I-O 2677e Ethernet Display User s Guide
Printer Operation
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Record / Playback
The Record/Playback feature allows you to record a sequence of keystrokes for later playback by
pressing one of the 24 command (CMD) keys. This is helpful for entering information used most often. A
maximum of 1500 keystrokes can be recorded between the 24 command keys. The display module will
remember the recorded sequence even when it’s powered off.
Record Past Enter and Play Past Enter are also supported. This feature allows the recording of the
Enter key’s function, which later will be used in the play mode. In the play mode, playback will play past
or beyond Enter, and then continues the playback as soon as the host is uninhibited.
N
OTE
:
R
ECORD
/
P
LAY PAST ENTER WILL PROCESS ALL KEYSTROKES WHEN USING A
102/103
KEYBOARD
,
HOWEVER THE
5250
STYLE
122
KEYBOARD WILL TERMINATE THE RECORDED SEQUENCE
WHEN THE FIRST
‘
ENTER
’
KEY IS PROCESSED
.
Recording Keystroke Sequences
Record a sequence of keystrokes with the following steps:
1. Press the RECRD
key (122-key keyboard) or ALT- F4 (102/103-key keyboard) to activate the record
mode. A Record Select screen appears showing the 24 CMD keys and which if any are already in
use, indicated by a dark key. The number showing indicates the number of keystrokes remaining
and will decrease as keys are pressed when in record mode.
N
OTE
:
T
HE
R
ECORD KEY CAN BE PRESSED AT THIS POINT TO CANCEL AND EXIT THE RECORD MODE
.
2. Press one of the CMD keys to assign a sequence of keystrokes to the key. (Press SHIFT with the
CMD key on 102/103-key keyboards to access CMD keys F13 through F24). The record screen will
disappear leaving the Recor
d and Function key indicator ‘R### F#’.
N
OTE
:
I
F A
90XX
ERROR CODE IS SHOWN
,
A KEY OTHER THAN A
CMD
KEY WAS PRESSED
.
T
O CLEAR
THE ERROR CONDITION
,
PRESS
RESET,
THEN CONTINUE BY CHOOSING A
CMD
KEY
.
(R
EFER TO
T
ROUBLESHOOTING FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ERROR CODES
.)
T
IP
:
Y
OU MAY RECORD OVER A PREVIOUSLY SAVED
CMD
KEY SEQUENCE BY SIMPLY SELECTING THAT
CMD
KEY
.
T
HE REMAINING KEYSTROKE NUMBER WILL INCREASE BY THE NUMBER OF KEYSTROKES
BEING CLEARED FROM THAT CMD KEY
.
3. An "R" appears on the status line of the screen. The number to the right of the "R" is the remaining
number of keystrokes available for recording. Type the keystroke sequence to be recorded. As you
type, the number next to the "R" decreases.
N
OTE
:
T
HE
PLAY,
RECORD,
AND LOCAL FUNCTION KEYS SUCH AS THE
ALT-ALT
COMMANDS
CANNOT BE RECORDED
.
4. When typing is complete, press the RECORD
key or ALT-F4
keys to save the keystrokes assigned
to the CMD key and exit the record mode.
5. The recorded keystroke sequence is permanently saved in the memory of the display module (even
when it is turned off), until the sequence is deleted or recorded over.