PosKeyboard Class

Definition

Defines the programmatic interface for a UPOS Keyboard device.

public abstract class PosKeyboard : Microsoft.PointOfService.PosCommon
type PosKeyboard = class
    inherit PosCommon
Public MustInherit Class PosKeyboard
Inherits PosCommon
Inheritance
PosKeyboard
Derived

Constructors

PosKeyboard()

Creates an instance of PosKeyboard class.

Fields

ExtendedErrorFirmwareBadFile

Indicates the specified firmware file or files exist, but one or more of those files are either not in the correct format or are corrupted.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ExtendedErrorStatistics

Indicates a specified statistic could not be reset or updated.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ExtendedErrorStatisticsDependency (Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticCommunicationErrorCount

Holds the programmatic name of the Communication Error Count common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticDeviceCategory

Holds the programmatic name of the Device Category common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticFirmwareRevision

Holds the programmatic name of the Firmware Revision common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticHoursPoweredCount

Holds the programmatic name of the Hours Powered On common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticInstallationDate

Holds the programmatic name of the Installation Date common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticInterface

Holds the programmatic name of the Interface common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticKeyPressedCount

Incremented for each key-down action.

StatisticManufactureDate

Holds the programmatic name of the Manufacture Date common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticManufacturerName

Holds the programmatic name of the Manufacturer Name common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticMechanicalRevision

Holds the programmatic name of the Mechanical Revision common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticModelName

Holds the programmatic name of the Model Name common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticSerialNumber

Holds the programmatic name of the Serial Number common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatisticUnifiedPOSVersion

Holds the programmatic name of the Unified POS Version common statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusPowerOff

Indicates that the device’s power is turned off or it is detached from the terminal.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusPowerOffline

Indicates that the device is powered on but is either not ready or unable to respond to requests.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusPowerOffOffline

Indicates that either the device’s power is off or it is offline.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusPowerOnline

Indicates that the device’s power is turned on and it is ready for use.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareComplete

Indicates the update firmware process has completed successfully.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareCompleteDeviceNotRestored

Indicates the update firmware process succeeded. However, the Service Object and/or the physical device cannot be returned to the state they were in before the update firmware process started.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceNeedsFirmware

Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device will not be operational until another attempt to update the firmware is successful.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceOk

Indicates the update firmware process failed. However, the device is still operational.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceUnknown

Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device is in an indeterminate state.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceUnrecoverable

Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device is either unusable or unrecoverable through software.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
StatusUpdateFirmwareProgress

Indicates the update firmware process has completed 1 to 100 percent successfully.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
WaitForever

Used as the value for a timeout parameter in common and device-specific methods to indicate the method should wait until it receives a response, instead of timing out.

(Inherited from PosCommon)

Properties

AutoDisable

Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether POS for .NET automatically disables the device when data is received.

CapCompareFirmwareVersion

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the Service Object/device supports comparing the firmware version in the physical device against that of a firmware file.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CapKeyUp

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the keyboard device can generate both key-down and key-up input data, based on the value of the EventTypes property.

CapPowerReporting

Gets the power reporting capabilities of the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CapStatisticsReporting

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device can accumulate and can provide various statistics regarding usage.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CapUpdateFirmware

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device's firmware can be updated through the UpdateFirmware method.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CapUpdateStatistics

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether some or all the device statistics can be reset to 0 (zero) by using the ResetStatistic and ResetStatistics methods, or updated by using the UpdateStatistic and UpdateStatistics methods.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CheckHealthText

Gets a string that indicates the health of the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Claimed

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device is claimed for exclusive access.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Compatibility (Inherited from PosDevice)
DataCount

Gets the number of data events currently queued by the service object.

DataEventEnabled

Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the service object can deliver a queued event by raising a DataEvent event.

DeviceDescription

Gets a string identifying the device and the company that manufactured it.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
DeviceEnabled

Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device has been placed in an operational state.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
DeviceInstanceId (Inherited from PosCommon)
DeviceName

Gets a short string identifying the device and any pertinent information about it.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
DevicePath

Gets or sets the hardware path of a device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
EventTypes

Gets or sets the type of events that the application wants to receive.

FreezeEvents

Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the application has requested that the Service Object not deliver events.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
HardwareId (Inherited from PosCommon)
IsExclusiveUseDevice
PosKeyData

Gets the value of the key from the last DataEvent event.

PosKeyEventType

Gets the type of the last keyboard event.

PowerNotify

Gets or sets the type of power notification selection made by the application.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
PowerState

Gets the current power condition.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ServiceObjectDescription

Gets a string identifying the Service Object that supports the device and the company that produced it.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ServiceObjectVersion

Gets the Service Object version number.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
State

Gets the current state of the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
SynchronizingObject

Gets or sets the object that is used to marshal the event handler calls issued because of a POS event.

(Inherited from PosCommon)

Methods

CheckHealth(HealthCheckLevel)

Tests the state of a device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Claim(Int32)

Requests exclusive access to the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ClearInput()

Clears all device input that has been buffered.

Close()

Releases the device and its resources.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
CompareFirmwareVersion(String)

Determines whether the version of the specified firmware is newer than, older than, or the same as the version of firmware in the physical device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
DeleteConfigurationProperty(String)

Deletes the specified property from the XML configuration file.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
DirectIO(Int32, Int32, Object)

Used to communicate directly with the Service Object.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
GetConfigurationProperty(String)

Used by the Service Object to retrieve the specified property from the XML configuration file.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Invoke(Delegate, Object[])

Used by the Service Objects to raise an event.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Open()

Opens a device for later input/output processing.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
Release()

Releases exclusive access to the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ResetStatistic(String)

Resets the specified statistic to 0 (zero).

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ResetStatistics()

Resets all statistics associated with a device to 0 (zero).

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ResetStatistics(StatisticCategories)

Resets all statistics for a specified category to 0 (zero).

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ResetStatistics(String[])

Resets the specified statistics to 0 (zero).

(Inherited from PosCommon)
RetrieveStatistic(String)

Retrieves the specified device statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
RetrieveStatistics()

Retrieves all device statistics.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
RetrieveStatistics(StatisticCategories)

Retrieves the statistics for the specified category.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
RetrieveStatistics(String[])

Retrieves the specified statistics.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
SetConfigurationProperty(String, String)

Sets a property value (or create a new property) in the XML configuration file.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
UpdateFirmware(String)

Updates the firmware of a device with the version of the firmware contained or defined in the file specified by the firmwareFileName parameter regardless of whether that firmware’s version is newer than, older than, or the same as the version of the firmware already in the device.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
UpdateStatistic(String, Object)

Updates the value of a specified device statistic.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
UpdateStatistics(Statistic[])

Updates a list of statistics with the corresponding specified values.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
UpdateStatistics(StatisticCategories, Object)

Updates the specified category of statistics with the specified value.

(Inherited from PosCommon)

Events

DataEvent

Raised by the service object to present input data from the device to the application.

DeviceAddedEvent (Inherited from PosCommon)
DeviceRemovedEvent (Inherited from PosCommon)
DirectIOEvent

Raised by the Service Object to communicate information directly to the application.

(Inherited from PosCommon)
ErrorEvent

Raised by the service object to indicate an error has been detected while it is trying to read keyboard device input data.

StatusUpdateEvent

Raised by the Service Object to alert the application of a device status change.

(Inherited from PosCommon)

Applies to