Today tablets have won the lion's share of the mobile device market. Every year these devices become more functional and technologically perfect. Along with the growing popularity of tablets and other portable devices, interest in all kinds of peripherals that can work in tandem with mobile devices has grown significantly. One of the most popular types of external devices is the familiar mouse.
Connecting a mouse to a tablet does not require any serious manipulations and additional technical knowledge. In theory, it may not seem so simple, but in fact, the process is intuitive and straightforward.
Methods for connecting peripherals
In total, there are three main ways that the correct synchronization of the mouse and tablet is carried out. The remaining possible methods are too troublesome, complicated, and we will not consider them.
Synchronization methods:
- connecting a mouse to a tablet via a USB interface;
- Wi-Fi connection;
- sync via infrared or Bluetooth.
Each of the above methods has bothadvantages and disadvantages, therefore, which type of connection to use depends only on you and the capabilities of your gadget. Keep this in mind before connecting a mouse to the tablet.
Cable connection
As a rule, synchronization of the tablet with peripherals occurs through a direct connection to the gadget or using a cable connection. The method works great if you have a tablet with a USB port. In order for everything to work as it should, a number of certain requirements must be met.
Conditions for connecting via cable:
- device must support plug-in mouse and vice versa;
- the tablet must have USB-Host or OTG technology on board to interact with peripherals at the hardware support level (pay special attention to this point before connecting a mouse to the tablet);
- mandatory presence of drivers on the gadget for the mouse (it is best to look at the official website of the peripheral manufacturer);
- The manipulator must meet the requirements of the tablet hardware platform for subsequent adaptation at the software level.
One of the main advantages of this synchronization method is that you are always up to date and clearly know what exactly is connected and how correctly. In addition, the speed of the manipulator and interaction with the gadget are limited only by the capabilities of the slowest equipment. That is, in our case, everything depends on the technical component of the mouse. Also keep this in mind beforeconnect a mouse to the tablet.
Infrared and Bluetooth connection
The method is quite popular, because not everyone wants to mess with cables and loops. Before connecting a wireless mouse to a tablet, you must first synchronize the devices with each other, if it has not been done automatically.
To connect, follow these simple steps:
- enable "Bluetooth" or infrared in the settings on the tablet;
- enable a similar technique on the manipulator;
- after the window with the mobile assistant appears, follow the synchronization instructions.
The infrared port is already a thing of the past, as the connection technology itself is unreliable, although it can still be found on some tablet models.
Bluetooth Advantages
If we talk about Bluetooth wireless protocols, then almost any modern gadget supports this function, and the versions are improving year by year, as well as the quality of data transfer. Also pay attention to this moment before connecting a mouse to the tablet.
Synchronization with peripherals via Bluetooth is considered the most mobile, compact and convenient solution, because, having a minimum set of characteristics, you get maximum opportunities.
Connection via Wi-Fi protocols
In order for the mouse for the tablet to work correctly on Wi-Fi protocols, it is necessary to complete a rather large number ofmandatory conditions. If at least one point is not clearly observed, then the normal operation of the manipulator cannot be guaranteed, and in most cases it is simply impossible.
Synchronization conditions:
- a mouse for a tablet should have a special Wi-Fi radio module, and it is highly desirable to have the same standard as the gadget;
- manipulator should not depend on third-party network protocols (router), otherwise the tablet should have this function (distribution of IP addresses);
- the data masks and ip-addresses must match (partial coincidence is allowed), that is, both devices work on the same network;
- both the tablet and the mouse are required to independently process and be able to send data to each other.
The Wi-Fi connection algorithm is not simple compared to the previous two methods, so finding a mouse that works through this protocol is quite difficult. The only peripherals for which this method is most acceptable are MFPs and printers, but if you have no options, then you can go this way.
