Product Description

KeyMaestro Input Device Driver

Usage Information

System Requirements

Pairing Procedure

Hardware Installation

Driver Installation

Driver Uninstallation

Battery Low & LED Indication

Keyboard & Mouse Channel

Hot Key Blocks Feature

Commands in the Menu

Hardware Troubleshooting

Driver Troubleshooting

Agency Approval


5545URF Wireless Kit

 

Product Description

The 5545URF kit keyboard and mouse can operate freely up to a radius of about 12m or 39.4 feet from the receiver. 

Keyboard and mouse radio transmitters operate in 2.4GHz ISM band. They both have their own radio channel. The channel is selected from 7 pre-allocated channels out of 100 possible channels in the 2.4GHz ISM band. The operating channel is automatically selected when pairing keyboard /mouse with receiver. For more detailed information, please refer to Keyboard & Mouse Channel

The 5545URF kit can operate out of the box, you only have to pair keyboard, mouse with the receiver when you use multiple 5545URF kits within operating range of each other or when you experience interference from other 2.4GHz radio devices. 

 

KeyMaestro Input Device Driver

Congratulations on your purchase of this wireless kit! It consists of a keyboard, a mouse and a dongle receiver. They will finally free you of the constraints of your desktop by providing a wireless connection between your keyboard, mouse and your PC. Pass around the keyboard or mouse during meetings without having to bother about a cable blocking your way or write e-mails and surf the Internet from the comfort of your living room couch!

Besides providing unprecedented freedom of movement when operating the keyboard or mouse, the kit also offers extra functionality by introducing dedicated buttons for frequently used Internet browser functions. (Please note: The Internet keys work only under Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 or later version!).

This Keyboard is compatible with Windows® 98SE, Windows® ME, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ operating systems.

In order to enjoy the full potentiality of the wireless Keyboard, please read this Help file carefully.

 

 

Usage Information

When battery power gets too low, please change keyboard or mouse batteries according to the following instructions:

  1. Open the battery compartment cover on the bottom of the keyboard and mouse.
  2. Follow the indication inside to install keyboard and mouse batteries.
  1. This optical mouse uses light to sense movement. It cannot work on a glass, translucent, dark color, or reflective surface.
  2. The mouse can work only on a clean, flat, non-slippery, opaque, and light color surface in order to ensure smooth and accurate cursor action.

 


System Requirements

Please refer to table below for the other system requirements for the features.

Function Description

Operating System

Windows® 98SE

Windows® ME / Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows Vista™

Wireless Functionality

Available immediately after hardware installation.

Available immediately after hardware installation.

Extra Hot key Functions on Keyboard

Requires installation of keyboard driver.

Available immediately after hardware installation.

Keyboard Extra ACPI Keys

Available immediately after hardware installation.

Available immediately after hardware installation.

Keyboard Battery Low Indication

Requires installation of keyboard driver.

Requires installation of keyboard driver.

Keyboard LED Indication

Requires installation of keyboard driver.

Requires installation of keyboard driver.

 



Pairing Procedure

The 5545URF kit can operate out of the box, you only have to pair keyboard, mouse with the receiver when you use multiple 5545URF kits within operating range of each other or when you experience interference from other 2.4GHz radio devices.

The pairing button locates on the top of the dongle receiver with a LED under to show the pairing or data reception status.

 

By pairing the Wireless kit’s keyboard, mouse with receiver will:

- Generate a new digital ID, linking uniquely keyboard, mouse with receiver. This lessens inference from nearby 5545URF kits operating on the same channel.

- Allocate a new channel for the keyboard or mouse. The active channel can be seen in the driver configuration dialog box. This will let your 5545URF kit coexist with other 2.4GHz radio devices and nearby 5545URF kits.

  1. Press the pairing/connect button on the top of the receiver first. Receiver LED indicator will blink slowly to indicate it’s ready to receive keyboard/mouse pairing information.
  2. Next, press the pairing/connect button on the bottom of the mouse once.
  1. Then press the pairing/connect button on the top of the receiver again.
  2. Press the pairing/connect button on the bottom of the keyboard.

Receiver LED indicator flashes 3 times rapidly as its ID paired with this keyboard and mouse.

Note:  

- Each procedure should be completed within 60 seconds.

- Your PC must be turned on before doing this pairing procedure.

Pairing button on the top of the dongle receiver (With a LED under the pairing button)

       Pairing button on the bottom of the mouse

Pairing button on the bottom of the keyboard

 

Hardware Installation

1. Plug the dongle receiver connector into your available USB port on PC. 

Note: If your PC is equipped with 2.4GHz transmitting device such as WLAN, WiFi, Zigbee, Bluetooth cards or dongles, please make sure there is at least 15cm, or more distance between them and the dongle receiver, e.g. when using a PC with built-in 2.4GHz transmitter card by plugging the receiver in a front USB port.

    Front View of USB Connector             Back View of USB Connector


2. Make sure the batteries of the keyboard and mouse are installed correctly, please follow the polarity signs in the battery compartment.

Remarks:
1. Both the keyboard and mouse use 2pcs standard UM-3 (AA) 1.5V alkaline batteries.
2.
Keyboard battery life is up to 18 months and mouse battery life is up to 4 months. It depends on the intensity of usage.

          

Driver Installation

The USB device driver is included in the Windows operating system.

 

During the initial installation of the USB device, the system will automatically detect a new hardware being added, and then bring up the "Add New Hardware Wizard" dialog box. Please follow the Wizard's USB driver installation steps. Once this installation step is completed, the basic functions of the USB device will work under the operating system. The additional functions are provided only after the KeyMaestro application is installed.

  1. Insert the CD labeled "KeyMaestro Input Device Driver" into your CD-ROM drive.

  2. The CD will run automatically and bring up the Setup dialog box.

  3. Follow the on-screen instruction to install the driver.

  4. The driver icon will show at the bottom right of the Windows system tray when the driver is loaded. 

 

Driver Uninstallation

Please note that you have to uninstall the driver first if you want to re-install the driver.

  1. Right-click the driver icon  on the taskbar and select "Exit" command to exit the driver program.

  2. Click "Start" menu (on the bottom left of the taskbar).

  3. Move cursor to "Programs" in "Start" menu.

  4. Move cursor again to "KeyMaestro."

  5. Select "Uninstallation."

  6. Click to confirm you want to uninstall.

 

 

Battery Low & LED Indication

When keyboard batteries are low, the battery low icon will show on the bottom right of the Windows taskbar.
When mouse batteries are low, the battery low icon
will show on the bottom right of the Windows taskbar.
The battery low icon or will disappear when you change the batteries.

Num Lock:  The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as numlock.gif (892 bytes) when you press the num lock button.   
Caps Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as capslock.gif (893 bytes) when you press the caps lock button.
Scroll Lock: The KeyMaestro driver icon will show as scrolock.gif (892 bytes) when you press the scroll lock button.


 

Keyboard & Mouse Channel

If you click on the KeyMaestro driver icon
in the Windows system tray, a dialog box will pop up. You can check the keyboard and mouse channel at the bottom of the dialog box.  

Keyboard and mouse radio transmitters operate in 2.4GHz ISM band. They both have their own radio channel. The channel is selected from 7 pre-allocated channels out of 100 possible channels in the 2.4GHz ISM band. The operating channel is automatically selected when pairing keyboard /mouse with dongle receiver.

 


Hot Key Blocks Feature
In addition to the standard keys, this keyboard also has extra-dedicated keys which provide Internet, Sleep, and Multimedia Keys Block functions. 

Once the driver has been installed, all hot keys are reprogrammable. They can be configured as a string, a combination key, a web site, an existing file, or a function that the driver pre-defines for you. Click KeyMaestro icon on the Windows system tray to reconfigure these keys. Please refer to the description of the "Commands in the Menu" for more detailed information.

When the cursor-control keys are used with the Fn key, they become screen-control keys. The screen-control keys-- PgUp, PgDn, Home, End--are defined by the application and typically move the cursor a screen up or down,  to the beginning or the end of a screen, or to the beginning or the end of a line. 


Commands in the Menu

If you right-click on the KeyMaestro icon on the taskbar, a menu will pop up with the following commands.

Click on this command, a customization dialog box will pop up with the following functions. 

1.  Select A HotKey

This function contains the default function of a key. You can click on the "Display Label" to re-define the key functions. When you click it, a Configure Button box will appear.

In the "Button Label" box, type the name of the application that the button will launch, or any name that will help you remember the function of the button. This label will appear on screen each time you press the button.

You can see a list of pre-defined functions and set one of them for the button.

Type in the path to a frequently-used application or click the Browse button to select any file in your computer. If you want to attach a web page to the button, just simply type in the website address in the dialog box.

In many Windows application, there are many hot keys to execute some frequently-used commands. Some hot keys are combined with two or three keys pressed simultaneously and some are combined with Windows key. It is not easy to press and remember those hot keys. Now you can define those complicated hot keys you always forgot. The ways to define combination keys are as follows:

 

- Combination key: Any kind of combination is available. Please follow the steps: Click “Combination Key” press combination commands in the blank, such as [Alt] + [F4] (= close window) or [Ctrl] + [A] (= select all) click “OK”.

 

- Windows key: You can also define the button as a frequently-used Windows key function. The default status of Windows key is disabled.

For example: If you want to open the start page of Microsoft Media Center PC, please follow the steps below: Click "Combination Key"check "Windows Key" press "[Alt]+ [Enter]" in the blank click "OK".

There are also other standard Windows key combination commands you can define, such as [Windows] + [D] (= show Desktop).

You may define the button as a string of texts that needs to be input often. The maximum characters are 500. Taking full advantage of this function can save much your text input time and makes your works more efficient.

2.  Enable Display Label

This command is to show or hide the OSD (On Screen Display). When the OSD is enabled, each time you press any one of the multimedia buttons, its function name (button label) will show on the bottom right of the screen. The default status of this function is enabled.

3.  Enable Taskbar Icon

This command is to show or hide the taskbar driver icon. When the function is enabled, you can see a driver icon .Its function name (button label) will show on the bottom right of the screen. If you want to reload it again, you can select Start Program KeyMaestro Configure to launch it. The default status of this function is enabled.

4.  Enable Auto Play

This command is to show or hide the auto play function. When the function is enabled, Microsoft Media Player will show on the screen after you press the “Play” key of the multimedia keys. For Winamp user, you can use the multimedia keys to control Winamp function after you call out Winamp and disable Auto play function. The default status of this function is disabled.

Select this command to exit this driver program, but not to remove (uninstall). After you restart your system, the driver will be loaded again.

In case you have trouble installing other programs, we recommend you to exit this Input Device Driver firstly in order to have a cleaner system environment.

 

Hardware Troubleshooting

1. Symptom: The Wireless Kit does not work properly

    Solution: If the Wireless Kit does not work properly, you could follow the steps to check your Wireless Kit:

(1) Unplug the dongle receiver and plug it in your PC USB port again. When the dongle receiver is plugged in, the LED on the top of the dongle receiver will blink 3 times. 

(2) Next, please check if the batteries in the keyboard and mouse are installed correctly. Also, please make sure you are using good batteries. 

(3) If the Wireless Kit still does not work properly, please follow the Pairing Procedure section above to pair keyboard and mouse with dongle receiver. For more detailed information, please refer to Pairing Procedure

 

2. Symptom: - Mouse cursor moves by itself when you are not using mouse or
                    - you have keyboard input when you are not using keyboard

    Cause: Most likely there is another mouse or keyboard using the same ID and channel as your Wireless Kit.

    Solution: Follow Pairing Procedure section above to pair keyboard and mouse with dongle receiver. 
                  For more detailed information, please refer to
Pairing Procedure


3. Symptom: - Short range of Wireless Kit or 
                    - keyboard loses keys when typing or
                    - slow typing speed or
                    - slow mouse cursor or
                    - stuck mouse menu

    Cause: Heavy metal objects near keyboard, mouse or receiver dampen the radio signal, e.g.  receiver is plugged in a PC standing under a metal desk.

                Or other 2.4GHz wireless device cause radio frequency interference e.g.    

           - Micro-wave oven
           - Wireless LAN (WLAN/WiFi) Hub
           - Bluetooth or Zigbee devices

    Solution: 

                   - Relocate receiver
                   - Pair keyboard/mouse with receiver to change channel.
For more detailed information, please refer to Pairing Procedure
                   - Locate RFI devices and move them out of range

4. Symptom: - Mouse works but keyboard not or
                    - Keyboard works but mouse not

    Solution: 

                    - Try to pair keyboard or mouse with receiver. For more detailed information, please refer to Pairing Procedure
                    - replace batteries for failing keyboard or mouse

 

Driver Troubleshooting

1. Symptom: The Keyboard Software does not work properly

    Solution:

- Please make sure if there are any keyboard hot key drivers installed. Remove all keyboard hot key driver first and re-install Keyboard Software to solve the problem.

2. Symptom: Add/Remove Keyboard Software or Re-install

    Solution:

- After installing the Keyboard software, the Keyboard icon will display in the system tray. If you want to reinstall the software for some reasons, you must delete the Keyboard driver from your operating system first. For more detailed information, please refer to Driver Uninstallation


Note: If you want to upgrade your Keyboard software or it does not work properly, you can re-install it to fix this problem.

3. Symptom: Other software applications can not be installed properly

    Solution:

- Remove the Keyboard driver from your system memory by right-clicking on the keyboard icon and select "Exit". Then install the desired software applications. After completing the new software installation, restart your computer and then the Keyboard icon will show in the right-bottom taskbar.

4. Symptom: The repeating rate of previous & next key of multimedia function cannot match the speed of CD-ROM drive

    Solution:

- If you hold on previous or next key, the CD player will continuously search previous or next tracks until you release it. If the speed of your CD-ROM drive is too slow, it will do the search persistently. We recommend you to change a better performance CD-ROM drive.

5. Symptom:  CD or Multimedia Player can not be launched

    Solution: 

- Make sure CD or Video software and hardware for these functions are properly installed in your system.

6. Symptom: Multimedia Player can not play VCD title or MPEG file

    Solution:

- Make sure you have installed Windows Media Player version 7 or later properly. If not, please download the Windows Media Player version 7 or later from Microsoft Web site.

7. Symptom: Sleep key does not work properly

    Solution:

- Make sure that the power management in the BIOS and Windows are enabled. For more information on your PC's BIOS settings, refer to your PC's manual. For more information on how to enable the power management features in Windows, refer to your Windows manual. 

 

The Sleep function must be enabled in your Windows operating system before you use the Sleep key. The way to enable the Sleep function is to open the Windows Start Menu Settings Control Panel Power Options Hibernate check the "Enable hibernate Support" and click OK to enable the Sleep function.

You have to make sure that the Sleep functions in your Windows operating system are enabled. The ways to enable the Sleep function are as follows: 

(1) Please open the Windows Start Menu Settings Control Panel Power Options Hibernate check the "Enable hibernate Support" and click OK to enable the Sleep function.

     

 

(2) 

 

The Sleep function must be enabled in your Windows operating system before you use the Sleep key. The Way to enable the Sleep function is to open the Windows Start Menu Control Panel → Power Options → Choose what the power buttons do → check " Sleep " under " when I press the sleep button " and click " Save Settings " to enable the sleep function.

 

If the above troubleshooting suggestions still do not solve your problem,  please refer to your direct dealer for technical support.

 

Agency Approval

For more detailed information, please refer to Approval


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