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Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by theodric »

martinjc wrote: post #32
benoau wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sucks, the main reason I like KeyChron is the little switch on the side of mine that toggles between Mac and Windows! I wouldn't buy another keyboard without this feature TBH.

Yeah on the mac it works fine. The keyboard just shipped with the Left Alt and Left Windows key in the correct positions, but they are mapped opposite in the firmware. Imagine how maddening it was in the beginning.

Just remap it! If you're on Windows, SharpKeys will do that for you. https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by Graziano_M »

theGeatZhopa wrote: post #31

Hmm that opens up a way for cheating in games - have a Screengraber and image processing running directly communicate with mouse and let it calculate the distance to region of interest internally and then give out delta position. For the system, it looks like the mouse has been moved very fast and far

It's already being done. The fanciest game hacks use a custom PCI card to DMA game memory, read it on another computer, where it can do wallhacks and such.

But also, the second computer can drive a virtual mouse and keyboard which is connected to the 'legit' PC to even aim/move/shoot for you.

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by Graziano_M »

warmwaffles wrote: post #10
nijave wrote: post #9

Hopefully better than their QMK fork. They force push over their branch in their fork each new release effectively erasing history of the last version... Of course there's no change log anywhere either...

I don't blame them though. QMK is a mess of a monolithic repository.

QMK should be thrown away. ZMK is much, much cleaner.

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by martinjc »

theodric wrote: post #51
martinjc wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah on the mac it works fine. The keyboard just shipped with the Left Alt and Left Windows key in the correct positions, but they are mapped opposite in the firmware. Imagine how maddening it was in the beginning.

Just remap it! If you're on Windows, SharpKeys will do that for you. https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys

I have autohotkey for remapping. The issue is when i boot into a rpi with a new build, i don't want to pollute it with custom xbind mappings.

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by ThrowawayR2 »

benoau wrote: post #29
martinjc wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought a K4 Nordic version, only to learn none of their software supports it. So i can't reconfigure the firmware. The keyboard has swapped Super/Alt (Windows/Alt) on the windows layout which is so annoying. I hate spending money on hardware so i'm living with it, but i curse the engineer that burned the prom every day.

That sucks, the main reason I like KeyChron is the little switch on the side of mine that toggles between Mac and Windows! I wouldn't buy another keyboard without this feature TBH.

> "the little switch on the side of mine that toggles between Mac and Windows"

The physical slide switch on the Keychrons is a net negative for power users who use a KVM between Windows/Mac/Linux because it would wear out quickly and isn't replaceable. It's more sensible to have switching between layouts by keypress combination.

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by drdexebtjl »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #37
minimaxir wrote: post #34

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My G602 died due to Logitech's infamous double-click issue. :( I've been fine with the G502 X Lightspeed (which should avoid said double-click issue due to optical switches) and some more efficient button use to compensate for the fewer side buttons.

> Logitech's infamous double-click issue. :( Isn't that just the tact switch failing? Two minute job to replace...

Not on this mouse.

I looked it up (because I had already replaced switches on previous mice) and the fix required carefully removing a rubber cover that is glued in place and tears if you look at it wrong. It also requires removing the skates at the base, which means buying new ones. Even if you do that, the switch is very hard to access. Easily a 60+ minutes job.

I bought the switch thinking it was a 2 minute job and it’s still sitting on a closet for when I have the patience to do it.

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by Barbing »

martinjc wrote: post #48
benoau wrote: post #40

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Are you sure you don't have a tiny switch on the side? The manual indicates it should have one - https://www.keychron.com/pages/k4-user-manual

I do, but when on the windows mode the keys mentioned are in the wrong positions. -- Edit and if i switch to the macOS mode. The right alt-gr key is not mapped correctly.

On macOS:

I use my Keychron C3 in Windows mode because the macOS mode ain't right with the bottom left corner keys.

Maybe placement of Control/Option/Command aren't similar enough to the MacBook Pro keyboard for me.

Been meaning to figure this out and fix it... swapping physical keycaps or remapping in software or replacing the keyboard...

Re: Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice

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Post by userbinator »

Never have I thought "I want a mouse with modifiable firmware", IMHO this is only going to lead to more bugs arising from the associated increase in complexity and the "we can always fix it later" mentality. All the mouses and keyboards I've used have a mask-programmed MCU, and essentially no bugs to speak of.
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