Keyboard Backlight; 60-Key Keyboard; Key Maps; Unused Key Functions - Honeywell Thor VX9 User Manual

Keyboard Backlight

The 95-key keyboard backlights each key with an LED. The keyboard backlight is manually controlled using
the "backlight" key in the upper right hand corner of the keyboard. Pressing the backlight key cycles the key-
board backlight through the levels of backlight intensity:
• Off
• Maximum intensity
• Medium intensity
• Low intensity.

60-key Keyboard

An adapter cable is required to attach this keyboard to the Thor VX9. For information on attaching this keyboard to the Thor
VX9 see Connect Keyboard
The 60 key keyboard is also available with an
(page 3-11) for use with terminal emulation programs such as RFTerm

Key Maps

The 60-key keyboard supports all 101 keyboard functions. However, because the keyboard only has 60 keys, all func-
tions are not visible (or printed on the keyboard). Therefore the Thor VX9 keyboard supports what is called hidden
keys -- keys that are accessible but not visible on the keyboard.
On standard keyboards many keys are found in the Alphanumeric section as well as on the Numeric keypad (i.e. the 1
key is found on the numeric keypad and above the alpha characters on standard keyboards). However these keys
send distinctly different scan codes when the keys are pressed. The default codes for the Thor VX9 number keys cor-
respond to the numeric keypad on standard keyboards. In order to duplicate the codes sent when the alphanumeric
key is pressed, the hidden keystroke must be used.
The hidden keys supported by the Thor VX9 are listed in

Unused Key Functions

There are several key functions on the 60-key keyboard that are not used on the Thor VX9. These include:
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• 2 F3 – The Resume/Suspend function is not used as Microsoft Windows controls all power management modes.
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• 2 F4 and 2
buttons on the Thor VX9.
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• 2 F6 and 2
Thor VX9.
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• 2 F8 and 2
icon in the System Tray.
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• 2 F10 – Please see below for details on toggling the keyboard backlight.

NumLock

The 60-key keyboard does not have a NumLock indicator or key. NumLock can be toggled On or Off using the 2
SHIFT F10 keypress sequence. Changes made to the NumLock status persist across a Windows restart.
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(page 4-9).
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F5 – The Display Brightness functions are not used as the display brightness is adjusted by the
F7 – The Contrast functions are not used as the contrast is not adjustable on the TFT display on the
F9 – The Volume control keys are not used as volume is adjusted via the Microsoft Windows Volume
(page 3-11) or an
TM
.
Key Maps (page 6-1).
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