POSIFLEX PST-6000 SERIES, Technical Manual

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Right after the “Hot key” is released, the user shall press the key to be programmed on
the programmable keyboard once to identify which key to be programmed. If the “Hot
key” is pressed for the second time or the “Esc” key is pressed prior to the press of the
key on the programmable keyboard, this mode will be aborted immediately. The user
should not enter the “Hot key programming” mode when the programmable keyboard
is already fully loaded (no more free memory for further programming) by the key
contents previously programmed.
INPUT THE CONTENT TO BE PROGRAMMED
Once the programmable keyboard enters the “Hot key programming” mode
with the key to be programmed identified, what the user types on the standard PC or
PS-2 keyboard will be taken for the content to be programmed into that key of the
programmable keyboard till the user exits the “Hot key programming” mode.
The legal input in this mode includes all alphabetical letters (including both
upper and lower cases), numerical digits (applicable only for keys at the area above
the alphabetical keys and excluding those on the numerical keypad), symbols (such as
`!”#$ and those keys excluding arithmetic signs in the numerical keypad) and the
“Enter” key. The “Shift” key, the “Caps lock” key and the “Back space” key are also
accepted in this mode to serve an editing purpose (for example, pressing “Back space”
will erase the last character of the input instead of being treated as a character for
input). Pressing the “Esc” key in this mode will abort the “Hot key programming”
mode immediately. All the rest keys (such as the “Ctrl”, “Alt”, “Home”, any function
key or arrow key or any key in the numerical keypad) on the standard PC or PS-2
keyboard are illegal inputs in this mode. The maximum number of key presses
acceptable to any key by “Hot key programming” is 32.
All the input from the standard PC or PS-2 keyboard in this mode will also be
sent to the host computer.
EXIT “HOT KEY PROGRAMMING” MODE
After the intended content of the key is completely entered, the user shall press
the “Hot key” again to notify the end of “Hot key programming”. The programmable
keyboard will give one beep to signify the normal exit of the “Hot key programming”
mode. Should there be any illegal entry in the content of the key or any other improper