The procedure for programming a key is as follows:

1.On your keyboard, press the key or key combination you want to define. The Key to Program box will display the corresponding virtual key name for each key pressed.

2.In the Macro box enter the function definition for the key or key combination.

The definition may contain a string of up to 127 characters. The combined total of all the characters that may be programmed into keys is determined by the 127 character limit per definition and the amount of memory available in your PC.

The definition can contain key functions and control characters to be actioned as well as normal text. Refer to the appendix Programming Keys and Buttons on page 279 for details.

Double-clicking on an Emulation Key or Virtual Key will apply that key function to the key definition.

You can clear the macro by clicking the Clear button.

3.Test the function definition by clicking the Play Macro button.

4.Specify how the macro is to be processed by selecting one of the following options in the Type list box.

●Normal

The macro will be processed according to the current operating mode when the key or key combination is pressed.

●Remote

The macro will be transmitted to the host.

●Local

The macro will be actioned locally.

●Startup

The macro will be processed automatically on startup.

5.If you want to program another key using the current macro definition, click the New Key button.

If you want to program another key with a different macro definition, click the New Macro button.

You can delete a key definition by selecting it in the list of defined keys (top right) then clicking the Delete Macro button.

6.When you have finished defining key functions, click OK.

7.To save the key definitions, select File > Save Session.

Compose Character Sequences

Compose character sequences can be used to generate codes for characters not shown on your keyboard. The characters that can be composed depend on whether the terminal emulation is in National or Multinational character set mode. When the terminal emulation is in National character set mode, only characters found in the character set that corresponds to the selected keyboard nationality

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