Wallboard keyboard emulator
Requirements
- Android 4.0.6 application version
- Windows 4.0.210 application version
Setup & Configuration
- Navigate to Devices menu, then select the device where you want to use the sensors.
- Open the device settings by clicking on the icon
OR
- Click on the device card, then Select Settings tab
- Find sensor settings, then create a configuration from the following:
{
"services": [
{
"uid": "",
"type": "KEYBOARD_EMULATOR",
"settings": {
"rules": [
{
"type": "KEYBOARD|JOYSTICK|IR",
"timeout": 50,
"eol": "\n",
"format": "message|sensor",
"target": "displayer|device|both",
"defaultId": "",
"defaultEvent": "",
"pattern": "(\\w\\d{3}\\w)\\[(TR|TD)=UID:([A-Za-z0-9]*)]\r\n",
"idGroupIndex": 1,
"eventGroupIndex": 2,
"valueGroupIndex": 3
}
]
}
}
]
}
Parameters
Type
type
is used to tell the device what kind of keyboard emulator is connected, usually if for example a barcode or NFC reader is used then the type has to be KEYBOARD
Timeout
The timeout
sets the maximum amount of time the device will wait for a new key press, if the timeout expires the received message will be sent to the target
Format
The format
tells the device what kind of format it should use to send the message to the target, if the format is message then only the message itself will be sent to the target, if the format is sensor then the message will be wrapped in our sensor message format
Target
target
tells the device to where to send the message, if it is set to displayer then the message will be sent to the displayer where it can be handled in a content, if it is set to device then the received message will be sent to the underlying display operating system.
Default ID and Default Event
The defaultId
and defaultEvent
are used when the format is set to sensor, in this case these will added as an ID and as an Event to the sensor message
Pattern
The pattern
is used similarly to our Generic sensor the pattern given here will be applied to the received message, and the
idGroupIndex
eventGroupIndex
valueGroupIndex
will be used to get the values captured by the pattern