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cweagans
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Oct 4, 2016
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Daisy chaining the keyboard halves seems not to work on my keyboard. Have I done something wrong? How can I start troubleshooting this? Both halves work individually when both are plugged directly into the computer.
JasonMiller
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Oct 4, 2016
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I didn't have any trouble with daisy chaining in either direction, the only gotca was that I could only flash the side directly connected to my usb.
now that I've moved to the office, I've got each side direct connect to the hub.
now that I've moved to the office, I've got each side direct connect to the hub.
pcallaghan
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Oct 5, 2016
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Are you using the supplied cables? Have you tried swapping the cables? I know that the interconnect uses more wires (USB3) between the halves for communication but the connection to the PC only requires USB2. I wonder if you have either used the wrong cable or if you have a bad cable. There were earlier posts about some Phone Charging cables that are USB3, not having all of the pins connected.
Orxon
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Oct 5, 2016
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Cweagans,
My interconnect is fucky as HELL using included cables. I have to pull the Type C connector out just a millimeter if even that. If I do not, when initializing, the slave half does not light, respond to input, or change LCD content. If I pull it out a tiny bit, keystrokes work, but the LCD does not update. If I pull it out a tiny bit more than that, it works as normal. If I pull it out too far, the power pins drop and the slave side shuts off.
If I use EITHER cable or EITHER side as master, this occurs on either side acting as a slave, with 100% ability to recreate. Infuriating, but ill swap it to hard wired direct connection here eventually.
My interconnect is fucky as HELL using included cables. I have to pull the Type C connector out just a millimeter if even that. If I do not, when initializing, the slave half does not light, respond to input, or change LCD content. If I pull it out a tiny bit, keystrokes work, but the LCD does not update. If I pull it out a tiny bit more than that, it works as normal. If I pull it out too far, the power pins drop and the slave side shuts off.
If I use EITHER cable or EITHER side as master, this occurs on either side acting as a slave, with 100% ability to recreate. Infuriating, but ill swap it to hard wired direct connection here eventually.
HaaTa
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Oct 5, 2016
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Can you try flipping the type c connector? This might be an issue with the connector soldering.
cweagans
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Oct 5, 2016
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Ha, apparently the solution to this problem is "Post about it on Massdrop." When I went back to try again with some different configurations (flipping the cables, swapping the cables, trying different order for the chaining, etc), it worked first try. I'm not sure what I did differently, but it seems to be fine now.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
SamPittman
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Oct 7, 2016
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I'm glad you got it working. Given the description and solution, I'm going to suggest "foreign matter on the contacts". You may have eventually cleaned it sufficiently by moving it repeatedly. I recommend cleaning things with alcohol or PCB cleaner.
One of my boards had a whitish substance on it, like flux residue or something. I cleaned it with PCB cleaner.
Cheers!
One of my boards had a whitish substance on it, like flux residue or something. I cleaned it with PCB cleaner.
Cheers!
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