POSIFLEX KB-6600 Series User manual

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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 is written in an attempt with full strength to assist the user to utilize
the powerful programmable keyboard KB6600 series which consists of a 6 positioned
electronic control key and 84 press keys which provides excellent tactile click when
pressed, and an optional magnetic stripe reader for ISO standards. The KB6600 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 this product 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 information in this manual contains only essential hardware concerns for general
user and is subject to change without notice. Posiflex reserves the right to alter product
designs, layouts or drivers without notification. The system integrator shall provide
applicative notices and arrangement for special options utilizing this product. The user
may find the most up to date information of the hardware from web sites:
http://www.posiflex.com or http://www.posiflex.com.tw
All rights are strictly reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced,
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Posiflex Inc. the publisher of this documentation.
©Copyright Posiflex Inc. 2004
All brand and product names and trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
P/N: 19170900010
KB6600 Series
Programmable Keyboard
User’s Manual Rev. Original

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I. OVERVIEW
A. SCOPE
The KB6600 series is a series of powerful programmable keyboard
suitable for application in PC compatible system, programmable without TSR
under DOS, Win98/2000, Win XP embedded and Win XP Pro environment.
This series provides 84 keys (max.) of a comfortable size 19 x 19 mm in 6 x 15
matrix within which a 4 x 4 numerical keypad resides and a 6 position control
key which is capable of sending answer back codes according to the position
of the key.
B. FEATURES
1) Powerful programming ability (hot key programming,
programming under DOS, off-line programming under DOS,
programming under Windows, multiple page, multiple level,
whole range key content, time delay, position sense answer back
code, etc.)
2) True spill proof structure
3) Reliable and pleasant key click
4) Comfortable key size
5) Optional blank key, double key for alternative key group layout
6) Optional MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader)
C. MODEL NUMBERS
MODEL # DESCRIPTION
KB6600 Standard model (8 KB non-volatile memory)
KB6600M2 Keyboard with 2 tracks ISO7811 MSR (tracks 1 & 2)
KB6600M2/3
Keyboard with 2 tracks ISO7811 MSR (tracks 2 & 3)
KB6600M3 Keyboard with 3 tracks ISO7811 MSR (tracks 1, 2 & 3)
KB6600MJ Keyboard with 2 tracks JIS II MSR (JIS I track 2 & JIS II)
II. PACKAGE CONTENTS
1) Programmable keyboard
2) Key clip x 1 (mounted at bottom of the programmable keyboard)
3) Accessory bag including:
ØInterface cable CCBLA-055-1 for PS2 KB port x 1
ØLegend sheet x 4
ØControl keys 4 pcs/set x 1 (set)

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ØPosiflex product information CD x 1
ØUser’s manual x 1
ØKey cap (for single key) x 68
A. OPTION LIST
1) MSR (ISO track 1 & 2, ISO track 2 & 3, ISO track 1, 2 & 3, or
JIS I track 2 + JIS II) /pc
2) Double key with key cap / set
3) Blank key / pc
4) Single key top and key cap / set
III. INSTALLATION
A. CABLE CONNECTION
For installation in a PS2 or a compatible system with KB6600 connect
the 6 pin DIN male plug of cable CCBLA-055-1 out of the accessory bag to
the 6 pin DIN female connector at the left of the bottom of the programmable
keyboard. Connect the mini DIN 6 male plug of the cable to the PS2 or a
compatible system. Connect the PS2 keyboard or other PS2 keyboard wedged
device like a CCD scanner to the 6 pin mini DIN female connector at the
bottom of the programmable keyboard ifrequired.
B. KEYTOP LAYOUT
The basic layout of this programmable keyboard is a matrix with 6 rows
and 15 columns to provide maximum 84 positions for push keys with a 6
position control key and LED indicators. Within these 84 positions there is
four by four matrix below the control key area configured as numerical keypad.
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This numerical keypad is a set of “numerical keys” which is composed of 12
numerical keys each is preprinted with one from the set of “0”, “00”, “.”, “1”,
“2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”, “7”, “8” and “9” plus “-“, “+” and a double size
“Enter” key (ref. Fig. 3-6). However, there are means for the user to break the
monotony and to improve the efficiency in application of this programmable
keyboard.
First of all, there are 4 legend sheets of different colors in the accessory
bag that the user may want to print the identification for each programmed key
into each cell of the sticker matrix and then stick each cell printed with the
identification onto the surface of the corresponding key top. A key cap from
the accessory bag can be snapped on the key top to protect the sticker (ref. Fig.
3-2). In this way the user may feel a lot easier in using the programmable
keyboard.
At the bottom of the programmable keyboard, the user may find an
adjustable key clip which can be used to pick up the key cap whenever
required (ref. Fig. 3-2). The two “feet” of the key clip should be pulled wide
for use with double key (ref. Fig. 3-3). It is advisable to use a flattop (minus
sign) screw driver to help getting the key top off when necessary (ref. Fig. 3-2
and 3-3 ).
Whenever there comes the need to install a key top onto the
programmable keyboard, the user should notice that at the bottom of each key
top, one of the four walls is springy and in the hole on the keyboard to accept
the bottom of the key top there is a protuberance at the lower side. The user
should match the springy wall of key top against the protuberance in the hole
(ref. Fig. 3-4) and press the key top down till a click sound is heard. The key
cap (except the blank key) should be placed after the printed label is stuck onto
the key top.
Furthermore, there are blank keys available which the user can use to
form visible partitions or clusters of key tops on the programmable keyboard.
When the user wants to make a group of keys on the programmable keyboard
clearly separated from the rest part of the keyboard for certain specific
application, he/she can use the blank keys to replace the normal individual
keys around the area. The top surface of a blank key is at the ground level of
the key stroke for other keys (ref. Fig. 3-6). The blank key will not be pressed
down when pressed. The user may order for accessional quantity of the blank
keys as option for his/her application.
There are also double key available for the user to configure the
programmable keyboard such that the most frequently used keys may occupy
larger areas. The double key occupies two adjacent positions and uses only the
bottom position for key content (ref. Fig. 3-3). An example of using the above
mentioned alternate key tops is shown in Fig. 3-6

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IV. APPLICATION
A. KEYBOARD CONSTRUCTION
This keyboard is constructed of three parts on the top surface (ref. Fig.
4-1). A 6 position turning key switch area is at the upper right corner, a 15 x 6
matrix of push key switches occupies most of the top surface and a slot near
the right edge is designed for the Magnetic Stripe Reader of the -M2, -M2/3,
-M3, -MJ models.
In the rectangular area at upper right corner there are one 6 position
electronic key switch and two LED’s. The upper LED is for power-on
indicator and under power-on LED is the MSR indicator. The 6 position
MSR slot
MSR indicator
Power-on LED
6 position key
6 position key switch
15 x 6 push keys Fig. 4-1
Fig. 3-2Fig. 3-3Fig. 3-4
Springy
wall
protuberance
Fig. 3-5Numerical keys
Single key
Double key
Fig. 3-6

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electronic key can be turned to one of the following 6 positions: LP, L0, L1, L2,
L3 and L4. It can only be taken out from the switch at positions L0 and L1.
The purpose of this electronic key serves 3 folds: When the key is switched to
(and extracted from) position L0, the whole keyboard output will be blocked
off by hardware to work as a security measure. A programmable answer back
code for the final position of the 6 position electronic key will be sent by the
keyboard to the host computer whenever the key is switched to a new position
for a programmable delay time or when the host computer sends a specific
code (E7h) to inquire the keyboard. The position of the electronic key
determines which page of the key content table for the 84 push keys applies,
while the definitions of the same key within different pages can be
programmed so absolutely independent to provide instant menu change over.
This turnable electronic key switch is delivered with a set of 4 pcs keys,
each marked as “PRG”, “REG”, “Z” and “GT”. The effective range of each of
the 4 keys can be illustrated by the following table and drawing.
PRG REG ZGT
LP YNNN
L0 YYYY
L1 YYYY
L2 YYYY
L3 YNYY
L4 NNNY
B. MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader)
The MSR slot is near theright edge of the Programmable Keyboard. The
MSR indicator LED is located at the upper left corner of the block containing
the electronic key. There are three choices of the reader types –ISO 1,2 or 2,3
dual tracks and ISO triple tracks types. For card reading, be sure to insert the
card to the bottom with magnetic stripe of ISO card facing downward. The
movement of an ISO card can be either inserting the card from the top surface
at the upper end then sliding the card to the lower out of the slot, or sliding the
card from the lower of the slot till it reaches the upper end of the slot (ref. Fig.
4-2). The MSR indicator will light up in green when the MSR is ready to read,
blink during reading, and then give a green light if the reading is successful.
The MSR indicator will turn to be red if the reading fails due to improper
sliding or poor magnetic intensity of the magnetic stripe, the MSR indicator
will then turn back to green when the MSR is again ready to read.

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V. PROGRAMMING THE KEYBOARD
A. UTILITY INSTALLATION
There are in total three methods to program the programmable keys in
KB6600 series keyboard: “RWM.EXE” the straightforward direct read/write
programming utility under DOS or Windows DOS box; “KBM.EXE” the
normal programming utility under DOS or Windows DOS box or
“KBW.EXE” the normal programming utility under Windows and the “Hot
key programming”capability.
In the attached product information CD, there is a file named
“INSTALL.EXE” for installation of all the utilities into any operating system
among Windows 98, and DOS. The user may install the programming utility
by following the step by step instructions from this executable program. Both
“KBM.EXE” and “RWM.EXE” will be installed after completion. Please
select the right model when entering the “KBM.EXE” program. The user may
refer to the information on our web site for a preview of thisprogram.
A programming utility that is referred to as “KBW.EXE” in this manual
is developed particularly for the Windows 98/NT/2000/XP environment.
Please find in the utility product information CD or in folder
\Drivers\KB\KB6600 of the CD and double click the “Setup” program to
install the whole utility. After completion of the “Setup”, there will be a
program group “Posiflex Tools” in the program files. Clicking the program
“Posiflex Programmable Keyboard” in this group will activate the KBW.EXE
for the KB6600 series. Please select the right model when entering the
program.
MSR Slot
MSR Indicator
Reader Head Mark
Power on
Indicator
ISO Card Magnetic Stripe
Toward User
Fig. 4 -2 Reading magnetic stripe cards of ISO standard

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B. PROGRAMMING UTILITY (KBM.EXE)
1QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
Please refer to our web site for every detail in programming these
programmable keyboards. The following simplified guide severs as a concise
tool for instant application.
Keys To Program How to Program Them
Esc, F1 -F12, Back Space, Shift,
Ctrl, Alt, Insert, Delete, End, Page
Up, Page Down, Print Scrn, Scroll
Lock, Break, and all Arrow
Functions
Press: (Alt-N), Esc, “Desired Key”,
Down Arrow
A -Z, 0 -9, ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )
-_ = + } { [ ] |\’ ; ” : /. , < > ? Press: Enter, “Desired Key or Keys”, Down Arrow
Tab, Enter Press: (Alt-N), “Desired Key”,
Down Arrow
Caps Lock Press: Enter, (Alt-C), Down Arrow
Multishift Press: (Alt-N), (Alt-M), Down Arrow ----Press (Alt-M) as many
times as needed.
Seperator In Between Any Text, Press(Alt-S)
PC or PST SYSTEM
PROGRAMMABLE
KEYBOARD
PC or PS2 KEYBOARD
EXT. KB PORT
Fig. 5 -1Preparations

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2HARDWARE LIMITATION
In case of “multiple combination key” application which means pressing
three or more keys at the same time to obtain certain data output from the
keyboard, there could be some limitations inherent from the nature of
keyboard structure. The CPU of keyboard detects the contact between the
“horizontal” and “vertical” lines for each key press, recognizes which key is
pressed and sends correspondent data to the host computer. When there are
many keys pressed at the same time, and the pattern of the contacts coincides
with some special relationship, there are chances that the CPU of keyboard be
confused about exactly which keys are pressed. The user may change the
locations of the key-definition to prevent this once such confusion happens.
3PROGRAMMING UTILITY (KBW.EXE)
This utility programs the programmable keyboard as KBM.EXE does
but using Windows application interface. Please use on -line help to program
the programmable keyboard. Use the connected PS/2 keyboard for data entry
of usual characters. Use mouse right click or the “ ” key on keyboard for
data input of some special codes.
4SHORTCUT UTILITY(RWM.EXE)
The feature of this RWM.EXE is designed mainly for the off-line
programming purpose and is very useful in quick reproduction of the
preprogrammed contents of the programmable keyboard. In such application,
the user should have either the preprogrammed keyboard or the
preprogrammed file with “.tpl” extension name which is the result of the
keyboard programming. The user may use RWM.EXE to directly transfer the
programmed result of the programmable keyboard to a “.tpl” file or directly
transfer a prestored “.tpl” file to a programmable keyboard without entering
the utility “KBM.EXE” or “KBW.EXE” which may take more keystrokes. For
instance, the user wants to transfer a file “XXX.tpl”, which was saved before,
to the programmable keyboard, he/she should type in following command in
subdirectory “POSIFLEX.D”:
RWM XXX.tpl (enter)
This operation is quite recommended to be performed on a daily basis to
ensure the system stability.
On the other hand, when the user wants to save the contents of a
programmed keyboard, e.g. when he/she newly receives a programmable
keyboard, to a file named “YYY.tpl”, he/she should type in following
command in subdirectory “POSIFLEX.D”:

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RWM –rYYY.tpl (enter)
In this application, the user must be careful on the housekeeping of these
template files and never mix such files with those originated from other
programmable keyboard. In other words, transferring a file generated from
other programmable keyboard to KB6600 series could mess up the data format
inside KB6600 series, and vice versa.
5ANSWER BACK CODE
Programming the answer back codes of the 6 position electronic
key-lock is also very easy as they are included in the keyboard programming
with the locations coded as “KLP”, “KL0”, “KL1”, “KL2”, “KL3” and “KL4”
in the key-layout map of page L1. These answer back codes will be issued by
the programmable keyboard to PC whenever the 6 position electronic key is
switched to a new position (there will be a time delay as determined in the
configuration of the keyboard programming utility and is adjustable by “r” and
“t” key presses, this time delay is useful to give only the answer back code of
the last position of control key when it is turned across multiple positions) or
when the keyboard receives an “enquiry” code (E7h) from the PC or the PST
system. Here are some examples of sending this “enquiry” code in different
languages:
6HOT KEY PROGRAMMING
The POSIFLEX programmable keyboard KB6600 series supports the
“hot key programming” method which is most useful in instant modification of
a few keys in a preprogrammed keyboard without entering the more
sophisticated programming utility. Of course, the user may also use this feature
to program through out all 84 keys by 5 pages (LP and L1 to L4) at will. The
whole process of “Hot key programming” contains 4 steps for each key to be
programmed and is illustrated as following:
Preparation
Enter “hot key
programming”
mode
Input the
content to be
programmed
Exit “hot key
programming”
mode
Language Syntax
Coutp (0x60,0xE7)
BASIC out &H60, &H0E7
DEBUG o 60 E7