Soft keyboard – Raritan Computer Raritan ASMI G4 User Manual

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Chapter 5. ASMI Module Usage

Soft Keyboard

The Soft Keyboard simulates an entire keyboard that is connected to the remote system. It is necessary in
case your remote system runs with a completely different language and country mapping to your
administration machine. By selecting the appropriate button(s) you can send key codes and also key
sequences to the remote system and act as if you would work with a keyboard that is directly connected
to the remote system.

In order to open the Soft Keyboard select the entry "Soft Keyboard" from the Options menu. You can
send single key strokes like

F

as well as key combinations such as

Ctrl+C

or

AltGr+Shift+F4

.

For a single key stroke you can click on the button with the wanted character. Single keys such as regular
characters and numbers are sent immediately. Special keys like

Ctrl

,

Shift

as well as the function keys

F1

to

F12

have to be selected twice. The first press sends the signal "key is pressed", the second press

indicated the signal "key is released" to the remote system. After the first press the button will change its
color to signalize that the according key is czurrently pressed. After the second press the button will
revert to its usual look and confirm that the key was sent.

To send the key combination

Ctrl+C

select the button

Ctrl

first. The button will change its color. Press

the button

C

. The following key (

C

in our example) will be combined with the previously selected key.

Both the buttons

Ctrl

and

C

are released and the key combination will be sent to the remote system. The

button

Ctrl

will appear as normal (color change).

In order to send the key combination

Ctrl+F5

three steps need to be done. Select the button

Ctrl

once

and the button

F5

twice. The last press will release both buttons and send the key combination to the

remote system.

In order to send the key combination

AltGr+Shift+F4

four steps are required. First, select the button

AltGr

once. Second, select the button

Shift

. Finally, click the button

F4

twice. The last press will

release all the buttons and send the key combination to the remote system.

Figure 5-14. Soft Keyboard

Show

Displays the Soft Keyboard.

Mapping

Used for choosing the desired language and country mapping of the Soft Keyboard.

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