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OPERATION 3
3.1 USB This keyboard is designed to USB connection.
Connection All data transfer follow USB protocol requirements.
3.2 Mode There are three LEDs on the keyboard to indicate
Indicators ‘Caps Lock’, ‘Num Lock’ and ‘Scroll Lock’.
The LEDs are 'toggled'. The first depression of
the key turns on the LED. The second depression
turns the LED off and so on. LEDs are off on
power-up or software reset, but will flash during
power-on initialization.
3.3 Type Ahead The keyboard has been reserved for 8 bytes type ahead
Capability capability.Include status byte,reverse byte ,six bytes
of input.This means that you can depress 6 keys before
host can receive. If more keys are pressed before
the host allows keyboard output, the additional data
will lost.
3.4 Typematic With the exception of the Pause key, all keys are
Delay and typematic. When a key is pressed and held down, the
Repeat keyboard delays 0.5 sec. and begins sending a make
Rate code for that key at a rate of 10.9 characters per
second. (The delay is called typematic Delay and the
rate is called Repeat Rate.)
3.5 Pseudo The 'N' key roll-over capability where 'N' is the total
N key number of keys on the keyboard 'N' key roll is the
Roll-over number of keys that may be held depressed simultaneously
Capability and have the keyboard generate the appropriate code for
each pressed and released key without keyboard interruption.
Normally N equal to two.
3.6 Diagnostic The keyboard microprocessor will perform a diagnostic
Test self-test after Power-up or after the host system signals
the keyboard to perform a software Reset.
Initial steps are I/O port initialization, memory test on
internal RAM, USB interface initialization, read and save
vender options, keyboard initialization, timer 0 initialization,
USB enumeration, PS/2 mouse initialization.