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6.0 SmartSet Basic Onboard Programming Tools
The SmartSet Programming Engine provides a number of easy-to-use productivity tools. Even those who
have never used a programmable keyboard can easily learn and benefit from these. Basic Onboard
Programming Tools are accessed using simple onboard shortcuts consisting of the special Program Key
(labeled “progm”) and one or more keys in the function key row. Basic programming tools in the function key
row have been labeled for your convenience.
6.1 Status Report (progm + Esc)
The Configuration Status Report is a handy feature
which allows Advantage2 users to quickly check the
current settings on their keyboard (Fig 21).This section
briefly explains how to interpret the Status Report. For a
detailed explanation of the features referenced below,
please read Sections 7 and 8 of this Manual.
Important Note: Before running a Status Report,
open a text editing program so that the keyboard
can “print” the Status Report to the screen.
Model: Indicates the model name of the keyboard.
Firmware: Indicates the current version of firmware your keyboard is running and the size of the onboard
v-drive (2MB or 4MB). The original Advantage2 keyboards has 2MB v-drives, but early in 2018, production
switched to 4MB v-drives (serial numbers beginning with 4xxxxA2). To update the firmware on your
Advantage2 (see Section 8.0).
Active Layout File: Indicates the layout file that is currently active. The QWERTY (qwerty.txt) and Dvorak
(dvorak.txt) layouts are the two factory configured options (see Section 7.5). Alternate “Hotkey” layouts can
be created (see Section 7.6).
Thumb Key Mode: Indicates which of the three Thumb Key Modes are currently active, Windows (“win”),
Mac, or PC (see Section 5.3).
Macro Play Speed: 0 indicates whether macro playback has been disabled, 1-9 is global speed. (see
summary in Section 6.10, details in Section 7.1).
Status Report Play Speed: Indicates the current playback speed for the Status Report. If your status report
doesn’t playback properly, the playback speed can be reduced from the default of speed 3 (see Section 7.11).
Keyclick Status: Indicates whether key “clicks” are enabled. (see Section 6.7).
Toggle Tone Status: Indicates whether special action “tones” are enabled (see Section 6.8).
Stored Macros: Indicates the number of custom macros that have been saved to the active layout (see
Section 6.11).
Keys Remapped: Indicates the number of custom key remaps that have been saved to the active layout (see
Section 6.12). Note: The Remap count is affected by the active Thumb Key Mode. Windows Mode is set as
the default, so it reports 0 additional remaps. Mac Mode has 8 remapped keys relative to Windows Mode and
PC Mode has 2 remapped keys relative to Windows Mode.
Power User Mode: Indicates when Power User Mode has been activated. When inactive, this line is not
shown (see Section 7.3).
Model> Advantage2
Firmware> 1.0.431.us (4MB), 11/14/2017
Acve layout le> qwerty.txt
Thumb keys mode> win
Macro play speed> o=0, slow=1, normal=3, fast=9> 3
Status report play speed> o=0, slow=1, normal=3, fast=4> 3
Keyclick status> on
Toggle tone status> on
Stored macros> 0
Keys remapped> 0
Fig 21. Example Status Report
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