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Keystroke includes a hardware interface, a CD containing the required software and the USB A/B cable to connect the Keystroke box to your PC. The Keystroke box will accept DMX signals from your control board.

Keystroke
Product #8608 1005 0000
Available at theatrical supply dealers everywhere

To see an online demo of how to install and use Keystroke, click here

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At this time, Keystroke does not work on Intel based Macintosh systems. We are working to complete an updated version that will be compatible with this new hardware system.

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Rosco Keystroke

KEYSTROKE™
Keystroke allows you to run Power Point™ projections and sound cues from your light board

Now you can cue such video playback programs as PowerPoint™, Keynote™ Quicktime™ or Windows Media Player and such sound playback programs as ProTools™, iTunes™, Garageband™ and SFX™ from your light board.

In fact, Keystroke, Rosco's new hardware/software solution allows your lighting control board to control virtually any software program running on an external computer. These include cues that require Microsoft Word™ or a video player or proprietary software controlling other features such as water effects, fountain choreography or scenery motion control

Keystroke™, available for both PC or Mac, is easy to install, easy to use and insures your sound, video and lighting cues are in sync. It may end forever your need to search for extra crew members or volunteers to push buttons on computers.

The Keystroke system configuration is shown in this simple diagram. Rosco supplies the Keystroke hardware and the USB cable which connects to your computer.

The Keystroke hardware electronically listens to the DMX channel (1 - 512) you assign in the Keystroke software. You will also define the commands the slave PC executes when Keystroke receives a predefined value at its DMX channel address. For example, if you were controlling a PowerPoint slide show with Keystroke, you could assign the value of 100% (255) to send the slave PC a space bar command to advance to the next slide.

Windows System Requirements
Processor Speed	300MHz or faster
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP
System Memory	128MB RAM minimum
Disk Requirements	8MB hard drive space
PC Interface	USB 1.0 or higher port

Macintosh System Requirements
Operating System	OS 10.3 or higher (Panther)
Processor Type	Power Mac G 3 or better* At this time, Keystroke does not work on Intel based Macintosh systems. We are working to complete an updated version that will be compatible with this new hardware system.
Memory Requirements	256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or greater*
Disk Requirements	8 megabytes
Interface	One powered UWSB port

* Faster processor and additional RAM may be required to drive other software running on the system.

Keystroke is a trademark of Rosco Laboratories.
PowerPoint is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.