Owner`s manual

When your AlphaSmart is attached to a PC, it changes modes
and the screen displays the following message: Attached to PC,
emulating keyboard. Press Send Key to transfer file.
If you do not see this message, check your cable and make
sure it is attached properly to the PC.
Figure 5. Attaching the AlphaSmart Pro to a PC
Keyboard Command Differences
When the AlphaSmart is attached to a PC, all of the keys
except the Send key behave as standard PC keyboard keys.
Any characters that are typed will appear on the PC screen.
Although the Escape, Enter, Control, Pause/PrtScn, NumLk/
ScrLk, Ins/Del, and Alt keys have no function when the
AlphaSmart is used in standalone mode, they function as nor-
mal PC keys when the AlphaSmart is plugged into a PC.
When AlphaSmart is attached to a PC:
x-Pause/PrtScn is the same as F9
x-NumLk/ScrLk is the same as F10
x-ins/del is the same as F11
x-clear file is the same as F12
Shift-Pause/PrtScr is the same as a pause character
Shift-NumLk/ScrLk is the same as NumLk
Shift-ins/del is the same as insert
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Installing the PC Dual Cable
1. Disconnect your PC keyboard from the back of your PC.
2. Examine the keyboard port on the back of your PC. If you
have a DIN 5-pin connector, connect the yellow end of
the PC Dual cable to the keyboard port on the back of
your PC. If you have a Mini-DIN 6-pin connector, connect
the blue end of the PC Dual cable.
3. To connect your AlphaSmart to the PC, connect the grey
end of the PC Dual cable (found on the opposite end of
the yellow and blue connectors) to the AlphaSmart.
4. To reconnect your PC keyboard, first disconnect the
AlphaSmart from the PC Dual cable. If your keyboard
cable has a DIN 5-pin connector, plug it into the black
connector of the PC Dual cable. If your keyboard cable has
a Mini-DIN 6-pin connector, attach it to the red end of
the PC Dual cable. (See Figure 4)
■ SENDING TEXT TO A PC
One of the connectors on the right side of the AlphaSmart is
the PC port and the other is the Mac ADB port. (If you need
two ADB ports, use the Y cable to provide the other ADB
port.) The IBM compatible port is labeled “PC” and the
Macintosh ADB port is labeled “Mac/IIGS.”
Attaching to a PC
To connect the AlphaSmart to your PC, you need to use the
PC Dual cable. If you haven’t installed the PC Dual cable, see
the section, “Installing the PC Dual Cable,” and follow the
instructions. Once the cable is installed, do the following:
1. Unplug your PC keyboard. Warning: Do not connect a PC
keyboard and an AlphaSmart to a PC at the same
time—your PC will become hopelessly confused and will
have to be rebooted! Unlike the Macintosh, PCs only
allow one keyboard device to be attached at a time.
2. Turn on the AlphaSmart and plug the grey end of
the Dual PC cable into the port labeled PC on the
AlphaSmart (Figure 5).
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