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PC Moderator ™ Installation and User Guide 7

PC Moderator Operation

Keyboard Operation

The term Hotkey is used throughout this manual to describe the key on your keyboard or

keypad that, when pressed twice, signals the PC Moderator’s attention. During the initial

setup of the PC Moderator, you were instructed to press this key followed by either [Enter]

or the [+] key on the keypad to start the first time setup program. The purple screen that

appears after pressing the Hotkey twice is called the “Option Prompt” confirming that the

Hotkey was properly recognized and the PC Moderator is waiting for another key to be

pressed to select one of various features or “options”.

The Hotkey is the [Scroll Lock] key if your PS/2 keyboard is attached to the PC

Moderator or [Num Lock] if you have the USB Upgrade Login Keypad connected to the

PC Moderator. The PC Moderator only responds to the keyboard it is connected to. The

PC Moderator only accepts numbers from the numeric keypad regardless of the Num Lock

state. Setup has special uses of certain keys on the keyboard/keypad:

[Enter]= submit entry

[-] (minus key on numeric pad)=Go back to previous menu or prompt (same as Esc key),

[ Backspace]=backspace, toggle entries such as yes/no, am/pm

[*](numeric keypad)= Quit Setup, exit to Setup Main Menu.

System Power Up

When the computer is powered with the PC Moderator installed and configured, the

display will show the power on test and timeout pattern for about 30 seconds. This pattern

will include a bright then dimmed image on the display, full blue and red screens followed

by a flashing blue screen (red indicates possible hacking attempt) pattern that gets smaller

over time. The keyboard is not disabled during this time. When the 30-second timeout

elapses, the screen will either show the Login Prompt graphic or the display will be

enabled if User 1 was set to Auto Login and time is currently allowed for User 1. In the

latter case, User 1 was automatically logged in.

The Login prompt appears as alternating blue and red (normal mode) or purple (vacation

mode) full screen patterns. At any time during the 30-second timeout, the user may press

the Hotkey twice and the login prompt will be immediately displayed. It is recommended

that the user does not type on the keyboard until sure that the keyboard has been properly

initialized and the operating system is loading. Your child will probably want to wait

before logging in otherwise they waste their allowed time waiting for the operating system

to load. Typing on the keyboard immediately after powering the computer may create a

start up error that could prevent the computer from powering up properly.