User's Manual

Programming—Chapter 7
281700 Series Color Mobile Computer User’s Manual
Remapping the Key pad
Note; Use caution when remapping the keypad. Improper remapping may
render the keypad unusable. Data within the 700 Series Computer could
also be lost, should any problems occur.
Applications have the ability to remap keys on the 700 Color Keypad. This
will allow applications to enable keys that would otherwise not be availa-
ble, such as the [F1] function key. Also, to disable keys that should not be
available, such as the alpha key because no alpha entry is required. Care
should be exercised when attempting to remap the keypad because im -
proper remapping may cause the keypad to become unusable. This can be
corrected by cold booting the device which will cause the default keymap
to be loaded again.
Note that remapping the keys in this way affects the key mapping for the
entire system, not just for the application that does the remapping.
There are three “planes” supported for the 740 Keypad. Keys that are to be
used in more than one shift plane must be described in each plane.
Unshifted Plane
The unshifted plane contains values from the keypad when not pressed
with other keys, such as the following:
S [1] 1
S [5] 5
S [9] 9
Gold Plane
The gold plane contains values from the keypad when a key is simulta-
neously pressed with the [Gold] key, such as the following:
S [Gold] + [1] Send
S [Gold] + [5] A3
S [Gold] + [9] PageDown
Alpha Plane
The alpha plane contains values f rom the keypad when the keypad has
been placed in alpha mode by pressing the blue alpha key, such as the fol-
lowing:
S [Alpha] + [1] Caps
S [Alpha] + [5] JKL
S [Alpha] + [9] WXYZ