Keyboard IO key mapping without flashing firmware

[Nicolas74 (Nicolas Savoini)]

Hello,

I would like to modify some key mapping from my Keyboard.io.
Is there a way to do that with an application ? or do i have to flash the firmware ?

I’m on MacOS.

Thanks,
Nicolas

[james.nvc (James Cash)]

Right now, using the Arduino IDE to flash the firmware is, I believe, the recommended way.

However…

There is Chrysalis but we don’t have a build of that to download yet and it requires that you already have a compatible firmware (e.g. like this) flashed on your keyboard to use it.
If you’d like to try it, I can try to upload a macOS build of Chrysalis and you should be able to download a precompiled compatible firmware from here (the .hex file) and use Chrysalis’ Firmware flasher to load it.
That being said, while there are some people using Chrysalis, it is still very much a work in progress.

[Nicolas74 (Nicolas Savoini)]

Thanks for the answer.
I’m just trying to map some new keys, so maybe i’ll just work with the firmware update.

Thanks.
Nicolas

[james.nvc (James Cash)]

I just cut a pre-release build, so if you’d like to try, check out here.

[Nicolas74 (Nicolas Savoini)]

I download it and launch, it’s seems to be working.
My keyboard doesn’t have the right firmware yet … so i couldn’t really test.

I’ll do that and keep you posted. Thanks again for your work.

Nicolas

[Nicolas74 (Nicolas Savoini)]

Still trying to update the firmware … running into some issues on macOS.

Hello, I got the same issue trying to update the firmware, with the Model01-Firmware. Model 01: Product ID: 0x2301 Vendor ID: 0x1209 Version: 1.00 Serial Number: Ckbio01E Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Keyboardio Location ID: 0x00200000 / 11 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 500 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0 Nicolass-Mac-Pro:Model01-Firmware nicolas$ ls -l /dev/cu.usb* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 21, 5 18…

[Seanny123 (Sean Aubin)]

Just to re-iterate and make sure I understand, the flow for flashing a new keymapping onto the Model01 at this point in time is:

1. Download and install Chrysalis. This software is currently experimental, but will mature with time.
2. Flash a Chrysalis-Compatible firmware .hex file using the Chrysalis Firmware Flasher, because Chrysalis needs a plugin not included by default in the Model01 firmware. This might be loaded by default on new keyboards sometime in the future?
3. Using the Chrysalis Keymap Editor edit the layout and save it.

[james.nvc (James Cash)]

Only if you don’t want to write your own firmware sketch (and use the Arduino IDE or the make flash command-line tools), but yes.

I’m not sure about keyboard shipping with Chrysalis-compatible firmware by default…it does things in quite a different way in order to work in the way it does (storing all configuration information in EEPROM instead of the PROGMEM that flashing firmware uses). To work with Chrysalis, it not only needs a few plugins but also needs them configured in certain ways too.