Computer foot pedals

[Richard Benkstein]

I belong to a Ukelele club and up until now have used printed copies of the music.  I would like to use my surface pro but I don't like having to stop playing to turn the pages.

The specific action I am looking for is the right arrow which will move a .PDF document to the next page and/or the down arrow or wheel which would move up/down the document.  A homemade jury rig would be to build a cover over a regular keyboard with holes over the arrow keys and spring-loaded pegs to step on.

I saw the below USB device for about $40.

At the last meeting Sean M. said he used a foot operated device.

Any thoughts?

Rick

[Sean Malloy]

Here is the device I use with my Fedora laptop.

VEC in-USB-3 Infinity 3 Digital USB Foot Control https://a.co/d/gdJgEgt

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[Glenn Holmer]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:36 AM Richard Benkstein <rbenk...@att.net> wrote:

The specific action I am looking for is the right arrow which will move a .PDF document to the next page and/or the down arrow or wheel which would move up/down the document.  A homemade jury rig would be to build a cover over a regular keyboard with holes over the arrow keys and spring-loaded pegs to step on.

I saw the below USB device for about $40.

At the last meeting Sean M. said he used a foot operated device.

https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#foot-switches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hww3XorG418

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[Richard Benkstein]

Thanks for the advice - I've got one on order and when I finish playing with it I will report back.

Rick

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[Sean Malloy]

If people are interested I could give a presentation at some point in the future on how to configure USB foot pedals with Linux.

Let me know if you are interested.

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[Tom]

I think the one for $35 ends in a 3.5mm plug, and has no USB connectivity. It's meant to plug into the $149 unit to the right-- Savant Elite2 module and pedal. I think you'd buy the $35 one if you already had the single pedal version and wanted to add a pedal. Without the little USB module, all you get is a switch contact and no USB action.

 

-T

 

At 02:16 AM 3/19/2023 +0000, Richard Benkstein wrote:

 

Thanks for the advice - I've got one on order and when I finish playing with it I will report back.

Rick

On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 06:51:19 PM CDT, Glenn Holmer <glenn....@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 10:36 AM Richard Benkstein <rbenk...@att.net> wrote:

The specific action I am looking for is the right arrow which will move a .PDF document to the next page and/or the down arrow or wheel which would move up/down the document.  A homemade jury rig would be to build a cover over a regular keyboard with holes over the arrow keys and spring-loaded pegs to step on.

I saw the below USB device for about $40.

At the last meeting Sean M. said he used a foot operated device.

https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#foot-switches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hww3XorG418

 

 

 

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