Difference between revisions of "Keyboard Testing"

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TESTING KEYBOARDS

Keyboards are tested for functionality. The good ones are then distributed throughout the building (Build, Thrift Store, etc.) or are boxed up for Bulk Sales. The bad ones are recycled.

Current Project: Updating Keyboard Testing Flowchart

This is a graph with borders and nodes. Maybe there is an Imagemap used so the nodes may be linking to some Pages.

This is a PS2 keyboard connector.

This is a USB keyboard connector.

To test a keyboard, follow these steps

Turn the computer on.
Connect the keyboard to the system using the extender on the right, or the USB port in front.
To test a Macintosh or Apple keyboard, select the "Apple Layout".
To test standard keyboards, select the standard "104-key Layout".
Select CONTINUE.
Go through and test every key. You will see on the screen what looks like a keyboard. When you hit a key on the keyboard, check to see if its image on the screen turns black. This means the key works. If it does not turn black, the key does not work. If any keys do not work then RECYCLE the keyboard.
When you have finished going through all the keys, hit "Reset" to reset the image in the program.
Place working keyboards in the appropriate boxes. When a box gets full, ask a staff member where it goes.
Plug in a new keyboard and start all over!

TO RECYCLE A KEYBOARD

When you have determined that a keyboard does not work, cut off the cord. Put the cord in the metal shopping cart in the main receiving room. Put keyboards in the Gaylord on the sidewalk.

Notes from Free Geek Vancouver

The Finer Points of Keyboard Sorting

An alternate test

If the keyboard tester is flaky or otherwise unavailable, the program "xev" will create a little window for logging x events, including keyboard presses.

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 ==To test a keyboard, follow these steps==
-* Turn on the computer by turning on the power strip next to it.
+* Turn the computer on.
-* Connect the keyboard to the system using the extender provided.
+* Connect the keyboard to the system using the extender on the right, or the USB port in front.
-* Using the side to side arrows on the keyboard, select the KBD heading.
+* To test a Macintosh or Apple keyboard, select the "Apple Layout".
-* Using the up and down arrows on the keyboard, select the Scan/ASCII test and select it by hitting the enter key.
+* To test standard keyboards, select the standard "104-key Layout".
-* A window will pop up, select CONTINUE by using the enter key.
+* Select CONTINUE.
-* You will see on the screen what looks like a keyboard.  When you hit a key on the keyboard, a little star should appear on the keyboard image on the screen.  This means the key works. If you do not see a star, the key does not work. Go through and test every key. If any keys do not work then RECYCLE the keyboard.
+* Go through and test every key. You will see on the screen what looks like a keyboard. When you hit a key on the keyboard, check to see if its image on the screen turns black.  This means the key works. If it does not turn black, the key does not work. If any keys do not work then RECYCLE the keyboard.
-* When you have finished going through all the keys, hit the control key and the pause/break key at the same time to exit the testing program.
+* When you have finished going through all the keys, hit "Reset" to reset the image in the program.
-*Put working PS2 connector keyboards in the box provided. When this box is full, count all the keyboards in it, label it <nowiki>"(#) Working Keyboards"</nowiki> close up the box and ask where it goes. Put clean, working USB keyboards in the store box.
+*Place working keyboards in the appropriate boxes. When a box gets full, ask a staff member where it goes.
 * Plug in a new keyboard and start all over!
-NOTE:  The keyboard testing computer needs to have a keyboard connected while booting.
 ==TO RECYCLE A KEYBOARD==