Bluetooth Number Pad

Microsoft Bluetooth Number Pad? Just looked that up. Pretty cool - did not know such a product existed?

What happens of you press a key, and keep pressing that key a few times. The Keyboard Setup Assistant should eventually +give up+ and tell you the keyboard cannot be identified. And it presents a screen where you can choose the type manually. You can then select the choice that says ANSI, and click Done.

Hmm... Since this is a Bluetooth device, have you gone through the +Set Up New Device+ process on System Preferences Bluetooth pane, which launches the Bluetooth Setup Assistant?

Please post back if you get it working properly. If it works well, this device would be a nice addition to the Apple compact wireless keyboard, for those occasions when the number pad would be useful (and avoid the wasted space the rest of the time when the number pad just gets in the way).

According to this article, that keypad is a companion to the

[Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000|http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/sep09/09-09bmk6000pr.mspx]

When I searched Microsoft.com for any custom driver for it, it points to a download for +IntelliType Pro 7.01 for Mac+. So perhaps the keypad also needs to have this driver installed to operate properly. I found the driver from here

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/downloads/default.mspx

Also, based on Microsoft's product description, this product is officially supported for Mac OS X (it says "10.4x–10.5x"). I assumed earlier that it was Windows only (officially). So you may want to contact Microsoft tech support, since you are their customer. 😉

The +eject symbol by the clock+ does not sound like part of this custom driver, because you can put it there normally. If you want to remove it, press the Command key, then drag it off the menu bar. You can also drag those +status menu+ icons around this way, to change their order on the menu bar. But you can only do that for the Apple-supplied ones; the third party items seem to only appear in the order installed, and to the left of the Apple items.

Didn't the keypad come with a disc with the driver software, or at least instructions that say +go here and download the special Mac driver+ ?

I like Microsoft's input devices; I use one of their basic wired optical mice, and prefer the simplicity and sturdiness of it over anything else. Plus it uses the built-in Apple generic USB mouse driver. I'm not sure I'd want to install the complete Microsoft keyboard driver, just to use this keypad. 😉

But I'm glad you got it working; sounds like a good option for people with the Apple wireless keyboard who need the keypad occasionally.

lets see. hopefully this will clear up some things. i got the Microsoft BT #pad. I love the look and feel and despite the following issue, im still keeping it.
If you look at MS website youll see that the #pad IS NOT sold separately but rather as a set with the keyboard. if you managed to buy just the #pad, when you pair it to your Mac, the system recognizes that it should have come with the keyboard; Hence the "press the button to the right of the left shift key". its atempting to find the keyboard that it should have stayed with. So on that note you can just skip that step.
here comes my only disapointment. with the #pad came a set of manuals (mostly blah blah) but one in particular indicates that uppon pressing the Num Lock key at the top right corner of the #pad you should be able to toggle between number keys and secondary function keys such as Del-(delete) PgUp, PgDn, Ins-(insert) and such.... +It doesnt work!+.
The #pad was designed to function fully with its sister keyboard. Being the case that if you dont have the keyboard, this function will remain inopperable, so all youll have is a #pad - which is what I realy wanted in BT tech anyways. So I can tolerate this hiccup. That, and that ive been unsuccesfull in finding ANY other BT #pad thats BT and Mac compatible. So.. Im keeping it. =)
The only thing I thing I have to figure out now, is how to stop that screen that pops up, searching for the keyboard, everytime the #pad automaticlay shuts down after a few minutes of inacctivity to conserve power.
hope this anwers the why it happens. Guess now were back to square 1. how do we fix that pop-up?

IS NOT sold separately but rather as a set with the keyboard.

Seems like Microsoft sells it separately... 🙂

http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Bluetooth-Number-Pad-EN-ES/product/20F5547C

well wadaya know! i was wrong. didnt look hard enough, i guess. (that, and now i know i cant trust MS support)
also i dint realize im jumpin in wayyyy late in the topic.
thanks Kenichi.

(thats what happens when you dive before you look)

I just got the combo pack (keyboard and numpad), installed Intellitype and Intellipoint Pro 7 (its latest version). The keyboard is working fine without pop-ups but the numpad still refuses to stop telling me that it is unidentifiable. Everytime I try to identify it my mac thinks I am hitting a key on my apple keyboard. Also the numlock feature on the numpad still doesn't work 🙂 I love the keyboard but this is quite annoying.

I got this keyboard too, and have the same issue with the numpad (can't switch off num lock). Hoped installing intellitype pro would fix it, but no.