Lenovo USB Smartcard User Manual

LenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboard
UserGuide

http://www.lenovo.com/safety

Note:Beforeinstallingtheproduct,besuretoreadthewarrantyinformationinAppendixC“LenovoLimited
Warranty”onpage15

.

FifthEdition(August2013)

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Contents

Chapter1.Aboutthekeyboard.....1

Productdescription..............1

Systemrequirements.............3

Chapter2.Installation..........5

Installingthedrivers.............5

Installingthekeyboard............5

Usingthesmartcardreader..........6

Uninstallingthedevicedrivers.........7

Uninstallingthedevicedriversfromthe

WindowsXPoperatingsystem.......7

Uninstallingthedevicedriversfromthe
WindowVistaorWindows7operating

system.................7

Uninstallingthedevicedriversfromthe

Windows8operatingsystem........7

Uninstallingthedevicedriversfromthe

Windows8.1operatingsystem.......8

Chapter3.Troubleshooting.......9

AppendixA.Productspecications..11

AppendixB.ServiceandSupport...13

Onlinetechnicalsupport...........13

Telephonetechnicalsupport.........13

AppendixC.LenovoLimited

Warranty................15

Part1-GeneralTerms...........15

Part2-Country-specicTerms........17

Part3-WarrantyServiceInformation......20

SuplementodeGarantíaparaMéxico......21

AppendixD.Electronicemission

notices................23

FederalCommunicationsCommissionDeclaration

ofConformity...............23

AppendixE.Notices..........27

Recyclinginformation............27

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........27

ExportClassicationNotice.........28

Trademarks................28

AppendixF .RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS).....29

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........29

ChinaRoHS................29

TurkishRoHS...............29

UkraineRoHS...............29

IndiaRoHS................29

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Chapter1.Aboutthekeyboard

TheLenovo

®

USBSmartcardKeyboard(hereaftercalledthekeyboard)isafull-sizedkeyboardequippedwith

asmartcardreaderandtheThinkVantage

®

buttontoenhanceyourcomputingconvenienceandsecurity.

Thekeyboardenablesauthorizedusers’singlelogintothecomputerandpreventsunauthorizedaccess
tothenetworkofanorganization.Typically,theuser-accessvericationofthekeyboardsecuresthe
environmentfortransactionsperformedonbothpublicandprivatenetworks.TheThinkVantagebuttonon
thekeyboardprovidesquickaccesstotheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogram,theLenovoCare℠
program,theLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram,ortheWindowsSystemInformationwindow.

Theoptionpackagecontains:

•LenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboard

•SoftwareandUserGuideDisc

•Setupandwarrantyposter

Productdescription

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsaboutmainfeaturesofthekeyboard.

Figure1.Keyboardoverview

1ThinkVantagebutton

4ScrollLockLED

2NumericLocklight-emittingdiode(LED)5SmartcardstatusLED

3CapsLockLED6Smartcardreader

ThinkVantagebutton

TheThinkVantagebuttonprovidesyouwithquickaccesstosomeoftheprogramsinstalledonyour
computer.

Note:BeforeusingtheThinkVantagebutton,ensurethatyouhaveinstalledtheLenovoUSBSmartcard
Keyboardhotkeydriver.

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•Microsoft

®

Windows

®

XPandMicrosoftWindowsVista

®

:

PressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopenstheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogramortheLenovo
Careprogram,whichcontainscomprehensivehelpandinformationforyourcomputer.

Ifthecomputerdoesnotcomewitheitheroftheprograms,pressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopensthe
WindowsSystemInformationwindow.

•MicrosoftWindows7:
PressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopensoneofthefollowingprograms.Ifthecomputerdoesnotcome

withanyofthefollowingprograms,pressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopenstheWindowsSystem
Informationwindow.

–LenovoSimpleTap:Thisprogramprovidesyouwithaquickwaytocustomizesomebasiccomputer

settings.
–LenovoSolutionCenter:Thisprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.
–LenovoThinkVantageToolbox:Thisprogramenablesyoutoevaluatesystemperformanceand

diagnoseandresolvecomputerproblems.

•MicrosoftWindows8andMicrosoftWindows8.1:
PressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopenstheLenovoDeviceExperienceprogram.

NumericLockLED

WhentheLEDison,thenumerickeypadonthekeyboardisenabled.WhentheLEDisoff,thecursor
controlonthenumerickeypadisdisabled.PresstheNumericLockkeytoswitchbackandforthbetween
thesemodes.

CapsLockLED

WhentheLEDison,theCapsLockmodeisenabled.Inthismode,youcantypeallalphabeticcharacters
(A-Z)inuppercasetextdirectly.WhentheLEDisoff,theCapsLockmodeisdisabled.Toenableordisable
theCapsLockmode,presstheCapsLockkey.

ScrollLockLED

WhentheLEDison,theScrollLockmodeisenabled.Thearrowkeyscanbeusedasscreen-scrollfunction
keysandthecursorcannotbemovedwiththearrowkeys.Notallapplicationprogramssupportthis
function.WhentheScrollLockLEDisoff,thearrowkeyscanbeusedforcursormovement,butnotas
screen-scrollfunctionkeys.PresstheScrollLockkeytoswitchbackandforthbetweenthesemodes.

SmartcardstatusLED

ThesmartcardstatusLEDisadual-colorLED,whichindicatestheworkingstatusofthesmartcardreader
ingreenandamber.

FormoreinformationaboutthesmartcardstatusLED,seeTable1“SmartcardstatusLED”onpage9.

Smartcardreader

Thesmartcardreaderisacompact,lightweight,high-performancedevicethatenhancescomputerand
networksecurity.Itsupportsmostmemorymodulesandmicroprocessorcards.

Thesmartcardreadersupportsthefollowing:

•Readingfromandwritingtoallmemoryandmicroprocessorsmartcards(T=0,T=1)thatconformto
InternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO)7816-1,2,3,4standards

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Note:Lenovodoesnotprovideasmartcardwiththisoption.

•Securepersonalidenticationnumber(PIN)entrymode(PINauthenticationwithouttransmittingthePIN
tothehostcomputer)

•Userauthenticationthroughthird-partyapplications

•ThinkVantageClientSecuritySolution
FormoreinformationaboutusingsmartcardswiththeThinkVantageClientSecuritySolutionprogram,

refertothehelpinformationsystemfortheprogram.

Note:Forthesmartcardreaderspecications,seeAppendixA“Productspecications”onpage11.

Cableslot

Thecableslotprovidesaconvenientwaytochangethelocationwherethecableleavesthekeyboard.You
canroutethekeyboardcableintotheleftorrightslottoreducecableclutterandoptimizedeskspace.

Tiltfeet

Therearethreetiltfeetpositionsforsettingthekeyboardtoacomfortabledegree.Youcanplacethe
keyboardatanangleof4degrees,6degrees,or9degreesatyourpreference.

Systemrequirements

Tousethekeyboard,yourcomputermusthaveanavailableUniversalSerialBus(USB)connectorand
oneofthefollowingoperatingsystemsinstalled:

•MicrosoftWindowsXP(32-bit)

•MicrosoftWindowsVista(32-bitor64-bit)

•MicrosoftWindows7(32-bitor64-bit)

•MicrosoftWindows8(32-bitor64-bit)

•MicrosoftWindows8.1(32-bitor64-bit)

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Chapter2.Installation

ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheLenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboard.

Installingthedrivers

ThekeyboardcanbeusedoncomputersthathaveaWindowsXP ,WindowsVista,Windows7,Windows
8,orWindows8.1operatingsysteminstalled.Beforeusingthekeyboard,installthefollowingdrivers
onthecomputer:

•LenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboardhotkeydriver

•Lenovokeyboardsmartcardreaderdriver

Note:Forthelatestversionofthedriversandthedocumentation,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/think/support

ToinstallthedriversontheWindowsXP,WindowsVista,Windows7,Windows8,orWindows8.1operating
system,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheSoftwareandUserGuideDiscintotheopticaldrive.Thediscstartsautomatically.Ifthedisc
doesnotstartautomatically,dooneofthefollowing:

•Iftheautoplaywindowopens,clickRunViewHtml.exe.

•Iftheautoplaywindowdoesnotopen,dothefollowing:

–FortheWindowsXP,WindowsVista,orWindows7operatingsystem,gointoMyComputeror

Computer,thendouble-clicktheCD/DVDdriveicon.

–FortheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem,openFileExplorerandclickComputeror

ThisPC,thendouble-clicktheCD/DVDdriveicon.

3.Selectyourlanguage.

4.ClickSoftwareintheleftpaneofthewindow.

5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoinstallthedevicedriver.

Note:FortheWindowsXPusers,itisrecommendedtoinstallthesmartcardreaderdrivertousethesmart
cardreaderofthekeyboard.FortheWindowsVista,Windows7,Windows8,orWindows8.1users,itis
alsorecommendedtoinstallthesmartcardreaderdrivertouseotherspecicfunctionsincludingthe
securePINentry.

Installingthekeyboard

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthekeyboardafteryouinstallthedrivers.

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Toinstallthekeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Adjustthetiltfeettosetthekeyboardnearyourcomputertoyourpreference.

2.Routethekeyboardcableintotherightorleftcableslotaccordingtoyourpreference.

3.ConnectthekeyboardcabletoanavailableUSBconnectoronthecomputer.Theoperatingsystemwill
identifythekeyboardandthesmartcardreader.Then,thekeyboardisreadyforuse.

Figure2.Connectingthekeyboardtothecomputer

Usingthesmartcardreader

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethesmartcardreaderofthekeyboard.

Tousethesmartcardreaderofthekeyboard,dothefollowing:

1.Insertasmartcardintothesmartcardreaderslotwiththecontactpadfacingup.

Note:Forinformationonusingthesmartcard,contactthesmartcardmanufacturer.

Figure3.Insertingasmartcardintothesmartcardreader

2.ThesmartcardstatusLEDwillbeoningreenforawhile.Thenthesmartcardreaderisreadyforuse.

Attention:Toavoidtransmissionerrorsandlossofdata,donotremovethesmartcardwhenthesmartcard
readerisactive.

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Uninstallingthedevicedrivers

Touninstallthekeyboardfromthecomputer,itisrecommendedthatyouuninstallboththehotkeydriverand
thesmartcardreaderdriver.Then,restartthecomputertohavethenewchangestotakeeffect.

UninstallingthedevicedriversfromtheWindowsXPoperatingsystem

TouninstallthehotkeydriverandthesmartcardreaderdriverfromtheWindowsXPoperatingsystem,
dothefollowing:

1.DependingonyourStartmenumode,clickStart➙ControlPanelorStart➙Settings➙Control
Panel.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,clickordouble-clickAddorRemovePrograms.

3.SelectLenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboardHotkeyDriver,andthenclickRemove.

4.IntheUninstallwindow,clickUninstall.

5.Whenprompted,clickY estoconrmtheoperation.

6.IntheAddorRemoveProgramswindow,selectLenovoKeyboardSmartcardReader,andthen
clickRemove.

7.IntheUninstallwindow,clickUninstall.

8.Whenprompted,clickY estoconrmtheoperation.

9.Restartthecomputer.

UninstallingthedevicedriversfromtheWindowVistaorWindows7
operatingsystem

TouninstallthehotkeydriverandthesmartcardreaderdriverfromtheMicrosoftWindowsVistaorMicrosoft
Windows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.DependingonyourStartmenumode,clickStart➙ControlPanelorStart➙Settings➙Control
Panel.

2.DependingonyourControlPanelmode,dooneofthefollowing:

•ClicktheUninstallaprogramoptionundertheProgramsmenu.

•Double-clickProgramsandFeatures.

•ClickProgramsandFeatures.

3.SelectLenovoUSBSmartcardKeyboardHotkeyDriver,andthenright-clickyourmouse.

4.ClickUninstall.

5.Whenprompted,clickY estoconrmtheoperation.

6.IntheUninstallorchangeaprogramwindow,selectLenovoKeyboardSmartcardReader,and
thenright-clickyourmouse.

7.ClickUninstall.

8.Whenprompted,clickY estoconrmtheoperation.

9.Restartthecomputer.

UninstallingthedevicedriversfromtheWindows8operatingsystem

TouninstallthehotkeydriverandthesmartcardreaderdriverfromtheMicrosoftWindows8operating
system,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanelbydoingoneofthefollowing:

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