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See the receiver table below for the list of currently supported receivers.
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See the receiver table below for the list of currently supported receivers.
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Solaar supports most recent and many older Logitech devices
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Solaar supports most recent and many older Logitech devices
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(keyboards, mice, trackballs, and touchpads)
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(keyboards, mice, trackballs, touchpads, and headsets)
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that can connect to supported receivers.
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that can connect to supported receivers.
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Solaar supports many recent Logitech devices that can connect via a USB cable,
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Solaar supports many recent Logitech devices that can connect via a USB cable,
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but some such Logitech devices are not suited for use in Solaar because they do not use the HID++ protocol.
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but some such Logitech devices are not suited for use in Solaar because they do not use the HID++ protocol.
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One example is the MX518 Gaming Mouse.
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One example is the MX518 Gaming Mouse.
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Solaar supports most recent Logitech devices that can connect via Bluetooth.
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Solaar supports most recent Logitech devices that can connect via Bluetooth.
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The device tables below provide a list of some of the devices that Solaar supports,
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giving their product name, WPID product number, and HID++ protocol information..
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The tables concentrate on older devices that have explicit support information in Solaar.
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The best way to determine whether Solaar supports a device is to run Solaar while the device is connected.
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The best way to determine whether Solaar supports a device is to run Solaar while the device is connected.
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If the device is supported, it will show up in the Solaar main window.
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If the device is supported, it will show up in the Solaar main window.
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If it is not, and there is no issue about the device in the Solaar GitHub repository,
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If it is not, and there is no issue about the device in the Solaar GitHub repository,
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open an enhancement issue requesting that it be supported.
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open an enhancement issue requesting that it be supported.
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## Adding new receivers and devices
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The directory https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar/tree/master/docs/devices contains
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## Adding new receivers
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Adding a new receiver requires knowing whether the receiver is a regular
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Adding a new receiver requires knowing whether the receiver is a regular
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Unifying receiver, a Nano receiver, a Bolt receiver, or a Lightspeed receiver. Add a line to
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Unifying receiver, a Nano receiver, a Bolt receiver, or a Lightspeed receiver.
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`../lib/logitech_receiver/base_usb.py` defining the receiver as one of these.
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Add a line to `../lib/logitech_receiver/base_usb.py` defining the receiver as one of these.
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If the receiver has an unusual number of pairing slots, then this also needs
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If the receiver has an unusual number of pairing slots, then this also needs
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to be specified. Then add the receiver to the tuple of receivers (ALL).
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to be specified. Then add the receiver to the tuple of receivers (ALL).
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Most new devices do not need to be known to Solaar to work.
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## Supported Receivers
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The _D function in `../lib/logitech_receiver/descriptors.py` makes a device known to Solaar.
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The usual arguments to the _D function are the device's long name, its short name
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(codename), and its HID++ protocol version.
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Devices that use HID++ 1.0 need a tuple of known registers (registers) and settings (settings).
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Settings can be provided for Devices that use HID++ 2.0 or later,
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but Solaar can determine these from the device.
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If the device can connect to a receiver, provide its wireless product ID (wpid),
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If the device can connect via Bluetooth, provide its Bluetooth product ID (btid).
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If the device can connect via a USB cable, provide its USB product ID (usbid),
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and the interface it uses to send and receiver HID++ messages (interface - default 2).
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The use of a non-default USB interface is the main reason for requiring information about
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modern devices to be added to Solaar.
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### Supported Receivers
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| USB ID | Kind | Max Paired Devices |
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| USB ID | Kind | Max Paired Devices |
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subset of HID++ 1.0 protocol. Only hardware pairing is supported.
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subset of HID++ 1.0 protocol. Only hardware pairing is supported.
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## Adding new devices
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Most new devices do not need to be known to Solaar to work.
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The _D function in `../lib/logitech_receiver/descriptors.py` makes a device known to Solaar.
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The usual arguments to the _D function are the device's long name, its short name
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(codename), and its HID++ protocol version.
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Devices that use HID++ 1.0 need a tuple of known registers (registers) and settings (settings).
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Settings can be provided for Devices that use HID++ 2.0 or later,
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but Solaar can determine these from the device.
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If the device can connect to a receiver, provide its wireless product ID (wpid),
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If the device can connect via Bluetooth, provide its Bluetooth product ID (btid).
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If the device can connect via a USB cable, provide its USB product ID (usbid),
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and the interface it uses to send and receiver HID++ messages (interface - default 2).
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The use of a non-default USB interface is the main reason for requiring information about
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modern devices to be added to Solaar.
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## Supported Devices
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The device tables below provide a list of some of the devices that Solaar supports,
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giving their product name, WPID product number, and HID++ protocol information.
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The tables concentrate on older devices that have explicit support information in Solaar
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and are not being updated for new devices that are supported by Solaar.
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### Keyboards (Unifying)
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### Keyboards (Unifying)
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| Device | WPID | HID++ |
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| Device | WPID | HID++ |
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File Contents
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File Contents
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Each file should start with the Solaar version as given in the first line of
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Each file should contain the output of `solaar show NAME` where NAME
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output from `solaar show` and a blank line. Next is the output of `solaar
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is enough of the full name of a device or receiver to identify it.
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show` for the device or receiver. The output of `solaar show` can be edited
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The output of `solaar show` will provide information on all connnected
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devices and receivers including their names.
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The output of `solaar show NAME` can be edited
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to remove serial numbers and variable information such as the current values
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to remove serial numbers and variable information such as the current values
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of settings. For older devices probes of the device registers should be
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of settings.
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included but for newer devices this should not be necessary.
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Passing the style requirements for Solaar documentation may require removing
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trailing white space on lines.
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For older devices probes of the device registers should be
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included but for newer devices this is not necessary.
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Unifying receivers can pair with any device that has the Unifying logo.
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Unifying receivers can pair with any device that has the Unifying logo.
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Bolt receivers can pair with any device that has the Bolt logo.
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Bolt receivers can pair with any device that has the Bolt logo.
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Nano and Lightspeed receivers can only pair with certain devices,
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Nano and Lightspeed receivers can only pair with certain devices,
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so the end of their files should contain device WPIDs that they have
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so the end of their files should state the devices that they have
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been seen to be paired with or are part of.
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been seen to be paired with or are part of.
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Newer versions of Solaar add support for more settings so it is useful to
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Newer versions of Solaar add support for more settings so it is useful to
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provide updated versions of these files if there is information from the
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provide updated versions of these files if there is information from the
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current version of `solaar show` that is not in the existing file.
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current version of `solaar show NAME` that is not in the existing file.
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