Chapter 3—Introducing the BlueScale User Interface Using the BlueScale User Interface
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External Keyboard and Mouse
IfyoucannotusetheBlueScalewebinterface,youcanconnectanexternal
USBkeyboardtooneoftheUSBportsontheLCM(seeFigure10on
page35)whenyouneedtoenterlargeamountsofinformation.Theuser
interfaceoptionsavailablewhenyouuseanexternalkeyboardarethe
sameaswhenyouusethelibrary’stouchscreenoperatorpanel.
Notes: Makesurethatthekeyboardcableislongenoughtoreach
thefrontofthelibrarysothatyoucanviewthefrontpanel
whiletyping.
Ifusinganon‐USAtypekeyboard,youmustfindthe
equivalentforsomecharacterslikethebackslashorforward
slash.
YoucanconnectaUSBmousetooneoftheUSBportsonthe
LCManduseitformakingselectionsontheuserinterface.
Feedback Required Screens
WhentheBlueScalesoftwareneedsyoutomakeaselectionorperforman
actionitdisplaysaFeedbackRequiredscreen.Ifyoudonotrespondtothe
FeedbackRequiredscreenwithin10minutes,therequesttimesoutandthe
actionfails.
Not all characters on a USA-type keyboard are supported in the BlueScale user
interface. If a character does not appear on the soft keyboard, then its use is not
supported.