User's Manual

16 CPT-9500 Reference Manual
Alpha Key
This alphanumeric keypad is set to numeric mode by default. The Alpha key serves
as a toggle among numeric, alpha (lower case alphabetic), and ALPHA (upper case
alphabetic) modes.
The alpha icon will appear on the navigation bar in a sequence as shown below.
Alpha Key Input Mode Result
N/A Numeric mode
Press one time
Lower alpha
mode
Press two times
Upper alpha
mode
Note: It is not necessary to hold down the [Alpha] key.
However, the Alpha mode may not behave normally if the Caps lock of the software
keypad is enabled.
Hardware Keypad Software keypad Example of resulted input mode
Alpha mode (A) CAP on abc
Alpha mode (a) CAP on ABC
Alpha mode (A) CAP off ABC
Alpha mode (a) CAP off abc
Note: Only when the Caps lock of the software keypad is disabled, the Alpha mode of
hardware keypad will behave normally.