While waiting for this (http://www.lcdforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11057) issue to be resolved, I downloaded the trial edition of LCDC. Everything works great except the soft buttons do not work UNLESS...
...I start up LCD Tester, go to KEYPAD and then push a few of the hardware buttons (on the unit itself), then close and load up LCDC. Then they work. If I load up LCDC without doing this, nothing happens on keypress. The keys are defined in LCDC because they work as programmed, albeit after going through the LCD Tester routine. Any aid? A bug of the trial edition?