To create and set up the Keyboard system object in INTELLECT™ software, follow the sequence:

  1. Open the Hardware tab in the System Settings dialog box (1).
  2. Create the Keyboard system object on the base of the Computer object or select the relevant object in the objects tree on the Hardware tab of Intellect settings panel (2).

  3. Enter the ID of the created object, its  name and select the Computer system object to be the parent one for the Keyboard object (3).

    The object ID should be the same as the file number used for programming the device (see the Programming the Special keyboard device in Windows OS section) and should be within the range from 0 to 9.


    The Computer system object should match the computer, to which the Special keyboard device is connected.

  4. Enter the coordinates of the interface box (coordinates of the left upper corner), used to enter the object’s number, which should be controlled by the Special keyboard device (4). Coordinates are given in percentage in accordance with horizontal and vertical screen sizes correspondingly.

  5. It is necessary to define what interface objects of the distributed video surveillance system will be controlled by the Special keyboard device (5). The Control all item is selected, Operator can control all the interface objects, that corresponds to the installation of configuration file. The From the list item allows control interface objects, denoted in the list.

     Interface objects are controlled when a command is sent to these objects by clicking a key on the keyboard.  For instance, when LOCK and UNLOCK commands are sent, interface objects are locked or unlocked.The correspondence between a command and the key on the keyboard is described in ini-file (see Settings the interpretation rules of the Special keyboard layout by Intellect program complex section).
  6. It is necessary to define what interface objects of the distributed video surveillance system will be controlled by the Special keyboard device (6). In the Type and Number columns it is necessary to select interface object that is controlled by Special keyboard device, in the Name column the name of the selected interface object is automatically displayed.