Few users Android Gadgets You guesses that they can connect the keyboard or mouse to their devices, just like the usual computer. Connecting these peripheral devices allows you to make a real one from a smartphone or tablet workstation. The keyboard will significantly increase comfort during the text set, and the mouse can significantly simplify work in the browser.

Now you will learn how to connect the keyboard to the tablet. You can connect the keyboard to the tablet on the Android in two ways: using the USB OTG cable that we have already considered in the article o, as well as using the Bluetooth wireless interface.

How to connect the keyboard to the tablet on android using USB OTG cable

The first way is to use USB OTG cable. This is an addition to the USB 2.0 standard. This supplement allows you to connect various USB devices To each other without using a computer. For such a connection, a small adapter cable is used.

USB OTG cable can be used the most different ways. For example, you can connect the digital camera to the printer and print the pictures taken, or connect the flash drive to the mobile device.

In our case, we will connect the keyboard to the tablet on Android. Make it very simple. First, you need a USB OTG cable itself. Such a cable can be purchased at any store with mobile phones. When buying, pay attention to the cable. On the one hand, such a cable must be the usual USB connector, and on the other Micro USB. If the cable looks different, then he will not suit you.

After you break the desired adapter, simply insert it to Micro USB connector into your tablet (or smartphone if you connect the keyboard to your smartphone) and then stack USB cable from the keyboard to another adapter connector. As a result, the tablet must define the keyboard, and it must earn. No more actions do not need to be taken, it should be enough to connect the keyboard to the tablet on android. Naturally, in order for you everything, the keyboard should be with a USB cable. The keyboards with the PS / 2 connector are not suitable.

By the way, there are special covers for tablets that are equipped with a built-in keyboard (see Screenshot above). When using such a cover, your tablet is not just connected to the keyboard, it turns into a small laptop. After all, the keyboard and tablet are rigidly connected by a cover, and use them in such a format much more convenient.

Connecting the keyboard to the Android tablet through the Bluetooth interface

The second option of connecting the keyboard to the Android tablet is the use of the Bluetooth wireless interface. Everyone knows that using Bluetooth you can transmit files and connect the headset, but not everyone knows that the Bluetooth keyboard is also well connected to tablets and smartphones. At the same time, connect the keyboard using Bluetooth much easier than using a USB OTG cable.

To connect the keyboard, just turn it on and then go to android settings On your tablet. Here you need to find the Bluetooth section and turn on the Bluetooth module. After that, your tablet must find the Bluetooth keyboard and display it in the Bluetooth settings. Further you will just choose your keyboard in the tablet settings and it will automatically connect to it.

It should be noted that there are wireless keyboards with the Bluetooth interface and the radio interface. These are completely two different interfaces. Therefore, if you have a keyboard with a radio interface, then you will not be able to connect it using Bluetooth. In this case, you need to connect the USB receiver from the keyboard to the tablet using the USB OTG cable.

Today, all sorts of mobile gadgets enjoy mad popular, both among young people and the older generation. From year to year, they are improving, becoming technologically condable, functional and more productive. Due to the popularity and ubiquitous use of such devices at the same time, interest in peripheral equipment, which can work with them. We are talking about mouse type manipulators, keyboard and joysticks.

Let's try to figure it out if you can connect the keyboard to the tablet, how to do it and that we need it. And at the same time, we find out how the arsenal knowledge needs to be used in this though easy, but at the same time a confusing enterprise.

Methods of connection

1. Wi-Fi wireless protocol.
2. Connection through infrared port or Bluetooth.
3. Connect the mouse, the keyboard to the tablet through the cable.

Each of the above methods has a number of both advantages and disadvantages, so what kind of connection type to choose depends entirely from you and the capabilities of your device.

Connection via cable or adapter

Most often, the tablet (you can connect the keyboard, mouse or joystick) connects with the periphery by means of a special cable or USB port, if it is provided in the gadget. For the correct operation of both devices connected via the cable, the following requirements must be performed.

Connection Conditions:

• the device must support the plug-in manipulator, and vice versa;
• mobile device must support OTG and USB-HOST technologies to interact with third-party manipulators at the hardware level;
• actual drivers must be installed on the mobile device for correct interaction with the periphery at the program level.

Be sure to calculate the above-described nuances before connecting the keyboard and mouse to the tablet.

Advantages of physical connection

The main advantage of this method of synergies is the fact that you clearly know what exactly you are connected. It should also be noted that the interaction rate of both devices is limited solely by the speed of the slower device itself. In general, the periphery, connected by the physical way, has the highest throughputThat is why experts advise synchronize flash drives and 3G modems through the cable in order to ensure maximum returns to the data exchange between devices. Keep this in mind before connecting the keyboard to the tablet.

and "bluetooth"

This method is a bit inferior in popularity to the first, but, even despite certain minuses, continues to enjoy enviable demand. Before connecting "bluetooth" -Klavia to the tablet, it is necessary to pre-establish communication at the hardware level if it has not been performed in automatic mode.

To connect two Bluetooth devices or through an IR port, the following steps must be performed:

1. Activate infrared port or Bluetooth -Adapter on the peripheral device.
2. Enable wireless protocols on a mobile gadget.
3. Synchronized with an external device.

If yours peripheral device Equipped with only infrared port, then before connecting the keyboard to the tablet, keep in mind that this technology has long been outdated and many modern mobile gadgets no longer support IR protocols. As for the radio module "Bluetooth", it continues to be improved and updated with new samples and versions.

Advantages and disadvantages of wireless protocols

Connecting external devices through Bluetooth wireless protocols and infrared ports has a number of indisputable advantages that are deprived of physical synchronization of devices.

The main advantages of connecting the periphery through a radio module and IR port:

• independence and mobility of both devices - both peripheral and tablet / smartphone;
• convenience and compactness;
• simplicity synchronization;
• the ability to connect multiple peripheral devices (if you allow the capabilities of the adapter and the mobile gadget operating system).

As for the shortcomings, they are not so much here, although some of them can become critical for a certain circle of users. Communication although it is considered wireless, but has its own "leash", which is limited or peripheral device. You can also mark a small one, but still delay in the keyboard or mouse response, which is unacceptable for most gamers. Consider this before practicing a praquet issue: "How to connect the keyboard to the tablet?".

Nevertheless, this method of connecting the periphery is considered a compact and universal solution with maximum capabilities.

Connection by Wi-Fi Adapter

Before connecting the keyboard to the tablet through Wi-Fi protocols, it is necessary to ensure a number of conditions. Otherwise, successful synchronization is unlikely to succeed or it will be impossible.

Connection Conditions:

1. The connected external device must be equipped with a Wi-Fi wireless module (the best standard as the mobile gadget).
2. The keyboard or mouse must work without attracting any additional network adapter (like a router), otherwise this function should take on a mobile device.
3. The program level should match the "masks" and IP addresses, which will allow combining devices into one network.
4. Both devices should be able to independently and correctly process and send data both in one and the other way.

Due to the specific and rather complicated procedure of synchronization, find a mobile gadget with the possibility of connecting the periphery on Wi-Fi protocols is very difficult, and therefore the printers or MFPs are more likely "use", that is, the devices for which the return point speed is not so important in Difference from the same mouse or keyboard.

Configuration of mobile gadget and periphery

In order for external devices to correctly interact with the tablet, you must take care of current peripheral drivers. This will help properly and quickly broadcast commands from one device to another and back. The software can be installed both in automatic mode and using the user. For example, after the correct installation of the drivers and connecting the mouse to the mobile gadget, a familiar cursor will appear on the screen.

Software

For physical connection Any peripheral keyboard through a USB port is better to use the popular and well-proven to the RuKeyboard utility. This software is able to work with almost any kind of keyboards, and therefore enjoys enviable demand throughout the territory of the Russian Federation.

For proper setting Utilities need to perform the following simple actions:

1. Install the downloaded software (it is better to use official developer resources).
2. Go to Mobile Gadget Settings.
3. Select the "Language and Settings" menu.
4. Put the radio layage opposite the "RuKeyboard" position.
5. Then in the settings of the utility itself, select "Hardware Keyboard".
6. In the Layout Selection menu, find the "External Keyboard" item and make it active.
7. Open any text editor Or browser, and in the settings, specify the method of entering the "RuKeyboard".
8. Connect the keyboard to the mobile device.
9. Test the work of all characters.

After performing these actions, both devices must work correctly. If something went wrong, it is better to start the list from the very beginning and do all the actions once again, I do not miss anything.

Today I will tell you how to easily connect the keyboard to the Android tablet or smartphone. You can do this in several ways: via USB OTG cable, network adapter Wi-Fi, IR port or Bluetooth. After that, the text set for you will be much easier, because, when connecting an external keyboard, many standard key combinations are available.

Prior to that, I have already published interesting posts, on the topic of connecting various headsets to the Android tablet or smartphone that may interest you:

Connecting a keyboard to Android via USB OTG

To connect a conventional wired keyboard to your Android tablet or smartphone, you need to buy an additional USB OTG cable. It costs just a couple of dollars and you can buy it at any electronics store or on the radio. On the one hand, the MICROUSB plug will be located, and on the other - the USB connector in which you must connect your wired keyboard.

If your device is not equipped with a USB connector, you will have to purchase an additional USB adapter at one end and suitable for your device, the connector on the other. In it, you will need to insert a USB OTG cable.

How to connect a wireless keyboard to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth

If you want to connect a wireless keyboard, it is even easier to do so than in the case of a wired headset. Just make the peripheral device visible, turn on the Bluetooth on your android smartphone or tablet, go to the Android Bluetooth settings and select what you want to connect.

If you have a wireless keyboard with a radio interface, then do without OTG an adapter will not work. You will need to insert a USB receiver and turn on the keyboard.

And in order to use the Russian language when working with the keyboard, you need to download the RUSSIAN KEYBOARD application. The layout switches the ALT + SHIFT / SPACE or SHIFT + SPACE keys combination.

Pretty simple program Upon entering and switching languages \u200b\u200bon a tablet computer greatly facilitates the user the process of work, communication over the network, as well as games and surfing on the Internet. However, in the process of use on screen keyboard Problems may arise. And in this case, the owners of the device are trying to understand why the keyboard does not work on the tablet. This question is given answers and explanations of the guru of the industry.

The on-screen keyboard on the tablet does not work: Possible causes

Among the most frequent problems Incorrect or full screening of the on-screen keyboard are:

• Incorrect operation of the program.
• Software failure.

Both options require a special approach to solving the problem.

Incorrect work of the language application

It may conclude that the screen keyboard does not appear or does not respond to user commands. To solve the problem, follows:

• Open settings and find a language application.
• Press the "Clear Data" button, stop the program and clean the cache.
• Restart the tablet.

After such actions, in most cases the program performs its functions, restores normal operation. If this did not happen, you need to look for other ways to solve the language problem.

Software failure

It can occur after installing a new application that entered into a conflict with software. Sometimes malicious adjustments to the program make viruses that can be "picked up" on the network. To get rid of them, you need to install antivirus program on mobile device and remove malicious programs. And to solve the problem with electronic (screen) keyboard, you need:

• Enter the tablet settings.
• Open the "Language" tab.
• Press "Input Methods".
• Make sure that in front of the required keyboard there is a tick (it must be active).

All these actions should help solve the problem. If this did not happen, you will have to reinstall the language program. There are many of them in the network, including modern intelligent (with a voice set, the ability to prescribe letters on the tablet screen) and the simplest.

The tablet is a very convenient device. But, like other gadgets, a tablet computer has its own shortcomings, namely, from the device, it is not very comfortable to recruit text, especially large volumes. Of course, from the technical side you can print, but it is unlikely that someone has enough patience and forces on such a "feat." Is there a solution to such a problem? Almost any tablet can be connected additional keyboard. At first glance it seems that everything is very easy, which is not so. And so for the right independent connection Keyboard to the tablet, you need to get acquainted with the instruction that will help you in this matter.

By the way, it was for this reason that the demand for so-called Netbuchi decreased. And the truth is why to acquire an uncomfortable gadget if you can buy a tablet computer and connect the accessory to it at a convenient time? The benefit of the device is obvious, because you can always disconnect it and now it is no longer a computer, but a completely convenient portable device.

Types of keyboards for tablets

A lot of tablet computers operating on different operating systems are presented: on Windows, Android, iOS. The virtual accessory will not be able to provide a comfortable set of text. What are the input devices for gadgets, will be described slightly lower.

You can expand the functionality of the tablet computer using:

• Special docking keyboard for tablets;
• Keyboard cover;
• USB keyboard;
• Bluetooth / USB;
• Bluetooth keyboard.

Intended to connect to specific device. In addition to it, the docking stations will also contain ports to connect other devices (you can connect everything that is connected to the ordinary laptop, including the mouse). The main advantage is beauty, style and convenience. Some of the docking keyboards have a separate touch pad. Almost minus is considered the high price of the device.

- This is a fairly unusual accessory for gadgets, which is gaining popularity among users. Naturally, it does not compare with the dock accessory, but the main advantages of the first is the ability to connect almost any device. The price of the keyboard keyboard is low. It connects it conveniently by means of micro-USB - there is a thin cord to implement this. Also indisputable advantage is the protective function that it is performed for the device - this device can quickly become a cover. Cover keyboard will serve good protection from different kinds mechanical damage, random touch and dust.

It is an ordinary, good equipment that connects to the device using a Wire via USB. This accessory is an excellent solution for use in the office or at home. Many varieties of USB keyboards may have additional connectors.

Bluetooth / USB. is an accessory that is suitable for various tablet computers and can be connected to them when uSB help or Bluetooth connections. The presented accessory is the most effective in terms of saving energy. For example, if the battery charge level leaves much to be desired, then you can turn off the Bluetooth and connect the accessory by means of Micro-USB.

Wireless Bluetooth keyboard can be connected to virtually any gadget and other devices that have a wireless connection function. Of course, its dignity is obvious - the connection is carried out without wires. Often the accessory has small sizes and weight, which allows you to use it with the convenience of both at home and on the street. But without flaws, there was no bluetooth "eating" a lot of energy.

Verified methods for connecting equipment to the tablet

Each type of keyboard for the tablet has its own nuances of the connection. How to connect the accessory to the gadget, you can find out below.

Keyboard connection using a USB cable, OTG adapter

Often, USB equipment is equipped with ordinary ports. In order to connect such equipment to tablet computer With Micro USB requires a special adapter - oTG cable. Among other things, the device must have a USB-Host function, it provides the ability to exchange data through OTG. It is due to the connection of the keyboard, flash drive, modem, etc. If OTG is supplied in the configuration with a tablet computer, you can safely start connecting various USB devices. To connect USB to the device you need to do so:

• You must take the cable and connect it to the Micro USB on the device using the desired input.
• The accessory connects to the fullest USB output located on the other end of OTG.

How to set up on the program level external keyboard For a table for Windows:

• When connecting a USB accessory operating windows system Adjusts its functionality in automatic mode.
• To adjust extra optionsYou need to open the section "Control Panel" - "Keyboard".

How to connect the keyboard on android via USB:

• If when connecting the periphery tablet operating system Android does not recognize the device, the first thing you need to download a special application called Russian Keyboard, which is available completely free of charge in the Google Play content store.
• Once the installation is completed successfully, you want to open the settings, "Language and Enter" and the section "Keyboard and Input Methods".
• In the "Default" menu that appears, you need to select "Russian Keyboard".
• Next, you need to open the application settings, the "Hardware Keyboard" section - "Selection of layout" and mark the External Keyboard RU.
• In order to select an acceptable key combination to change the layout, you can use the layout switching point.
• If after all actions android tablet All the same does not recognize the equipment, it is recommended to restart it.

Connecting a keyboard using Bluetooth

There is an option simple connection Without wires - this requires a Bluetooth keyboard. Dignity this method Connections are obvious: there will be no wires that constantly interfere, and do not have to break your head over incompatible inputs and outputs. In addition, almost all models tablet devices Equipped with a Bluetooth module. Meanwhile, there are some negative sides characteristic of Bluetooth connection. We are talking about increased energy consumption, and this applies to both the keyboard and a tablet computer. If you have to regularly change conventional batteries on the accessory, then autonomous work Device is significantly reduced. For android gadgets, this problem is particularly relevant due to the lack of optimization. Connecting additional accessories via Bluetooth is no different. To connect the keyboard and mouse to the tablet, you must perform a number of simple actions:

• First of all, you need to make sure that the Bluetooth connection is actively both on the tablet and on the peripheral device.
• Many gadgets have the function of invisibility, thanks to which they are not recognized by other devices, it must be turned off.
• In the tablet settings (section Bluetooth or " Wireless connections") It remains only to choose from the list of equipment to be connected.

Connecting the keyboard using Wi-Fi channel

Another way to conveniently connect the peripheral device without an adapter is to use a Wi-Fi connection. It is worth noting that this is the most time-consuming connection option, it is also difficult to find the peripheral device with the necessary parameters. It is very important to observe the whole list of requirements, otherwise the performance of the equipment is not guaranteed:

• Mandatory the presence of the Wi-Fi module (in priority - the same type, as well as on the tablet).
• The accessory must function without other network equipment (option is possible when the router features the tablet).
• Both devices must be combined into a single network (full match of the mask and partial IP address).
• Requires the ability to process and send data in the desired format.

Read the same way quickly and correctly connect Wi-Fi on the tablet

Conclusion

Surely many became clear whether to connect the input device to the tablet computer, and how to do it. The procedure itself is not distinguished by difficulties, and if you perform the actions indicated above, you can easily connect any type of additional equipment to the device. With this accessory, it will be comfortable to introduce text of any volume, and in some cases - even play. Choose peripheral equipment is necessary, given where, under what conditions, and for what purpose the device will be used. It is also important to take into account the characteristics of the tablet computer.