Changing Keyboard Configuration

ChrisD

I plugged in an external keyboard into the control box of a UR and I'm currently having the issue of the a plugged-in keyboard being configured as a Danish keyboard since that is the default. I followed instructions online to change the keyboard configuration to "us"; however, the keyboard still types as a Danish keyboard. Anyone else had this problem and managed to solve it?

matthewd92

Check out this article from the UR support site. 

https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout-16421/

ChrisD

matthewd92 said:

Check out this article from the UR support site. 

https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout-16421/

Thank you so much, that ended up working. I thought that was only to change the on-screen keyboard, but it looks like it changes the format of an external keyboard. Also, do you know how to access the terminal now that the keyboard language is changed? CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the terminal anymore

ChrisD

matthewd92 said:

Check out this article from the UR support site. 

https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout-16421/

Thank you so much, that ended up working. I thought that was only to change the on-screen keyboard, but it looks like it changes the format of an external keyboard. Also, do you know how to access the terminal now that the keyboard language is changed? CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the terminal anymore

ChrisD

matthewd92 said:

Check out this article from the UR support site. 

https://www.universal-robots.com/how-tos-and-faqs/how-to/ur-how-tos/changing-the-console-keyboard-layout-16421/

Thank you so much, that ended up working. I thought that was only to change the on-screen keyboard, but it looks like it changes the format of an external keyboard. Also, do you know how to access the terminal now that the keyboard language is changed? CTRL+ALT+F1 doesn't bring up the terminal anymore

matthewd92

Been a long time since I’ve accessed the terminal directly on the robot, you can try ctrl-alt-F7

ChrisD

matthewd92 said:

Been a long time since I’ve accessed the terminal directly on the robot, you can try ctrl-alt-F7

The old keyboard shortcuts to access the terminal don't work anymore after changing the keyboard configuration to English(US). Would you know how to change the keyboard back to danish without the terminal? I tried following directions I found online but modifying the config file for the keyboard doesn't seem to work. 

Edit: I figured out how to access the terminal when changing to the US keyboard configuration using the link above. 
-Activate expert mode by holding the run button at the top left hand side
-Enter "lightbot" as the password
-Navigate to the etc folder then to the default folder
-Click on the "filter" drop down menu at the bottom right to select all files
-Click on the "keyboard" file and click on open
-Look for "XKBOPTIONS=" and make sure that whatever is following that is only a pair of parenthesis
- You should see that line as: XKBOPTIONS="" 
-Re-boot the system and you should be able to access the terminal using ctrl+alt+F1 now