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KB-6600 series Technical Manual 1 - 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for KB-6600 Series

Page 1: ...Rev Original KB 6600 SERIES TECHNICAL MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...EX programmable keyboard family The powerful programmable keyboard KB 6600 series consists of a 6 positioned electronic control key and 84 programmable press keys with preprogrammed numerical keypad providing excellent tactile click when pressed and an optional magnetic stripe reader for either ISO or JIS standards The KB 6600 not only is capable of being programmed to transmit whatever code a sta...

Page 3: ...ogram Buffer 2 4 Transferring Between A File And The Keyboard 2 4 Modifying A Programmable Keyboard 2 5 Modifying A File 2 5 The Program Subjects 2 6 6 position key lock 2 6 Programmable keys 2 6 Answer back codes 2 7 Keyboard configuration 2 7 Optional MSR 2 7 KBW EXE FOR WINDOWS 2 8 Starting The Program 2 8 The Command Menu 2 9 Special Contents 2 11 KBM EXE FOR DOS 2 13 Starting The Program 2 13...

Page 4: ...creen 2 17 The Scan Code Editing Mode 2 17 Help screen 2 18 Entries 2 18 SHORTCUT UTILITY RWM EXE 2 20 Under Windows 2 20 Under DOS 2 20 HARDWARE DETAILS 3 1 PCB LAYOUT 3 1 CONNECTORS 3 1 JUMPER SETTINGS 3 2 SERVICE GUIDE 3 1 SPARE PARTS LIST 3 1 ASSEMBLY DRAWING 3 4 ...

Page 5: ...W EXE the normal programming utility under Windows 2 KBM EXE the normal programming utility under DOS or Windows DOS box and 3 RWM EXE the straightforward direct read write programming utility under DOS or Windows DOS box Installation of the first 3 programming methods can be found in the Posiflex Product Information CD delivered with the keyboard or Posiflex POS terminals or can be downloaded fro...

Page 6: ... 2 Click Next and there will be a program group Posiflex Tools in the program folders Click Next to next step Select the Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to complete the whole installation Fig 1 2 Fig 1 3 Fig 1 4 ...

Page 7: ...nual 1 3 When the system is restarted the user may find the item Posiflex Programmable Keyboard in the Posiflex Tools submenu within Program Files The user may select this item to start the programming task of KB 6600 in Windows ...

Page 8: ...rd utility by executing the install command in this subdirectory under true DOS or DOS box of Win 98 The screen will then change to Fig 1 5 Fig 1 5 Answer y to the above question the screen will become to Fig 1 6 Fig 1 6 Answer y to the above question if the operating system is Windows 3 1 or Win 95 or Win 98 Answer n to the above question for DOS The screen will then become to Fig 1 7 ...

Page 9: ...tarts and a message COPYING FILES shows up briefly as in Fig 1 8 together with some beeps denoting the installation progress from time to time Fig 1 8 All the necessary files will be copied to the directory POSIFLEX D and the installation is completed After a while the screen will be like in Fig 1 9 The utility is copied ...

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Page 11: ...le keyboard Fig 2 1 Preparations The Program Buffer In the programming utility there is a conceptual area called program buffer where most of the complicated operations about programming the programmable keyboard are executed ref Fig 2 2 The available size of the program buffer depends on the memory size available in the programmable keyboard For a standard KB 6600 programmable keyboard 8KB memory...

Page 12: ...m buffer Editing The Program Buffer The user may then edit the program buffer key by key in the process flow explained in Fig 2 5 Firstly go to the right position by selecting page column and key then enter either ASCII code or scan code editing mode depends on what to program Edit or modify one key after another to come to the expected key content in program buffer CURSOR MOVEMENT KEY CONTENT EDI...

Page 13: ... Move to page Move to column Move to key Store the results Quit the program More key to edit Edit one key in ASCII or scan code Save to file or write to keyboard END Y Y Y N N N PROGRAM BUFFER Fig 2 5 Editing operation in program buffer ...

Page 14: ... in certain sequence and he she can transfer or backup freely between the content of a programmable keyboard and a file in HDD or network PROGRAM BUFFER HDD or NETWORK SAVE TO FILE Fig 2 6 Save to file in HDD or network Fig 2 7 Write content to programmable PROGRAM BUFFER PROGRAMMABLE KEYBOARD WRITE CONTENT Fig 2 8 Transferring a file to the keyboard PROGRAM BUFFER LOAD FILE HDD or NETWORK PROGRAM...

Page 15: ...etwork Modifying A File The user may also modify a file in HDD or network by the process load edit modify and save as indicated in Fig 2 11 Fig 2 10 Modifying a programmable keyboard and backup PROGRAM BUFFER PROGRAM BUFFER PROGRAMMABLE KEYBOARD READ CONTENT WRITE CONTENT PROGRAMMABLE KEYBOARD PROGRAM BUFFER EDIT CONTENT PROGRAM BUFFER HDD or NETWORK SAVE TO FILE Fig 2 11 Modifying a HDD or networ...

Page 16: ...rning the 6 position key 1A1 1B1 1C1 1D1 1E1 1F1 1G1 1H1 1I1 1J1 1K1 1L1 1A2 1B2 1C2 1D2 1E2 1F2 1G2 1H2 1I2 1J2 1K2 1L2 1A3 1B3 1C3 1D3 1E3 1F3 1G3 1H3 1I3 1J3 1K3 7 8 9 1A4 1B4 1C4 1D4 1E4 1F4 1G4 1H4 1I4 1J4 1K4 4 5 6 1A5 1B5 1C5 1D5 1E5 1F5 1G5 1H5 1I5 1J5 1K5 1 2 3 1A6 1B6 1C6 1D6 1E6 1F6 1G6 1H6 1I6 1J6 1K6 0 00 Enter The programmable keys include all keys that may be registered as from 1A1 ...

Page 17: ... different languages Language Syntax C outp 0x60 0xE7 BASIC out H60 H0E7 DEBUG o 60 E7 Keyboard configuration Some features of the programmable keyboard including Audio response to key press ASCII code generation Character string transmit speed and Answer back code response speed can be configured in the programming utility Optional MSR Some parameters of the optional MSR reading output control in...

Page 18: ... a warning screen before the screen shot similar to the picture in Fig 2 12 to ask the user not to disturb the keyboard initialization when this utility is engaged Be sure not to touch keyboard or mouse in this stage to have a normal startup of the utility If you are to program or edit the content to a file without KB 6600 connected the warning screen won t appear and a screen display as illustrat...

Page 19: ... be programmed The Command Menu In the command menu there are File Keyboard Edit View Config MSR About Help and Exit The File menu can be used to open an existing template file to be edited in this utility or to save the edited result into a template file or to exit this utility The Keyboard menu can be used to read the current content in the programmable keyboard to be edited in this utility or t...

Page 20: ...yboard audio response to key press ASCII code generation Character string transmit speed InterCharacter Delay and the Answer back code response speed of the key press output The MSR menu defines the optional MSR reading output control in KB 6600 covering Settings override by software ASCII code generation Disabling individual existing magnetic track reading Redefining start and end code of magneti...

Page 21: ...ext paragraph The Exit pops up a confirmation window before termination of this utility Special Contents One of the features that a Posiflex programmable keyboard keypad outclasses other competitors is that the contents programmable is not limited in those displayable characters only The programmable content includes those editing keys such as arrows and function keys such as F1 to F12 Shift Esc e...

Page 22: ...Please review the chapter about UTILITY INSTALLATION in this case In case that the program KBM EXE is executed for off line programming that means executing KBM EXE on a normal PC compatible machine without the programmable keyboard attached the program will start with the display as in later illustrated Fig 2 17 However if the programmable keyboard is connected to the system when entering the KBM...

Page 23: ...or default at position 1A1 and all applicable commands listed at right Fig 2 17 Posiflex Programmable Keyboard Utility vx xx xx reading data from the keyboard Fig 2 16 Full screen or in DOS environment Key contents area Status bar Command list Key layout map Cursor position Answer back codes Program ID ...

Page 24: ...5 pages The font color of the key in the map will change into light blue on the screen once the key is programmed For the optional DOUBLE key please always select the lower or the right position within the DOUBLE key coverage to program Every time the programmed data is written to KB 6600 or saved to a template file the content of QWERTY portion is refreshed according to the language environment a...

Page 25: ...n shows up as in the left Apply same approach as in keyboard configuration Pressing keys like a b c d e j will alter setting of its correspondent item Press n o to increase or decrease the set value delay time between each 2 characters in sending MSR track data Press f g h i to redefine the correspondent leading code of each track or the ending code Press ESC will return to keyboard configuration ...

Page 26: ...bove This mode provides convenient entry of content to program Help screen Similar to View mode press F1 key will show up the help screen for all applicable commands in this ASCII code editing mode The Scan Code Editing Mode From View mode with cursor blinking on any position of key layout map press Alt N keys or F8 key an editing area will appear in the screen very similar to the ASCII code editi...

Page 27: ...nds in this Scan code editing mode Entries For normal displayable characters including letters numbers and symbols or enter or space the user just has to press the key on PC keyboard desired the pressed character will then appear in a pair of brackets or CR or SPC in the key editing area For most of these entries the way of typing Esc first and then the wanted key will do the same except the lette...

Page 28: ... the content of a key contains Ctrl Alt or Shift the data after it is considered as data input with such function keys kept pressed until a release code is programmed or at end of the programmed key when the programmable keyboard is configured to send break codes for scan codes The release codes take two bytes each and are input in one of the following forms of Esc F Esc Ctrl or Esc F Esc Alt or E...

Page 29: ...n the user should have either the preprogrammed keyboard or the preprogrammed file with tpl extension name which is the result of the keyboard programming The user may use RWM EXE to directly transfer the programmed result of the programmable keyboard to a tpl file or directly transfer a prestored tpl file to a programmable keyboard without entering the utility KBM EXE which may take more keystrok...

Page 30: ...er Posiflex programmable keyboard are of different version and should be used distinctively Please also note that the user must be careful on the housekeeping of these template files and never mix such files with those originated from other programmable keyboard In other words transferring a file generated from other programmable keyboard to KB 6600 could mess up the data format inside KB 6600 and...

Page 31: ...16 pin connector Wide tongue of membrane CN3 FPC 8 pin connector Narrow tongue of membrane CN4 8 pin lock connector I O connector board CN5 8 pin lock connector MSR head MSR1 3 pins MSR LED PWR1 2 pins Power LED U2 PQFP KB controller U3 PQFP MSR controller CN1 CN3 CN2 U3 U2 KB6600A 49170002100 CN4 CN5 PWR1 MSR1 BZ1 D2 D5 1 2 3 1 2 3 T T T J J Y2 Y1 ...

Page 32: ...Technical Manual 3 2 JUMPER SETTINGS Position T1 T2 T3 J1 J2 J3 Function Track1 Track2 Track3 Lead End ALT Num ISO JIS2 Opened Disable Disable Disable Enable Enable ISO Closed Enable Enable Enable Disable Disable JIS2 ...

Page 33: ... 2 19170300012 KB 6600 Top Plastic Cover Charcoal 102 1 10220404010 KB 6600 Rubber Dome 84 keys 103 1 49171000100 KB6600 Membrane 104 1 19170100010 KB 6600 Support Metal Plate 105 1 10522030062 MSTSCRW3 6 TR Truss Head Self Tapping Screw 106 1 49170202100 CPU Board Assembly 107 1 10594003122 MSTSCRW3 12 P Pan Head Self Tapping Screw 108 1 20862021410 I O Cable For POSKB 1 19170301011 KB 6600 BTM P...

Page 34: ... w Cap Charcoal 10 sets pack 3 39131003001 5 X DKH2000PAIR KB40 66 Double Key w Cap Beige 5 sets pack 4 39131003002 5 X DKH2000PAIR C KB40 66 Double Key w Cap Charcoal 5 sets pack 5 39131004001 10 X BK 2000 1 KB40 66 Blank Key Beige 10 pcs pack 114 6 39131004002 10 X BK 2000ECC 1C KB40 66 Blank Key Charcoal 10 pcs pack 115 1 10371002000 CLABPSTHKB112 Legend Sheet 4 Colors 1 39171002001 KB 6600 Num...

Page 35: ... Technical Manual 4 3 19170601111 KB 6600 CE Label Beige 19170601112 KB 6600 CE Label Charcoal 19160521120 Inner Box For KB6X00 19160511130 Carton For KB6X00 19170540010 KB 6600 PE Foam 19170900010 Manual For KB 6600 ...

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