Software 143 User Manual
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1. S141 or S142 Download Utility Software Downloads UMD ProtoLink Product Figure 1 The S143 program addresses the issues of providing all the requirements to program the UMD ProtoLink Products without the need to use external programs and be able to program the keypad definitions and other parameters without consulting complex documentation The user interacts with this utility using menus The S143 program can also be command line driven which replaces the S142 software The command line information is obtain by typing S143 at the DOS prompt S143 introduces a new concept in the programming of the UMD ProtoLink Products that of the Tnitialisation file INI file The INI file is a text file which holds a list of configuration settings set out in an easily read format Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 5 Backward compatibilty has not been forgotten 143 can also transfer script files to the UMD ProtoLink Product Script files can be converted to INI files and vice versa Now with the S143 UMD ProtoLink Programming Utility everything you need to program UMD ProtoLink Products is integrated ino the one software package Refer to figure 2 Read Save Work Area Download Option S143 UMD ProtoLink Temporary Programming Work Area Software2. Upload Download UMD ProtoLink Product Figure 2 Manual organisation This manual describes how to install the ProtoLink Programming Utility and operate the S143 software to edit the Key Definitions It is divided into the following sections Section 1 Installation o Section 2 Quick Start Page 6 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design tion One tallation Page 8 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design 1 Requirements You need the following to install the S143 program A personal computer PC with a 286 or higher CPU 256K or more of RAM a floppy and or hard disk drive a monitor and a standard PC keyboard MS DOS operating system version 3 1 or higher 2 Connection of UMD ProtoLink Product There are two ways to program a UMD ProtoLink Product either via the PC s keyboard interface or via a serial communication s port For most applications the first method of interfacing is used but both are described here for completeness UMD ProtoLink Product PC Keyboard Interface Connection 1 Turn off the PC 2 Disconnect standard PC Keyboard 3 Referring to figure 3 connect one end of the UMD CA202 or CA226 cable to the PC s keyboard interface connector Standard PC Keyboard UMD CA202 5 pin DIN to 5
3. field at the bottom of the screen Type in the text that you want sent when this key is pressed In this example the word CASH As we want to also send the ENTER 1 character at end of the word CASH we need to enter this special key This will be explained more fully later but for now simply type the four characters lt ENT and then press the ENTER 1 key to accept Notice that CASH r is now displayed To finish the entry of this Make field press the ENTER 1 key once again After entry of the Make field the cursor will now be placed in the Break field Type the word OUT followed by pressing the ENTER 4 key to accept this entry The grid location e3 on the screen will now change to a different colour to indicate that it has been defined Once the ProtoLink keyboard is programmed with this definition the letters OUT will be sent when key e3 is released Whilst entering key definitions the following editing keys may be used e Backspace deletes the character before the cursor Delete deletes the character under the cursor Home takes the cursor to the beginning of the field End takes the cursor to the end of the field Enter finishes the entering of characters Esc cancels the operation returns key definition to its original value and places the cursor back to the keypad grid o Left amp right move the cursor along the field Up
4. CASH lt into the make string and then press the F1 function key The cursor should be highlighting Enter by default as shown in figure 11 Simply press the ENTER 1 key to accept this special key entry afterwhich CASH r will be displayed the r being short hand for ENTER Now finish this key entry by pressing the ENTER 1 key once again Page 18 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design Edit Key Definitions Edit Layer Options show Help Close Special Keys ASCIIDel Down F10 RShiftMak Padi Use cursor keys to high I Tab PgDn F11 RShiftBrk Pad2 light the desired key I INull Ins F12 NumLock Pad3 Press Enter to select BS Del LAltMak CapsLock Pad4 or Esc to exit Enter F1 LAltBrk ScrollLock Pad5 Esc F2 RAltMak PrtScr Pad6 Shifted keys can also be Space F3 RAltBrk Pause Pad7 used Pressing the Alt Home F4 LCt1Mak Pad Pad8 Shift or Ctrl key will Up F5 LCt1Brk Pad Pad9 enable disable that shift PgUp F6 RCt1Mak Pad Pad9 key if allowed Left F7 RCtlBrk PadEnt Right F8 LShiftMak Pad0 End F9 LShiftBrk I I I Shift key state none Special Key is lt Enter gt I IV Zu PI CR DC ww 0 ne Ul bac NO PSS DS ESS PC LI SE Use gt SHIFT ALT CTRL shift special key ENTER to select ESC Exit Current Key e4 36 Make 8 SHEEP ES Layer No 1 of 1 Break 0 DOUTE Kod ibe i Number Keys 128
5. ESC to close this dialog Press the D key to begin the download operation If the connections are correct the download will proceed After it is finished the UMD ProtoLink Product will be issued a reset command which will re initialise the product making it take up the new configuration from its non volatile memory 7 Show Keys Once the UMD ProtoLink Product has been programmed the Show Keys command can be run from the Keys main menu item This screen will show every active key that is pressed Continuing on with our example pressing the e3 key should show C A S H r on the Show Keys screen and O U T when the key is released 8 Summary This Quick Start section has taught you how to use the menu system in the S143 software about keypad grid references about make and break codes how to edit key definitions and enter special keys how to save your work to an INI file how to program a UMD ProtoLink Product how to check your keypad definitions QUTMoOAwS This Quick Start section should cover the majority of your needs Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 23 Technologists amp Suppliers to Professional Systems Integrators 9 3143 993 1 DOC S143 UM Issue 1 24 08 95
6. amp down TU moves the cursor between the make and break field definitions lt enter special keys enter ProtoLink commands Entering special keys Most Special keys may be entered into key definition fields directly by simply pressing them This includes keys such as function keys insert page up page down etc Some special keys for example ENTER 1 DELETE HOME END BACKSPACE and ARROW KEYS cannot be entered directly as they are used in the editing process To insert these keys into the key definition field type the lt character followed by the name of the special key eg HOME for the HOME key followed by pressing the ENTER key to accept the entry To see a list of available special keys press the F1 function key after you have typed the lt character The following help screen figure 11 will be shown This screen provides an easy way to enter special keys Here one simply uses the cursor keys to move the highlight to the desired key followed by pressing the ENTER 1 key to select it If an Alt Ctrl or Shift modified special key is desired simply press the Alt Ctrl or Shift keys to enable or disable the shift mode which will be displayed in the Shift key state area The ESC key is used to exit this option without a selection So in our CASH key example we desire to insert the ENTER 4 key at the end of the word CASH using the alternative help screen method Type
7. on a hard drive if this is available To do this simply copy the files to an appropriate sub directory on your hard drive This is achieved by running the batch file INSTALL BAT from the program diskette which executes the following commands for you C MD UMD CD UMD COPY A Page 10 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design tion Two ick Start Page 12 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design UMD ProtoLink Products contain non volatile memory which holds configuration parameters and keypad definitions The 143 program allows you to easily view and edit this memory to configure the ProtoLink Product to suit your application It also provides keypad testing and serial terminal facilities This quick start section provides an excercise on how to create a simple keypad layout definition 1 S143 Basics 143 is a DOS based program run from the DOS prompt It cannot be run from MS Windows if you will be programming the UMD ProtoLink Product from the keyboard interface If you are programming the ProtoLink Product via the serial interface then you can run the S143 program from MS Windows either from a DOS Box or by running the S143 PIF file Files S143 EXE DEF_F00 INI and DEF_F02 INI need to be in the current working directory for the program to operate To run the S143 program simply type its name and press ENTER ie 1 from the intallation directory C UMD gt S143 u S143 uses menus to list commands and
8. options To select a menu option use the LEFT ie and RIGHT ie gt ARROW keys o To open a menu item either press the ENTER key whilst the menu item is highlighted or press the ALT key followed by the highlighted letter of the menu item eg to open the Edit menu use ALT E To run a menu command use the UP ie and DOWN ie 4 ARROW keys until you reach the item you want to select and then press ENTER 1 If the gt symbol is present it indicates that there is a cascading menu to follow and it will open if the RIGHT ARROW or ENTER keys are used If the symbol is present this indicates that a dialog box will open when you run this command To close the current menu use the ESC key Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 13 Menu options Indicates cascading menu available Open menu item Figure 5 Page 14 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design 2 Selection of Type of Connection to UMD ProtoLink Product After starting the S143 program the first operation is to indicate which interface keyboard or serial the UMD ProtoLink Product is connected to This is done from the Options menu Select the Options menu from the main screen by pressing ALT O or by moving the highlight to the Options item and pressing ENTER 1 In either case the Options menu is displayed as shown in figure 5 Next open the ProtoLink device connected via menu item by pressing the DOWN ARROW t
9. 143 otoLink ming Utility sts and suppliers to I systems integrators Unique Micro Design Model S143 UMD ProtoLink Programming Utility Program Version 1 4 24 August 1995 Issue 1 Unique Micro Design Pty Ltd MC Box 1201 South East Mail Centre Victoria 3176 Australia Tel 61 3 9764 8166 Fax 61 3 9764 8177 UMD reference DOC S143 UM UMD part number 9 3143 993 1 Copyright c 1995 Unique Micro Design Pty Ltd Page 4 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design S143 UMD ProtoLink Programming Utility The S143 UMD ProtoLink Programming Utility is used to program the Unique Micro Design family of UMD ProtoLink Products This family includes the UMD Model 264 Custom Keyboard UMD Model 211 Custom LCD Terminal and others UMD ProtoLink Products contain non volatile memory which holds configuration parameters and keypad definitions The S143 program allows you to easily view and edit this memory to configure the UMD ProtoLink Product to suit your application It also provides keypad testing and serial terminal facilities In the past to program a UMD ProtoLink Product an ASCII text editor was required to create a script file which conformed to the UMD ProtoLink command set and configuration parameters The S141 or S142 Download Utility software would be used to program the UMD ProtoLink Products using the script file Refer to figure 1 Text Editor C gt S142 DEMO SCR Program Creates Edits
10. LED Number 1 Layout UMD 128 Figure 11 Finishing Key Definition Once you have finished entering all the key definitions close the Edit Key Definitions screen by pressing ALT C Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 19 5 Saving Your Work The S143 program uses the computer s memory as a work area The work area is manipulated by the actions of the user by either using the work area editor or menu operations For example the keypad definitions that you entered in the previous section are stored temporarily in the work area Save Work Area to INI file S143 UMD ProtoLink Temporary Programming Work Area Software Upload Download UMD ProtoLink Product Figure 12 Once you have finished entering the key definitions the next step is to save your work This is done from the main menu item File All of the File sub menu choices are given below with the ones relevant to saving being highlighted o Read INI file to Work Area Read Script file to Work Area Save Work Area to INI file Save Work Area to Script file Upload ProtoLink device to Work Area Download Work Area to ProtoLink Device Download Script file to ProtoLink Device Page 20 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design To save your work as an INT file run the Save Work Area to INI file command The Save INI file dialog box will open prompting you to enter a file name Type in a valid DOS
11. file name ie up to eight characters with the first character being alphabetic ie A to Z followed by pressing the ENTER 1 key There is no need to type the INI file extension as this is automatically added The TAB key can be used at this stage to move into the directory list which allows you to select an existing file to use or to move through directories by selecting the lt DIR gt entries Once a filename has been entered you will then be asked to type in a comment for the file if desired afterwhich the file will be saved UMD S143 Main Menu Options File Edit Key Links Terminal Help Exit Read INI File to Work Area Save INI File Enter the INI File Name to Save INI Extension not needed or TAB to swap to directory File Name D PROJS S143 EXA1 Directory Of ID PBROJS SIA3 INI slag lt DI RS DEF_FOO INI 20198 DER E02 INI 2104178 EXA1 INI 110 Select file to Read or Save Work Area Last Data DEF_FOO INI F w date 18 5 95 Figure 13 Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 21 6 Programming the UMD ProtoLink Product UMD ProtoLink Products contain non volatile memory which holds configuration parameters and keypad definitions Information is downloaded into a UMD ProtoLink Product by issuing memory write commands eg write value 10 into location 240 The 143 software programs UMD ProtoLink Products by either downloading a script text file
12. o highlight it and then pressing the RIGHT ARROW gt or ENTER 4 keys to open it The screen in figure 6 is displayed Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to highlight the desired option and select it by pressing ENTER 4 or SPACE BAR keys An X mark appears next to the selected item For example if you have connected the UMD ProtoLink Product using the PC s Keyboard Interface then select the Keyboard Interface option as shown UMD S143 Main Menu Options File Edit Key Links Terminal Help rale ProtoLink device connected via gt X Keyboard Interface PC COM Pore settings Ga eon Pore ProtoLink Firmware option MEA X Overwrite Work Area X Save Environment Advanced Options gt Selected Not Selected Connection to POIS Keyboard Porn Current selection is via Keyboard Interface Figure 6 Pique Micro Dei eee Me Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 15 3 Keypad Layout Basics CASH UMD ProtoLink Products allow you to program each key on the keypad to output the characters you want As an excercise we will K label key at grid position e3 with the word Figure 7 CASH program this key to output the characters CASH followed by the ENTER 4 key when pressed also program the key to output the characters OUT when released Refer to figure 7 Grid reference al Grid reference Column a b c d e The position of a key
13. on a UMD ProtoLink keypad matrix is given by column and row grid reference Row 1 Vodi 7 8 9 as shown in figure 8 The first column is labelled 2 Yes 4 5 6 a and the first row is numbered 1 So the top left key is grid reference al the next key along 3 0 1 2 3 CASH the top is b1 and so on 0 00 Grid reference e3 Figure 8 CASH Key e3 definition make code sequence CASH amp break code sequence OUT Make and break codes Each key has two sets of characters programmed for it one set make codes are sent on pressing a key The other set break codes are sent on releasing the key This is outlined in figure 9 ge Fach make and break sequence can send upto 255 CASH Key pressed make codes sent characters Break codes are usually not required in 3 CASH amp the majority of applications e3 A Release Key released break codes sent OUT Figure 9 Page 16 4 Edit Key Definitions To start entering or editing key definitions select the Key menu and run the Edit Key Definitions command You will be greeted with the Edit Key Definitions screen as shown in figure 10 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design Edit Key Definitions Edit Layer O
14. pin DIN cable or 4 Connect the other end of the UMD CA226 5 pin DIN to 6 pin mini DIN cable CA202 or CA226 cable to the 7 pin DIN Comp Ext Pwr Computer and External Power connector on the UMD ProtoLink Product Note that the 5 pin DIN connector on the CA202 or CA226 cable mates with 7 pin DIN connector 5 Attach the standard PC Keyboard to the 5 pin DIN Ext Kbd External Keyboard connector on the UMD ProtoLink Product If the keyboard uses a six pin mini DIN connector you Figure 3 will have to use a CA227 adapter to convert the PC Keyboard s connector to that on the UMD Protolink Product 6 Turn on the PC Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 9 Serial Interface Connection UMD ProtoLink Product 1 Turn off the PC 2 Referring to figure 4 connect the UMD CA201 or CA211 serial cable to either the S1 or S2 serial port on the UMD ProtoLink Product Power Pack 2 Connect the other end of the serial cable to the COMI or COM2 serial port on the PC UMD CA201 DB9 to DB25 serial cable or 3 Connect the power pack to the 7 pin UMD CA211 DB9 to DB9 serial cable DIN Comp Ext Pwr Computer and External Power connector 4 Connect the power pack to the mains power and turn it on 5 Turn on the PC Figure 4 3 Installation of S143 Software The 143 software may be run directly from the supplied floppy diskette but it will run much faster if you install the software
15. ptions Show Help cree Layer L1 LED Number al le en D oe e CEE CO D D LR ne CD gs TS ao P Qoo ds 63 ESC ema a4 b4 c4 d4 e4 4 g4 h4 i4 j4 k4 14 m4 n4 04 p4 q4 r4 s4 ao Da eo do es fS go NS bo Jo desi 1S mao no Oo po Ga Tro s5 a6 b6 c6 d6 e6 f g6 HG ao JG kG LG mG ino OG pe g6 r6 SC ani eg ue agio Mido _ 0 Keyboard Header Information Current Key al 1 Make 0 dali Layer No 1 of 1 Break 0 Da Kod iD 1 Number Keys 128 LED Number 1 Layout UMD 128 Figure 10 Next open the Edit menu and run the Layer command At this stage the help line will display Use 1V3 PgDn PgUp change layer ENT ER to edit F10 Show ESC Close At this stage pressing the F10 function key will change the screen to only show keys that have been defined This display mode may be preferrable Pressing the F10 function key again will revert to the original display mode In either instance the first key in the keypad grid key al will be highlighted Move the highlight to grid location e3 by using the gt ARROW key four times then the 2 ARROW key twice The Current Key field in the Keyboard Header Information area at the bottom of the screen indicates that key e3 is selected To edit the highlighted e3 key press the ENTER 4 key Unique Micro Design S143 User Manual Page 17 The cursor will now be placed in the Make
16. which contains raw memory write and other commands or downloading the S143 Work Area which is essentially a copy of the UMD ProtoLink Product s non volatile configuration memory Note that INI files cannot be directly downloaded but must be first read into the S143 Work Area and after that the Work Area downloaded 143 UMD ProtoLink Temporary Programming Work Area Software Download UMD ProtoLink Product Figure 14 Programming UMD ProtoLink Products is done from the main menu item File The relevent File sub menu choices are highlighted here Read INI file to Work Area Read Script file to Work Area Save Work Area to INI file Save Work Area to Script file Upload ProtoLink device to Work Area Download Work Area to ProtoLink Device Download Script file to ProtoLink Device Page 22 S143 User Manual Unique Micro Design To program the work that you have done so far into the UMD ProtoLink Product run the Download Work Area to ProtoLink Device command This assumes of course that the S143 work area has valid data in it The Download Work Area to ProtoLink Device dialog box will open informing you of the connection to be used ie either the keyboard interface or serial port You are asked to make a selection of D Download Work Area parameters that are DIFFERENT from defaults e A Download ALL of the Work Area defaults included
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