TalkBank Foot Pedal for CLAN

CLAN's Walker Controller facility (under the Windows menu) can be configured to work with an X-keys Foot Pedal from P. I. Engineering.

You can order the pedal and software from here.

If you are using Macintosh, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Download and open disk image file ikey.for.xkeys.dmg. After it opens copy "iKey for X-keys" folder to your Applications folder.
  2. Download and unzip the settings. This will create folder "iKey for X-keys". This folder has the same name as the one in step 1, but it has different content.
  3. Copy settings folder "iKey for X-keys" into "/Users/<UserName>/Library/Preferences" folder. Remember to replace "<UserName>" with your actual user login name on you computer.
  4. You should add the iKey program, located in "/Applications/iKey for X-keys" folder to your Login items, so that it runs all the time.
  5. Plug-in the X-keys foot pedal.

If you are using Windows, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Download, unzip, and run the installer. It will create a folder called
    "C:\Program Files\PI Engineering\MacroWorks II\". Within that folder, there is a preference folder "XKeyDevices\Vid05F3Pid0268"and an application "MacroWorks.exe".
  2. Download and unzip the script files.
  3. Copy the two script files to the "Vid05F3Pid0268" folder and run the application "MacroWorks.exe".
  4. You should add the MacroWorks.exe program to your Startup Items, so that it is running all the time.
  5. Plug-in the X-keys foot pedal.

To use the foot pedal on either Macintosh or Windows:

  1. With your CHAT file open, go to the CLAN menu, click on "Windows", and select "Walker Controller".
  2. In the Walker Controller box, click on "Open Media".  Find and select your media file.
  3. We recommend starting with a "Walk length" of 4000 msec, a Loop number of 1, Backspace of 0, Walk pause length of 0, and Playback speed of 100%.  All of these settings can be changed at any time. 
  4. The big central section of the foot pedal functions as F6 (play, stop playing); the elevated vertical piece on the left of the foot pedal functions as F7 (rewind); and the elevated piece on the right functions as F9 (fast forward).
  5. For a more detailed description of Walker Controller, see Section 5.c. in the training manual or watch the appropriate section of the training video in Module 5 (http://www.talkbank.org/training/).