A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
This is my first diy keyboard, and I needed some help. I just started configuring my whitefox keyboard and was wondering if there are any guides explaining each of the keys on the https://input.club/configurator-whitefox Some keys I am confused about: Next-f Prev-f f1,f2,f3 (Not F1, F2, F3) Lock-1, etc. Latch-1, etc. Flash 6/n-kro Menu APP PL/PS Scrn+, Scrn- Also is there a print screen key? Also does anybody know where to get the same type of braided cable, but longer?
On side note, I seem to have keycaps that are not straight, and some with like brown spots on them. I emailed customer support, and was wondering if anybody had heard back from massdrop. Does anybody know how long they usually take to respond?
Thank you all for helping me out, much appreciated!!
f1, f2, f3 .. refers to the different function layers. Flash is the key to press to put your board into firmware download mode. Same as pressing the button below. 6/n-kro toggles between 6KRO (according to USB specs) or NKRO (may not be supported by BIOS or some systems).
You can always press a key on your other keyboard after selecting the key to program on-screen, and the configurator will pick it up.
You can get braided micro USB cables on Amazon. Search for "braided micro USB cable". You can also have them custom made by a number of people on either Reddit or Geekhack. You can even buy a kit to do it yourself. Finding the exact same color and pattern paracord might be challenging (I didn't check).
Flash is shortcut to get into Flash mode (same as pressing the pin on the bottom of the board)
6/N Key Roll Over toggles between the two modes. I'm not exactly sure how they each work but some keys don't seem to work when I hit it.
Menu: Not Sure App: Not Sure
PL/PS: I believe this is a play and pause key Scrn+/- is screen brightness up and down Prsc - Print Screen
ƒN - Access Layer-N while holding the function key. Lock-N - Switches to Layer-N until the key is pressed again. Latch-N - Accesses Layer-N for 1 Key Press Next-ƒ and Prev-ƒ cycles the function layers.
This is how I have mine setup, however this is just a matter of preference. I've replaced my R-Alt with a function key. I use ƒ1 to activate the second layer while I hold the key. This is where I keep common shortcuts, volume, brightness, N-Kro, etc. I also place the Lock-2, Lock-3, etc. Keys on the number row. Hitting Function + 2 will switch me to the second layer. This can be turned off by hitting function 2 again, function 3 will switch to the 3rd layer and so on. I think this is a good solution as there is no indicator of what layer is being viewed.
Thanks so much!!! I guess I'll have to wait. -__-" I was wondering do you guys know which one is windows key?