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13.0 Keyboard Programming Utility Guide
Overview
This section provides a User’s Guide for the IBM SurePOS100 Keyboard Utility.
13.1 Requirements
IBM SurePOS100 Keyboard with 96 programmable PF keys.
IBM SurePOS100 Keyboard Utility V1.0.11 or later version for Win 98, 2000, XP.
IBM SurePOS100 Keyboard FW V1.2.7 or later version.
An external keyboard for data input (PS/2 or USB Keyboard).
13.2 Utility Functions
There are four main functions:
Check Connection: Check Connection function will check whether the SurePOS100 Keyboard is detected or not.
If the SurePOS100 Keyboard is detected, the utility will show the related information and enable the Upload
Configuration, Download Configuration and Code Update functions to be executed. Must be performed once
during each programming utility session.
Upload Configuration: Upload Configuration will read the current keyboard configuration into the programming
utility.
Download Configuration: Download Configuration will save the Utility Configuration results to the SurePOS100
Keyboard.
Code Update: Code Update will renew the firmware of the SurePOS100 Keyboard.
Additional configuration items:
Configure MSR Track Headers and Trailers: To configure each MSR Track Header/Trailer display. Each
Header/Trailer can store a maximum of 20 chars. This setting must combine with Configure MSR Characteristics
setting.
Configure MSR Characteristics: To configure MSR each Track characteristics, including Sentinels Enable/Disable,
Carriage Return Enable/Disable, Programmable Sentinels Enable/Disable, Track Enable/Disable and MSR Data
Speed Selection.
Configure MSR Translation: To configure MSR Track swipe card display, you can select one translation mode
from below modes: USA, Canadian/French, UK English, French, German, Latin American, Spanish, Brazilian
Portuguese and User Defined. The Track 1 and Track 2 & 3 Configuration Panel setting are for User Defined
mode used.
Configure Prefix and Keyboard: To Configure Prefix/Suffix display of Internal Keyboard Device, MSR Device, and
External Device; the Prefix will be sent while a device is in first use, the Suffix of a device will be sent while next
device is going to be used; we can use Prefix/Suffix to distinguish different devices usage status. To select the
active keyboard mode from 101, 102, 103 and pos; we have four keyboard mode can be used for SurePOS100
Keyboard, three nonprogrammable keyboard mode (101, 102, and 103), and one programmable keyboard mode
(pos), we must select one keyboard mode as active keyboard mode (default is 101 mode). Below Double Key
Setup and PF Key Programming Setup are only used for pos mode.
Double Key Setup: PF Key group function key setting, there are three group function key mode, which are
horizontal double key, vertical double key, and quaternary double key.
PF Key Programming Setup: There are 96 PF keys can be programmed, each PF key can store maximum 20
chars. This setting can combine with Double Key Setup. To let the PF Key work properly, the active key mode
must set to pos mode.
Load Default Keyboard mode: There are three default keyboard mode can be loaded to PF Key Programming
setup panel, which are 101, 102, and 103 mode. Once you load one default keyboard mode, you can make some