DC5 Keyboard Functionality In Financial Audit

Data Entry Audible Warning Features

In Wintakes, exceeding limits, i.e., Entry, Price, Qty, or Comined, will result in a "continuous beep", the Plus (+) key must be depressed to stop the beep, and the entry must be re-keyed from the start of the record.

In Financial Audit, exceeding limits, i.e., Entry (extension) will result in a "continuous beep", the Escape (E) key must be depressed to stop the beep, and the entry must be re-keyed from the start of the record.

In NDI-W.I.N., exceeding limits, i.e., Price, Qty, will sound three short beeps, and the Plus (+) key must be depressed to accept the entry or Escape (E) to re-key the entry.

An extension (price x quantity) over $100.00 results in a single beep. No further action is necessary except to continue with data entry. The beep is an audible warning that the extension exceeded $100.00. This limit can be changed in Wintakes, Financial Audit (DC5 stand-alone) and NDI-W.I.N. on both the PC and the DC5.

High-Speed Keying Audible Warning Features

The DC5 keyboard will accept up to 30 keystrokes (same key) per second (1,800 keystrokes per minute) with no data loss. Keyed inputs can run ahead of the display, but no data is lost and all data will show up on the display even though it may lag key depressions at very high speed keying rates.

Depressing two keys at the exact same time will result in a "double beep", the two-character entries will not be accepted and must be re-keyed. After the double beep, keyed (character) entries will be accpeted as part of the current record until the Enter key terminates the current record. To assure the two keys are accepted, if so intended, the operator should check the display to assure the record is what is intended. To accommodate high speed keying, two keys down simultaneously are accepted as legal inputs as long as they are depressed separated by 8 milliseconds, i.e., 0.008 seconds. The reason for this is that the intended sequence of the two characters is questionable if depressed simultaneously.

To accommodate high speed keying, the DC5 incorporates a 3-key rollover feature. 3-key rollover allows 3 successive keys to be down simultaneously as long as the depression of each key is separated by 8 milliseconds or more, i.e., 0.008 seconds.

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