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CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Features
3. System Requirements
4. Installation and Removal
5. How To Get Started
6. Version History
7. Registration and Licensing
8. Thank You! (contact information)

1. Introduction

Keyclick is a Mac OS X preference pane that provides adjustable audio feedback for keystrokes, mouse clicks, and the scroll wheel. Years ago keyboards were made with premium key switches that provided a resounding click when a key snapped over. Today most keyboards are made using rubber domes which can provide a similar force displacement or tactile feel, but not the sound. Human factors work on video terminals in the 1980s showed that the perception of keyboard crispness is correlated with audio feedback. Keyclick provides that feedback while improving on the original.

While there are existing programs that imitate the sound of an old fashioned typewriter, they do not appear to be intended as a practical touch typing aid. To be most effective, the feedback needs to subtle and non-distracting. Keyclick allows you to adjust the volume up or down at any time without even visiting the Keyclick Preferences Panel. Use Cmd-Shift-) for louder, and Cmd-Shift-( for softer (or define your own shortcuts). The volume is also affected by the system volume setting so it can adapt more easily to quiet or noisy surroundings. I suggest starting just above the softest volume that's clearly discernible.

Many long time computer users have fond memories of a favorite keyboard. Perhaps it was the Apple Extended keyboard (saratoga) or IBM Model M. Replacement keyboards with premium mechanical key switches are still available and popular with some programmers (like the Matias TactilePro), but at $50 and up these keyboards may be more than desired. Keyclick is only US $5 and works on laptops. If your keyboard seems mushy, or you've ever longed for the crisp feel of an older keyboard, give it a try. You might be surprised how much you like the keyboard you already own.

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As with all of our Macintosh software, Keyclick features a fully functional 21 day trial period. Once you are certain that our software is right for the job, a registration key can be purchased for $5.

2. Features and Benefits

• Provides subtle but important feedback for each keystroke recognized by the system.
• Clicks for each auto-repeated character but does not click for modifier keys.
• Clicks in real time even when the program you are using is too busy to respond.
• Assists touch typing by confirming each successful keystroke.
• Relaxes the need for visual feedback of keyboard input.
• Adjustable keyclick volume directly from the keyboard.
• Activiate or mute all sounds with global hot key combination Control-Alt-Command-T.
• Optional typewriter sounds.
• Includes optional scroll wheel and mouse button click.
• Can exclude selected applications (such as games).
• Simple low cost solution.

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3. Keyclick System requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later (at this time)
Runs on either PPC or Intel (Universal Binary)

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4. Installation and Removal

To install the software, simply double-click on the Keyclick preference pane. As a System Preference Panel, Mac OS X will ask you if you would like to add it to the System Preferences for this user only, or all users of your system. If you are installing over a previous version, please turn off Keyclick (and Scroll wheel click) in the preferences panel and press 'Show All' or quit the System Preferences application to stop the previous version of the Keyclick Server. Download bootable mac os.

The first time you try to enable Keyclick, the software may ask you to 'Enable access for assistive devices' in Universal Access Preferences. In order for Keyclick to observe system wide keyboard events, you must either enable such access, or if you prefer not to let other programs observe keyboard events, you can Authenticate using an Administrator Password to authorize just the Keyclick program.

To remove Keyclick, first turn off Keyclick in the preferences panel and press 'Show All' or quit the System Preferences application. This will stop the Keyclick Server and remove it as a login item. Next find the program in ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Keyclick.prefPane or /Library/PreferencePanes/Keyclick.prefPane and drag it to the trash. You may also find and remove the preferences file at ~/Library/Preferences/com.sustworks.keyclick.plist or /Library/Preferences/com.sustworks.keyclick.plist if desired.

5. How to Get Started

Open the Keyclick Preference Panel in the System Preference Application. Select Keyclick On, and then adjust the volume as desired. Keyclick generates what Mac OS X calls 'alert sounds' which are controlled from the Sound Effects tab of the Sound Preferences panel. If no keyclick is heard, check that 'Play user interface sound effects' is enabled, and that 'PLay alert and sound effects through:' points to an appropriate output device.

I suggest starting just above the softest volume that's clearly discernible. A little feedback goes a long way.

Apple's MIghty Mouse includes a piezo speaker that provides feedback when you squeeze the side buttons or move the scroll wheel. If you have a Mighty Mouse, hold your ear close to the mouse and move the scroll wheel to hear what subtle audible feedback sounds like. The Mighty Mouse is an interesting example because the feedback is so subtle most users are not consciously aware of it.

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6. Keyclick Version History

See the 'Release Notes' that came with the software for version history including the latest features and additions.

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7. Registration and Licensing

Keyclick Mac

Keyclick is commercial software subject to the terms of the accompanying License Agreement. You may use a demo version of the software during a single trial period of up to 21 days. You must then register and personalize the software if you wish to continue using it beyond the trial period.
Notice the trial is designed to expire after 21 days. If the software reports it has expired the first time you launch it, this usually indicates someone ran a previous version of the program on your computer. Please contact us directly for information on how to reset the trial period.
Once you have downloaded the application, you can register it on-line at <http://sustworks.com/site/reg.html>

The XML registration key that unlocks the trial period will be sent to you by email once your registration information is received. You can simply copy the text of this Email message to the clipboard (as if you were going to paste it into another application) and then click the 'Personalize' button in the License panel of the Keyclick Preference pane. Your program is now registered. Thank You!

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Pricing

Single User $7.99

Additional payment details are included below and on our registration web page at

<http://www.sustworks.com/site/reg.html>

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8. Thank You!

We hope you find our Keyclick software useful and look forward to your comments and suggestions.

Support help <http://www.sustworks.com/site/sup.html>

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Bandwidth rules Part 97.307

Link to W9CF. Kevin analyzes key clicks mathematically.

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I noticed W2VJN has proposed using absolute signal level at a fixed test spacing for click measurements. While I agree with George's suggestion (this link) we use an established test method, I strongly disagree that a 15Hz BW signal level measurement of the peaks accumulated in dozens or hundreds of scans is any more useful that listening off-frequency on a known good receiver.

While his mod is certainly better than a stock Yaesu, clicks also can be reduced more than his method provides without affecting ability to work weak signals. We don't need to watch output power and keep duty cycle to 50%, a slight adjustment of weight control would do the same thing.

The real point is that both George and my suggestions are patches, they are not cures. Yaesu should step up to the plate and be responsible, and set an example for others to follow.

Testing

We really need to establish a standard for measurement of transmitters on both SSB and CW, and it should be the effective spurious power level on close adjacent frequencies using typical CW bandwidth. Looking at one spot with slow sweep and peak storage on a spectrum analyzer is not a good test.

It's pretty easy to see using the level (at one specific frequency) of a long-time average of signal peaks with a narrow filter sweeping by (which is what spectrum analyzers do) is a bad idea.

Some radios have a sharp click on one edge, and nothing on the other. This causes peak energy to be higher in proportion to average energy. Radios can have higher peak level and actually do less damage to adjacent channels than a lower level click that hammers on both make and break, like the FT1000MK V does.
If I look on a peak sample and storage device like my spectrum analyzer, a radio could actually look worse yet bother adjacent CW bandwidth channels LESS than a radio that appears to be better.
A very narrow filter swept over the frequency with average storage of peaks does not account for attenuation slope modulation sidebands. I'd rather have a radio next to me with a steep drop in clicks at 500Hz than one with a single-pole gradually shaped slope even if the gradual sloped radio had less level. A peak comparison at some specified spacing misses too much.

SSB vs. CW

CW shares the same testing problems as FM and SSB. The FCC has changed some commercial voice tests to focus on spurious power level on adjacent channels, rather than using conventional but somewhat useless two-tone tests. A two-tone test shows the very best a radio is likely to do, not the typical performance. The FCC now requires normal modulation and an adjacent channel power level measurement in some cases.
CW and SSB testing for amateur use should be the same way.
I think is is shameful that manufacturers can't manage to spend a few hours of engineering time to select different component values, instead of sticking us with radios that have poor keying and IM characteristics. Frankly, there is NO excuse or justification for selecting wrong component values in a such a simple design area.

Is an excessively clicking radio legal?

Most of us agree right off the bat that some radios are annoying, and MOST people actually want to have the cleanest possible signal. Of course there are a few self-centered people who care less if they bother other people. They generally use the excuse that since a radio was sold it must be legal.

Here is a link that shows the exact 97.307 FCC text.

What do bad and good signals sound like?

For now, you can listen to some recordings and judge the difference.

Key clicks are off-frequency sidebands heard when there is no trace of a tone. If you listen carefully to these recordings, you will see the 'hardness' of a properly filtered transmitter on frequency sounds very little different than the hardness of a wide, clicking signal.

Here are some sound files..these files are intended to be educational. While it isn't OUR fault the rigs were incorrectly designed, it is our legal obligation under 97.307 to correct the problems we have been stuck with. This is especially true when big antennas and amplifiers are used.

First, this is a mono recording of a virtually click-less radio. This station is 20dB-over-nine, and my noise is S2. When you listen, notice the 'clicks' disappear right when any trace of tone vanishes. You'll notice the CW still sounds hard, and this station regularly broadcasts high-speed CW that hundreds of people copy. This is the Click-free signal of W1AW on 160 meters.

If you own a stock FT1000, FT1000D, FT1000MP or FT1000MP MKV (or any rig with a rise and fall faster than 4 or 5mS OR with any sharply rounded corners) you have work to do!

Notice key clicks can be heard long after the tone disappears totally, as we tune across the signal, yet there isn't any trace of receiver desense. S-9 plus 10dB station from England, 40-meters, using FT1000MP MKV tuning up 2 and down 2 using 500Hz RX filters. Significant clicks in the USA from England well after sunrise in England when signals are dropping. Imagine a 40 over MKV! This appears to be typical of all MK V's

S-9 +20dB in S-2 noise tuning from 1.5kHz below stock FT1000D (sorry, I snipped the above freq tuning to avoid call sign) This is typical of all FT1000(D)'s

40-meter signal S-9 plus 15dB, background noise S-2, 500Hz filters, tuning up and down 2, recording of FT1000MK V. Iphone browser download mac. This rig cuts a 3kHz wide swath that is S-6 or stronger.

40-meter signal S-9 plus 25dB, S-1.5 noise. Tuning up 2 and down 2, 500Hz filters in RX. Omni-6 (This might or might not be typical of all Omni-6's. Ten-Tec reports an internal adjustment, when incorrectly set, causes these clicks. I've logged several Omni-6's with this problem, and some users continue to receive complaints after trying suggested mods. The characteristic I seem notice is key clicks extend downwards much more than upwards in frequency.)

160-meter, S-9 plus 15 dB signal, S-1 noise, tuning up and down 2, Inrad-mod in FT1000MP

20-meter Kachina. S-1 noise, signal S9 plus 10. Which signal is the 'real signal'? A snip of a clean signal answering him, about the same signal level, is at the end. Spurs went down 2.4 and up 2.4, and were spaced 600Hz apart. (This might not be typical of all Kachina's)

40-meter signal, S-9 plus 10dB signal S-2 noise, tuning up and down 2kHz, 500Hz filters, stock FT1000MP (this is typical of all stock FT1000MP's. If you own one that has not been correctly modified, you can be sure it has grossly excessive key clicks)

160-meter signal, S-9 plus 20dB S-1 noise, tandem 250Hz filters in very high-dynamic range CW-only receiver, tuning up and down 1.2 kHz, stock IC765

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