MFJ-464 Instruction Manual CW Keyer/Reader
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The Keyboard
Using the MFJ-464 with a Keyboard
Quick Mode
The quick mode menus allow you to set up how the keyboard works and behaviors. There are
three quick mode menus arranged in a “wrap-around” structure. To access these quick menus,
press and hold both the Mode and MSG1 buttons while turning the power on. The quick menu
that will display is the one that was last used. When finishing, press the Mode button to go to the
main mode for normal operation.
Within each quick menu:
• Press the Mode button to exit the quick mode and go to the main mode.
• Press the Next button to view the next quick menu; press the Previous button to view the
previous quick menu.
• Turn the Set dial control to toggle the setting for that quick menu.
Keyboard Layout
The Keyboard Layout menu set the type of keyboard to be used. The MFJ-464 can be used with
either a Qwerty or a Dvorak keyboard.
Repeat
The Repeat menu set whether or not to repeat a key when it is held down.
Caps Lock
The Caps Lock menu set the power-on Caps Lock status of the keyboard.
Keyboard Operation
When you plug in a standard IBM style AT keyboard, your keyer becomes a powerful keyboard
keyer. The MFJ-464 uses the letter keys A-Z, the number keys 0-9, the function keys F1-F12,
the space bar, the arrow keys, and the punctuation characters that have Morse equivalents.
Prosigns have been assigned to some of the other punctuation characters for quick operation.
See the appendix “Morse Code Character Set” on page 43.
The operation of the keyboard is simple. Begin typing on the keyboard. Typed characters are
sent at the code speed of the keyer. If a typing mistake occurs, the BACK SPACE key can be
pressed to erase the last character before it is sent. If you want to purge all the text in the buffer
that has not yet been sent, press the ESC key. Pressing PAUSE during transmission stops
playback of the buffer text and allows entry with the paddle; press ESC once resumes playback
of the buffer text from where it was interrupted (pressing ESC twice will abort the message
playback).
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