kinesis.md

Kinesis Advantage setup

Preparations

1. Reset keyboard by holding F7 while attaching keyboard to PC
2. Set minimal number of macroses by pressing Program+Shift+F2
3. Toggle state-change tones by pressing Program+-
4. Toggle key clicks by pressing Program+\
5. Enter Mac mode by pressing =m
6. Add 'x' mode flag to get 2 Alt's and 2 Ctlr's by pressing =x
7. Ensure this is printed when you press =s: v3.2[x ]

Keys mapping

• To remap keys, press Program+F12, then press desired target key, then press new location for it
• To record a macro, press Program+F11, then press trigger key, then record a macro, then press Program+F11
• In Keypad mode, PrintScr is Super_L=Mod3 and ScrollLock is Super_R=Mod4

[macro]
"1"       = "?"
"2"       = "~"
"3"       = "_"
"4"       = "^"
"5"       = "&"
"6"       = "'"
"shift+6" = "\""
"7"       = "{"
"shift+7" = "}"
"8"       = "("
"shift+8" = ")"
"9"       = "<"
"shift+9" = ">"
"0"       = "["
"shift+0" = "]"

[remap]
"up"      = "down"
"down"    = "up"
"esc"     = "del"
"del"     = "esc"
"tab"     = "caps"
"windows" = "tab"
"/"       = "'"

[thumb_keys]
"ctrl"       = "ctrl_l"
"alt"        = "alt_l"
"windows"    = "mod3"
"option_alt" = "mod4"

# Reassign for both keypad = ON and OFF
# Exact sequence to press:
# keypad=ON Program+F12 PrintScr Windows PrintScr Keypad=OFF Windows Program+F12
# keypad=ON Program+F12 ScrollLock OptionAlt ScrollLock Keypad=OFF OptionAlt Program+F12

[macro]
"?"         = "backslash"
"backslash" = "*"