Thomson Reuters keypad

I have followed the AHKHID tutorial further and used the script posted there as my basis.

You can find the latest version in the Files section.

At the moment I don't have any special functions assigned on the application level/ I left  the "VLC_15" function to just have an example how it can be done.

In the default mode:

• number keys, dot and backspace send NumPad keycodes
• F7-F12 are mapped to F3-F8, I find it more useful for controlling Total Commander
• up/down arrows are PgUp/PgDown instead of cursor motion
• ConvUp/Down is Home/End now
• INTERRUPT is Ctrl+W to close any document or active browser tab
• tab-left and tab-right stayed as Shift+Tab and Tab
• Deal is mapped to ALT and meant to be combined with tabulators to move between windows
• Transfer just does ALT+Tab for switching between two windows back and forth
• Quit/Cancel Inst. are Ctrl+PgUp/Down to move left/right across browser tabs
• CANCEL ALL is LaunchApp2 key, which usually launches calc.exe
• TRANSMIT is mapped to numerical keyboard ENTER function

The remaining keys are not mapped yet. 

I have left YOURS/MINE mapped to Paste/Copy, but this doesn't work in daily work at all. I use right hand for navigation (movement and selection), so after selecting text to be copied or finding place to paste it I would have to move my hand to the keypad to actually perform the action. But fingers of my left hand are already positioned above CTRL+C/V.

One obvious choice for YOURS/MINE would be to accept/reject changes in git merge.

I knew that raw HID events from this keypad are reported under Linux, I need to have something equivalent for Windows.

Fortunately, there is a library for AutoHotKey called AHKHID that enables this.

You need to put AHKHID.ahk script somewhere where AutoHotKey can find it, for example in c:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\Autohotkey\Lib\AHKHID.ahk

By following the tutorial from the first post under this forum post link I was able to identify HID device with example1.ahk script:

vendor: 5950
product: 70
version: 17

Then, with example2.ahk script with its GUI all the remaining parts:

usage page: 65280
usage: 165

and the message format.

Every message has 9 bytes. We are interested only in the first five bytes.

00 02 00 XX - press XX key
00 03 00 F0 XX - release XX

 The keymap is as follows (HEX keycodes):

02    YOURS
03    F7 / Macro1
04    F8 / Macro2
05    F9 / Macro3
07    MINE
09    BID
0A    F10 / Macro4
0B    F11 / Macro5
0C    F12 / Macro6
0F    OFFER
10    CONTACT
11    End Contact
12    Reset
13    Confirm
15    ACCEPT
16    [up]
17    [down]
18    7
19    8
1A    9
1B    [tab-left]
1C    [tab-right]
1D    Conv Up
1E    Conv Down
1F    4
20    5
21    6
22    Deal
23    Transfer
25    INTERRUPT
26    1
27    2
28    3
29    Quit
2A    Cancel Inst.
2D    0
2E    . (dot)
2F    Back Space
2C    CANCEL ALL
31    TRANSMIT

Some codes are missing. This is probably because of the fact that there are two switches under every wide key. 

I do not know the purpose of all the DIP switches. I tried changing them one by one and the only effect was after switching number 3 on the RIGHT to the bottom position (the only one that is in UP position in the photo) the keypad started behaving like a standard numerical keyboard

Unfortunately the only keys that reported anything (verified by checking /dev/hidrawXXX device directly) were number keys, up/down cursors and tab and shift+tab keys.

Clearly not satifactory for someone like me who bought this because of the MINE key.