For some reason I absolutely cannot get hid_listen.exe to recognize any keyboard at all. I've tried multiple keyboards on both my desktop and laptop (both running windows 10), and have never been able to get it to find a device, it just sits on "Waiting for device:...." forever. None of the derivatives work either (EasyHIDListen.exe, WinHIDListen.exe).
I've tried starting the program then plugging the board in, having the board in then starting the programs, nothing seems to work. I can't seem to find anyone else having the same issue online either.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Another hid_listen question. Never finds any keyboard at all. (Windows 10)
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Johnbo
- Location: United States - San Diego
- Main keyboard: F122
- Main mouse: MX Master 3
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
I've gotten away with using https://config.qmk.fm/#/test/, switch hitter, and AutoHotKey logging. But I'm just kind of curious why hid_listen never seemed to work for me.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
What keyboard?
hid_listen is really for listening to Teensy (etc.) USB controllers, typically used in custom keyboards and converters. If you plug in a regular USB keyboard, hid_listen sees nothing.
hid_listen is really for listening to Teensy (etc.) USB controllers, typically used in custom keyboards and converters. If you plug in a regular USB keyboard, hid_listen sees nothing.
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Palatino
- Location: England
- Main keyboard: Fluctuates.
- Main mouse: Of no interest.
- Favorite switch: Too early to tell.
I made the same mistake Johnbo: I kept thinking I was missing a button or a setting because I was trying to test hid_listen with a regular keyboard before plugging in my Teensy one. Muirium - thanks for the QMK toolbox - successfully listening to codes on my mac now; going to try some remapping soon when I've read through all the notes - I don't want to do it wrong and mess up the keyboard.
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
You're welcome, folks. hid_listen could use a better name. All USB keyboards are human interface devices. hid_listen is really more of a USB serial port listener. I vaguely remember plugging in a rando keyboard back when I first used it, too, and getting schooled by Soarer!
As for Soarer's converter: really easy to reset your settings back to his sensible defaults. Just scas (assemble) and scwr (write) an empty text file. I keep one handy called null.sc
As for Soarer's converter: really easy to reset your settings back to his sensible defaults. Just scas (assemble) and scwr (write) an empty text file. I keep one handy called null.sc