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
Greetings from Devil's Tower, Wyoming! Spent a week or so in South Dakota recently--right in the middle of the 82nd Sturgis Rally. I was there on business, but did take my bike along. Believe me, I had no interest in all the rally BS (seen one old fat guy on a Harley wearing a trump shirt, and you've seen 'em all). Me? I was there for the scenery and the roads. Did all the touristy things too: Mt Rushmore, Devils Tower, Deadwood and Custer State Park. The latter was the icing on the cake--best motorcycle roads I've come across yet! If you're ever in the vicinity, and happen to have a nice bike with you, here's a list of MUST RIDE highways:
- Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway.
- Badlands Loop State Scenic Byway.
- Vanocker Canyon / Nemo Road Scenic Drive.
- Belle Fourche to Devils Tower Scenic Drive.
- U.S. Highway 385 Scenic Drive.
- Boulder Canyon Scenic Drive.
- Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway.
Worth the trip (but wait 'till after the rally). Speaking of the Rally, if I never see (or hear) another damned Harley again, it'll be too soon!