Belkin G700 / Wingboard / BenQ / Logitech TypeAway keyboard driver for OS5

Written by Igor Nesterov (C) 2004-05

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1. About unofficial Belkin G700 / Wingboard / BenQ / TypeAway driver

Unofficial driver features:

• Activate and forget. Driver takes care on all things behind the scene.
• Fast. Executable code was written in pure ARM code. No slowdowns with activedriver.
• Smart power control. Driver save battery by closing serial port when keyboard disconnected.
• Smart device conflicts resolution. If any other device tries to use serial port at the same time, driver release port for new application and grab it back on port close. No more problems with HotSync!
• 9 customizable buttons

2. Requirements

3. G700 driver Installation

Download YAHM from http://g700.palmoid.com/g700drv.zip. Unzip it and install G700Hack.prc and YAHM.prc on your device. Run YAHM from launcher and click on checkbox to the left of hack name: G700 Hack. Driver is ready to use. Attach keyboard and try to type in any edit field.

If you want to delete driver, you should run YAHM, select hack name G700 Hack and press Delete button.

Refer YAHM manual about YAHM advanced settings.

4. Driver settings

For driver customization click on "+" icon right to hack name: G700 Hack. At first screen you can set repeat options. Select deley before repeat (250-500-1000 msec) and repeat rate (6-10-20-30 chars/sec). Use test field to test current settings

Press "Apps..." button to open custom buttons form. Select application from drop-down list for Cmd+1 - Cmd+9 button combinations.

5. Gamerz mode

Palm games use low-level acces to hardkeys and can't be controlled from keyboard. Gamerz mode allow keyboard using for arcade games like Devil House and console games under Nes'Em.

Press Ctrl+Fn to activate Gamerz Mode. Press and shift key (Shift/Ctrl/Fn) to exit Gamerz Mode.

6. Where is my chars?

• Accent characters can be entered with Fn+deadchar and letter. Look for deadchars engravings in QWERTY button row.
• Press Cmd+Space to toggle Japanese support and Cmd-K to toggle input mode
• Press Cmd+Magic (button between Fn and Done) for entering PalmOS shortcut
• Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V - Cut/Copy/Paste
• Fn+digit - run standard application
• Cmd+digit - run custom application
• Take a look into "Key Help" section in hack configuration screen for more useful combinations.

7. Power consumption.

Keyboard using means open serial port. Open serial port means battery drain. Althrough unoficial driver controls serial port automatically, you should know main concepts of power control:

• When driver found serial device on connector, serial port opened.
• When driver found no external device on connector, serial port closed (Clie devices only)
• When driver found USB device on connector (like cradle), serial port closed
• When device turns off, driver closes opened port.
• When device turns on, driver tries to open port

Note for palmOne device users! Keyboards for PalmOne devices use wrong connection scheme. There are no chance to make difference between attached and detached keyboard. For now driver make no difference between those states.

If your range of peripheral devices is limited to cradle and keyboard, you can make driver active all the time. If you have serial cradle or modem, you should disable driver manually. You can make it from YAHM or from command bar.

From 1.4.2 version port is closed after 30 sec of keyboard inactivity.

8. Hardware troubleshooting

1. Driver receives notifications on hardware events like "something was attached to connector", "hotsync happens" etc. On each notification driver checks for keyboard existence and tries to open port and read data. If "Ignore keyboard detach" option is checked driver always thinks that keyboard is attached to device.It can be helpful for some oddy keyboards.
2. Sometimes Palm devices got into problems when anyone attempts to open more than one serial port: pure serial port, infrared, bluetooth serial connection etc. Originally driver closes port and disables keyboard. If you got a trouble with this feature, check "Don't release port for peripheral" option and disable keyboard manually. Checking this option can be helpful with active BtTogglePro utility.
3. After 30 sec of inactivity driver closes serial port. Keypress on closed port generates event and driver re-open it. If your device can't re-activate keyboard, use option "Disable AutoClose". This option can be useful for TH55 owners.

If you got a trouble and checkbox combination solve it, please send me your hardware configuration (device, keyboard, bt/wifi usage) with proper option set.

If you got a trouble and options aren't helpful, please send me your hardware configuration (device, keyboard, bt/wifi usage) and I'll try to fix it.

9. User-defined layouts

It's possible to use own keyboard layout with driver. You can remap all buttons as you wish.

Make custom layout creation in two steps. First step: modify text file with existing layout as you wish. Second step: compile text file into .prc and install layout database on your device.

Download SDK from http://g700.palmoid.com/LayCoder700.zip. All standard layouts are inside. Use them as base for your own layouts. Edit map files with your favorite text editors. Map file syntax is very easy: each possible shift key combination is described as separate plane. Each plane mimics keyboard rows with button labels. Refer Laycoder PPK keyboard editor for unclear button labels.

Laycoder utility is used for layout compilation. It's console windows utility. It can be run under Windows family OSes and under any OS with Win32 emulation. Command line syntax is very simple:

laycoder c -b Dvorak.prc dvorak.map

• c means Compile
• -b means Belkin or BenQ, use -t for TypeAway and -w for WingBoard
• Dvorak.prc is the name of the resulting database
• dvorak.map is the name of the source map file

10. Sample layouts

Belkin G700 English layout

[Plain]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|NxtFl|q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Shift]
|~    |!    |@    |#    |$    |%    |^    |&    |*    |(    |)    |_    |+    |BS   |
|PrvFl|Q    |W    |E    |R    |T    |Y    |U    |I    |O    |P    |{    |}    ||    |
|Caps |A    |S    |D    |F    |G    |H    |J    |K    |L    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|Z    |X    |C    |V    |B    |N    |M    |<    |>    |?    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |SelL |Down |SelR |

[CapsLock]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|NxtFl|Q    |W    |E    |R    |T    |Y    |U    |I    |O    |P    |{    |}    ||    |
|Caps |A    |S    |D    |F    |G    |H    |J    |K    |L    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|Z    |X    |C    |V    |B    |N    |M    |,    |.    |?    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[CapsLock-Shift]
|~    |!    |@    |#    |$    |%    |^    |&    |*    |(    |)    |_    |+    |BS   |
|PrvFl|q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |<    |>    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |SelL |Down |SelR |

[Alt]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Alt-Shift]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |<    |>    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Shrtk|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Fn]
|`    |Apps |Menu |Mail |Find |Date |Phone|Todo |Memo |Calc |New  |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |'+   |`+   |^+   |~+   |:+   |o+   |'+   |'+   |#00D8|#00A3|#00AB|#00BB|#00B6|
|Caps |#00E6|#00A7|#00B0|#0083|#00A9|h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |OK   |
|LShft|z    |x    |#00E7|v    |#00DF|n    |m    |,    |.    |#00BF|SUp  |RShft|
|Emul |Fn   |Shrtk|Cancl|Space|Alt  |MenCm|Delet|Show |SDown|Dtail|

[Emulation]
|`    |!Hrd1|!Hrd2|!Hrd3|!Hrd4|Date |Phone|Todo |Memo |Calc |New  |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |!PgUp|`+   |^+   |~+   |:+   |o+   |'+   |'+   |!Left|!Rght|!Left|!Rght|#00B6|
|Caps |!PgDn|!PgUp|#00B0|#0083|#00A9|h    |j    |k    |l    |:    |"    |!Sel |
|LShft|!Hrd3|!Hrd4|#00E7|!Hrd3|!Hrd4|n    |m    |<    |>    |#00BF|!PgUp|RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |!Sel |!Sel |!Sel |Alt  |MenCm|Delet|!Left|!PgDn|!Rght|

[Cmd]
|`    |Run 1|Run 2|Run 3|Run 4|Run 5|Run 6|Run 7|Run 8|Run 9|Run 0|-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |#011A|l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |#011B|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Ctrl]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|NxtFl|q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |Paste|[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |Backl|;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |Cut  |Copy |Paste|b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Emul |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |WLeft|Down |WRght|

[Ctrl-Cmd]
|`    |1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |BtnQ |BtnW |BtnE |BtnR |BtnT |BtnY |BtnU |BtnI |BtnO |BtnP |[    |]    |\    |
|Caps |BtnA |BtnS |BtnD |BtnF |BtnG |BtnH |BtnJ |BtnK |BtnL |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|BtnZ |BtnX |BtnC |BtnV |BtnB |BtnN |BtnM |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Space|Done |Space|Alt  |Cmd  |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Fn-Shift]
|`    |Apps |Menu |3    |Find |Date |Phone|Todo |Memo |Calc |New  |-    |=    |BS   |
|Tab  |'+   |`+   |^+   |~+   |:+   |o+   |'+   |'+   |#00D8|#00A3|#00AB|#00BB|#00B6|
|Caps |#00E6|#00A7|#00B0|#0083|#00A9|h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |OK   |
|LShft|z    |x    |#00E7|v    |#00DF|n    |m    |,    |.    |#00BF|SUp  |RShft|
|Emul |Fn   |Shrtk|Cancl|Space|Alt  |MenCm|Delet|Show |SDown|Dtail|

Logitech Typeaway English

[Plain]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|NxtFl|q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|


[Shift]
|!    |@    |#    |$    |%    |^    |&    |*    |(    |)    |_    |+    |
|PrvFl|Q    |W    |E    |R    |T    |Y    |U    |I    |O    |P    ||    |BS   |
|Caps |A    |S    |D    |F    |G    |H    |J    |K    |L    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|Z    |X    |C    |V    |B    |N    |M    |<    |>    |?    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |{    |Space|Space|}    |Del  |SelL |Down |SelR |


[CapsLock]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|NxtFl|Q    |W    |E    |R    |T    |Y    |U    |I    |O    |P    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |A    |S    |D    |F    |G    |H    |J    |K    |L    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|Z    |X    |C    |V    |B    |N    |M    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|


[CapsLock-Shift]
|!    |@    |#    |$    |%    |^    |&    |*    |(    |)    |_    |+    |
|PrvFl|q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |:    |"    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |<    |>    |?    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |{    |Space|Space|}    |Del  |SelL |Down |SelR |


[Alt]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|


[Alt-Shift]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Fn]
|Apps |Date |Phone|Todo |Memo |Mail |Calc |Backl|Calc |New  |:+   |~+   |
|PrvFl|     |#0095|#0080|#00AE|#0099|#00A5|#00B5|     |#00F8|#00A3|#00B6|BS   |
|Caps |#00E6|#00A7|#00B0|#0083|#00A9|     |     |     |     |'+   |`+   |OK   |
|LShft|     |     |#00B8|     |#00DF|     |     |o+   |^+   |     |SUp  |     |
|Ctrl |Fn   |Cancl|Menu |Shrtk|Find |New  |Note |Delet|Show |SDown|Dtail|

[Emulation]
|!Hrd1|!Hrd2|!Hrd3|!Hrd4|Date |Phone|Todo |Memo |Calc |New  |-    |=    |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |p    |\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |x    |c    |v    |b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|


[Cmd]
|Run 1|Run 2|Run 3|Run 4|Run 5|Run 6|Run 7|Run 8|Run 9|Run 0|-    |=    |
|Tab  |CmdQ |CmdW |CmdE |CmdR |CmdT |CmdY |CmdU |CmdI |CmdO |CmdP |\    |BS   |
|Caps |CmdA |CmdS |CmdD |CmdF |CmdG |CmdH |CmdJ |CmdK |CmdL |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|CmdZ |CmdX |CmdC |CmdV |CmdB |CmdN |CmdM |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Menu |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|


[Ctrl]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|Tab  |q    |w    |e    |r    |t    |y    |u    |i    |o    |Paste|\    |BS   |
|Caps |a    |s    |d    |f    |g    |h    |j    |k    |l    |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|z    |Cut  |Copy |Paste|b    |n    |m    |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |WLeft|Down |WRght|


[Ctrl-Cmd]
|1    |2    |3    |4    |5    |6    |7    |8    |9    |0    |-    |=    |
|Tab  |BtnQ |BtnW |BtnE |BtnR |BtnT |BtnY |BtnU |BtnI |BtnO |BtnP |\    |BS   |
|Caps |BtnA |BtnS |BtnD |BtnF |BtnG |BtnH |BtnJ |BtnK |BtnL |;    |'    |Enter|
|LShft|BtnZ |BtnX |BtnC |BtnV |BtnB |BtnN |BtnM |,    |.    |/    |Up   |RShft|
|Ctrl |Fn   |Done |Cmd  |[    |Space|Space|]    |Del  |Left |Down |Right|

[Fn-Shift]
|#00A0|Date |Phone|#00A2|Memo |     |Calc |Backl|Calc |New  |:+   |~    |
|PrvFl|     |#0095|#0080|#00AE|#0099|#00A5|#00B5|     |#00D8|#00A3|#00B6|BS   |
|Caps |#00C6|#00A7|#00B0|#0083|#00A9|     |     |     |     |'+   |`+   |OK   |
|LShft|     |     |#00B8|     |#00DF|     |     |o+   |^+   |#00BF|SUp  |     |
|Ctrl |Fn   |Cancl|Menu |#0093|Find |New  |#0094|Delet|Show |SDown|Dtail|

11. Registration and Purchase

12. Version History

• 1.5.4 (January 21, 2005)
  • preliminary Japanese Wingboard support (details there: http://www.geocities.jp/wingboard )
  • Shift-arrows and Ctrl-arrows were added to Logitech layouts
  • Customized layouts support
  • LayCoder layout editor
• 1.5.1 (October 22, 2004)
  • TypeAway French Layout added (circumflex and diaeresis deadkeys are supported too)
  • Ctrl+Cmd+<Letter> press button started with <Letter> for all keyboards
  • new serial port release bugfix
  • Standard button shortcuts works with French translations
• 1.4.6 (September 11, 2004)
  • TypeAway German Layout added
  • "Disable AutoClose" option added
  • "Don't release port" option added
• 1.4.2 (August 9, 2004)
  • Serial port closed after 30sec of inactivity. Save battery on palmOne devices
  • Cmd+Letter produces menu shortcuts on TypeAway keyboard. G700 users can use Fn+md and Letter
  • Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X/Ctrl+V works as Copy/Cut/Paste in Doc2Go
  • Minor performance bugfixes
• 1.3.3 (June 21, 2004)
  • Almost completed TypeAway layout
  • G700 Swapped Shift and Arrows layout support
  • Support for Ctrl+Arrow and Shift+Arrow in memopad
  • Initial slowdown removed
  • Mail button support (tries to run SnapperMail, VersaMail and Mail)
• 1.2.0 (April 20, 2004)
  • PalmOne device support
  • Logitech TypeAway preliminary keyboard support
• 1.1.0 (April 7, 2004)
  • Auto-off timer reset
  • European accent chars support (Fn+deadkey and letter)
  • Key response speedup
  • Gamerz mode (hardbutton emulation for games)
  • Japanese support (Cmd+Space to toggle japan support and Cmd-K to toggle input mode
  • PalmOS shortcut support with Cmd+Magic
• 1.0.0 (February 26, 2004)
  • Initial release

13. Author information

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• Remote4Joy - use sony audio remote as hard buttons