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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: DamnDan on Fri, 30 August 2013, 10:22:54

Title: KB-78
Post by: DamnDan on Fri, 30 August 2013, 10:22:54: Hello Guys,

Today i bought Cherry MY POS keyboard (78 keys array), which is sold under the name KB-78. Does anyone of you have a clue how to program this piece of dung? I didn't even get software within the package (and ones I found on web don't seem to play well on W7). Please if someone used it, help me cause i am about to throw it out the window :P

Thanks,
Dan
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 30 August 2013, 10:49:03: None of Cherry programming tools work on x64, so that may be your problem. Best to borrow an XP machine to program it. Sadly the same applies to 98% of commercial programmable keyboards. Only one I am aware of that has win x64 compatible programming software is genovation.
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: Obakemono on Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:06:38: Here is the manual

http://posimages.kraftway.ru/manuals/KeyBoards/KB-78M/KB78Manual.pdf

And i found some kind of driver in a page where i cannot assure yo it's free of viruses or malware, so use it under your own risk.

http://download.driverguide.com/driver/KB-78M/Partner+Tech+Inc./d1799506.html

But as IvanIvanovich said, it probably won't work on any modern windows version

You might however use some program on windows, maybe autohotkey to program it via software.

And maybe theres some non official driver in linux to program those (i don't know really).
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:48:20: yeah, I also had problems with programmable Cherry keyboards that turned out to be NOS. Autohotkey is my best friend now. I talk to 'him' more than any other human!
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: Obakemono on Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:50:54: Quote from: berserkfan on Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:48:20
yeah, I also had problems with programmable Cherry keyboards that turned out to be NOS. Autohotkey is my best friend now. I talk to 'him' more than any other human!

Talking to a human, xDDD hilarious :p
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: tricheboars on Fri, 30 August 2013, 11:57:00: i downloaded a cherry application from their website for my g80-8113LUVE-2 and it worked perfectly fine on x64 Windows 8. that app allowed me to program the entire board. plus it told me how many keystrokes the board has experienced. pretty cool.
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 30 August 2013, 12:01:00: I haven't looked for awhile. Good to know they are finally getting with it since XP will finally be reaching EOL soon and x64 is becoming dominant. I would still be surprised if they bother to update it for discontinued keyboard models though.
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: DamnDan on Sun, 01 September 2013, 11:31:44: Thanks for all the comments :) Will try these as soon as i will get my hands on an XP machine with PS/2 port :)
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: DamnDan on Mon, 02 September 2013, 04:24:48: For anyone who will ever have the same issue as me:

Use HID MACROS :) http://www.hidmacros.eu/

Plugged my DELL AT101W through PS/2 -> USB adapter
Plugged KB-78 throgh PS/2 without my DELL attached through it's super-duper pass through function and it works like a charm :)

Another plus from this whole situation is that i now own ALPS compatibile set of relegendables xD fun fun fun :)

Again thank you all for helping me out on this one :)
Title: Re: KB-78
Post by: polishprogrammer on Fri, 01 May 2015, 07:09:55: Quote from: DamnDan on Mon, 02 September 2013, 04:24:48
For anyone who will ever have the same issue as me:

Use HID MACROS :) http://www.hidmacros.eu/

So, could you post any tutorial on how to use it?