American Dynamics ADMPCPU User Manual

MEGAPOWER CPU 

8200-0421-03, REV. G 

ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE 

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The Definitions – Keyboards screen allows you to 
identify keyboards and the ports that connect them. 

Click on the Definitions – Keyboards link in the 
Explore menu to begin. The Keyboards screen 
appears. 

 

The Definitions – Keyboards screen is split into an 
upper and lower screen 

• The 

upper screen shows existing keyboard 

definitions and allows you to create new 
definitions. 

• The 

lower screen provides two tabs that allow 

you to set up monitor access and site access for 
each keyboard. 

You can create, edit, and delete keyboard definitions. 

1.  To add new keyboard definitions, click Add on the 

right side of the screen. The Add Keyboard dialog 
box appears (Figure 95 on page 46). 

 

2.  To add keyboards, complete the following fields: 

−  System Port Number – Enter the port number 

of the keyboard’s connection to the MegaPower 
CPU. The MegaPower CPU can support up to 
128 keyboards using port expansion modules. 
Port expansion modules convert a single port 
into four ports. When a port expansion module 
is connected to a port, port numbering adds an 
alpha character (a, b, c, d) to each port 
number; for example, port one becomes ports 
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; port two becomes ports 2a, 2b, 
2c, 2d, and so on. 

−  Expansion Port – Choose the port on the 

expansion port module (if the MegaPower CPU 
is so equipped) that the keyboard will connect 
to. The choices are a, b, c, or d. 

−  Name – Enter a name for the keyboard using 

alpha or numeric characters. 

3. Click OK to display the new definition or Cancel 

to close the dialog box without displaying the 
definition. 

Note: Remember to save or transfer your 
changes before closing EASY CPU. 

Once a keyboard is defined, you can edit the 
definition by highlighting the information in the 
desired field and typing in new information. 

To delete a keyboard definition: 

1.  Click on the leftmost blue portion of the row in the 

upper screen containing the keyboard definition. 
The entire row turns blue. 

2. Press Delete on the PC keyboard. The Delete 

Row dialog box appears. 

 

3. Click Yes to delete the keyboard definition or No 

to retain the keyboard definition. 

The Monitor Access tab on the Definitions – 
Keyboards screen allows you to enable selected 
keyboards to access monitors.