated as a USB device? I have inquired with Ziotek and I am awaiting a response, which may never come.
I posted here in desperation. Please help, if you are able.
Thank you,
Dennis

Problem with USB travel keyboard on Windows 7 (some letters become a number)

Hi
I have an USB Travel Keyboard with trackpoint and touchpad. Have used for years in XP.
Now I have bought a new computer, using Windows 7 and Asus P6X58D Premium motherboard.
After installing Windows 7 I noticed that when I press some keys I get a number instead of a letter.
I have managed to install drivers for the USB travel keyboard. And can enter the place where I can change speed of TrackPoint etc....
Now some weird stuff:
The keyboard actually work if I e.g. enter Internet via "Asus Express Gate".
(This is a feature with the motherboard which enables me to run some small numbers of applications without having to start windows, thus enabling superfast access to Internet etc.)
If I let Windows 7 start, then some keys/letters only show numbers.
To me it sounds weird if keyboard only works in "Asus Express Gate" applications and not in when I e.g. use Internet or any text editor in Windows 7.
Maybe there is a settings in BIOS that is set automatically when entering "Asus Express Gate", that I might have to set manually to make the USB keyboard work while in Windows 7 (64bit) ???
I have looked in the BIOS UI without any luck...
Any suggestions?

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Trackpoint&Touchpad sensitivity adjustment on an IBM Ultranav Travel Keyboard

Hello,
I recently bought an IBM Ultranav Travel Keyboard with PS/2 interface. I am using this keyboard on a desktop system with Windows Vista Ultimate x64 installed. Although I installed the approprite software and drivers from Lenovo's website, I couldn't find where I can adjust the sensitivity of the trackpoint and touchpad. I own a ThinkPad X60 and I can adjust these settings on a tab located at Control Panel >> Mouse section. Also I can not use the middle click button to scroll on web pages.
Is there any solution for this problem?
Thanks in advance.
Regards

OK, it appears I can use it, provided I get a hold of a PS/2 splitter cable:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/PS/2_Port
Thinkpad W500, Windows 7 Ultimate, ATI graphics (home); ThinkPad E531, Windows 7 Enterprise, Intel graphics (work)

I don't have a wireless printer, and want to print things off of my iPad. I know that I can use the iPad Camera Connection kit to connect USB devices like keyboards and I am wondering if I could do the same with a USB printer.

I don't have a wireless printer, and want to print things off of my iPad. I know that I can use the iPad Camera Connection kit to connect USB devices like keyboards and I am wondering if I could do the same with a USB printer.

I don't think you can connect a printer since you won't have the printer drivers. I use FingerPrint from collobos.com to print to my non-AirPrint printers.

Spurious Charcters on Thinkpad Compact USB Keyboard with TrackPoint

I suspect the Thinkpad W540 can not accept the current driver from the Lenovo support site (tp_compact_keyboard_1491.exe) as the version of the HID driver remains 6.17602.27514 and is a 2006 Microsoft driver). What is worse is, attempting to type on it in any normal speed for a touch typist results in bad keystroke recognition and has the window lose focus, selecting menu items, or the most annoying, selecting previously typed data that gets deleted as soon as you type the next character. It has happened 3 times just typing this note. I can't find a way to disable the driver associated with the keyboard on the Thinkpad (uninstalling it doesn't work) and I'm assuming with two drivers installed, they collide somehow causing the bad interpretation. Or, the USB ports on the W540 aren't compabile with the keyboard. I doubt the latter as I had problems with a Bluetooth version of the same keyboard.
Lenovo doesn't appear to recognize its own keyboard based on 03X8715 fru but sometimes finds references to KU-1255 model when searching for drivers. I've opened 2 tickets with Lenovo but all they do is delete the drivers and reboot to get them to reinstall. I think these keyboards are not compatible with the W540 (though sailes said they were), and until a better driver is developed they are useless.
Because the W540 rearranged the Thinkpad keyboard puttng the PrtScr at the bottom and the delete key where the insert key was... I wanted to have the same keyboard on my other computers so I could get used to the new layout. Now that seems impossible unless and until Lenovo fixes the driver so the keyboard misinterpretation can be remedied. Is there no solution to allow me to get used to the new Thinkpad keyboard layout by using a similarly laid out external keyboard on multiple computers? Switching between W540, W520, W510 seems impossible at this point. Though I'd like to use a KVM for switching I don't want to introduce that until I can get the external usb keyboard working with the direct connection to the W540.
It is also frustrating that the driver download only results in a setup.exe being run with no listing of the drivers that should be installed so it is impossible to tell if the 2006 Microsoft drivers are what were in the Dec 14, 2014 driver update, and it is also impossible to force Windows to pick the drivers from the install directory as they are encapsulated in the setup.exe. At least knowing what version should be listed and the names of the driver files might help troubleshoot if indeed they correct drivers are not getting installed.

Yes, i realize it could be confusing for some to have two ways of accessing the same keys.
The issue i have with the thinkpad layout is that the keys are split apart - i like having page up/down and home/end clustered together for navigating - with the thinkpad layout, half the keys are in the lower half of the keyboard, and the other half in the top.
Also, since arrow keys are also often used for navigating, it makes sense to me to keep them together - for example, "go to the end of the line and select the last word" can be accomplished without moving the right hand from the arrow keys, and the left hand using Shift/Fn/Control

IBM USB keyboard with TrackPoint: how to adjust sensitivity

I connect the IBM USB keyboard with TrackPoint (UltraNav) to my Lenovo W510 using Windows 7. How can I adjust the sensitivity of the external TrackPoint? In control panel > mouse settings, I can only adjust settings of the onboard TrackPoint. Is this a driver issue, or I did it wrong? I tried downloading different drivers but none allows me that. Current drivers I use:
ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint v1.06 (tpusbkybdwtrackpoint_106.exe)
ThinkPad USB Keyboard Hotkeys v2.0.1.3 (q5kyb07us13.exe)
ThinkPad UltraNav Driver v15.1.19.0 (6hgy31ww.exe (64-bit))
Actually tried newer drivers but the results are the same. Thanks for any suggestion!

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after installing the required Lenovo driver explained in the post above. I get this option in my mouse setting under control panel.
Do you see this specific option? (there is new 1.07 driver released, so try to install that and see whether give you the option of adjusting the usb kb's trackpoint sensitivity).
Regards,
Jin Li
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ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint (55Y9003) FRU

I'm trying to order a ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint part no. 55Y9003 here in Bulgaria.
But here they are selling only the European/Bulgarian version with a slighly differerent layout and part no. 55Y9009.
I had this problem before with the old UltraNav Keyboard and the keboards for my X40, X60 and X61s. What I did then was to order the keyboards as a replacement.
So I need to find the FRU P/N to order it as a replacement. But I only know the FRU of the bulgarian version (57Y4647).
I remember it used to be easy to find it on the product page, though I may be mistaking as I can't find it now.
Please does anybody know where I can find the FRU P/N of part no. 55Y9003?
Also I don't understand why the retailer here in Bulgaria can't do that, but lets not overdo it :-)
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Never mind I found it
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-73185
Still if anyone in Europe is ordering this keyboard have in mind that the enter is the fat one and not the one on the picture if you havent figured that out already about the keyboards in Europe.

USB Think/Travel Keyboard with UltraNav Win 7

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