Main Keypad; Alpha Key - VeriFone Vx810 Reference Manual

Main Keypad

The main keypad consists of the keys 0 to 9, *, and #. You can enter up to 50
ASCII characters, including the letters A–Z, the numerals 0–9, and special
characters such as: (*), (,), ('), ("), (-), (.), (#), (%), (:), (!), (+), (@), (=), (&), (space),
(;), ($), (_), (\), and (/). For more information, see

ALPHA Key

In normal mode, the ALPHA key enables you to enter one of the two or more
characters or symbols assigned to individual keys on the main keypad (note that
this is in normal mode and is application-specific).
Use the ALPHA key to enter up to 50 different ASCII characters through the
following procedure:
1
Press the key on the keypad that shows the desired letter or symbol (for
example, pressing the 2 key displays 2.
2
Press ALPHA once to display the first letter. Continuing our example, press
the 2 key, then ALPHA to display the letter A.
3
Press ALPHA as many times as required to display the desired character. For
example, press 2 to display the number 2; press ALPHA once to display the
letter A, twice to display B, or three times to display C.
If you firmly press and hold down one of the keys on the main keypad without
NOTE
using ALPHA, the same character repeats until you stop pressing the key. For
example, if you press 2 and hold it down, "2222222..." appears on the display.
If two or more characters display on the V
the last character on the line to the next letter, number, or symbol in the key
sequence.
The following table provides additional examples of how to use the ALPHA key to
select ASCII characters from the Telco-style keypad.
Table 3
Desired Character
2
A
S
!
Space
Comma (,)
Plus sign (+)
Example ALPHA Key Entries
Press Keys
2
2 ALPHA
7 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA
# ALPHA
0 ALPHA ALPHA
* ALPHA
0 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA
ASCII Table.
x
810 screen, pressing ALPHA changes
X
V 810 R
X
U V 810 K
SING THE EYS
Data Entry Modes
17
G
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