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Soft Keys

Accesses the command or menu above it on the screen.

Star

Produces an asterisk in default state.

Press and release the orange key, then press the Star key to create special characters. See

Special Character Key on page 2-31

for more information.

Alphanumeric

In default state, produces the numeric value on the key.

In Alpha state, produces the lower case alphabetic characters on the key. Each key press

produces the next alphabetic character in sequence. For example, press and release the

Orange key and then press the ‘4’ key once to produce the letter ‘g’; press and release the

Orange key and then press the ‘4’ key three times to produce the letter ‘i’.

Press the SHIFT key in Alpha state to produce the upper case alphabetic characters on the

key. For example, press and release the Orange key, press and release the SHIFT key, and

then press the ‘4’ key once to produce the letter ‘G’; press and release the Orange key,

press and release the SHIFT key and then press the ‘4’ key three times to produce the letter

‘I’.

Backspace

Produces a backspace.

SHIFT

Press and release the SHIFT key to activate the keypad alternate SHIFT functions.

A single press displays the following icon at the bottom of the screen, until a second key is

pressed:

Press the Orange key, then the Shift key to add a temporary shift (that applies only to the

next key pressed) to the orange lock state. This displays the following icon at the bottom of

the screen:

Enter

Executes a selected item or function.

Table 2-8

MC55 Numeric Keypad Descriptions (Continued)

Key Description

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