User guide

10 PC Moderator ™ Installation and User Guide

3a. Windows 98, NT, ME, XP or 2000 users. Press and release the <Scroll Lock> key

two times (this is the hot key). The screen should turn a dim purple. If nothing

happens, try it again at a slower or faster rate. Once the screen is purple, press and

release the “S” key. The PC Moderator will run Winpad, make it full screen, and

enable word wrap. Then after a delay the setup program will start automatically. Be

patient, it may take up to 30 seconds. Go to step 5.

3b. All other Operating Systems or if 3a. does not work. Run a text editor

application. Examples are Wordpad (preferred for Windows platforms) and Notepad

(Windows) or “Text Editor” (Linux). Most text editors should work fine although many

word processors may not. Make sure the text editor has “word wrap” enabled and

maximized on the screen (full screen) otherwise the character formatting will be wrong

and reading some of the text might be difficult. The Winpad and Notepad applications are

found under the Accessories folder. To run Wordpad, click on the the Windows “Start”

button, then click “Programs” or “All Programs”, then “Accessories”, then “Wordpad” (or

if not available, “Notepad”).

Tip: In order to enable word wrap, refer to the following instructions:

Winpad – Press <Alt>-V (View), then O (Options) and check “Wrap to Window”.

Notepad – <Alt>-E (Edit), check to see if there is a check by Word wrap. If not,

click on it and word wrap will be enabled. For Notepad under Windows 95, word

wrap may need to be set each time you run notepad.

4. While in the text editor, press and release the <Scroll Lock> key two times (within

2 seconds). The screen should turn a dim purple. Press and release the <T> key.

The text editor should reappear and the setup program will begin.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to set the clock, passwords and user settings.

Because the PC Moderator does not use the computer’s operating system or applications to

operate, it uses a simple menu system for setup. It literally disconnects the keyboard from

the computer and displays items on the screen by emulating typing on the keyboard. It then

looks for what you type at the various prompts. Wait for the menus or questions to be

displayed and answer the questions when asked. You may press <Esc> at any time to go

back to the previous question/prompt or <F10> to exit the step-by-step setup altogether.

Default values will be displayed for many of the settings as they are prompted. Press

<Enter> to simply accept the current displayed value or enter the new value followed by

the <Enter> key. For convenience, pressing any other key will usually cause the current

value to be completely erased. To speed input, values that can be either single or multiple

digits can be entered as only a single digit (i.e. date values). Some prompts will only

accept a single digit input such as “A” for AM or “Y” for Yes. Pressing <Scroll Lock>

during setup will abort the setup immediately leaving the user in the text editor

application.