Key Configurator

 

The first step is to connect the button or dongle to a USB port on your workstation. Then click on the button “Connect USB Button or Dongle” to select it.

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key index
virtual key code
switch index
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serial number high
LED
model/revision
Model
This read-only field will show the model of the button or dongle after it is selected (click the button “Connect USB Button or Dongle” to select a device).
No device connected
Button Connection
Wireless buttons must be registered to the dongle before they can be configured.
Click on “Register a button to this dongle” to begin this process.
Button Selection
Click on one of the six on-screen buttons to select the wireless pushbutton to configure; the last three digits of the serial number of the pushbutton are in the label.
Layout
Select the “keyboard layout” that is defined on the PC or workstation that the button will be used on. See Keyboard Layouts for more information.
Mode
Auto-repeat - If you keep the button pressed, the key repeats (just like on a keyboard when a key is held down).
Standard - A single key event is sent on a button press; the key does not auto-repeat if the button is held down.
Reliable - Like “standard” mode, but the dongle confirms the reception of the button press; the button repeats the transmission until the dongle acknowledges it.
Macro - A sequence of key codes. See Macro syntax for details.
Toggle key - Two key codes are defined for the button. At every button press, these key codes are sent alternatingly: on the first button press “key #1” is sent, on the second press “key #2” is sent, on the third press “key #1” is sent again, and so forth.
Tap or Hold - Two key codes are defined for the button. If the button is briefly pressed and then released (“Tap”), the first key code is sent. If the button is pressed and held, the second key code is sent.
Key
From the drop-down list, you can select a key, which may be a letter, a digit, or a special key. At the tail of the list, there are additional “input” commands or functions, that are not necessarily keyboard-related. For example, mouse button clicks can also be emulated.
Modifier keys
By putting a checkmark in any of these options, you specify that the transmitted key is sent with the selected “shift” options. For example, when F4 is selected as the key and the Alt option is checked, the USB Button transmits Alt + F4 on a press.
The GUI key is also known as the “Windows” key. For example, GUI + R opens the Run dialog box (on Microsoft Windows).
Key #2
From the drop-down list, you can select a key, which may be a letter, a digit, or a special key. At the tail of the list, there are additional “input” commands or functions, that are not necessarily keyboard-related. For example, mouse button clicks can also be emulated.
Modifier keys (Key #2)
By putting a checkmark in any of these options, you specify that the transmitted key is sent with the selected “shift” options. For example, when F4 is selected as the key and the Alt option is checked, the USB Button transmits Alt + F4 on a press.
The GUI key is also known as the “Windows” key. For example, GUI + R opens the Run dialog box (on Microsoft Windows).
Haptic Pulse
Disabled - Haptic mode disabled.
Short Pulse - Vibrates for appriximately 0.1 seconds.
Long Pulse - Vibrates for approximately 0.2 seconds.
Macro
In this edit field, you can enter the sequence of characters to transmit on a button press. See Macro syntax for details.
Note that mouse button clicks (or other non-keyboard inputs) cannot be specified in a macro.
LED mode
Default Off - The button does not turn the illumination on or off. This is the appropriate mode when the illumination is controlled by application software.
Default On - The illumination is continuously on.
On while button pressed - The button is illuminated while it is kept pressed down, and goes off as soon as the button is released.
On-Off toggle - The illumination toggles between on and off at each press. At the first press, the illumination toggles on; at the second press, it toggles off. Etcetera.
Off after delay - The button is illuminated at a button press, and goes off after the specified number of seconds have elapsed.
Blink, off after delay - The button starts to blink after a button press, and keeps blinking for the specified number of seconds (after which it goes off).
Duration - For the LED modes “Off after delay” (with or without blink), this is the number of seconds that the illumination stays on.
Brightness - The brightness of the LED illumination (not available on all models).
Time block
The minimum time (in seconds) between registering two button presses. For example, when the time block is set to 3 seconds and the button is pressed, it does not respond for more presses until three seconds have elapsed.
The maximum value that can be set is 240 seconds (4 minutes).
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