4.4 How to use SFED8248.COM

First, boot your system under pure DOS mode (not DOS shell in win- dows) and copy all the files to your hard disk and/or make a backup disk. Then start the macro editor. You will have to specify either an existing macro script file or a new macro script file. Here we will create a new file by typing SFED8248 NEWKEY.TXT [ENTER].

The following screen will appear:

Advantech Workstation Special Function Key Edit Program

 

Rev. 11/16/1995

 

 

 

Table of Control Codes :

 

 

Example : SF5 =CD\WINDOWS[33]WIN[33]

 

 

TAB

[24]

HOME [3C]

[ [30]

 

]

[31]

 

BS [35]

ESC [36]

ALT

[26]

END

[3D]

[38]

 

[39]

 

[3A]

[3B]

SHIFT [27]

PGUP

[3E]

F1 [44]

 

F2

[45]

 

F3

[46]

F4

[47]

 

CTRL [28]

PGDN [3F]

F5 [48]

 

F6

[49]

 

F7

[4A]

F8

[4B]

ENTER[33]

INS

[40]

F9 [4C]

 

F10 [4D]

 

F11 [4E]

F12 [4F]

PRTSC[7E]

DEL

[41]

RELEASE [90]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAUSE[7F]

SF1 to SF10 = [70] to [79]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key delay Mode :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.1 Sec [80]

0.5 Sec [81]

1 Sec

[82]

2 Sec

[83]

 

3 Sec

[84]

 

 

5 Sec [85]

10 Sec [86]

30 Sec

[87]

1 Min

[88]

 

1 Hour [89]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF1

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF2

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF3

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF4

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF5

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF6

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF7

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF8

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF9

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF10 =

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KBT ID:AD111695

ESC:Quit/Save/Transmit

Figure 4.1: The Macro Editor screen

When you have finished editing, press the ESC key. At the bottom line of the screen you will be prompted to choose if you want to save the file and/or if you want to transmit it to the EEPROM.

After confirmation with the Enter key, the tasks are carried out and you return to DOS.

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Advantech AWS-8248 user manual How to use SFED8248.COM, Macro Editor screen

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