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Cary Peripherals, be copied, reduced, otherwise duplicated or used by the receiver for purposes other than those explicitly agreed in writing with Cary Peripherals, or disclosed outside the recipient company or organization.
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Introducing the Cary 9000 Series Keyboard Introducing the Cary 9000 Series Keyboard The Cary 9000 is a Point of sale keyboard designed for demanding operations in retail and transaction processing environments. The 9000 key layout is optimized for retail conditions in grocery, convenience store, mass merchandise, and for financial transaction terminals as follows: •...
9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Before You Begin You should always use your Cary 9000 in a safe and regulated environment. Operating Conditions The Cary 9000 has been designed for 24-hour/7-day-per-week operation in retail checkout operating conditions. Environmental Conditions The Cary 9000 has been engineered to operate within its specified environment;...
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Before You Begin Safety Always turn the power off prior to attaching or detaching power or signal cables, peripheral devices, or opening any housings. This product contains a Lithium battery that represents a risk of fire, explosion, or severe burn. Replacement, when required, should be performed by a trained service technician.
Technical Highlights Programmable Features The 9000 series Keyboard Programming Utility (included) supports the following features: A keyboard programming reference manual is also provided on the diskette. • "Total Soft" Architecture, both configuration and firmware are programmable. Allows for in-store upgrades or customized peripheral interfaces.
9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Figure 1-1 Keyboard The 9000 contains 57 programmable and reconfigurable keys in a sealed, injection-molded housing. All key stem locations (except for the space bar) support relegendable keycaps in single, dual, or quad configurations. The design is spill resistant, extremely durable and highly resistant to Electro-Static Discharge (ESD).
Keyboard The Cary 9000 keyboard controller supports features including: • Full wedge capability • Up to five memory levels actuated by keylock or keyswitch • Both macro and firmware programming are field downloadable • Upload and polling capabilities Keyboard programming is covered in depth in the KEYBOARD PROGRAMMING contained on Cary Utility Disc #1.
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9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Keycap Accessory Kit This kit includes the following: Six spare dual keycaps with clear lenses Two quad sized keycaps with clear lenses Multi colored pre-perforated label sheets Keycap removal tool Two sets of keys for the keylock Details on customizing and programming the keyboard is discussed in detail, later in this section.
Keyboard The four-position keylock is a standard feature on the Cary 9000 to provide graduated security operation. All standard Cary-style operations are supported. (Keylocks with up to eight positions (with various key combinations) are optional.) Two sets of three keys are standard. Figure 1-2 illustrates the various key position combinations available for physical, graduated security applications.
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9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Dual Optically Isolated Input / Output Ports The Cary 9000 can optionally provide two independently programmable ports (one input one output) that can be used to trigger cash drawers, read drawer status, or activate external security video equipment. Physical connections in the Cary 9000 are located on the logic card.
Keyboard Customizing Your Keyboard The following section describes the various physical user-customizable options on the Cary 9000 keyboard. Figure 1-3 Reconfiguration As previously described, the Cary 9000 allows you to place various types and sizes of keycaps anywhere on the keyboard. The physical layout is separated into specific banks of keys to emulate the "Big Ticket"...
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9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Removal Keycap removal should be done using the Cary keycap removal tool. Here again, care should be taken to avoid ring distortion caused by torquing the keycap inside the stem ring. Once the keycap is properly installed, the stem ring re-enforces the connection between the keycap and stem and smoothes its travel in the housing.
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Keyboard Relegending POS keyboards allow the installation of user-definable legends into the keycaps. Cary provides this capability in our single, dual, and quad relegendable keycaps. (Customized double shot, screen or sublimation printed keycaps can be provided. Minimum quantities and tooling charges may apply. Please consult the factory for more detailed assistance) The accessory kit included with your Cary 9000 keyboard contains various sizes of keycaps, lenses, and multi-color pre-perforated paper for printing labels.
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9000 Series Keyboard User Manual Keytop sizes are as follows Single 14mm x 13.8mm Dual 22mm x 13.8mm Quad 22mm x22mm These dimensions are useful when using the “Duplicate” command. Set duplicate using the Special menu to ensure that text is spaced accurately between keycaps.
Ports & Connectivity Ports & Connectivity External Connectors The Cary 9000 uses a single multi-wire shielded cable connection to the external PC host, available in AT or PS/2 styles The Cary 9000 rear enclosure provides the following connections: Figure 1-5 Connection Symbol Description...
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