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Annex
System Requirements / Short description of the programming methods
WinProgrammer (Version 1.8 or newer)
For the WinProgrammer you need an IBM AT or PS/2 compatible system (80386 or higher). The WinProgrammer
runs under Windows9x, WindowsNT and Windows 2000 / XP and newer. To enable the download, the
appropriate drivers (DriverPack) have to be installed properly. Please see the Readme file for details about
installation and usage.
DOS Programmer (PREH-MWX.EXE)
To work with the DOS-Programmer you need an IBM AT or PS/2 compatible system (80286 or higher). The DOS-
Programmer “PREH-MWX.EXE” (Version 4.1.x and higher) can run under MS-DOS as well as under Windows
3.1 and Windows9x in a DOS-box. Keyboards with maximum 128 key positions are supported.
For newer Windows versions (e.g. NT/2000/XP, etc) is not possible for any DOS tools to communicate with the
keyboard hardware. Nevertheless the DOS programmer can be used to directly modify MWX files in a DOS box.
For writing the files from/to the keyboard, please use our Windows Download Utility C2K.
Download Utilities
If you want to download a previously created keytable (MWF or MWX-file) into the keyboard without using the
DOS-Programmer or WinProgrammer, you have the choice of our download utilities:
C2K (Copy to keyboard) Download Utility
If you prefer to work under Windows 9x, Windows NT, 2000 and XP use our C2K utility (Copy to keyboard). This
is able to download both the MWX and MWF files. In addition it’s able to read out the binary content of the
keyboard in case of service. Please see the Readme file for details about usage.
Copy2mwx.exe
If have to program our PS2 keyboards directly in DOS, you can also use the utility COPY2MWX.EXE. This utility
is included in the DOS-Programmer package.
Syntax: copy2mwx filename.mwx <Return>
Try adding the parameter
/w if it doesn't work in a Windows 9x DOS box:
Syntax: copy2mwx /w filename.mwx <Return>
Of course usage of the DOS utility copy2mwx.exe is also not possible in a DOS box of Win2000 and newer.
A similar copy2mwx utility is also available for other operating systems like Linux on request.
Differences WinProgrammer – DOS-Programmer
Win Programmer
or C2K Utility
Preh-MWX.EXE
or Copy2mwx.exe
MS-DOS, Windows 3.x No Yes
2)
Windows9x Yes Yes 2)
WindowsNT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 Yes
3)
No
OS/2 No No 4)
Unix / Linux No No
4)
Read keytable Yes 5) Yes
Write keytable Yes Yes
Save keytable Yes Yes
Max. number of layers 128 128
Key label printing Yes No
2) Use new copy2mwx.exe (dated 2005) to program MCI keyboards (USB/PS2 interface) in PS2 mode. USB mode is not possible for DOS.
3) In order to communicate with PS2 keyboards, the installation of our PS2 hardware driver is required. Not available for 64bit OS.
4) On request we provide an utility for downloading the MWX keytable. Installation of a special keyboard driver might be required.
5) Function is available in the C2K download utility: The binary MWX keytable image can be read out – e.g. to copy keyboards.
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