Emulating Multiple Keyboards - Is it Possible?

[juicycrapachino]

Is it possible to emulate key commands for more than one keyboard on one computer while having them function at the same time? For example; 'If I we're to be gaming and want the "A" key on one keyboard to have me throw a lethal grenade, but on the other keyboard have the "A" key throw a tactical grenade'. Is this possible? If so, is there software out there that can help me accomplish this task, or is it hardware related? Thanks in advance and hopefully the users here can help me!

Sincerely,

JuicyCrapachino

 

[PhilFrisbie]

You cannot without writing your own custom keyboard driver. Windows combines the input from all keyboards and mice into one message queue. However, if you write your own custom USB keyboard driver, and you modify the game code, you could access each keyboard directly, thereby providing the behavior you want.

 

[juicycrapachino]

Is there a tutorial on how to do this, or anybody else who has done this that I could possibly download a driver from? Thanks for commenting by the way.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

You can get examples of Windows USB drivers from the Windows SDK or from a web search. But you will also need to rewrite your application to use the special driver.

I have only heard of a person doing this to support multiple mice, never for a keyboard.

 

[juicycrapachino]

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