Hello everyone, hoping to get this in front of you help fill in the gaps.
I recently bought a Pi Zero 2 W, along with a Micro USB OTG Host cable (SKU: CE04761 in the store, here).
I’ve been using it alongside a Rii Mini X1 Wireless keyboard - the manual for which can be found here:
And the product page for which can be found here:
The USB dongle for the X1 works without issue via the OTG cable, but when I switched to a shim (to eliminate the cable from a build and save space), I haven’t had any response from the Pi.
That shim can be found at: USB to microUSB OTG Converter Shim | Buy in Australia | ADP006 | Pimoroni | Core Electronics
Here’s where it gets a little weird - I then tried the shim on a usb dongle for a Logitech MX Master 3 (found here: MX Master 3s Wireless Mouse - 8K Optical Sensor | Logitech) - which immediately worked.
With that in mind, I originally thought perhaps the issue was with the shim… but considering it worked with the Logitech dongle, that leads me to think the Rii X1 dongle is the issue.
Would anyone happen to have run into something like this? Better yet, if anyone can recommend a small adaptor that would work with the Rii X1, I’ll be extremely grateful - the Host cable’s just too big for the size of the project I’m working on.
Gut feeling is the shim doesn’t have the grounded pin that activates the ‘Host’ functionality of the port, and the Logitech dongle just flat out doesn’t need it, thus working without issue… but I’m hoping to ask here before I just go and buy a scattershot set of adaptors and go in blind.
Thanks for being patient with me, and if there’s any issues with the post or content please let me know and I’ll tidy up.
