POSIFLEX KB-6600 Series User manual

Rev. : Original
KB-6600
SERIES
TECHNICAL MANUAL

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES
FCC NOTES
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has
been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to subpart J of Part 15
of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when operated
in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures to
correct the interference.
WARRANTY LIMITS
Warranty will terminate automatically when the machine is opened by any person other than
the authorized technicians. The user should consult his/her dealer for the problem happened. Warranty
voids if the user does not follow the instructions in application of this merchandise. The manufacturer is
by no means responsible for any damage or hazard caused by improper application.
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual assists the user especially the software programmer who provides the software
system for POS application to utilize the hardware of the KB-6600 series which is a member of the
POSIFLEX programmable keyboard family. The powerful programmable keyboard KB-6600 series
consists of a 6 positioned electronic control key and 84 programmable press keys with preprogrammed
numerical keypad providing excellent tactile click when pressed, and an optional magnetic stripe reader
for either ISO or JIS standards. The KB-6600 not only is capable of being programmed to transmit
whatever code a standard PC or PS2 keyboard can deliver, but also provides a great variety of
programmability such that contains all capabilities of the most modern programmable keyboards.
The manufacturer of the KB-6600 series heartily apologizes to the user for reserving the right to change
or to modify this manual without notice due to the rapid and constant progress and improvement on
science and technology. The user may always obtain the most up to date information or software utilities
through any of our web sites:
http://www.posiflex.com; http://www.posiflex.com.tw
Copyright Posiflex Inc., 2005
All rights are strictly reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of Posiflex Inc. the publisher of this documentation.
TRADE MARKS AND SERVICE MARKS
POSIFLEX is a registered trademark of Posiflex Inc..
Other brand and product names are trademarks and registered trademarks and service marks of
their respective owners.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
UTILITY INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -1
WINDOWS UTILITY INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 -1
DOS UTILITY INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 -4
PROGRAMMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -1
BASIC CONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -1
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -1
The Program Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -1
Input To The Program Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -2
Editing The Program Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -2
Output From The Program Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -4
Transferring Between A File And The Keyboard . . . . . . 2 -4
Modifying A Programmable Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -5
Modifying A File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -5
The Program Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -6
6-position key-lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -6
Programmable keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -6
Answer back codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -7
Keyboard configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -7
Optional MSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -7
KBW.EXE FOR WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -8
Starting The Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -8
The Command Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -9
Special Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -11
KBM.EXE FOR DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -13
Starting The Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -13
The View Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -15
Help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -15
Keyboard configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -15

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MSR configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -16
The ASCII Code Editing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -17
Help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -17
The Scan Code Editing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -17
Help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -18
Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -18
SHORTCUT UTILITY (RWM.EXE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -20
Under Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -20
Under DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 -20
HARDWARE DETAILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -1
PCB LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -1
CONNECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -1
JUMPER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -2
SERVICE GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -1
SPARE PARTS LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 -1
ASSEMBLY DRAWING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -4

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UTILITY INSTALLATION
There is one basic concept that may require some clarification for some users.
The use (or application) of a programmable keyboard actually requires no drivers or
utility. The utilities we study herein concerns about programming the programmable
keyboard or in other words, it’s much more like preparation of the keyboard before
using it and therefore the utilities may be carried out under different environment such
as different OS or even different hosting machine from the application of the
programmable keyboard. There are in total three methods to program the programmable
keys in KB-6600 QWERTY type programmable keyboard: 1. “KBW.EXE” the normal
programming utility under Windows; 2. “KBM.EXE” the normal programming utility
under DOS or Windows DOS box and 3. “RWM.EXE” the straightforward direct
read/write programming utility under DOS or Windows DOS box.
Installation of the first 3 programming methods can be found in the Posiflex
Product Information CD delivered with the keyboard or Posiflex POS terminals or can
be downloaded from Posiflex web site. The 4
th programming method is a default
capability of the KB-6600 unless it is disabled by configuration in the programming
utility.
WINDOWS UTILITY INSTALLATION
Please find in the Posiflex Product Information CD the subfolder
\Drivers\KB\KBW.nnn and double click the “Setup.exe” to install the whole utility. A
screen like Fig. 1-1will appear, Click “Browse” to find or to change the subfolder
where the drivers will be stored and click “Next” to continue installation.
Fig 1-1

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Click “Next”and there will be a program group “Posiflex Tools” in the program
folders.
Click “Next”to next step.
Select the “ Yes, Iwant to restart my computer now”and click “Finish”to
complete the whole installation.
Fig 1-2
Fig 1-3
Fig 1-4

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When the system is restarted, the user may find the item “Posiflex
Programmable Keyboard” in the “Posiflex Tools”
submenu within Program Files. The user may select this item to start the programming
task of KB-6600 in Windows.

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DOS UTILITY INSTALLATION
Please find in the Posiflex Product Information CD the subdirectory
\Drivers\KB\KB6600.nnn and install the programmable keyboard utility by executing
the “install” command in this subdirectory under true DOS or DOS box of Win 98.
The screen will then change to Fig. 1-5:
Fig 1-5
Answer “y” to the above question, the screen will become to Fig. 1-6:
Fig 1-6
Answer “y” to the above question if the operating system is Windows 3.1 or
Win 95 or Win 98. Answer “n” to the above question for DOS. The screen will then
become to Fig. 1-7:

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Fig 1-7
After the user presses the “y” key confirming the intention, the installation
starts and a message “COPYING FILES” shows up briefly as in Fig. 1-8together with
some beeps denoting the installation progress from time to time.
Fig 1-8
All the necessary files will be copied to the directory “POSIFLEX.D”, and the
installation is completed. After a while, the screen will be like in Fig. 1-9. The utility is
copied.

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Fig 1-9