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2. Take the end of the keyboard cable you unplugged from the back
of the computer and plug it into the female end of the F30-1
Splitter cable. Take the male end of the F30-1 Splitter cable and
plug it in to the back of the computer where the keyboard had been
plugged in. The Splitter cable must sit in between the computer
and the keyboard – do not plug the Splitter cable into a mouse port
or any port other than the keyboard port. Take the 3
rd
end of the
Splitter cable with the modular (telephone style) connector and
plug it into the port on the TriCoder labeled COMPUTER.
3. Plug the 5-volt power adapter (included with the TriCoder) into the
port labeled PWR at the bottom of the TriCoder. Turn the TriCoder
on by pressing the ON/OFF key. Now turn on the computer. The
TriCoder ships with a small black plastic block with a female
modular connector in it called a
Jumper Block
. When removing the
TriCoder from the cable for portable operation, place the
Jumper
Block
on the now free end of the Splitter cable. This allows your
keyboard to function even though the TriCoder is not attached.
PC Keyboard Wedge Installation
Configuring the TriCoder for Keyboard Wedge
Once the hardware is connected, the next step is to configure the TriCoder
and test your communication.
The TriCoder setup allows the user to configure the TriCoder for different
