Today, tablets have won the lion's share of the mobile device market. Every year, these devices become more functional and technologically advanced. 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 remains the familiar “mouse” manipulator.
Connecting the mouse to the 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.
Ways to connect peripherals
In total, there are three main ways by which the correct synchronization of the mouse and tablet is carried out. Other possible methods are too troublesome, complicated, and we will not consider them.
Ways of synchronization:
- connecting a mouse to a tablet via a USB interface;
- Wi-Fi wireless connection
- Synchronization via infrared or Bluetooth.
Each of the above methods has both advantages and disadvantages, so what type of connection to use depends on you and the capabilities of your gadget. Keep this in mind before connecting a mouse to a tablet.
Cable connection
As a rule, the tablet is synchronized with peripherals through direct connection to the gadget or via cable connection. The method works great if you have a tablet with a USB port. In order for everything to work as it should, it is necessary to fulfill a number of certain requirements.
Connection conditions via cable:
- the device must support a connected 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 at this point before connecting a mouse to the tablet);
- the presence of drivers on the gadget for the mouse is mandatory (it is best to search on the official website of the peripheral manufacturer);
- the manipulator must meet the requirements of the hardware platform of the tablet 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 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, it all depends on the technical component of the mouse. Also keep this in mind before connecting a mouse to the tablet.
Connection via infrared and Bluetooth
The method is quite popular, because not everyone wants to mess with cables and loops. Before connecting the wireless mouse to the tablet, it is necessary to pre-synchronize the devices with each other, if one has not been done in automatic mode.
To connect, you need to perform the following simple steps:
- enable Bluetooth or infrared in the settings on the tablet;
- enable a similar reception on the manipulator;
- after the window with the mobile assistant appears, follow the instructions for synchronization.
The infrared port is already a thing of the past, since the connection technology itself is unreliable, although it can still be found on some tablet models.
Benefits of Bluetooth
If we talk about the Bluetooth wireless protocols, then almost any modern gadget supports this function, and versions are improved from year to year, as well as the quality of data transfer. Also pay attention to this point before connecting the mouse to the tablet.
The most mobile, compact and convenient solution is considered to be synchronization with peripherals via Bluetooth, because, having a minimum set of characteristics, you get maximum capabilities.
Wi-Fi connection
In order for the mouse for the tablet to work correctly on Wi-Fi protocols, a rather large number of prerequisites must be met. 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.
Sync Terms:
- the mouse for the tablet must have a special Wi-Fi radio module, and it is highly desirable to use the same standard as the gadget;
- the manipulator should not depend on third-party network protocols (routers), otherwise the tablet should have this function (distribution of ip addresses);
- the data of masks and IP addresses must necessarily coincide (a partial match is allowed), that is, both devices work on the same network;
- both the tablet and the mouse must independently process and be able to send data to each other.
The Wi-Fi connection algorithm cannot be called simple, in comparison with the previous two methods, so it’s quite difficult to find a mouse working through this protocol. The only peripheral devices for which this method is most acceptable are MFPs and printers, but if you have what is called no options, then you can go this way.