User Manual for Matrix Maker
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1. I i User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 5 ii ASCII Code In this method you can assign any printable ASCII Codes i e A Z a z 0 9 and punctuation symbols Up to 255 ASCII codes can be assigned Five special symbols can also be assigned by using the following representations Symbol Representation Enter Character n or N Esc Character e or E Tab Character t or T Character Delay 0 5 second d or D For example if you program a button with Hello inWorld as shown in the following diagram Key Code Pos Index 2D Enter a string to represent this key Hello nWorld cnc After programming this button if you type this button in Notepad it will display Hello World Note 1 By using this method no matter you press Caps Lock or not it will always display the same character string 2 The output of the character string is the same as what you enter if you choose a correct Country Code in the Keyboard Setting dialogue Refer to Section 3 For example if you enter How are you in a Germany OS but you choose USA for the Country Code in the Keyboard Setting dialogue the ouptut will become How are zou User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 6 iii Layer Index Depending on the category of the keyboard it is allowed to program the keyboard at most 16 layers You can assign a layer index to any key you like Key Code Pos Index 2D Select o2. User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 1 User Manual for Matrix Maker Version 2 3 I Program Installation To install the program run the Setup exe file The default folder for installation is C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard II Driver Setup This section is only for Windows 2000 or XP users The default folder for the driver files is C Program Files Matrix Maker KB Driver For the detailed instructions please refer to the file POSKB_DRV_SETUP pdf which is in the default folder III Keyboard Programming Software The default location of executable file is C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard MatrixMaker exe 1 Select a keyboard When the program runs the Keyboard Category dialogue will appear Keyboard Category Available Product Isaa 4 Preview S24A Cancel S28A S51A S65A S66A S78A S78AtS24A 78B S89A SB44C v PS2 C USB RS232 User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 2 Select the category of the keyboard you want to program and then press OK button The following instructions are based on S78A model but they can also be applied for other models Edit Key Map If a magnetic card reader is selected in the Keyboard Category dialogue you can treat Header Separator and Suffix as buttons in the keyboard and program them by Key Code and ASCII code methods For details please refer to the Section 4 A button in the keyboard lay
3. ard and then Update Key Mappings or on the toolbar click 1 icon During updating please do not press any keys on the keyboard Update Whole Keyboard After you assigning the codes for all or some of the buttons configuring keyboard setting magstripe card reader setting and barcode reader setting you can click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Update Whole Keyboard During updating please do not press any keys on the keyboard Retrieve Keyboard If you want to get the key code programmed in each key keyboard setting or magstripe card reader setting you can click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Retrieve Keyboard or click ao icon on the toolbar During retrieving please do not press any keys on the keyboard User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 11 11 Clear All If you want to clear all key mappings the keyboard setting or the magstripe card reader setting click Keyboard on the menu bar and then Clear All or click a icon on the toolbar This action only clears the program memory It does not clear all settings in the actual keyboard 12 Save If you want to save all key mappings the keyboard setting or the magstripe card reader setting into a file click File on the menu bar and then Save or click j icon on the toolbar 13 Open You can load the key mappings keyboard setting or magstripe card reader setting from a a file click F
4. des you just press left Shift button once in the keyboard picture But in the Mapping Sequence list of the above dialogue window if you press left Shift button once i e there will be no Left Shift Up code in the Mapping Sequence list when you press this button after programming it seems that the left Shift button is still pressing continuously The above situation is also applied for Right Shift code Left Alt Code Right Alt Code Left Ctrl Code and Right Ctrl Code Therefore much attention is needed when assigning these codes 2 For PS2 interface if lt Pause gt code is assigned no other codes can be appended On the other hand if other code is assigned the lt Pause gt code cannot be appended 3 For USB interface the following codes cannot be assigned with other codes lt Wake gt lt Sleep gt lt Power gt lt Vol Up gt lt Vol Down gt lt Media Select gt lt Mail gt lt Calculator gt lt My Computer gt lt WWW Search gt On the other hand if other code is assigned the above codes cannot be appended Depending on the version of the software you can change the virtual keyboard layout by selecting the country you like Key Code Pos Index 2D Mapping Sequence r Special Codes i Cancel E E Left Shift Up L Media Select Mail Hex Code ox Insert ie no ead Sonar es E ER E E E EE R LEA a E a a e e se e pe _ a Jado o e e ad e A A en Aaa mej a on
5. ile on the menu bar and then Open or click la icon on the toolbar An error will occur if you choose to load a wrong format keymap file IV Batch Update You can update the keymap or the firmware automatically by creating a batch file After updating the program will be closed automatically 1 Keymap Update The format of the batch file for updating keymap for a PS2 or USB device Location_of_Executable_File 1 Location_of_Keymap_File t Category For example C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard MatrixMaker exe 1 C temp s78a dat t S78A The format of the batch file for updating keymap for a RS232 device Location_of_Executable_File 1 Location_of_Keymap_File t Category s Port Baud User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 12 For example C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard MatrixMaker exe 1 C temp C202AC dat t C202AC s 1 57600 2 Firmware Update Except for the USB device The format of the batch file for updating firmware for a PS2 device Location_of_Executable_File 2 Location_of_Firmware_File t Category For example C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard MatrixMaker exe 2 C temp poskb bin t S78A The format of the batch file for updating firmware for a RS232 device Location_of_Executable_File 2 Location_of_Firmware_File t Category s P
6. ne of the layers _ LayerO Layeri Layer2 C Layer3 C Layer4 LayerS5 Layer6 C Layer C Layer8 Layer9 Layer10 Layer11 C Layerl12 Layer13 Layer14 Layer15 If for example you want to program the keyboard at the 2 layer you can choose Layer 2 option in the tool bar Then assign the key codes by Key Code option or ASCII Code option However if you do not program a key to the layer index 2 there will be no response for those keys you assigned at the a layer File View Keyboard Diagnostic Help jad Doe w ll m By um Caps Scroll oes ack Lock Lock OO Memory Left 10000 Bytes User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 7 3 Keyboard Setting This setting will not be provided if a RS232 magnetic card reader is selected in the Keyboard Category dialogue If a PS2 or USB magnetic card reader is selected only Country Code setting is meaningful On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Keyboard Setting the following dialogue window will appear Keyboard Setting Country Code USA MV Repeat Enable All Keys Only Programmed Keys If you want to have a beep sound when pressing a button on the keyboard click Beep Enable option Then you can choose either All Keys or Only Programmed Keys option If you allow the key to be displayed repeatedly when pressing the button continuously click Repeat Enable option Depending on what t
7. on the keyboard click on the ASCII or Code to bring up the window for input Note 1 The code length for Header Separator and Suffix are limited to 16 only 2 Fora RS232 magnetic card reader they can only be programmed by using ASCII method According to the settings in the above dialogue window after you sliding a magstripe card along the reader it will display as follows Header codes Track 1 Start Sentinel Track 1 Data Track 1 End Sentinel Separator codes Track 2 Start Sentinel Track 2 Data Track 2 End Sentinel Separator codes Track 3 Start Sentinel Track 3 Data Track 3 End Sentinel Suffix codes After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to 7 User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 9 the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Bar Code Reader Setting Optional On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Bar Code Reader Setting or on the toolbar click Ill icon the following dialogue window will appear Bar Code Reader Setting T4901 291045 7808 Header Enable check digit verification ASCII C Code Suffix C ASCII Code Enable the sending of UPC EAN supplemental Code Enable the first character of UPC EAN 8 04521 Enable the sending of the check digit Enable Code 39 f
8. ort Baud For example C Program Files Matrix Maker Programmable Keyboard MatrixMaker exe 2 C temp poskb bin t C202AC s 1 57600 Note a There is a space before 1 2 t and s but no space after 1 2 t and s b The double quotation mark is required
9. out changing dark grey when the mouse cursor is on top of it indicates that the button can be programmable Click the left mouse button on that programmable button a popup menu appears There are totally two methods to assign the key map One method is called Key Code and another is ASCII Code After assigning codes for a button you can choose Clear in the popup menu to clear the codes Choose Layer Index to assign an index to a key S78A Untitled File Keyboard Diagnostic Language Help Alpe A iil m layero Key tek Num Caps Scroll os Lock Lock Lock Oe Memory Left 10000 Bytes Note Not all models have Key Lock User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 3 i Key Code In this method you can assign any scan codes to a key Key Code Pos Index 2D Mapping Sequence r Special Codes Code Left Shift Down R H Cancel E Left Shift Up i a L Media Select E050 L Mail E048 0 Hex Code ox Insert a Bee on Emm allo A tafea ea sa es e ar e C9 of J 6o prse seoil puse wom a wool a fw el ei rly u fol eaaa e fem eve z e 9 wows J as Jo ofc oae eer ou na fesoa ee e eixjelvielalwlel gt A olelel Ten a em Jel yd oe In the above dialogue window most popular key codes scan codes are shown in the virtual keyboard area plus a few special codes which are listed in the Special Codes area Selecting a ke
10. ull ASCII Enable Beep Update OK Header and Suffixes can be programmed similar to normal buttons on the keyboard click on the ASCII or Code to bring up the window for input After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Firmware Update Except for the USB device On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Update Firmware or on the toolbar click rd icon it will ask you the location of the firmware file During updating please do not press any keys on the keyboard Diagnostic i Enter Test Mode 10 e User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 10 The key pressed will show its key position For testing the keyboard only If your keyboard has key lock and the repeat feature is turned on the keyboard will continuously send the key lock position To stop this you can press any other key ii Exit Test Mode The key pressed will show the code programmed iii Reset Reset the keyboard only For testing the keyboard only iv Firmware Version Get the current version of the firmware Update Key Mappings After you assigning the codes for all or some of the buttons you can start to program the key mappings in the following manners On the menu bar click Keybo
11. y from the keyboard area or double clicking an item in Special Codes area will add that key s code to the Mapping Sequence list Up to 256 codes can be mapped to a single key position Any key codes scan codes that are not selectable in this screen can be mapped by directly entering the hexadecimal code for that key into the box next to Ox and pressing Insert Example If you press Shift H E Shift L L and O buttons in the virtual keyboard the Mapping Sequence list will be shown as in the above dialogue window If you want to delete O in the above Mapping Sequence list you can right click the O item A popup menu with two options will appear Select Delete option will delete the O item But if you select Clear All all items in the list will be deleted If you want to add S before H in the above Mapping Sequence list click H item in the list first then press S in the keyboard picture But remember to click any empty User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 4 items in the list if you want to append the codes at the end of the list After programming this key if you type this button in Notepad it will display HEIlo if the Caps Lock is off However it will display heLLO if the Caps Lock is on Caution 1 If for example you want to assign Left Shift code no any other co
12. ype of keyboard chosen you can assign a country code in the keyboard setting This country code will affect what the magstripe card reader reads and the keys programmed by the ASCII code method After finish the settings you like you can press Update button to send these settings to the keyboard and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Or you can press OK button to save the setting in the program memory and then the dialogue window will be automatically closed Caution If you choose Repeat Enable option and you assign non layer index for certain key lock position for example assigning Hello for key lock L When the key is switched on L position Hello will be generated repeatedly If you choose Beep Enable at the same User Manual for Matrix Maker Page 8 time you will hear a continuous beep sound Therefore it is recommended the key lock be assigned a layer index 4 Magstripe Card Reader Setting Optional On the menu bar click Keyboard and then Magstripe Card Reader Setting or on the toolbar click icon the following dialogue window will appear Magstuipe Card Reader Setting Start Sentinel End Sentinel Track1 Iv p 7 Update Track 2 M Vv a Others Header C ASCII Code Reading Sequence fi23 gt Separator V Enable Beep C ASCII Code Suffix C ASCII Code Header Separator and Suffix can be programmed similar to normal buttons
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