User Manual for PKB
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1. Layer14 Layer15 Cancel If for example you want to program the keyboard at the oe layer you can choose Layer 2 option in the tool bar Then assign the key codes by Key Code option or ASCII Code option However if you do not program a key to the layer index 2 there will be no response for those keys you assigned at the i layer PEE 111 Untitled File Keyboard Diagnostic Language Help Daf wo ll me layed eas L Ready o Memory Left 10000 Bytes www eposcom ru User Manual for PKB Page 7 Keyboard Setting This setting will not be provided if a RS232 magnetic card reader is selected in the Keyboard Category dialogue If a PS2 or USB magnetic card reader is selected only Country Code setting is meaningful On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Keyboard Setting the following dialogue window will appear Eeyboard Setting Country Code USA Ww Repeat Enable f All Keys C Only Programmed Keys If you want to have a beep sound when pressing a button on the keyboard click Beep Enable option Then you can choose either All Keys or Only Programmed Keys option If you allow the key to be displayed repeatedly when pressing the button continuously click Repeat Enable option Depending on what type of keyboard chosen you can assign a country code in the keyboard setting This country code will affect what the magstripe card reader reads and th2. if you press left Shift button once i e there will be no Left Shift Up code in the Mapping Sequence list when you press this button after programming it seems that the left Shift button is still pressing continuously The above situation is also applied for Right Shift code Left Alt Code Right Alt Code Left Ctrl Code and Right Ctrl Code Therefore much attention 1s needed when assigning these codes 2 For PS2 interface if lt Pause gt code is assigned no other codes can be appended On the other hand if other code is assigned the lt Pause gt code cannot be appended 3 For USB interface the following codes cannot be assigned with other codes lt Wake gt lt Sleep gt lt Power gt lt Vol Up gt lt Vol Down gt lt Media Select gt lt Mail gt lt Calculator gt lt My Computer gt lt WWW Search gt On the other hand if other code is assigned the above codes cannot be appended Depending on the version of the software you can change the virtual keyboard layout by selecting the country you like Eey Code Pos Index 2D Mapping Sequence opecial Codes 5D 61 2F Cancel H 37 up F032 Left Shift Up F012 F021 L i E050 L il E0AG w 0 Hex Code ox Insert soo allel al aee o e ole sl el s o mel e SF vem a e Jo e 0 oof eTe A ene ou eea we a jej A E e E oe www eposcom ru ePOS User Manual for PKB Page 5 ji ASCII Code In th
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4. the keyboard Update Whole Keyboard After you assigning the codes for all or some of the buttons configuring keyboard setting magstrip card reader setting and barcode reader setting you can click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Update Whole Keyboard During updating please do not press any keys on the keyboard Retrieve Keyboard If you want to get the key code programmed in each key keyboard setting or magstrip card reader setting you can click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Retrieve Keyboard or click oy icon on the toolbar During retrieving please do not press any keys on the keyboard www eposcom ru User Manual for PKB Page 11 11 Clear All If you want to clear all key mappings the keyboard setting or the magstripe card reader setting click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Clear AI or click a icon on the toolbar This action only clears the program memory It does not clear all settings in the actual keyboard 12 Save If you want to save all key mappings the keyboard setting or the magstripe card reader setting into a file click File on the menu bar and then Save or click icon on the toolbar 13 Open You can load the key mappings keyboard setting or magstripe card reader setting from a ra file click File on the menu bar and then Open or click La icon on the toolbar An error will occur if you choose to load a wrong forma
5. SCII or Code to bring up the window for input After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Firmware Update Except for the USB device On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Update Firmware or on the toolbar click icon it will ask you the location of the firmware file During updating please do not press any keys on the keyboard Diagnostic i Enter Test Mode www eposcom ru 10 User Manual for PKB Page 10 The key pressed will show its key position For testing the keyboard only If your keyboard has key lock and the repeat feature is turned on the keyboard will continuously send the key lock position To stop this you can press any other key ji Exit Test Mode The key pressed will show the code programmed iii Reset Reset the keyboard only For testing the keyboard only iv Firmware Version Get the current version of the firmware Update Key Mappings After you assigning the codes for all or some of the buttons you can start to program the key mappings in the following manners On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Update Key Mappings or on the toolbar click Ml icon During updating please do not press any keys on
6. e keys programmed by the ASCII code method After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Caution If you choose Repeat Enable option and you assign non layer index for certain key lock position for example assigning Hello for key lock L When the key is switched on L position Hello will be generated repeatedly If you choose Beep Enable at the same www eposcom ru User Manual for PKB Page 8 time you will hear a continuous beep sound Therefore it is recommended the key lock be assigned a layer index 4 Magstrip Card Reader Setting Optional On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Magstrip Card Reader Setting or on the toolbar click icon the following dialogue window will appear Magshipe Card Reader Setting Stan Sentinel End Sentinel Track 1 M pe Track 2 W J z Others Header C ASCII Code separator W Enable Beep C ASCII C Code Suffix C ASCII Code Reading sequence 1 2 3 Header Separator and Suffix can be programmed similar to normal buttons on the keyboard click on the ASCII or Code to bring up the window for input Note 1 The code length for Header Separator and Suffix are limited t
7. ePOS User Manual for PKB Page 1 User Manual for PKB Version 2 3 I Program Installation To install the program run the Setup exe file The default folder for installation is C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard II Driver Setup This section is only for Windows 2000 or XP users The default folder for the driver files is C Program Files PKB KB Driver For the detailed instructions please refer to the file POSKB_DRV_SETUP pdf which is in the default folder HI Keyboard Programming Software The default location of executable file is C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard pkb exe 1 Select a keyboard When the program runs the Keyboard Category dialogue will appear Eeyboarn Catezory Available Product Preview Cancel www eposcom ru EPOS User Manual for PKB Page 2 Select the category of the keyboard you want to program and then press OK button The following instructions are based on PKB 111 model but they can also be applied for other models Edit Key Map If a magnetic card reader is selected in the Keyboard Category dialogue you can treat Header Separator and Suffix as buttons in the keyboard and program them by Key Code and ASCII code methods For details please refer to the Section 4 A button in the keyboard layout changing dark grey when the mouse cursor is on top of it indicates that the but
8. es can be mapped to a single key position Any key codes scan codes that are not selectable in this screen can be mapped by directly entering the hexadecimal code for that key into the box next to 0x and pressing Insert Example If you press Shift H E Shift L L and O buttons in the virtual keyboard the Mapping Sequence list will be shown as in the above dialogue window If you want to delete O in the above Mapping Sequence list you can right click the O item A popup menu with two options will appear Select Delete option will delete the O item But if you select Clear All all items in the list will be deleted If you want to add S before H in the above Mapping Sequence list click H item in the list first then press S in the keyboard picture But remember to click any empty www eposcom ru User Manual for PKB Page 4 items in the list if you want to append the codes at the end of the list After programming this key if you type this button in Notepad it will display HElIlo if the Caps Lock is off However it will display heLLO if the Caps Lock is on Caution 1 If for example you want to assign Left Shift code no any other codes you just press left Shift button once in the keyboard picture But in the Mapping Sequence list of the above dialogue window
9. is method you can assign any printable ASCH Codes 1 e A Z a z 0 9 and punctuation symbols Up to 255 ASCII codes can be assigned Five special symbols can also be assigned by using the following representations Symbol Enter Character For example if you program a button with Hello nWorld as shown in the following diagram Eey Code Fos Index 2D Enter a string to represent this key Helloin o rid cancel After programming this button 1f you type this button in Notepad it will display Hello World Note 1 By using this method no matter you press Caps Lock or not it will always display the same character string 2 The output of the character string is the same as what you enter if you choose a correct Country Code in the Keyboard Setting dialogue Refer to Section 3 For example if you enter How are you in a Germany OS but you choose USA for the Country Code in the Keyboard Setting dialogue the ouptut will become How are zou www eposcom ru EPOS User Manual for PKB Page 6 iii Layer Index Depending on the category of the keyboard it is allowed to program the keyboard at most 16 layers You can assign a layer index to any key you like Eey Code Fos Index 2D Select one of the layers LayerO Layer C Layer Layer3 C Layerd LayerS C Layer6 Layer C Layer C LayerS C Layer10 Layer C Layerl2 Layer13
10. o 16 only 2 Fora RS232 magnetic card reader they can only be programmed by using ASCH method According to the settings in the above dialogue window after you sliding a magstrip card along the reader it will display as follows Header codes Track 1 Start Sentinel Track 1 Data Track 1 End Sentinel Separator codes Track 2 Start Sentinel Track 2 Data Track 2 End Sentinel Separator codes Track 3 Start Sentinel Track 3 Data Track 3 End Sentinel Suffix codes After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to www eposcom ru Te User Manual for PKB Page 9 the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Bar Code Reader Setting Optional On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Bar Code Reader Setting or on the toolbar click Illl icon the following dialogue window will appear Bar Code Reader Setting T49017 FloO4sa BOS 2 Header Enable check digit verification f ASCII Code suffix C ASCII Code Enable the sending of UPC EAN supplemental Code I Enable the first character of UPC EAN a 0 l Enable the sending of the check digit v Enable Code 39 full ASCII Enable Beep Update OK Header and Suffixes can be programmed similar to normal buttons on the keyboard click on the A
11. t keymap file IV Batch Update You can update the keymap or the firmware automatically by creating a batch file After updating the program will be closed automatically 1 Keymap Update The format of the batch file for updating keymap for a PS2 or USB device Location_of_Executable_File Location_of_Keymap_File t Category For example C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard PKB exe 1 C temp pkb 111 dat t PKB 111 The format of the batch file for updating keymap for a RS232 device Location_of_Executable_File 1 Location_of_Keymap_File t Category s Port Baud www eposcom ru User Manual for PKB Page 12 For example C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard PKB exe 1 C temp C202AC dat t C202AC s 1 57600 Firmware Update Except for the USB device The format of the batch file for updating firmware for a PS2 device Location_of_Executable_File 2 Location_of_Firmware_File t Category For example C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard PKB exe 2 C temp poskb bin t PKB 111 The format of the batch file for updating firmware for a RS232 device Location_of_Executable_File 2 Location_of_Firmware_File t Category s Port Baud For example C Program Files PKB Programmable Keyboard PKB exe 2 C temp poskb bin t C202AC s 1 57600 Note There is a
12. ton can be programmable Click the left mouse button on that programmable button a popup menu appears There are totally two methods to assign the key map One method is called Key Code and another is ASCII Code After assigning codes for a button you can choose Clear in the popup menu to clear the codes Choose Layer Index to assign an index to a key PEB 111 Untitled File Keyboard Diagnostico Language Help Shing 2 2 kayri Memory Left 10000 Bytes Note This model does not have Key Lock but others may have www eposcom ru ePOS User Manual for PKB Page 3 i Key Code In this method you can assign any scan codes to a key Eey Code Pos Index 2D Mapping Sequence special Codes 5D 61 2F Cancel H 37 E SF E032 Left Shift Up F0 1 L Media Select E050 L Mail E04AG M 0 Hex Code 2s oO om ee W ox Insert ele a sa s h 6 e 2 3 of E ee ral inl ERMAN fh HhahbDp ct B a a wa lon el Ss 6 Id F 7 ef afv J e aao dedede e a e e ods To iyo In the above dialogue window most popular key codes scan codes are shown in the virtual keyboard area plus a few special codes which are listed in the Special Codes area Selecting a key from the keyboard area or double clicking an item in Special Codes area will add that key s code to the Mapping Sequence list Up to 256 cod
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