9450 industrial PC/AT Computer System
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Startup
This section describes the startup options for the utility.
PKIM
[/r | /t]
runs the full PKIM utility
/r
This switch reduces functionality. Some keyboard controllers will not allow the
PKIM utility to have control. In this case, keycodes uploaded from the EEPROM
cannot be translated correctly. Starting the utility with the /r switch removes the
Upload option from the Main Menu. In this mode, editing must start with macros
read in from a file since they cannot be read from EEPROM.
/t
This switch translates scan codes from keyboards running in XT mode. Some
systems initialize the keyboard to run in XT mode. In this case, the scan codes
read in from the keyboard when in Teach mode will not be correct unless the
utility is started with the /t switch.
Utility Batch Mode
Versions 2.2 and above of the utility include a mode for reprogramming keypads from a
batch file. This feature is useful if you wish to reprogram many units with customized
keypad macros without having to enter the full PKIM utility for each unit. Once the full
utility has been used to create and save keypad macros, the files containing these macros
can be included on a disk with the PKIM utility and then used to reprogram other units
from a batch file.
The command PKIM
filename
runs the PKIM utility batch mode, where filename is the
file containing the new keypad macros. The filename extension must be included. For ex-
ample,
PKIM newdef32.pkm
will reprogram the default values for the numeric key-
pad.
You may also specify multiple macro filenames in the PKIM line. For example,
PKIM
newdef32.pkm 20funcff.pkm
will reprogram both the numeric and the function
key keypads.
