Avant Mechanical, Programmable Keyboards By Cr ea tiv eV ision Technologies, Inc. Crea eativ tive Vision rev10/00 http://www.cvtinc.
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NOTES Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 5 About Your Keyboard ................................................................... 5 Unpacking And Installation ........................................................... 6 AVANT UTILITIES INSTALLATION ...................................... 7 Windows 3.x Installation ............................................................... 7 Windows 9x Installation ...............................................
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CVT Avant Keyboard Limited Warranty Introduction Money Back Guarantee Congratulations on your purchase of an Avant keyboard! CVT is so confident in the quality of our Avant keyboards that we offer the original purchaser a 30-day money back guarantee. The keyboard must be received back at our facility within 30 days from the date of invoice. Freight charges are non-refundable. Contact CVT or CVT’s authorized distributor for return shipment instructions.
Unpacking And Installation Troubleshooting and Technical Support Complete the following steps to install your Avant keyboard: If you experience problems or questions setting up or using your Avant keyboard, please refer to the on-line help located in the Avant utilities program. In many instances problems that arise are minor and can be resolved easily. • • • • • • • Carefully unpack your keyboard as you would any other piece of electronic equipment. Store the packing material in a safe place.
Operating System Compatibility Avant Utilities Installation The utilities supplied with the Avant keyboards were created to work with Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups™ version 3.11 and Windows 9x. The programming utilities will not operate with Windows NT™, Windows 2000™ , IBM OS/2™ or UNIX. Note: Before installing this program, close all open applications.
Quick Tutorial Hardware and Software Compatibility Remapping Keys The Avant keyboards are compatible with the majority of hardware and software available on the market today. For more information about compatibility issues, please read the following: Remapping refers to changing a single key to another function. For example, if you never use the key but use the often, you can make the keyboard send a every time the is pressed. Follow these steps.
Special Key Combinations Change to Macro mode by clicking the button in the upper right of the screen. Important key combinations for use with the Avant keyboard: The program switches to Macro mode and the display is updated. Reset To Factory Settings Press and hold the key while turning on your system. Use this function the first time you connect the keyboard. Turn Macro Mode On or Off Macro mode must be turned on to use any macros programmed. Press and release the right key (4) times.
To review what is recorded, click on the key and select under the modifiers. The macro description is displayed. The utility automatically adds any special key description necessary to emulate what is typed. The program will add shift indicators before and after any capitalization to exactly emulate the way you typed. To program the keyboard with the new macro, click on the download button. After the download is complete, you may exit the utility.