C-2 MC9190-G User Guide

28-Key Keypad
The 28-key keypad contains a Power button, application keys, scroll keys and function keys. The keypad is
color-coded to indicate the alternate function key (blue) values. Note that keypad functions can be changed by an
application so the MC9190-G’s keypad may not function exactly as described. See Table C-1 on page C-3 for key
and button descriptions and Table C-7 on page C-20 for the keypad’s special functions.

Figure C-1 28-Key Keypad

 Keypads C-3

Table C-1 28-Key Descriptions

Key Description
Power (red) Turns the MC9190-G on and off.
Performs a warm boot and a cold boot. See Resetting the MC9190-G on page 2-22 for information about
performing a warm and cold boot.

Green/Red Dot To use a key as an application key (APP key) on the keyboard, a new keyboard remap table must be
created and installed. However, the Green/Red dot keys can be remapped as APP keys through the
registry.
Create an XML Provisioning file with the following entries:
Characteristic type =“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD”
Parm name = “GreenKeyOverride” value = “xx”, where xx is the new APP key code.
Parm name = “RedKeyOverride” value = “xx”, where xx is the new APP key code.

Refer to the MC9190-G Integrator Guide for instruction on updating the registry using XML Provisioning.
This sends an APP key code, instead of their original key codes, when the green or red dot key is
pressed.

Scan (yellow) Activates the scanner/imager in a scan enabled application.

Scroll Up and Down Moves up and down from one item to another.
Increases/decreases specified values.

Scroll Left and Right Moves left and right from one item to another.
Increases/decreases specified values.

ESC Exits the current operation.

One/Star Produces the number one in default state.

Produces an asterisk in Alpha state.

Alphanumeric In default state, produces the numeric value on the key.

GHI JKL MNO
In Alpha state, produces the lower case alphabetic characters on the key. Each key press produces the
4 5 6 next alphabetic character in sequence. For example, press and release the ALPHA key and then press
the ‘4’ key once to produce the letter ‘g’; press and release the ALPHA key and then press the ‘4’ key
three times to produce the letter ‘i’.
When the SHIFT key is pressed in Alpha state, the upper case alphabetic characters on the key are
produced. For example, press and release the ALPHA key, press and release the SHIFT key and then
press the ‘4’ key once to produce the letter ‘G’; press and release the ALPHA key, press and release the
SHIFT key and then press the ‘4’ key three times to produce the letter ‘I’.
C-4 MC9190-G User Guide

Table C-1 28-Key Descriptions (Continued)

Key Description
SPACE/BKSP Space and backspace functions.

CTRL (Control) Press and release the CTRL key to activate the keypad alternate CTRL functions. The LED above the key
LED lights and the icon appears on the taskbar on WinCE devices or at the bottom of the screen on
Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.
Press the Blue key followed by the CTRL key to activate the keypad alternate ALT functions. The ALT
icon appears on the taskbar on WinCE devices or the icon appears at the bottom of the screen on
Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.

ALPHA Press and release the ALPHA key to activate the keypad alternate functions (shown on the keypad in

LED orange). The LED above the key lights when the key is depressed. The icon appears on the taskbar
on WinCE devices and the icon appears at the bottom of the screen on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices.
Press and release the ALPHA key again to return to the normal keypad functions.

Function (blue) Press and release the blue function key to activate the keypad alternate functions (shown on the keypad
in blue). The LED above the key lights and the icon appears on the bottom of the screen on
LED
Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. Press and release the blue function key again to return to the normal
keypad functions.

SHIFT
Press and release the SHIFT key to activate the keypad alternate SHIFT functions. The icon
appears on the bottom of the screen on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. Press and release the SHIFT key
again to return to the normal keypad functions.

ENT (Enter) Executes a selected item or function.

For Windows Mobile 6.5:
The default behavior of the ENT (Enter) key sends an extra character, which causes a Microsoft Word or
Notes application to exit. To make the applications work properly, create an XML Provisioning file with the
following entries:
Characteristic type =”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD”
Para name = “SpecialEnterTabKey” value = 0

Refer to the MC9190-G Integrator Guide for instruction on updating the registry using XML Provisioning.

Period/Decimal Point In default state, produces a period for alpha entries and a decimal point for numeric entries.
In function key state, produces an asterisk.
When the SHIFT key is pressed in function key state, produces an asterisk.

Zero In default state, produces a zero.

In Alpha state, produces a space.

Pound Produces a pound/number sign.

C-8 MC9190-G User Guide

53-Key Keypad
There are two physical configurations of the 53-key keypad, however both of the keypads are functionally identical.
The 53-key keypad contains a Power button, application keys, scroll keys and function keys. The keypad is
color-coded to indicate the alternate function key (blue) values. Note that keypad functions can be changed by an
application so the MC9190-G’s keypad may not function exactly as described. See Table C-3 on page C-9 for key
and button descriptions and Table C-7 on page C-20 for the keypad’s special functions.

Figure C-3 53-Key Keypad

 Keypads C-9

Table C-3 53-Key Descriptions

Key Description
Power (red) Turns the MC9190-G on and off.
Performs a warm boot and a cold boot. See Resetting the MC9190-G on page 2-22 for information
about performing a warm and cold boot.

Green/Red Dot To use a key as an application key (APP key) on the keyboard, a new keyboard remap table must be
created and installed. However, the Green/Red dot keys can be remapped as APP keys through the
registry.
Create an XML Provisioning file with the following entries:
Characteristic type =“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD”
Parm name = “GreenKeyOverride” value = “xx”, where xx is the new APP key code.
Parm name = “RedKeyOverride” value = “xx”, where xx is the new APP key code.

Refer to the MC9190-G Integrator Guide for instruction on updating the registry using XML Provisioning.
This sends an APP key code, instead of their original key codes, when the green or red dot key is
pressed.

Scan (yellow) Activates the scanner/imager in a scan enabled application.

Scroll Up and Down Moves up and down from one item to another.
Increases/decreases specified values.

Scroll Left and Right Moves left and right from one item to another.
Increases/decreases specified values.

ESC Exits the current operation.

Alpha Use the alpha keys for alphabetic characters.

SPACE/BKSP Space and backspace functions.

Numeric/Application Numeric value keys - can have applications assigned with function key(s).
For Windows Mobile 6.5 devices: F6 and F7 keys cannot be remapped and are dedicated by the
Operating System to control volume level. When these keys are pressed, Shell.exe traps them and
displays the volume adjustment window. To get these keys to an application, call GXOpenInput() at the
beginning of the application and call GXCloseInput() at the end of the application. This redirects all of the
key events to an application, including the F6 and F7 keys.
Note: Other applications cannot receive any key event until GXCloseInput() is called. For example, if the
customer is using the APP1 key to run Calc.exe, this is disabled during this period.

Function (blue) Press and release the blue function key to activate the keypad alternate functions (shown on the keypad
LED in blue). The LED above the key lights and the icon appears at the bottom of the screen. Press and
release the blue function key again to return to the normal keypad functions.
C - 10 MC9190-G User Guide

Table C-3 53-Key Descriptions (Continued)

Key Description
Control Press and release the CTRL key to activate the keypad alternate CTRL functions. The LED above the

LED key lights and the icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
Press the Blue key followed by the CTRL key to activate the keypad alternate ALT functions. The ALT
icon appears on the bottom of the screen.

Shift Changes the state of the alpha characters from lowercase to uppercase. Press the SHIFT key to activate
this mode temporarily, followed by another key. The icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
On OEM versions 01.34.0008 (Windows Mobile) and 01.24.0009 (Win CE), press the Shift key twice to
lock this mode. The icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
Press the Shift key a again to unlock.

Period/Decimal Point Produces a period for alpha entries and a decimal point for numeric entries.

Star Produces an asterisk.

Enter Executes a selected item or function.

For Windows Mobile 6.5 devices:
The default behavior of the ENT (Enter) key sends an extra character, which causes a Microsoft Word or
Notes application to exit. To make the applications work properly, create an XML Provisioning file with
the following entries:
Characteristic type =”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KEYBD”
Para name = “SpecialEnterTabKey” value = 0

Refer to the MC9190-G Integrator Guide for instruction on updating the registry using XML Provisioning.
C - 20 MC9190-G User Guide

Keypad Special Functions

The keypad special functions are color coded on the keypads. For example, on the 53-key keypad, the display
backlight icon is blue indicating that the blue function key must be selected first to access the display backlight. On
the 43-key keypad, the display backlight icon is white indicating that the display backlight is the default value for
that key.

Table C-7 Keypad Special Functions

28-Key 53-Key, 3270,

Icon 43-Key Keypad Special Function
Keypad 5250, VT Keypad
Blue key + # key Blue key + Z Turns on and off the display backlight.

Blue key + 0 key Blue key + X Turns on and off the keypad backlight.

Blue key + 1 Blue key + F1 Blue key + D Increases display backlight intensity.

Blue key + 4 Blue key + F5 Blue key + I Increases display backlight intensity.

Blue key + 3 Blue key + F4 Blue key + H Increases scan decode beeper volume.

Blue key + 6 Blue key + F8 Blue key + M Decreases scan decode beeper volume.

Blue key + CTRL Blue key + CTRL Blue key + CTRL Enables Alt keypad functions.

Not available Not available Not available Sends TAB character (forward tab).

NOTE Use of display and keypad backlighting can significantly reduce battery life.
 Keypads C - 21

Special Characters
The keypads can be selected as necessary to support specialized applications. The keypads contain a Power
button, application keys, scroll keys and function keys. The keypad is color-coded to indicate the alternate function
key (blue) values and the alternate ALPHA key (orange) values. See Table C-8 for the special character
generation. Characters can also be generated using the keyboard input panel.

Table C-8 Special Character Generation Map

Special Character 28-Key Keypad 43-Key Keypad 53-Key Keypad

[ Blue Key - E
(open square bracket)

] Blue Key - F
(close square bracket)

/ Blue Key - 9 Blue Key - F12 Blue Key - L,

(forward slash) Blue Key - V

\ Blue Key - G
(Backslash)

= Blue Key - 5 Blue Key - BKSP Blue Key - W

(equal sign)

; Blue Key - R
(semi-colon)

` Blue Key - J
(apostrophe)

, Blue Key - A
(comma)

. Blue Key - B
(period)

! SHIFT - 1
(exclamation point)

@ SHIFT - 2
(at sign)

# SHIFT - 3
(Pound sign)

$ SHIFT - 4
(dollar sign)

% SHIFT - 5
(percent sign)

^ SHIFT - 6
(carat)

& SHIFT - 7
(ampersand)

* Blue Key - ., Blue Key - U,

(asterisk) SHIFT- Blue Key - . SHIFT - Blue Key - U,
SHIFT - 8
C - 22 MC9190-G User Guide

Table C-8 Special Character Generation Map (Continued)

Special Character 28-Key Keypad 43-Key Keypad 53-Key Keypad

( SHIFT - 9
(open parenthesis)

) SHIFT - 0
(close parenthesis)

‘ Blue Key - C
(single quote)

“ SHIFT - Blue Key - C

(double quote)

+ SHIFT - Blue Key - 5, Blue Key - F9, Blue Key - S,

(plus sign) Blue Key - 7, SHIFT - Blue Key - F9, SHIFT - Blue Key - S,
SHIFT - Blue Key - 7 SHIFT - Blue Key - BKSP SHIFT - Blue Key - W

- Blue Key - 8 Blue Key - F10, Blue Key - N,

(dash) SHIFT - Blue Key - F10 Blue Key - T,
SHIFT - Blue Key - T

: SHIFT - Blue Key - R

(colon)

< SHIFT - Blue Key - A

(less than sign)

> SHIFT - Blue Key - B

(greater than sign)

? SHIFT - Blue Key - 9 SHIFT - Blue Key - F12 SHIFT - Blue Key - L,
(question mark) SHIFT - Blue Key - V

_ SHIFT - Blue Key - 8 SHIFT - Blue Key - N

(underscore)

{ SHIFT - Blue Key - E

(open curly bracket)

} SHIFT - Blue Key - F

(close curly bracket)

~ SHIFT - Blue Key - J

(tilde)

| SHIFT - Blue Key - G

(pipe)

Tab Blue Key - Space Blue Key - Space Blue Key - Space