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GENOVATION
MiniTermPro 909
Software User Guide (Optional)
Release 8.11
Fall 2022

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  • Page 1 GENOVATION MiniTermPro 909 Software User Guide (Optional) Release 8.11 Fall 2022...
  • Page 2 Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 3 Your sole remedy and Genovation's entire liability for this product will be repair or replacement as provided for above, or at Genovation's option, the refund of your purchase price. A RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION (RMA) number is absolutely required before returning a product.
  • Page 4 FAX or E-MAIL and a representative will respond typically within 24 hours. VOICE NUMBER: (949) 833-3355 ext. 112 FAX NUMBER: (949) 833-0322 EMAIL: support@genovation.com WEB: http://www.genovation.com FORUM: http://www.genovation.com/forum Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1: MiniTermPro Software Installation Guide ................7 Install Software ....................7 Install Hardware ................... 10 Select Virtual COM Port (Genovation USB Virtual Serial mode) ....10 Test Keypads ....................13 Where to Go from Here ................15 Un-Installing and Re-Installing ..............15 2: MiniTerm 909 Boot Options ....................
  • Page 6 The CDC Driver on Windows 7/8 ..............45 Appendix D: Technical Specifications ..................48 MiniTerm 909 ....................48 Appendix E: Advanced Topics ....................49 MiniTermPro Background ................49 Additional Fault Tolerant Features ............... 50 Driverless Operation ..................50 Customization Is Standard ................50 Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 7: 1: Minitermpro Software Installation Guide

    Welcome sheet o MiniTerm 909 LCD keypad o Custom USB cable The Genovation Mini Data Terminal (MiniTerm) 9xx keypad family works with: o Any OS in HID modes. o Any OS that supports USB CDC class virtual com ports.
  • Page 8 Click Next: Click Install: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 9 You may be prompted to install the Windows CDC Driver, if so, click Next and then when that completes, click Finish. Finally, the setup completes. Check the “Launch Genovation MiniTermPro” box if you want to run the application immediately. Click Finish to complete the installation.

  • Page 10: Install Hardware

    MiniTerm 9xx device(s), do so now. Please wait for the device to be identified by the PC. Select Virtual COM Port (Genovation USB Virtual Serial mode) Right click on the icon located in the system tray and select Configure MinTerms from the context menu.
  • Page 11 COM port drivers to set the COM port number. To change the port you need to use the Windows Device Manager. When the “Set COM Port” button is activated, you can adjust the COM Port number. COM1 and COM2 are reserved for DB9 connections. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 12 USB Keyboard menu item allows you to test HID MiniTerms. RS232 (DB9) MiniTerms are shown for convenience; they are connected to the PC’s hardware COM port subsystem. MiniTermPro does not manage them, but you can use the other menu items with them (see next page). Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 13: Test Keypads

    Test USB Keyboard (HID). In the case of Serial, then SST.exe (Simple Serial Tester) will open already connected to your MiniTerm(s). Enter data on the MiniTerm keypad to verify correct operation (press some number keys and then hit Enter). Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 14 Close SST when you are finished with it. Similarly, for the case of HID (PC keyboard) MiniTerms, KeyTest.exe opens: Congratulations, your installation is complete! Your PC will connect to your USB MiniTerm(s) automatically whenever you start your computer. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 15: Where To Go From Here

    At any time, this document can be accessed by right-clicking on the MiniTermPro icon in the system tray and selecting PDF Manual. Genovation also has a variety of Tips and Application Notes available that delve deeper into the product. See the Genovation.com website for more.

  • Page 16: 2: Miniterm 909 Boot Options

     Restore all default programmable settings. The 7 programmable settings available and the default values for them are:  Keypress Beep Time – 33ms (range is 0 to 255ms).  Operating Mode – Line Edit (choices are Line Edit or True Terminal). Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 17 Pressing CLEAR will escape out of the menu. Pressing 0 and then ENTER will abandon the operation and escape out the menu. Press 1 and then ENTER will run the Bootloader. (To exit the actual Bootloader mode, replug the MiniTerm.) Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 18 You should see the message: PIN Masking= ### >_ 0:Off, 1:On The ### indicated above will show the current setting and this will appear as either OFF or ON. Select 0 for OFF or 1 for ON. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 19 The #### will show which type is currently serial number. Enter a value from 0 to 9999 and press ENTER. Be aware that as you change CDC serial number, the PC your MiniTerm is connected to may take some time to reload drivers. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 20 SCROLL For HID KB1/KB2, shows the PC Scroll Lock LED state HOST For Virtual Serial/CDC, can be controlled by the host (off/on/flashing) Choose one of the values (0 to 5) from the table to change the Red LED operation. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 21 SCROLL For HID KB1/KB2, shows the PC Scroll Lock LED state HOST For Virtual Serial/CDC, can be controlled by the host (off/on/flashing) Choose one of the values (0 to 5) from the table to change the Green LED operation. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 22: 3: Host Command Set

    0x07 = beep o BS 0x08 = LCD backspace o CR 0x0D = LCD carriage return o LF 0x0A = LCD line feed CR “homes” the cursor to the start of the current line. LF clears the LCD. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 23: Command Index Summary

    Get and Clear status word Commands with a strikeout are not supported by the model 909. Stock firmware only supports the Typematic repeat rate for the Clear (backspace) key. All other factory control values are reserved. Do not use. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 24: E' - 45H - Turn Echo On/Off

    The slowest rate is 11111b and is equivalent to approximately 2 characters per second. The default power-on value for this parameter is ‘l’ (lowercase L) which is (6Ch). This provides a delay of 1 second and a repeat rate of 10 characters/second. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 25: B' - 42H - Beep

    Red LED Example: Flash the green LED (2 decimal = 10 binary) and turn the red LED on (1 decimal = 01 binary). Parameter to transmit then equals 0000 1001. Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 26: D' - 43H - Set Lcd Display Mode

    Using both scroll and wrap is undefined. The parameter byte: Scroll Wrap On/Off On/Off Example: Enable scroll (scroll = 1, wrap = 0). Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 27: C' - 43H - Clear Lcd

    Example: Turn PIN-masking on. Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: The default masking value is set by the value from the Keypad Properties panel. If the MiniTerm has been downloaded to. The factory default setting is OFF. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 28: K' - 4Bh - Next User Key Press Clears Lcd (Line Edit Mode Only)

    The prompt string is “@CEnter ID Number:@K” (@C command, “Enter ID Number:” string, @K command). Enter ID Number: The user presses the 1 key. The LCD is cleared automatically and the 1 character appears. 1_______________ Example: Prefix Command Type ASCII: Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 29: R' - 52H - Preset Lcd Rotation String (V4.10 And Greater)

    (Next User Key Press Clears LCD). This allows for longer prompts for the user such as “Press ENTER to continue… “. Example 1: Show and rotate the pre-loaded string at 2 characters per second. Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 30: G' - 47H - Graph Value (V4.10 And Greater)

    If you are using custom characters of your own you will need to rebuild them after calling this function. NOTE: This function uses the ASCII characters 01h through 05h that have been customized by Genovation for this purpose. See Appendix A for the complete LCD character set. Genovation, Inc.

  • Page 31: U' - 55H - Create User-Defined Lcd Character (V4.20 And Greater)

    Data Data Data Data Data Type ASCII: Dec: Hex: NOTES: To then see the character on the LCD you should send 0x18 (^X) or 0x00 to the keypad. This character will overwrite the “up/down arrow” custom character. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 32: F' - 46H - Show Firmware Version On The Lcd (V4.20 And Later)

    After the MiniTerm receives the 0xFE byte, the next byte will be sent directly to the LCD control register. This allows the programmer direct access to the LCD without using the Genovation command set. This also maps the 8 user-defined (custom) LCD characters to the legacy positions (in decimal) 176, 158, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135 and 136 as well as preferred locations 0x18 through 0x1F.
  • Page 33 FEh compatibility mode since the device switches over to compatibility mode on detection of the FEh. To get back to the Genovation command set, issue one of the @ commands. To show an @ on the LCD and stay in compatibility mode, send value 0xA0 (decimal 160).

  • Page 34: S' - 73H - Scanner/Gpio Mode (V6.00 And Later)

    0x01 – Scanner on (or any odd parameter). Examples:. Scanner off: Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: Scanner on: Prefix Command Type Param ASCII: Dec: Hex: You may also use ASCII values 0x30 (‘0’) to 0x39 (‘9’) for the parameter. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 35: D - 04H - Restart Firmware

    Unlike other Virtual COM Port technologies, Genovation’s MiniTermPro will restore the COM port connection for you. There is no need to close and reopen the COM port in your software. ^E – 05h – Get Connected Port Type Issuing this command will prompt the MiniTerm to respond with an ASCII byte representing how the MiniTerm is connected to the PC/host.

  • Page 36: F - 06H - Get Version String

    This message may be as long as the longest LCD option (32 characters). Example: Get the user version string. Prefix Command Type ASCII: Dec: Hex: A sample response might be “* Genovation ** MiniTerm-9xx *”. There is no terminating null. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 37: H - 08H - Get Firmware Version Byte

    Issuing this command will prompt the MiniTerm to respond with two bytes representing the hardware platform (LCD size). Example: Get the platform word. Prefix Command Type ASCII: Dec: Hex: Current valid response is 0x0909. Response Response ASCII: Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 38: J - 0Ah - Get Card Reader Type

    0x00 indicates no card or unable to determine the card reader type. o 0x01 indicates an internal barcode, magnetic for RFID card reader. An internal card reader is normally packet-delimited and would generate the following response. Response ASCII: Alt+0129 Dec: Hex: Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 39: M - 0Dh - Get And Clear Status Word

    Error encountered during flash downloading. A typical response to a request for the status word would generate: Response Response Response Response ASCII: Dec: Hex: NOTE: This information is used by Genovation software and once read, it is cleared. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 40: Appendix A: Ascii Character Sets

    Appendix A: ASCII Character Sets Standard ASCII Character Set (rotated) LCD Character Set (firmware v4.20 and greater) Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 41: Appendix B: Usb Hid Key Codes

    Semi colon 0x3C < Shift + 0x36 0x3D 0x2E 0x3E > Shift + 0x37 0x3F Shift + 0x38 0x40 Shift + 0x1F 0x41 Shift + 0x04 0x42 Shift + 0x05 0x43 Shift + 0x06 0x44 Shift + 0x07 Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 42 0x08 0x66 0x09 0x67 0x0A 0x68 0x0B 0x69 0x0C 0x6A 0x0D 0x6B 0x0E 0x6C 0x0F 0x6D 0x10 0x6E 0x11 0x6F 0x12 0x70 0x13 0x71 0x14 0x72 0x15 0x73 0x16 0x74 0x17 0x75 0x18 0x76 0x19 0x77 0x1A Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 43 0x9F 0x48 Pause/Break *** 0xA0 0x39 CapsLock** 0xA1 0x3A F1** 0xA2 0x3B F2** 0xA3 0x3C F3** 0xA4 0x3D F4** 0xA5 0x3E F5** 0xA6 0x3F F6** 0xA7 0x40 F7** 0xA8 0x41 F8** 0xA9 0x42 F9** 0xAA 0x43 F10** Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
  • Page 44 * Please note that the Multi-Media values are only available with MiniTerms v5.00 or higher that are programmed for Multimedia (K2). ** These values require MiniTerm firmware version 5.40 or higher. *** These values require MiniTerm firmware version 5.41 or higher. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 45: Appendix C: Usb Cdc Virtual Com Comparison

    COM port device to software applications running on those OS’s. It’s very similar to the standard Genovation MiniTermPro virtual COM port method, but with some differences: o The USB CDC class driver is available and built-in on most PC OS’s (Windows, Linux, Apple).
  • Page 46 To change the port settings for a CDC device, right-click on the Device Manager entry for it and the click on Properties. A new panel will open. Click on the Port Settings tab and then Advanced. Here you can change the COM port if desired. Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...
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  • Page 48: Appendix D: Technical Specifications

    USB 1.1 & 2.0 compliant bus powered Cable Length 6ft (1.9m) (Detachable via RJ-45 connection) Connection RJ-45 to USB standard Type A Classes Supported HID, HID Multimedia, CDC ACM, Vendor Defined Ordering Information Part Number Description 909RJ MiniTerm 909 Genovation, Inc. MiniTermPro...

  • Page 49: Appendix E: Advanced Topics

    When the PC re-enumerates all of the USB devices, local keyboard and mouse functions cease for a brief moment but (non-Genovation) virtual COM ports and other connections can be orphaned completely. MiniTermPro.exe takes care of this through four major functions: 1.

  • Page 50: Additional Fault Tolerant Features

    . When you reboot your computer MiniTermPro will no longer launch automatically. MiniTermPro.exe will still be available from its normal start menu location: Start >> Programs >> Genovation >> MiniTermPro Customization Is Standard The MiniTerm product line has been designed with customization in mind.

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