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Title: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 07:14:53
Probably a very simple question but I couldn't solve it.

The Caps Lock on my Poker II has stopped working for some reason. I've done a factory reset to no avail, and all of the DIP switches are set to their default OFF positions.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 03 April 2014, 07:17:23
Did just the LED stop working, or the switch itself?

Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 07:39:43
Sorry, should have specified.

The switch itself stopped working. To give some more info, I changed the space bar on my keyboard today, and before that it was working perfectly fine. So I probably messed up with a Space+FN combination but I have no idea what, and I know my way around my Poker fairly well, when it comes to layers and programming keys and all that. And I can't find anything in the user manual either, which is a bit odd.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:09:40
Can you use a keyboard event viewer to see if any key codes are being sent at all?
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: mougrim on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:12:47
Sorry, should have specified.

The switch itself stopped working. To give some more info, I changed the space bar on my keyboard today, and before that it was working perfectly fine. So I probably messed up with a Space+FN combination but I have no idea what, and I know my way around my Poker fairly well, when it comes to layers and programming keys and all that. And I can't find anything in the user manual either, which is a bit odd.

It was powered down when you've changed Space or not?
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:18:23
Can you use a keyboard event viewer to see if any key codes are being sent at all?

It seems to be registering as Ctrl.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:19:52
Can you use a keyboard event viewer to see if any key codes are being sent at all?

It seems to be registering as Ctrl.

I thought that's what was happening, wasn't sure though...

Recheck your DIP switches, etc. One of them might not be functioning properly.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:20:47
Will do, thanks guys.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: mougrim on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:21:28
Can you use a keyboard event viewer to see if any key codes are being sent at all?

It seems to be registering as Ctrl.

Hmm... if I remeber correctly, 1 DIP have something to do with CapsLock swapping.
Title: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: riotonthebay on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:23:02
Can you use a keyboard event viewer to see if any key codes are being sent at all?

It seems to be registering as Ctrl.

Hmm... if I remeber correctly, 1 DIP have something to do with CapsLock swapping.

Yep, I believe you're right. OP is in luck though: this is a much better layout! Caps Lock is for casuals.

Edit: before the jimmies rustle, I'm joking.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:27:28
To be honest I don't care about Caps Lock, I never use the thing. I was just curious as to what went wrong.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:33:08
Very strange, I can't seem to correct it with the DIP switches, either.

dafuq
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:37:29
Very strange, I can't seem to correct it with the DIP switches, either.

dafuq

Dafuq indeed...

Do any of the other DIPs seem to be working properly? Or not-properly, for that matter...
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:39:38
That's the strange thing. DIP's 2, 3 and 4 seem to be working fine, just DIP one seems to be problematic.

Maybe doing the firmware update would help? Though I can't see how, if it's something physical.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: GreeDyloO on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:40:00
Hey there, does the Poker II have a fn + w layer like the pure pro ?

The problem might come from here :)
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:41:19
That's the strange thing. DIP's 2, 3 and 4 seem to be working fine, just DIP one seems to be problematic.

Maybe doing the firmware update would help? Though I can't see how, if it's something physical.

Couldn't hurt at this point. If anything, update it just to eliminate firmware as a possible cause.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:42:08
Hey there, does the Poker II have a fn + w layer like the pure pro ?

The problem might come from here :)

Thanks for the post, though FN+W on the Poker II is simply just the up arrow.
Title: Re: Poker II Caps Lock
Post by: ynrozturk on Thu, 03 April 2014, 08:42:38
That's the strange thing. DIP's 2, 3 and 4 seem to be working fine, just DIP one seems to be problematic.

Maybe doing the firmware update would help? Though I can't see how, if it's something physical.

Couldn't hurt at this point. If anything, update it just to eliminate firmware as a possible cause.

Yup, I will do that when I get home from work. Feel better working on my on hardware.