{"id":2214,"date":"2016-12-09T22:45:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ulrichard.ch\/blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2016-12-09T22:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:45:46","slug":"resetting-the-logitech-k810-bluetooth-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulrichard.ch\/blog\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"Resetting the Logitech K810 bluetooth keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Logitech K810 has been my favorite keyboard for many years. I have one at home and one in the office. It allows to easily switch between 3 different devices. It has the same size and layout as most notebooks, is stylish, and a blast to type.
\nBut one day about a year ago something strange happened. When I wanted to type a ‘\\’ I got nothing. When I wanted to type a ‘<‘, I would get a ‘\u00c2\u00a7’. When I wanted to type a ‘>’, I would get a ‘\u00c2\u00b0’. And vice versa. So, effectively two keys were swapped. This was only on the Windows workstation in the office. When I switched the keyboard to the Linux notebook or to the phone, all keys were correct. It also never happened at home.
\nAt first I thought this was a joke by my co-workers. So I tried everything on the windows machine: un-pairing and re-pairing. Scanning the registry for uncommon key mappings. Nothing helped until I found a page that described how to perform a factory reset on the keyboard. The problem was solved, but only for a year. Last week when I came to work after the weekend, the very same keys were swapped again. Finding the page with the reset instructions was more difficult than I remembered. It was not freely available, but only after logging in on the Logitech support page. That is why I want to preserve it here, in case it happens again to me or anybody else:<\/p>\n