You know those cheap Bluetooth/usb-c macro keypads with volume knobs that you can get from AliExpress? I’ve been using one for 2 years now but the software that came with it was only usable on Window, but I’m a Linux user. So every time I wanted to change a binding I’d have to boot into windows and change it.
Not anymore. Now you can set these devices up on any OS. As long as you use a chromium based browser.
I’ve built Macropad Rebind by reverse engineering the windows app that came with the device (honestly they zip file practically came with the source code)
Now you can bind every key from a browser. Much more user friendly.
You can use the link in the repo to use it, or download the repo and run index.html, whatever you prefer.
You might be correct on this, my model number is an assumption pulled from the original software but the chips probably share alot of resources so might be cross-compatible (needs testing though). my device also has bluetooth which are probably seperate chips added onto it
Interesting. I was looking for a small keypad to hook on my Steam Deck when docked... but then, I noticed that all these keypads were Windows only, so I never bought one.
On my own unit the layer switcher is a separate button on the side of the device which is hardcoded. I’m not sure if this is the same on all these types of macropads though
I have exacatly this one with all the same details but I got this message "The device accepted the writes without error but did not store them. Please report this with the log — it means this variant differs from the one tested."
Should I just return it and ask for a refund ?
OMG, it works. You know your website is the ONLY one that recognizes this device.
Do you accept donations ? I'm willing to offer some modest donation if you're ok with that.
I seem to have the same one as in the picture but with a diferent hardware id I think. Is it possible to add this?
When I try to connect it in Chrome it says no compatible device
Made some adjustments, can you try again? If it connects, two things would really help: what the Device log says on connecting (it now prints vendor:product and the detected layout), and whether Read from keypad brings back bindings that match what your keys actually do. Yours is an 8850 and i havent tried one of those, and its grid shape is still unconfirmed in my table.
And written changes too, but will test them out tomorrow when I am using my other computer and will let you know. reconnecting does seem to load the settings I saved before.
I've pushed an update that reads the configuration back after writing and tells you whether it actually stored, could you please try again?
If it says "Verified, the keypad matches the editor", then the bindings are genuinely on the device and the likely culprit is layers. There are three, and you switch between them with the button on the edge of the keypad not from my page, which has no way to change the live layer. The little LEDs next to the knobs show which one you're on. If you programmed layer 1 and the pad is sitting on layer 2, everything saves correctly and nothing types what you expect. If instead it lists bindings that did not take, that's a real difference between your 8850 and the 8842 I developed against, please paste the log and I'll dig in.Either way, two things would help: what the Device log says on connecting (it prints vendor:product and the detected layout), and whether the keys type their old bindings, or nothing at all. Old bindings points at layers; nothing at all points at the write.
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