Missing key in keyboard.spin

Kari

Hello

I use PS/2 keyboard which has following layout
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Sweden.svg

The problem is that the key between "left shift" and "z" doesn't return any keycode either alone or with "shift" pressed.
I have tried with several keyboards and all have same symptom. Other keys return a keycode.

Mike Green

Supporting various "national" keyboards is difficult, mostly because there are so many and each requires different modifications to the translation table in the keyboard driver. Without access to each keyboard, it's also impossible to test the modified driver. That's why, for many smaller companies, it's the local distributor that does the modifications and testing.

If you can identify the scan code for the key you're describing, I can help you modify the table. You might be able to find documentation for one of the keyboards that you're using that gives you the codes for all the keys.

Kari

Hello Mike

Thank you again for a quick reply.

I belive that the problem is not a matter of key layout being national.
It propably is as shown in this document http://www.barcodeman.com/altek/mule/scandoc.php that this key exist "Only keyboards with 102 keys- UK keyboard (and others)"
like said there for example key number 45 in "PC keyboard, 102 key" which is just that button.

I am just making a keyboard layout conversion table for localising keycodes but this key doesn't give any code at all to convert.

Regards
Kari

Mike Green

If you look near the end of the keyboard.spin driver, you'll see a word table labelled "table" with one entry per scan code. There's one entry for scan code '61 which is the one for this key. Change the entry from $0000 to ">"<<">" and try the keyboard again.

Kari

Did you mean like this ?


word $CF00 '5E WakeUp
word $0000 '5F
word $0000 '60
'word $0000 '61
word ">"<<">" '61
word $0000 '62
word $0000 '63
word $0000 '64

That didn't help. No keycode. I belive i have already tried to change about all zeroes in that table.

BTW my debugging program looks like this:

debug := 1

repeat
if(kb.gotkey==true)
key:=kb.getkey

if(debug==1)
print(" ") 'debug
print_dec(key)

Mike Green

Sorry, I left out a bit. It should be "<"<<8+">".

Kari

Works partly !

results pressing key 45 are

keycode is 62,
key+ shift is 318
ctrl+key=574
alt+key=1086
win+key=2110

keycode 62 is the same as pressing key 54 with shift.

The data to pin input is athough different as you can see from these plottings:
Key numbers refer to previous document about 102-key keyboard.

key13.jpg is key 13 "=" to verify data 0x55
key54.jpg is a plot from shift + key 54 which reports keycode 62
key45.jpg is a plot from key 45 which also now reports keycode 62


Sorry i have to log out for this day.

Regards
Kari

Kari

This is my fix to keyboard.spin for 102-key keyboard, you can find corect location from line 550.
Number 1 is unique return from "getkey" keyboard routine.
I hope someone who maintain keyboard.spin sees this and maybe consider to make change to release version as well.
Graham, thank you !

word $00F1 '59 Shift-R
word $EB0D '5A (Enter) Enter
word $005D '5B ]
word $0000 '5C
word $005C '5D \
word $CF00 '5E WakeUp
word $0000 '5F
word $0000 '60
'word $0000 '61 =key between "left shift" and "z" in 102-key keyboard
word 1 'key returns 1 , shift+key= 257, alt+key 1025, ctrl+key=513
word $0000 '62
word $0000 '63
word $0000 '64
word $0000 '65
word $00C8 '66 BackSpace
word $0000 '67
word $0000 '68
word $C5E1 '69 End (1)

Kari

Of coursemy thanks goes to Mike Green !
Kari