K1EL K45 CW Keyboard and Reader Manual K45B
K-45 User’s Manual - Rev B.0
3/8/2023
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Display Window Adjustment Keys
PGDN - Scroll Window Down
The current display window is scrolled down so that older text can be viewed. Even though the active text
insertion position may be out of view, the display is updated in the background so that incoming text is not
missed.
BEG
will be flashed on the status line when trying to scroll before the start of a window buffer.
PGUP - Scroll Window Up
The current display view is scrolled up so that newer text can be viewed. END will be flashed when trying to
scroll ahead of the text entry position.
HOME - Go to the beginning of the text window
This will display the oldest text in the buffer.
END - Go to end of text window
This will return the display the active entry point for new text.
LCD Backlight and Contrast Adjustment
Both the brightness and contrast of the LCD can be adjusted easily. Refer to Configuration Menu #5 on
page 30 for details.
Keyboard Commands
K45 operation is controlled by either ESC or Control commands. ESC commands are generally used to
open configuration menus while control commands result in an immediate action.
ESC Commands
The user first presses the ESC key, releases it, and then presses the desired command. ESC will be
displayed on the status line to let the user know that the K45 is waiting for a command entry. Most of these
commands bring up submenus to control various K45 functions.
ESC C – Configuration Mode
System configuration is divided into five menus, each with eight setting options. The user navigates the
menus using the left/right and up/down arrows. Moving extreme right or left will move to the next or previous
menu, wrapping from first to last and last to first. An underline cursor indicates the selected item. The
ENTER key opens that item up for editing and a submenu will show the current setting. The setting can then
be changed with the right/left arrows or by entering a new value on the keyboard.
Each menu item leads off with a number.
1:Tx WPM
for example, entering the number 1 will directly open
the TX WPM entry. When finished with an entry, press either the enter key to save a new value or ESC to
abort which leaves the entry unchanged. Values are stored in on board EEPROM. This insures that the
current state is preserved when cycling power off and back on.
When the K45 is used without a keyboard, the rotary encoder is used to access configuration by first
pressing and holding the encoder button down until the configuration menu appears.
Please note that:
1) A quick encoder press and release will bring up the message launcher menu which can be
cancelled by re-pressing and holding the encoder button.
2) If the encoder is held after the configuration menu appears, K45 will go into low power sleep.
Once the configuration menu is up, the user can scroll through the various entries by turning the encoder.
Press the encoder quickly to open an entry for editing and then turn the encoder will modify an entry. When
finished, press the encoder to save the change and return to the main menu. To leave the main menu and
return to operational mode, press and hold the encoder button until the menu clears.
Configuration does not interrupt CWR input; incoming CWR text will continue to be added to the Rx display
window in the background.
A full list and description of all the configuration menus is presented in Appendix A starting on Page 25.