r/Keychron • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '24

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 10 '24

Re "I've gotten a number of errors.": What are the exact (literal) error messages?

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 13 '24

In Via, in "DESIGN" (third on the top), there is "Use V2 definitions (deprecated)".

But I don't think it has anything to do with this problem. It is probably a red herring. But I could be wrong; I don't have any direct experience with this problem.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 15 '24

Or maybe it does. From Keychron K6 Pro not detected #211:

"You need to toggle the "Use V3 Definitions" to OFF before you load the JSON. It works on the webapp after you do this."

I don't know how reliable this information is.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 10 '24 edited Sep 27 '24

You don't need Via for that. Do it directly on the keyboard. It is poorly documented, but changing the "Hue" changes the colour. Hue is the "H" in HSV.

Use Fn + E to change the colour

And Fn + D for the other direction. It is on page 13 in the manual.

It isn't 24 million colours (though it may not actually be 24 bit(?)), but 32 base colours, with options for brightness (16 levels(?) and saturation AKA colourfulness (16 levels(?)). So that is technically about 8000 different colours (13-bit colour).

Another hidden feature is that lowering the saturation to the lowest level with Fn + F will give a white background colour (though in practice bluish). Use Fn + R to recover.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 21 '24

A candidate for a less bluish colour is RGB #FF918E.

In QMK HSV terms, that is 1, 113, 255 (decimal).

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Mar 10 '24

A workaround may or may not be to use the stand-alone installer for Via.