Product Overview 29
Keyboards
5932 Keyboards
TheNCR5932Keyboardsareintendedforharshretailenvironmentsandcontainan
internalmembranetoprotectagainstobjectssuchaspaperclips,staplewires,pins,
andsoforth,fromfallingbetweenthekeysanddamagingtheelectronics.This
technologyimprovesoverallreliabilitynottypicallyfoundinstandardPCkeyboards
or
manyretailkeyboards.
TheRealPOS40supportsthefollowingNCR5932Keyboards:
•NCR64‐KeyPS/2POSKeyboard(5932‐2xxx)
•NCRUSBAlphanumericBigTicketKeyboard(5932‐5xxx)
•NCR5932‐66xx104‐KeyProgrammablePOSKeyboard
Keyboard Power
TheRealPOS80suppliespowertothePS/2keyboardevenwhenintheOFFstate.This
isforconfigurationsthatrequiretheterminaltoturnonwhenakeyispressed.Most
NCRPS/2keyboardshaveaPowerONLEDwhichstaysilluminated,indicating
powerispresentinthekeyboard.Pressing
akeymayalsocausetonestobesounded,
butunlesstheterminalisconfiguredtopowerupwhenakeyispress,nothing
happens.