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TA61 TA61 POS Keyboard User Guid e[...]
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TA61 POS Keyboard User Guide Edition A pril 2000[...]
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MS-DOS ® and Microso ft® are registere d trademark s of the Microsoft Corporation. BEET LE® is a registere d trademark of the Win cor Nixdorf G mbH. Copyright © Win cor Nixdorf Gmb H & Co. KG, 2000 The reproduc tion, transm ission or use of this docume nt or its contents i s not permitted wi thout express aut hority . Offenders wil l be lia[...]
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Contents Manufacturer’s De claration and Approval.. .............................. .............. 1 General A uthorizati on ......................... ........................ .............................. .. 1 FCC-Class A De claration .................... .............................. .......................... 1 Tested Safety .............. ..[...]
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Manufacturer ’ s Declaration and Approval General Autho rizat ion This device fulfi lls the requir ements of the EEC s tandards 89/336/EEC “ Electr omagnetic Compatibilit y ” and 73/23/EEC “ Low volta ge Directive ” . Therefore, you wi ll find the CE mark on th e device or packa ging. FCC-Class A Declaration This equipment has been tested[...]
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Tested Safety The TA61 has been award ed the GS symbol for “ Gepr ü fte Siche rheit ” (te- sted safety). TA 61 fulfills the r equire- ments for ergonomy according to ZH1/618:1980-10. Additionally, the TA 61 has also been awarded the cUL- and UL- s ymbol. User Information User Information Wincor Nixdorf (WN) does not accept res ponsibility for [...]
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■ Protect the dev ice from dust, moi sture and heat. ■ Take care to ensure that no foreign objects (e.g. paper c lips) or liquids can get into the inside of the device, as this could caus e electric al shocks or short ci rcuits. ■ Place the key board on a non-sli p surface. Cleaning I nstruc tions The keyboard s hould be cleaned with a ger mi[...]
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The set of keys contains: Key 1 for key position 1 Key 2 for key pos itions 1 and 2 Key 3 for key positions 1, 2 and 3 Key 4 for key pos itions 1, 2, 3 and 4 The following items can be ordered optionally: Accessories ki t 1: 20 dummy keys (1 x 1) Accessori es kit 2: 6 double key c aps 2 quadruple key c aps Accessori es kit 3: 12 single key caps Dep[...]
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Mounting keys Exchanging t he Keys You can remove e ach of the ke y caps using th e key removal dev ice enclosed, pulling the key upwards . Place the key removal device on the selected key until you hear a click . GB - 5[...]
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Now remove this key fr om the key- board by pulling up wards. If the key that has been removed has a number or char acter on it, you c an change the lettering as f ollows: Using a thin obje ct (e.g. paper- clip etc.), press upwards agai nst the plastic cove r through the opening on the underside of the k ey. Please re- fer to the next chapter fo r [...]
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The labels are repl aced as follows: ➀ Remove the key cap from the keyboard (se e removing the key cap) and pull the trans parent key cap upwar ds. ➁ The transparen t key cover is then rel eased and the label c an be removed. ➂ Replace the lab el and fit the transpare nt key cover (with th e mat and concave si de facing upwards) bac k into th[...]
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T h eT A 6 1k e y b o a r d General The TA61 keyboard has a k eypad with maximu m 60 usable keys . Except for the numeric k eys (0 to 9) , the C key and the 0.00 k ey, the key lay out is flexible, i.e. any two con tiguous keys c an be combined to for m a double key and any fou r keys can be com bined to form a quadru ple key, either horizontally o [...]
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TA61 keyboa rd without swipec ard reader Keypad Keypad In the TA61 keypad, tw o keys can be combi ned to form a double k ey and four keys to fo rm a quadruple k ey, either horiz ontally or ver tically. Only one key code is generated by each double or quadruple k ey. Different key codes can be set for the multiple keys by rotating the key caps. Thes[...]
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Key switch Key swit ch The TA61 keyboard is equi pped with a key sw itch with 6 switch pos itions. Switch position 0 is the basi c position; switc h positions 1- 4 are provided for customer-s pecific appl ications. In posit ions 0 and 1, the key can be r e- moved. The sixth switch pos ition, which is designated on the lock by T, is intended for use[...]
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Note the following precautions when handling magne tic cards: ■ Never allow magnetic car ds to come into contact with liquids. ■ Never bend or fold magnetic card s. ■ Never expose magnetic ca rds to a magnetic field. Insert the magne tic card in t he special slot prov ided on the reader from the r ight-hand side onl y; inserting the c ard at [...]
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Releasing the Cable Connect ion Releasing the Cable Connection Never remove a c able from a conne ctor socket by s imply pulling on the cable. Always r emove the cable b y the connector hous ing. Please follow the instructions below when remov ing cables: ■ Turn off all switch es to the mains an d electrical equipmen t. ■ Remove all mains c abl[...]
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Appendix Technica l data Housing dimensio ns Footprint: 280mm x 172mm Height: 49mm Cable le ngth Standard: 1m Optional: 2m extensi on cable Power supply 5V +/- 10% , max. 220m A Protocol PC A T interface , bidirecti onal, seriel, synchro nous Connection Mini -DIN connec tor (6-pin .) Keyboard Keyboard with var iable key assigme nt, two-Key rollo ve[...]
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Keyboard la yout Keyboard l ayout C 1 2 3 0 5 6 7 8 9 9 4 Labelled key , single (fi tted at the factory) Freely ass ignable Key with inscr iption (numeric keypad ) Keyboard layout GB - 14[...]