Form 3675T, 11-02

Supersedes Form 3675T, 09-99

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

KEYBOARD SIMULATOR

Copyright 1994 - 2002 Hunter Engineering Company

Contents
About the Keyboard Simulator ............................................................................. 1
What is the Keyboard Simulator?........................................................................... . 1
What Controls the Keyboard Simulator? ................................................................. . 1
What Does the Keyboard Simulator Simulate? ......................................................... 1

Controlling the Keyboard Simulator ................................................................... 2

The Keys ............................................................................................................. . 2
Enabling and Disabling.......................................................................................... . 3
Selecting a Sensor ............................................................................................... . 3
Compensating a Sensor ........................................................................................ . 3
Showing Runout of a Sensor.................................................................................. . 3
Changing Camber of a Sensor ............................................................................... . 4
Changing Toe of a Sensor ..................................................................................... . 4
Steering an Axle................................................................................................... . 4
Changing Caster Adjust of a Sensor ....................................................................... . 4
Changing Caster and Camber Adjustment of a Sensor with Control Arm Movement ..... 4
Measuring Ride Height of a Sensor ........................................................................ . 4
Changing Battery Charge of a Sensor..................................................................... . 4
Miscellaneous Controls ......................................................................................... . 4
Verify Program Status ........................................................................................... . 5
Enabling Show Mode .......................................................................................... . 5

Tips .............................................................................................................................. 6
Learning to Use the Keyboard Simulator ................................................................. . 6
Resetting the Keyboard Simulator .......................................................................... . 6
Steering to a Preset Angle .................................................................................... . 6
Measuring Caster ................................................................................................. . 7

Keyboard Simulator Key Functions.................................................................... 8

Simulator Key Functions ....................................................................................... . 8

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About the Keyboard Simulator

What is the Keyboard Simulator?

The keyboard simulator is part of the WinAlign software. It simulates the operation
of the alignment sensors, thereby allowing training and demonstration of the system
without using a vehicle and real sensors, and without using the hardware simulator.

What Controls the Keyboard Simulator?

The keyboard simulator is controlled by the keyboard. When the console is displaying
any screen that uses data from actual sensors, you can control the keyboard simulator
using the keyboard.

What Does the Keyboard Simulator Simulate?

Simulation is provided for the following actions, conditions, or measurements:
enable/disable
selecting a sensor
compensating a sensor for runout
changing toe
changing camber
changing caster adjust
steering both wheels of one axle
changing the battery charge level
measuring ride height
rotating the wheel

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Controlling the Keyboard Simulator

The Keys
The keyboard simulator is controlled by using the following keys:
F8

to enable, disable, and reset

F9, F10, F11, and F12 to select a sensor

c

to compensate a sensor

to reset a sensor
and

to change caster, ride height, and battery charges

and
0 through 9
,

, , and

to steer a wheel or an axle, to change camber, toe

and rotate the wheel
to steer a wheel to 0-9 degrees left or right
to adjust a control arm

These keys are modified using a combination of the Shift, Alt, and Ctrl keys. These
modifier keys are held down, as needed, while the keys listed above are pressed. For
example, to decrease the battery voltage of the selected sensor, hold down Alt and
press .
NOTE:

The complete key map is listed in the last section.

When you press a key to change a value, such as camber, pressing the key once
changes the value by a small amount. Pressing and holding the key will repeatedly
change the value by that same small amount. (This is the keyboard auto-repeating.)
Pressing and holding Shift (S) while changing the value will increase the speed of the
change. Thus, you control the changes by pressing the desired keys the appropriate
number of times, or by holding the keys down for the necessary length of time.
When the console displays any screen that uses data from real sensors, you can
control the keyboard simulator using the keyboard. On all other screens, these keys
have other functions (such as editing specs or notes) or are ignored.

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Enabling and Disabling

To use the keyboard simulator, you must first enable it. Press Shift, Alt, Ctrl and
F8 to enable it, and press, Shift, Alt, Ctrl and F8 to disable it.
NOTE:

If the keyboard simulator is enabled, the sensors continue

to work properly, and can be compensated. However, the
data shown on the alignment displays will come from the
keyboard simulator. The sensor diagnostics screens,
which are available through the Help key, always show
the data from the actual sensors.

NOTE:

If the Hunter Sensor I/O Board is NOT installed in the

system, then the keyboard simulator is always enabled.
This allows you to install the software in a notebook
style computer for training and demonstration purposes.
Under these conditions, the keys that would enable or
disable the keyboard simulator are ignored.

Selecting a Sensor
To select a sensor, press ONE of the sensor selection keys, as follows:
press F9

to select the LF sensor

press F10 to select the RF sensor

press F11 to select the LR sensor
press F12 to select the RR sensor
Once a sensor is selected, keyboard simulator changes to camber, toe, etc. are
applied to that sensor.

Compensating a Sensor
To compensate a sensor, press Alt and c. This compensates the sensor
immediately.
When you compensate a sensor, the next sensor is automatically selected. This lets
you press Alt and c four times in a row to compensate all four sensors.

Showing Runout of a Sensor

When the Control Compensation popup screen is displayed, you will see some
runout with the simulated sensors. The amount of runout is simulated and randomized
for each sensor.
To rotate a wheel, press Alt and to rotate it to the left, or press Alt and to
rotate it to the right. The runout indicator will rotate with the wheel. Hold the keys down
to continuously rotate the wheel.

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Changing Camber of a Sensor

To change the camber of a sensor, select the sensor then press to lean the
wheel to the left, or press to lean it to the right.

Changing Toe of a Sensor

To change the toe of a sensor, select the sensor then press Ctrl and to steer
the wheel to the left, or press Ctrl and to steer it to the right.

Steering an Axle
To steer an axle, first select either sensor on the axle, then press Alt, Ctrl and
to steer the axle to the left, or press Alt, Ctrl and to steer it to the right. This
is useful for steering to measure caster.

Changing Caster Adjust of a Sensor

To change the caster adjust of a sensor, select the sensor then press to lean the
steering axis forward, or press to lean it rearward. This is useful for adjusting
caster.
To set measured caster to spec, press Ctrl and Alt and F11.

Changing Caster and Camber Adjustment of a Sensor with

Control Arm Movement
To change the caster and camber of a sensor by adjusting a control arm, select the
sensor. Then press or to adjust the front of the control arm, or press or
to adjust the rear of the control arm. (For use in WinAlign Version 5.2 and above
only.)

Measuring Ride Height of a Sensor

To measure ride height of a sensor, select the sensor then press Ctrl and to
increase the ride height, or press Ctrl and to decrease it.

Changing Battery Charge of a Sensor

To change the battery charge of a sensor, select the sensor then press Alt and to
increase the charge, or press Alt and to decrease it.

Miscellaneous Controls
Program status when you press Shift and Ctrl and F1 application version
information is displayed as well as features status.
Enable/disable shortcut demo features when you press Shift and Alt and Ctrl
and F9 the demo shortcut feature is enabled. Press the same combination of
keys again and the feature is disabled.
A drop down menu of product demo features can be accessed from the shortcut
demo mode. To access product demo videos, insert a product demo CD and left
- click with the mouse on the blue area of the active screen then click on
Refresh Menu at the bottom of the drop down menu. You must click on Refresh
Menu each time you change CDs.

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Drop down menu at measurement & adjustment bar graphs when you press the
tab key from a bar graph screen, a drop down menu for the selected bargraph
appears that provides additional WinAlign features, specific for that bar graph.
Transmit measurements when you press Shift and F1 on the measurements
screen, the current alignment angles will be transmitted to a file. You will be
prompted to enter a name for the file.
Display language into English when you press Shift and Ctrl and E the
displayed language will be changed into English.

Verify Program Status

WinAlign

status information can be obtained by pressing Shift, Ctrl and F1.

Information displayed:
WinAlign

version number

build number
version comment
min. WinAlign

CD-ROM version number

min. OJT CD version

date and time compiled
MPEG driver version number
account
user name
super account
if Show Mode is enabled
if keyboard simulator is enabled
interface Board type
interface board software
WinAlign

trademarks and copyrights

Enabling Show Mode

Shift, Alt, Ctrl and F9 will put WinAlign in Show Mode. In Show Mode, the
specification screen will list the demonstration vehicles to be used with the
Demonstration program. Show Mode remains enabled until WinAlign has been
exited.

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Tips

Learning to Use the Keyboard Simulator

Practice, practice, practice! Learn to change values quickly and smoothly, without
having to consult a cue card. The keys were chosen to make this easy to do.

Resetting the Keyboard Simulator

The keyboard simulator wakes up set to certain values for camber, toe, ride height,
and battery charge. These values will always be the same.
To reset the keyboard simulator to these values, press Shift and F8.
To reset only the selected sensor to these values, select the sensor, and then press
Alt and r.

Steering to a Preset Angle

You can steer an axle in one step to any whole angle from 0 to 9 degrees, either left or
right. For example, to steer to 8 degrees right, first select the axle by selecting one of
its sensors, then press Alt and 8. To steer to 8 degrees left, press Shift, Alt and
8.
This can be very useful when steering to measure caster. For example, to steer to 10
degrees left, first steer to 9 degrees left in one jump by pressing Shift, Alt and 9,
then steer further left using in the usual way. Once the left measurements have
been made, steer to 9 degrees right by pressing Alt and 9, then steer further right
using in the usual way.

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Measuring Caster
To measure a caster of a known amount, do the following:
Begin measuring caster in the usual manner.
When the caster measure popup screen directs you to steer to the right 10
degrees, change left and right camber by computed amounts (as described below).
Finish measuring caster. The measured caster will have the desired amounts.
To compute how much to change camber, divide the desired caster by 2.86. Each
or keystroke changes camber by 0.01 degrees. If Shift is held down, each
keystroke changes camber by 0.04 degrees. You must steer to the center of the bar
graphs to produce accurate simulations using these computations.
For example, if the desired caster is 0.85 degrees, compute the change as 0.85 / 2.86
= 0.30 degrees. To change camber by this amount during caster steer, press Shift seven times, and two times (7 x 0.04 + 2 x 0.01 = 0.30).

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Keyboard Simulator Key Functions

Simulator Key Functions
Functions
Simulator Controls
enable simulator
disable simulator
reset simulator to preset values
select LF sensor
select RF sensor
select LR sensor
select RR sensor
Compensation Controls
compensate and advance sensor selection
reset to preset values
rotate wheel counterclockwise
rotate wheel clockwise
Steering Controls
steer axle left for steering steer
axle right for steering steer axle
to 0-9 degrees to left
steer axle to 0-9 degrees to right

Keystrokes
shift alt ctrl F8
shift alt ctrl F8
shift
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
(for selected sensor)
alt c
alt r
(S)
alt
(S)
alt
(S)
(S)
shift

alt ctrl
alt ctrl
alt 0-9
alt 0-9

Adjust Camber
lean wheel left for camber
lean wheel right for camber

(for selected sensor)

(S)
(S)

Adjust Caster
lean strut forward for caster
lean strut rearward for caster
copy caster adjust to measured caster

(for selected sensor)

(S)
(S)
shift alt ctrl F11

Adjust Toe
steer wheel left for toe
steer wheel right for toe

(for selected sensor)

(S)
ctrl
(S)
ctrl

CAMM
adjusting front control arm
adjusting rear control arm

(for selected sensor)

(S)
(S)

Ride Height Controls

increase ride height
decrease ride height

(for selected sensor)

(S)
ctrl
(S)
ctrl

Battery Charge Controls

increase battery charge
decrease battery charge

(for selected sensor)

(S)
alt
(S)
alt

Miscellaneous Controls
program status
enable shortcut demo features
disable features
drop down menu at measurement & adjustment
bar graphs
transmit measurements
put displayed language into English

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shift
ctrl F1
shift alt ctrl F9
shift alt ctrl F9
tab
shift
shift

F1
ctrl E

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NOTE: Pressing Shift (S), in addition to keystrokes will increase the

speed of the indicator.

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