POSIFLEX Business Machines KB-6600 manual

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  • Page 1

    Part 1 FCC Notes: This equipment gen erates, uses, and can radi ate radio frequ ency energy and , if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions manual, ma y 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 Ru les, which[...]

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    Part 2 I . O V E R V I E W A. SCOPE The KB-6600 series is a series of powerful progr ammable keyboard suitable for application in PC compatible system, programmable without TSR under DOS, Win98/200 0, Win XP em bedded and Win XP Pro e nvironm ent. This series provides 84 keys (max.) of a comfortable size 19 x 19 mm in 6 x 15 matrix within whi ch a [...]

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    Part 3 A. OPTION LIST 1) MSR (ISO trac k 1 & 2, ISO track 1, 2 & 3, or JI S I / II) / pc 2) Double key wi th key cap / set 3) Blank key / pc 4) Single key to p and key cap / set III. INSTALLATION A. PS2 CABLE CONNECTION For installation in a PC or a co mpatible system with KB-6600 conn ect the 6 pin DIN m ale plug of cable 21863152800 out o[...]

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    Part 4 Fig.3-2 C. KEYTOP LAYOUT The basic layout of this prog ramma ble keyboard is a m atrix with 6 ro ws and 15 columns to provid e maximum 84 position s for push keys with a 6 position contro l key and LED indicators. Within these 84 positions there is four by four matrix below the control key area configured as numerical keypad. This numerical [...]

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    Part 5 programm able keyboard, t he user shoul d notice that at the bottom of each key top, one of the f our walls is springy a nd in t he hole on the keyb oard to accept the bottom of the key top there is a pr otuberance at the lowe r side. The user should match t he springy wall of key top against the pr otuberance in the hole (ref. Fig. 3-5) and[...]

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    Part 6 IV. APPLICATION A. KEYBOARD CONSTRUCTION This keyboard is construc ted of thr ee parts on the top surface (ref. Fig. 4-1). A 6 position t urning ke y switch a rea is at the upper ri ght corner, a 15 x 6 matrix of push key switches occupies mo st of the top surface and a slot near the right edge is designed fo r the Magnetic Stripe Reader of [...]

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    Part 7 B. MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader) The MSR or U SB MSR slot i s near the ri ght edge of the Programm able Keyboard. Th e MSR indicator LED ( available in KB-6600 only) is located at the upper l eft corner of the bl ock containin g the electr onic key . There are three choices of the reade r types – ISO 1,2 dual tracks a nd ISO tripl e tracks [...]

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    Part 8 V. PROGRAMMING THE KEYBOARD A. UTILITY INSTALLATIO N  FOR KB-6600: There are in total three methods to program the p rogrammable keys in the PS/2 interface KB-6600 series keybo ard: “R WM.EXE” the straightforward direct read/write programmi ng utility u nder DOS or W indows DOS box; “KBM.EXE” the normal programming utility under D[...]

  • Page 9

    Part 9 B. PROGRAMMING UTILITY 1 SETUP 2 HARDW ARE LIMIT A TION In case of “multiple combination key” application wh ich means pressing three or more keys at the same time to ob tain certain data output from the keyboard, the re could be some l imitations i nherent fr om the nat ure of keyboard structure. The CPU of keyboard detects the contact [...]

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    Part 10 4 QUICK GUIDE on KBM.EXE for KB-6600 UNDE R DOS Please refer to our web site for ev ery detail in programming these programmable keybo ards. The following simplified gu ide severs as a concise tool for instant app lication. Keys T o Program How to Progr am The m Esc, F1 - F12, B ack Space, Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Insert, Delete, End, Page Up, Pag[...]

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    Part 11 On the other han d, when the user wa nts to save t he contents of a programmed keyboard, e.g. when he/she newly receives a programmable keyboard, to a file named “Y YY .tpl”, he/she should type in foll owing command i n subdirect ory “POSIFL EX.D”: R WM –r YYY . tpl (enter) In this appl ication, the user m ust be caref ul on the h[...]

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    Part 12 VI. SPECIFICATIONS CONSTRUCTION: Spill-proof, 84 keys + 6 position control key LED COLOR: Power on – Green MSR – Green & Red (for KB-6600 only) KEY SWITCH TYPE : membrane plus rubber dom e KEY STROKE TRA VEL: 3.2 mm KEY T OP SIZ E: 19 x 19 mm for norm al keys PREPRINTED KEYS : “.”, “00”, “0” t o “9” KEY CAP: 19 x 19 [...]

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    Part 13 OUTPUT INTERFACE: PS2 Interface connection (KB-6600):  6 pin DIN female connect or: connect to host com puter  6 pin mi ni DIN fem ale connector: connect to input PS2 keyboar d USB Interface connection (KB-6600U):  “B” type USB connector: co nnect to host com puter MAGNETIC STRIPE READER:  Decoder & interface Built in ke[...]

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    Part 14 Card data format Card standard IA T A ABA THRIFT JIS I JIS II T rack used Track 1 T rack 2 T rack 3 T rack 2 Rear side Recording m ethod F2 M F2 M F2M F2 M F2 M Recording density 210 BPI 75 BPI 210 BPI 7 5 BPI 210 BPI Recording capacity characters / bits 79 / 7 40 / 5 107 / 5 40 / 5 72 / 7 POWER CONSUMPTION: Voltage......... ........... 5 V[...]