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Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Wed, 01 February 2012, 23:40:04

Hi guys, I am wanting to map my left windows key on my Poker to a Fn Key. What would be the best method?
Also I have noticed my left shift has a squishy feeling, is this caused by the stabilizer? And how can I make the key feel more crisp?
Cheers.

Title: Key mapping
Post by: biolaser on Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:03:56

For the key mapping, I think autohotkey will do the trick. For the squishy key, I dunno.. but other people here do!

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:06:09

Thanks, Is there an alternative to Autohotkey? I would prefer the simplest method so I don't have to run a program constantly.

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:07:38

:o Has anyone had tried this?
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/map-any-key-to-any-key-on-windows-xp-vista/

Title: Key mapping
Post by: vortex on Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:23:25

Hi, If you got skype account , I can teach you how to method that :)

Just give a PM

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Hi guys, I am wanting to map my left windows key on my Poker to a Fn Key. What would be the best method?
Also I have noticed my left shift has a squishy feeling, is this caused by the stabilizer? And how can I make the key feel more crisp?
Cheers.

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 00:25:39

Hi Vortex, thanks for the kind offer but unfortunately I do not have a skype account :c.
About remapping the Windows key to the FN key can I do this manually using regedit? And if so what values do I need to change?

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 02:46:20

Hmm does anyone have any idea as to why when I tried to remap my Caps lock to escape by editing the registry it did nothing?
I navigated to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
and created a binary value named Scancode Map
I then input the correct numbers in the correct format and rebooted. But it didn't change a thing :c

Title: Key mapping
Post by: forcefollow on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:00:08

sharpkeys won't do, tried that before..

Quote from: 443330;506048

Hi guys, I am wanting to map my left windows key on my Poker to a Fn Key. What would be the best method?
Also I have noticed my left shift has a squishy feeling, is this caused by the stabilizer? And how can I make the key feel more crisp?
Cheers.

I think the easiest way to do this in poker is via the dip switch..
dip switch 4 if I'm not mistaken
remember to unplug first before changing the DIP switch. If that still wont work, try restarting before re-plugging the keyboard

Edit: here's my poker manual (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43820426/KB/poker/POKERusermanual.pdf)

Title: Key mapping
Post by: qwxc on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:04:57

+1 for forcefollows suggestion. Although the DIP switch for it is 1 :D. Easy peasy!
Also switching ctrl and caps is highly recomended, DIP for that is 2.

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:11:17

Awesome, can some one explain to me what each DIP switch changes? I can't find it :C`

Title: Key mapping
Post by: forcefollow on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:11:34

ahaha..my mistake.. no wonder I got confused when I first try the switch I must've gotten myself the wrong manual...sorry
EDIT: look into the manual and read the dip switch setting in reverse order ,e.g., dip switch 4 to 1, 3 to 2 ...
the link is on my post above

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:13:31

Thanks guys :)

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:15:03

What's the difference between Switch 1 and Switch 4? :o

Title: Key mapping
Post by: 443330 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 06:28:27

Awesome, switch no1 does exactly what I wanted. Cheers.

Title: Key mapping
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 02 February 2012, 11:53:43

Dipswitch 4 disable win left.
Dipswitch 3 make right win key an alt / altgr.
Dipswitch 2 switch caps lock and left control.
Dipswitch 1 make win left to fn left

Title: Key mapping
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 02 February 2012, 12:20:01

Key Tweak works pretty well most of the time, although you have to restart to get it to take effect.

There is also a reset to original that puts it all back, if you want or need that.