ocom KB78 Programmable Keyboard User Manual
- June 4, 2024
- ocom
Table of Contents
KB78 programmable keyboard
User Manual
System Installation
- If agree to the terms, then click “yes”.
- Running “setup.exe”, and clicking “next” to continue.
- You should complete the “customer information” and confirm it, then click “next”.
- Choosing “target folder”, then clicking “next”.
- Clicking “finish” to restart computer and complete the installation.
The programming software for the keyboard.
- Keyboard Selection:
The following dialog will appear when the program is running.
First, selecting the interface; second, selecting the model of the keyboard, and then clicking “OK”.
2. key code Writing
The mouse is slid to the “key”, and it will turn blue and is ready for
programming. There are three ways to code the “key” when clicking the left
mouse button: to set the definition of key by “Key Code” or “ASCII Code”, and
to set the key layer by “Layer Index”. The function of “Clear” is to reset the
code of the “Key”.
- Key code In this chart, you can set any scan code to a “key”
In the above picture, the dialog displays the key code in common use and the “Special Codes” displays some special codes. Select a key from the following keyboard interface or double-click on the item in the “Special Code” to add the key code to the “Mapping Sequence” index. Not every key code in the above picture is optional, but you can input a HEX code to any key in the blank marked “0x”, then click “Insert”.
Example:
IF you press “Shift” “H”, “E”, “Shift”, “L”,” L” or “O” on the “keyboard”,
the menu of “Mapping Sequence” will display these key codes. After finishing
programming a key, if you type the key in notepad, it will display “Hello” if
the “Caps Lock” does not work, or it will display “heLLO” if the “Caps Lock”
works.
IF you want to delete the value of “O” in the “Mapping Sequence”, using the
right mouse button to click the “O”, a menu with two options will appear, then
clicking “Delete” to remove the value of “O”; clicking “Clear All” to delete
all contents in the menu.
IF you want to add a “S” before “H” in the “Mapping Sequence”, you can only
click “H” and then press the “S” on the keyboard. But if you want to add a new
code at the end of the menu, you should click the blank line.
Warning:
①: For Inputting the key value of the “L-Shift” to the “Mapping Sequence”, you
just press “L-Shift” on the keyboard. There will display the “Left Shift Down”
which corresponds to 12 on the “Mapping Sequence”. However, if you want to set
a combination key “L-Ctrl + C”, you should press “L-Ctrl” firstly and then
press “C”, after that lose the “L-Ctrl”. As the following shows ：
The same steps can be used to “right Shift”, “left Alt”, “right Alt”, “left Ctrl” and “right Ctrl”. You should pay more attention to these combination keys, they must be released after these codes were assigned value. (the dialog will display the “Left Ctrl Up”) ② The maximum of each layer of each key is 180 key codes, and the maximum of total key codes of 16 layers of each key is 450. Remark： The figures above mentioned are key codes, not key. Parts of the key have 2 key codes.
2) ASCII Code
In this mention, you can assign printable ASCII characters, A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +,
-, *, /, and punctuation symbols. The maximum of each key layer is 180 ASCII
codes. In addition to defining the above characters, you can define some
special characters in the following way: Special Characters:
| Special codes | representation |
|---|---|
| Enter | \n or \N |
| Esc | \e or\E |
| Tab | \t or\T |
| | \\ |
Example: If you want to define the “Hello\nWorld”, as the following
diagram:
Inputting as shown in the picture, clicking “OK”. Then the keyboard setting is
downloaded to the programmable keyboard. If you type the programmed key on the
notepad, it will display as follows:
Hello World Warning: it should be less than 180 ASCII codes.
3）Layer Index
The maximum layer of the keyboard is 16 layer. You can assign a layer index to
any key you like.
For instance, if you want to define the key cord on “Layer3”, you can select “Layer3” in the menu and set the key code through scan code mode. After finishing it, you need to set a toggle key of the layer by the layer index. As the following is shown:
3. Keyboard setting
The following dialogue window will appear when you click the “keyboard”, and
then click the “Keyboard Setting”.
If you want to have a beep sound when pressing all keys on the keyboard, you
should choose “Press With Sound”.
If you don’t want a beep sound when pressing all keys on the keyboard, you
should choose “Press Without Sound”.
If you want to have a beep sound when pressing the key which has been
programmed, you should choose “Only Programmed Key Beep Enable”.
3. Magnetic card reader setting:
To set the magnetic card reader, you should click the “keyboard”, then click
the “Magstripe Card Reader Setting” or click the , as following shows:
The setting dialog as above mentioned in part one “key code” and part two “ASCII” will appear when you select the “code” or “ASCII” in the “header” 、 “separator” or “suffix”. The “header” 、 “separator” or “suffix” can be programmed in the way mentioned before. The content that was set can be downloaded by clicking “update” after finishing the setting, or was sent to the program memory by clicking “OK”, then the dialog will be shut down automatically. According to the above setting, the screen will be displayed as follows after swiping: the start code, the start sentinel of the first track, the data of the first track, the end sentinel of the first track, the separator, the start sentinel of the second track, the data of the second track, the end sentinel of the second track, the separator, the start sentinel of the third track, the data of the third track, the end sentinel of the third track, the end code.
4. Diagnostic( to check whether the keyboard is normal)
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Enter Test Mode
You can select “Enter test Mode” from the “Diagnostic”. The keyboard will enter Test Mode.
After entering Test Mode successfully, the position of the key will be shown after pressing the key. -
Exit test mode
You can select “Exit Test Mode” from the “Diagnostic”. The keyboard will exit Test mode.
After exiting Test Mode successfully, the key cored will be displayed after pressing the key. -
Set Default Value
You can select “Set Default Value” from the “Diagnostic” and click “Set Default Value” to restore the default value. -
Set “Firmware Version”
You can select “Firmware Version” from the “Diagnostic”. A dialog will be displayed on the version of the keyboard. -
Download key code setting
Download the key table in the following ways after assigning the key:
You should click “Keyboard” then select “Update Whole Keyboard” or click on tools directly.
Warning: Do not use a keyboard or mouse while downloading. -
Read Keyboard Setting
To reading the program codes of keys, keyboard settings,s or magnetic card reader settings, you can click “keyboard” then click “retrieve keyboard” or click the directly.
Warning: Do not use a keyboard or mouse while downloading. -
Clear All
To clear all keyboard settings or magnetic card reader settings, you can click the “keyboard” then select “Clear All” or click the directly.
This action only clears the content that was remembered in the program. It does not clear the setting was remembered in the keyboard. -
Save
To save all keyboard settings or magnetic card reader settings, you can click the “File” then select “Save” or click the directly. -
Open File
To select a file type and set the keyboard or magnetic card readers, you can click “File” then select “Open” or click the directly. If the key table format was an error, the system will display an error message and set “dat” as the file format. -
Update Firmware(only for KB78 with PS2 interface) To Update Firmware, you can click “Update Firmware” in the “keyboard” or click the directly. Then you should select the Keyboard chip upgrade program. The file format is “.hex”. Warning: Do not use a keyboard or mouse while downloading.