Cherry 8000 series User manual

Printed on recycled paper.

User Manual

Advanced Performance Line

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Table of Contents –

English Page

Plug Ins _______________________________________________________________________ III

Key to diagram __________________________________________________________________ 2

Application of this manual ________________________________________________________ 3

Examples of layouts ____________________________________________________________4-6

1. General Advice _____________________________________________________________ 7

2. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 7

2.1 General Description _________________________________________________________ 7

2.2 Description of the magnetic stripe card reader _________________________________ 7

2.3 Description of the barcode reader _____________________________________________ 8

2.4 Description of the smart card reader __________________________________________ 8

2.5 G 80-8212: keylock switch ___________________________________________________ 8

2.6 Model 8100 series; touchpad ________________________________________________ 8

2.7 G 81-8308 _________________________________________________________________ 8

2.8 Model Core Plus ____________________________________________________________ 8

3. Installation _________________________________________________________________ 8

3.1 System requirements _______________________________________________________ 8

3.2 Software __________________________________________________________________ 9

4. Programming _______________________________________________________________ 9

4.1 Deﬁnition of terms header and terminator _____________________________________ 9

4.2 Programming the magnetic card reader and barcode unit ________________________ 9

4.3 Programming the free programmable keys ____________________________________ 10

4.4 Programming examples ____________________________________________________ 22

4.5 Example for programming a free programmable key ___________________________ 23

4.6 G 81-8308: keyboard with 24 free programmable keys _________________________ 24

5. Using the magnetic stripe card reader ________________________________________ 26

5.1 Cleaning the magnetic head ________________________________________________ 26

6. Connecting of barcode reading devices (Versions with barcode option only) _______ 26

7. Using the integrated smart card teminals _____________________________________ 27

7.1 Inserting the smartcard _____________________________________________________ 27

7.2 Inserting plug in cards ______________________________________________________ 28

8. Firmware _________________________________________________________________ 28

9. Status indicators ___________________________________________________________ 28

10. Technical speciﬁcations _____________________________________________________ 28

10.1 Technical speciﬁcations for the keyboard _____________________________________ 28

10.2 Technical speciﬁcations magnetic swipe card reader ___________________________ 29

10.3 Technical speciﬁcations for the barcode decoder unit __________________________ 29

10.4 Technical speciﬁcations for the smart card terminal ____________________________ 29

10.5 Technical speciﬁcations for touchpad _________________________________________ 29

11. Troubleshooting ___________________________________________________________ 30

12. Optional accessoires _______________________________________________________ 31

Chinese _______________________________________________________________________ 32

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III

LOCK

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Key to diagram

➭Figure page III

Keyboard 8000 series

Front of keyboard

➀Vertical smart card slot (G 81-8900)

➁Horizontal smart card slot (G 81-8901)

➂Barcode connector, 6pol

right (Barcode 2)

➃LEDs indicating status of keyboard

and function

➄Keyboard cable and plug

Rear side of keyboard 8000 series

⑥Barcode connector, 9pol

right (Barcode !)

⑦RS 232 connector

Bottomside of keyboard 8000 series

➇Cable channel

➈Plug in housing cover

➉Adjustable feet

Smart card terminal interface (RS 232)

9- pin SUB-D plug

Keyboard plug DIN or mini DIN

➭Fold out front and back page of

manual

Keyboard 8000 series and 7000 series

Plug ins

➊Plug in housing

➋Locking device

➌Bevelled edges

➍Guide channel

➭Figure page IV

Keyboard 7000 series

Front of keyboard

➀Vertical smart card slot

➁LEDs indicating status of keyboard and

function

➂Keyboard cable and plug

Rear side of keyboard 7000 series

➃Barcode connector, 9pol

right (Barcode 1)

➄RS 232 connector

➅Barcode connector, 6pol

right (Barcode 2)

Bottomside of keyboard 7000 series

➆Cable channel

➇Plug in housing cover

➈Adjustable feet

➉Smart card terminal interface (RS 232)

9- pin SUB-D plug

Keyboard plug DIN or mini DIN

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Developed above all with professional

typing applications in mind, Cherry

keyboards fulﬁll all important

requirements posed by the market and

ergonomics. They embody mature inno-

vative and user-friendly technology that is

optimally suited for successful office and

dataprocessing.

Applications of this

manual

This manual is applicable to keyboards of

series 7000 and 8000, G 80 as well as

G 81-8308. The keyboard layouts shown

depict the positioning of the freely

programmable function keys as well as

the integrated card reading devices,

which differ according to the various

moolets.

Examples of layouts:

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Ex. G81-7002

Ex. G80-7009

relegendable keycaps

free programmable keycaps

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relegendable keycaps

free programmable keycaps

Ex. G80-8109

Ex. G81-8002

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Ex. G81-8308

relegendable keycaps

free programmable keycaps

Ex. G80-8202

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1.General Advice

Cherry continually optimizes its products

in accordance with technological

developments. We therefore reserve the

right to make any technical alterations.

The establishment of reliability as well as

the deﬁnition of technical details takes

place according to Cherry’s internal

examinations, which comply with

generally recognized regulations or

standards. Requirements which deviate

from these norms are to be covered

through the determined operating

conditions by the user. lf necessary, we

are also available to help. Improper

handling, storage, external inﬂuences

and/or further processing can lead to

disturbances and defects during use. We

stress that we do not grant any warranty

or accept any liability if our product is

altered by the user, the exception being

that this is released expressly in writing

for the speciﬁc case of use. This is also

especially valid if repairs and maintenance

work have not been carried out by

trained personnel. To avoid danger of

explosion, the optional lithium battery

may only be exchanged by an expert.

Possible compensation claims against us

whatever the legal are out of the

question as long as they do not concern

intent or negligence on our behalf. The

abovementioned restriction does not

apply to compensation claims, according

to the Product Liability Law. The

following operating instructions are only

valid for the accompanying product.

Please look in the Internet

(http://www.cherry.de) for the

most up-to-date information.

2. Introduction

2.1 General Description

The Cherry G 81-8000 (standard format)

and G 81-7000 (19” compact format) as

8100, CorePlus and 8300 are a new

generation of chip card reader keyboards.

With this keyboard chip cards, magnetic

cards and barcode readers, plug ins and

touchpad can be handled within one

application.

2.2 Description of the magnetic

stripe card reader

The integrated swipe-type magnetic

stripe card reader is capable of reading

all magnetic stripe card types described

in DIN ISO 7812. The versions with a 3-

track magnetic card allow the possibility

to read the max. 3 tracks separately, in

pairs or all together. The selection of the

tracks can be chosen by the user. The 2-

track versions offer the possibility to read

the tracks separately or simultaneously.

The magnetic card data is converted to

the conresponding keyboard scan codes

and then transmitted via the keyboard

interface to the computer.

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2.7 G 81-8308

Keyboard with 24 programmable keys,

each with ten programmable levels

(cf. also section 4.6)

2.8 Model Core Plus

Keyboard with integrated smartcard

terminal based on GEMCORE from

Gemplus. The keyboard can incorporate

any or all of the following components: 2

main cards, 4 SIMM modules, 4 Mbit

ﬂash RAM for data, 128 Kbit RAM, real

time clock, battery-backed buffer for RTC

and RAM, RS 232 interface. Power is

supplied through the keyboard port.

You can obtain the required driver

software from Gemplus under

http://www.gemplus.com

3. Installation

3.1 System requirements

The keyboard has been developed for

operation together with an IBM, AT, PS/2

or 100% compatible computer.

Warning!

Smartcards contain data that may have

considerable (ﬁnancial) value, as well as

personal secret (cryptographic) keycodes:

➭Take precautions against theft and

misuse!

To install the keyboard, proceed as

follows:

➭Switch your computer off

➭Unplug the old keyboard

(for versions with touchpad also the

2.3 Description of the barcode

reader

The keyboards with barcode option are

equipped with an integrated barcode

decoder. With this barcode decoder and

a reading device, it is possible to decode

the following barcode types: Code 39,

Code 93, Code 11, Code 16K, Plessey,

MSI, Industrial 2/5, Matrix 2/5,

Interleaved 2/5, Codabar, Code 128,

UPC/EAN/JAN. Detection of the various

barcode types is automatic. The barcode

reader data is converted to the

corresponding keyboard scan codes and

then transmitted to the computer via the

keyboard interface.

2.4 Description of the smart card

reader

The integrated smart card reader is

capable of reading and writing smart

cards of DIN ISO/IEC 7816.

2.5 G 80-8212: keylock switch

Depending on the position of the keylock

switch, the following codes are returned:

Lock position (L): E0 16 E0 F0 16

Operator position (O): E0 1E E0 F0 1E

Manager position (M): E0 26 E0 F0 26

Aux 1 position (1): E0 25 E0 F0 25

Aux 2 position (2): E0 00 E0 F0 00

2.6 Model 8100 series: touchpad

This family of keyboards also includes a

touchpad, intended as a substitute for a

mouse. The touchpad is compatible with

PS/2 and serial (RS 232) ports. An

adapter is required in order to connect

the keyboard to an RS 232 interface

(cf. Accessories)

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mouse)

➭Plug in the Cherry keyboard

➭For versions with Smart card reader:

connect 9-pin SUB-D plug to the

RS 232 port (for versions with

touchpad the 6-pin Mini-Din plug)

➭Switch your computer back on

After being powered up, the computer

and the keyboard perform a self-test.

Once the self-test has been successfully

completed and the operating system has

been loaded, you can begin working with

the new keyboard. Please check to make

sure that the keyboard works properly. lf

an error message is displayed or

meaningless characters are displayed on

screen after the computer is switched

on, please check to make sure that the

keyboard is properly connected to the

computer.

3.2. Software

The keyboard comes complete with

conﬁguration software. This utility allows

you to store and manage various

keyboard conﬁgurations, and also to

conﬁgure any supplementary keyboard

features (e.g. barcode readers, magnetic

card scanners, programmable function

keys (PF) and so on) to suit your

individual preferences or requirements.

The G81-8308 keyboard family also

comes with Cherry’s TAP utility. This

program shows you the current conﬁgu-

ration and layout of the ten

storage layers available for each

programmable key on the keyboard.

Software updates and version upgrades

can be obtained from Cherry’s Internet

website at http://www.cherry.de.

Note

Launching the conﬁguration software

automatically disables the manual

keyboard programming function.

4. Programming

4.1 Deﬁnition of terms header

and terminator

Header: The header indicates the start of

a containing data from the magnetic card

reader or the barcode reader. The header

code is a code sequence being

transmitted ﬁrst over the keyboard

interface prior to sending the actual

magnetic card reader or barcode reader

data.

Terminator: The terminator indicates the

end of a transmission containing data

from the magnetic card reader or the

barcode reader. The terminator code is a

code sequence being transmitted over

the keyboard interface after sending the

actual magnetic card reader or barcode

reader data.

4.2 Programming the magnetic

card reader and barcode unit

If you want to enter the programming

menu scan the “Enter Prog Mode” label

or press the 6 mode keys (SHIFT left,

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SHIFT right, CTRL left, CTRL right, ALT

left, ALT right) at the same time for at

least 3 seconds. The keyboard will

perform two beeps to indicate that the

programming menu has been entered or

left. When you entered the menu a short

beep will indicate a valid input and a long

beep will indicate a wrong input. If you

want to exit the programming menu scan

the “Exit Prog Mode” label or press the

space bar. It is helpful to run an editor

program on your PC while programming

the keyboard to get all status messages

onto the screen.

4.3 Programming the

free programmable keys

(without G 81-8308)

If you want to enter the programming

menu for the free programmable keys

scan the “Enter Prog Mode” label or

press the 6 mode keys (SHIFT left,

SHIFT right, CTRL left, CTRL right, ALT

left, ALT right) at the same time for at

least 3 seconds. The keyboard will

perform two beeps to indicate that the

programming menu has been entered.

Select the free programmable key you

like to program by pressing. Type the

keystring you like to program. It is

possible to program all keys or key

combinations up to a stringlength of 16

characters. To ﬁnish the string press the

key you like to programm for a second

time. If you want to exit the

programming menu scan the "Exit Prog

Mode" label or press the space bar.

The following list shows the options of

the programming menu.

Refer chapter 4.4 for some examples.

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Option 1st 2nd 3rd Default

Code 39

Decoding enabled A 1 Y/N Y

Start/Stop Charakter included A 2 Y/N N

Check Digit required A 3 Y/N N

Check Digit included A 4 Y/N N

Full ASCII selected A 5 Y/N N

Adaptive Algorithm selected A 6 Y/N N

Append Option selected A 7 Y/N N

Code 128

Mode A C 1 Y/N Y

Mode B C 2 Y/N Y

Mode C C 3 Y/N Y

Leading FNC1 required C 4 Y/N N

FNC Digit included C 5 Y/N N

Codabar

Decoding enabled F 1 Y/N Y

Start & Stop Character included F 2 Y/N N

Concatenation enabled F 3 Y/N Y

Concatenation required F 4 Y/N N

Interleaved 2/5

Decoding enabled I 1 Y/N Y

Check Digit I 2 Y/N N

required I 3 Y/N N

Check Digit included I 4 Y/N N

Adaptive Algorithm Selected

Industrial 2/5

Streight 2/5 Decoding enabled S 1 Y/N Y

IATA 2/5 Decoding enabled S 2 Y/N Y

IATA 2/5 Mod7 Check Digit required S 3 Y/N N

MSI

Decoding enabled M 1 Y/N Y

Plessey

Decoding enabled P 1 Y/N Y

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Comment

Start/Stop character in output string transmitted

Only label with check digit accepted

Check digit transmitted if available

Extendend Code 39 option selected

Aggressive algorithm which accepts dirty or bad labels (greater tolerance).

Chaining of Code 39 labels possible.

Special character set selected

Only label with leading FNC 1 accepted

FNCx character transmitted if available

Start/Stop character in output string transmitted

Chaining of labels possible

Chaining of labels required

Only label with check digit accepted

Check digit transmitted if available

Aggressive algorithm which accepts dirty or bad labels (greater tolerance)

Only label with check digit accepted

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Option 1st 2nd 3rd Default

Matrix 2/5

Decoding enabled X 1 Y/N Y

Code 93

Decoding enabled G 1 Y/N Y

Code 11

Decoding enabled H 1 Y/N Y

Only one Check Digit required H 2 Y/N N

Code 16K

Decoding enabled K 1 Y/N Y

Leading FNC1 required K 2 Y/N N

FNC Digit included K 3 Y/N N

Click on each row K 4 Y/N N

EAN/JAN

EAN 13 Decoding enabled E 1 Y/N Y

EAN 8 Decoding enabled E 2 Y/N Y

Check Digit included E 3 Y/N Y

UPC/EAN Addendum required E 4 Y/N N

EAN 2-Digit Addendum enabled E 5 Y/N Y

EAN 5-Digit Addendum enabled E 6 Y/N Y

UPC

UPC-A Decoding enabled U 1 Y/N Y

UPC-E0 Decoding enabled U 2 Y/N Y

UPC-E1 Decoding enabled U 3 Y/N Y

UPC-E Data Expand to A-Format U 4 Y/N N

Exp. Format: System Digit included U 5 Y/N Y

Exp. Format. Check Digit included U 6 Y/N Y

Compressed Format: System Digit included U 7 Y/N Y

Compressed Format: Check Digit included U 8 Y/N Y

2-Digit Addendum enabled U 9 Y/N Y

5-Digit Addendum enabled U 0 Y/N Y

Option 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Min/Max length

Min Length A-U O 0-9 0-9 0-9

Max Length A-U B 0-9 0-9 0-9

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Comment

Only label with one check digit accepted

Only label with leading FNC1 accepted

FNCx character transmitted if available

Click on every successfully read row

Output with check digit

Only labels with supplemental accepted

2 digit supplemental enabled

5 digit supplemental enabled

12 digit UPC-A Code enabled

Output with zero suppression

Output with non zero suppression

8 digit label expand to 12 digit output

Expanded Format with system digit

Expanded Format with check digit

Compressed Format (8 digit) with system digit

Compressed Format (8 digit) with check digit

2 digit supplemental enabled

5 digit supplemental enabled

Comment

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Option 1st 2nd 3rd Default

Barcode/ Header & Terminator

Barcode 1 Header Enable/Disable Q 1 Y/N N

Barcode 2 Header Enable/Disable Q 2 Y/N N

Deﬁne and Enable Barcode 1 Header Q 3 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Barcode 2 Header Q 4 – not def.

Barcode 1 Terminator Enable/Disable T 1 Y/N N

Barcode 2 Terminator Enable/Disable T 2 Y/N N

Deﬁne and Enable Barcode 1 Terminator T 3 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Barcode 2 Terminator T 4 – nor def.

Magnetic card/ Header & Terminator

Track 1 header Enable/Disable V 1 Y/N N

Track 2 header Enable/Disable V 2 Y/N N

Track 3 header Enable/Disable V 3 Y/N N

Track 4 header Enable/Disable V 4 Y/N N

Deﬁne and Enable Track 1 Header V 5 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 2 Header V 6 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 3 Header V 7 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 4 Header V 8 – not def.

Track 1 Terminator Enable/Disable W 1 Y/N N

Track 2 Terminator Enable/Disable W 2 Y/N N

Track 3 Terminator Enable/Disable W 3 Y/N N

Track 4 Terminator Enable/Disable W 4 Y/N N

Deﬁne and Enable Track 1 Terminator W 5 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 2 Terminator W 6 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 3 Terminator W 7 – not def.

Deﬁne and Enable Track 4 Terminator W 8 – not def.

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Comment

After 1st label and 2nd label you can enter the header/terminator string.End of string:

Enter key (NUM Pad).

After 1st label and 2nd label you can enter the header/terminator string.End of string:

Enter key (NUM Pad).

After 1st label and 2nd label you can enter the header/terminator string.End of string:

Enter key (NUM Pad).

After 1st label and 2nd label you can enter the header/terminator string.End of string:

Enter key (NUM Pad).