deskthority

Hey

So I bought a AEKII and am using it with a iMate. Is there a way to use the power button in windows? (ex sleep)

Currently windows doesn't recognize it as a key, as well as the numpad = key.
Also have tried a bunch of keyboard remappers and they don't see the keys either.

Thanks.

Yeah from what I've heard those just don't work on Windows.

Can confirm, as far as I can tell they don't send a scancode that Windows recognises. They do work with hasu's controller though if you've got a soldering iron and can run a little bit of code.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/tmk- ... ?hilit=TMK

Can I get you to check to see if the button to the left of 1 and above tab does anything? I've just got an AEKII and I can't remember if my iMate ever registered that key or if it's another dead one.

edit - Here's mine

Ah, UK tilde. You old pain the arse! Back when I used my ISO PowerBook with ANSI mechs, that key posed a lot of trouble. I love to switch between windows using Command + Tilde, right above Command + Tab for switching apps. But whenever I was on the move, the PowerBook had tilde tucked away down at left Shift. Bloody eijit!

So anyway, that key left of 1 on ISO keyboards works the same way on Macs as PCs. You should see a character. Otherwise you've got a broken switch.

And yes, back to the original topic: USB supports a sleep key, which Windows listens to as well, far as I've heard. The iMate is old enough to have chosen the wrong way to go about sleep, before everyone settled on the extra codes yet.

Huh, must be a problem with my iMate then. It's odd, on both my ADB boards the iMate flashes when I press that key and the key works when I'm going through hasus converter but doesn't output anything through the iMate.

ISO ADB keyboards do actually send different scan codes for ISO keys: https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/blo ... mon.h#L168

Maybe the iMate doesn't handle these…

HzFaq wrote: Huh, must be a problem with my iMate then. It's odd, on both my ADB boards the iMate flashes when I press that key and the key works when I'm going through hasus converter but doesn't output anything through the iMate.

No that's normal afaik. Same behavior with my iMate.

Must be what jou said above then, the iMate isn't set up for ISO scancodes. Thanks for the confirmation/information lads.

That'll teach me to be lazy and not dig up my hasus converter .

Strange!

jou wrote: ISO ADB keyboards do actually send different scan codes for ISO keys: https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard/blo ... mon.h#L168

Maybe the iMate doesn't handle these…

Aha. They were more incompetent than I thought. And I'm usually such a cynic, too…

HzFaq wrote: Can confirm, as far as I can tell they don't send a scancode that Windows recognises. They do work with hasu's controller though if you've got a soldering iron and can run a little bit of code.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/tmk- ... ?hilit=TMK

Can I get you to check to see if the button to the left of 1 and above tab does anything? I've just got an AEKII and I can't remember if my iMate ever registered that key or if it's another dead one.

edit - Here's mine

Spoiler:

Ok. So that would be on a Teensy 2.0 I assume? (along with the guides such as this one http://goo.gl/U1xObu)

Pro-micro is the super cheap option; slightly different hardware and a different method of firmware flashing but the end result is the same only considerably cheaper.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/how- ... t8448.html

HzFaq wrote: Pro-micro is the super cheap option; slightly different hardware and a different method of firmware flashing but the end result is the same only considerably cheaper.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/how- ... t8448.html

You were faster to find and link my own guide than I was! That's dedication right there.

I've had it open in a separate tab for about 3 months .

HzFaq wrote: Pro-micro is the super cheap option; slightly different hardware and a different method of firmware flashing but the end result is the same only considerably cheaper.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/how- ... t8448.html

Thanks for all the help!

Now I have to make a choice. Whether its the Teensy or Pro Micro, is this worth it for the power button and =?
I've already spent $30 on a iMate.

hmm...

Teensy is much better for your first time. I found the Pro Micro way more fiddly. Certainly more than the $15 or so price difference. I value my frustration highly!

Also, I've found the Pro Micro to be dodgy on high power consumption boards. Specifically an AT Model F. It would crap out every once in a while ($argh!) and just plain not work on some hubs. A Teensy 2 fixed all that. Again.

scottc wrote: You were faster to find and link my own guide than I was! That's dedication right there.

I still need to figure out how to flash the Pro Micro. I tried using Cygwin but I couldn't figure it out.