Thanks David. The 58 key USB is being ordered, can't wait to get it. Lots of possibilities! Regards, Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices Longmont, Colorado _____ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Greig Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:59 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: X-Keys 20 key, any good? Hi Gary Funckey saves having to program an carriage return on xkeys - max chars per key on my units is 3. funckey x0 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\SilkTop_vis.scr //* defined in a script file that is played on boot SilkTop_vis.scr : settoggle silk_top_vis_type YES NO //* toggle so one key does more than one thing setwindow pcb color setwindow form.cvf_main FORM cvf_main class_list Stack-Up FORM cvf_main class_list Geometry FORM cvf_main board_geometry/silkscreen_top/visible $silk_top_vis_type FORM cvf_main package_geometry/silkscreen_top/visible $silk_top_vis_type FORM cvf_main class_list Components FORM cvf_main ref_des/silkscreen_top/visible $silk_top_vis_type FORM cvf_main class_list Manufacturing FORM cvf_main ok setwindow pcb another trick is to reprogram the aliases, for example setting grids for different keys setwindow pcb define grid setwindow form.grid FORM grid non_etch non_etch_x_grids .05 FORM grid non_etch non_etch_y_grids .05 FORM grid all_etch all_etch_x_grids .05 FORM grid all_etch all_etch_y_grids .05 FORM grid done setwindow pcb alias ~0 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\G100.scr alias ~1 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\G125.scr alias ~2 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\G250.scr alias ~3 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\G1MM.scr alias ~4 replay d:\psd_data\pcbenv\xkeys\G5MM.scr Best Regards David Greig ______________________________ GigaDyne Ltd Buchan House Carnegie Campus Dunfermline KY11 8PL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)1383 624 975 www.gigadyne.co.uk <http://www.gigadyne.co.uk/> ______________________________ _____ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary MacIndoe Sent: 24 April 2006 21:06 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: X-Keys 20 key, any good? Thanks for the response David. I was mainly wondering if it is worth getting (easy to set up, reliable etc.). One of the scripts I use is "t.scr" which turns on only top pads, etch assemblies etc. I have "replay t" aliased to "t", so when I type "t", Enter it runs the "t" script. So, can the X-Key keyboard be set up to perform both "t" and the Enter? That would be great to hit one key and have the script run! Hmmm, maybe I should think about the 58 key instead of the 20 key. Sure, I'm always open to ideas for scripts. I have lots of them to set up the initial database depending on a standard format (i.e. pci, lpc, atx, mini itx etc.) and layer count (4, 6, 8, 10). I also have several to change views, grids etc. I just had to bang on all of the set up scripts for them to manual place format symbols since we went to 15.5. Regards, Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices Longmont, Colorado _____ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Greig Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:24 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: X-Keys 20 key, any good? Using the ~56 key one. Got some scripts if you want ideas on setting it up. Also use another for C programming and spice - fewer syntax errors that way. Best Regards David Greig ______________________________ GigaDyne Ltd Buchan House Carnegie Campus Dunfermline KY11 8PL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)1383 624 975 www.gigadyne.co.uk <http://www.gigadyne.co.uk/> ______________________________ _____ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary MacIndoe Sent: 24 April 2006 20:08 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] X-Keys 20 key, any good? Hey again, So here's another one. Anybody use the Pi Engineering X-Keys 20 key programmable supplemental keyboard? Is it easy to program, works well? Thanks for any input. Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices Longmont, Colorado -- Virus scanned by Lumison. -- Virus scanned by Lumison.