Chapter 1: Overview
1-5
Keylock Positions
The
USB
DynaKey
includes
a
standard
NCR
Keylock,
accessible
through
the
FPGA.
There
are
four
positions:
Exception,
Locked,
Retail,
and
Supervisor.
They
are
explained
in
the
following
table.
Abbreviation Position Description
Ex
Exception
Used
by
the
customer
or
service
representative
to
perform
low
level
programming
such
as
workstation
diagnostics,
configuring
the
workstation,
or
loading
the
workstation.
L
Locked
Used
to
lock
keyboard
input
to
prohibit
use
of
normal
functions.
R
Retail
Used
when
performing
normal
retail
mode
functions.
S
Supervisor
Used
by
the
supervisor
to
provide
highest
level
of
workstation
control
in
cases
such
as
refunds
and
running
totals.
Special PC Setup Keypad Layout
On
power
‐
up,
the
operator
can
switch
the
DynaKey
into
an
alternate
keypad
layout
that
can
be
used
with
many
PC
BIOS
setup
and
configuration
routines.
The
alternate
layout
contains
keys
such
as
ESC,
TAB,
END,
“+”,
“
‐
”
and
arrow
keys
which
are
not
available
in
the
normal
keypad
layout.
The
alternate
layout
allows
the
operator
to
configure
a
PC
without
an
external
alphanumeric
keyboard.
(See
the
Installation
chapter.)
