ShortcutKeys Serial Port Extension

© 2004-2005 Jethro Beekman

With the serial extension you can make ShortcutKeys use the serial port to determine if the actionkey is toggled and light a LED instead of the standard green letters in the bottom-right corner of your screen.

Replace ActionKey.dll in the program directory with ActionKey_Serial.dll from this package (rename it). The scheme for the serial port connector is as follows:
The serial connector

Connect it to one of your COM-ports and launch ShortcutKeys. If you are using WinNT/200x/XP, you may need to reboot now. In the 'Settings'-window, press advanced. Now enter in the 'ActionKey Configuration'-box (replace the default '19'): COM#, where COM# is the identifier of your COM-port (like COM1). Click 'Stop ShortcutKeys' and 'Start ShortcutKeys'. Now the serial port connector is active. The setting will be saved at program termination.

Advanced

For even more advanced users, or troubleshooting, there are other options:

- Use \\.\COM# if you use WinNT/200x/XP and a COM-port beyond COM9.
- Use COM#;ADDR if you use a COM-port beyond COM4 or your motherboard has other addresses assigned to its COM-ports.
Example: COM1;3F8h is the default.

The serial port extension uses io.dll, available at Geek Hideout.