Work around for firmware/configuration update error "command not recognized"
I spent more than an hour attempting to update my Drop Shift keyboard. I'm not sure what has changed, but I was not able to do it entirely from the Drop website as I had previously done. I have most of the keys configured how I would like, but the default LED function was a very bright, distracting, rainbow wave going across the keyboard. Every time I turned the computer on I had to manually adjust the lights how I liked. Using the online version or the locally installed app, you first have to install the QMK XAP interface. You then have to flash your already configured firmware file, which can be done on the Drop website. If you are logged in your last configuration is saved under your account and you can alter what you like, so you don't have to start from scratch. So, following the instructions I selected the appropriate board, entered bootloader mode, but when attempting to flash the file, I would get an error that the C:/Users/Mike C..... command is not recognized...
Oct 18, 2024
Any change is welcome. It's awesome to see you guys tackling the problem. If the new FedEx service frequently includes a hand-off to USPS I wonder if we're not going to run into the same problems. But still willing to give it a try. Thanks for hearing us.
I'm not suggesting we go straight FedEx door-to-door. That will be too expensive. The problem with DHL was the class of service we were buying included a mid-route handoff to USPS and it was the handoff that was causing excessive delays and tracking gaps. We were paying DHL to middleman the logistics on a delivery that was ultimately done by USPS, and for not very much cost savings. So what I'd like to see us do is just go straight USPS and bypass the middleman nonsense. Without the handoff there are fewer opportunities for a screw-up and we get a continuous flow of tracking information from a single source (USPS tracking problems not withstanding).
But I'm still eager to try this new system just because literally anything is an improvement at this point.