Keylock Positions
Special PC Setup Keypad Layout
The USB DynaKey includes a standard NCR Keylock, accessible
through the FPGA.
There are four positions: Exception, Locked, Retail, and Supervisor.
They are explained in the following table.
Abbreviation
Position
Ex
Exception Used by the customer or service representative
L
Locked
R
Retail
S
Supervisor Used by the supervisor to provide highest level
On power‐up, the operator can switch the DynaKey into an alternate
keypad layout that can be used with many PC BIOS setup and
configuration routines. The alternate layout contains keys such as ESC,
TAB, END, "+", "‐" and arrow keys which are not available in the
normal keypad layout. The alternate layout allows the operator to
configure a PC without an external alphanumeric keyboard. (See the
Installation chapter.)
Description
to perform low level programming such as
workstation diagnostics, configuring the
workstation, or loading the workstation.
Used to lock keyboard input to prohibit use of
normal functions.
Used when performing normal retail mode
functions.
of workstation control in cases such as refunds
and running totals.
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