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Title: Gnass Alt 61, need assistant
Post by: Tom_Kazansky on Fri, 13 October 2017, 20:40:19: Hello!
My friend recently bought this keyboard, Gnass Alt 61, for about $30, it seems it support leds

so my friend brought it to me and ask me to add leds to it.

here is the board:
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The board itself seems to support RGB led but the switches are ... normal, black housing... so I think I just use normal led (and my friend said he's fine with it.)
Though after searching around, I have not found a way to control the led (toggle ON/OFF at least). The manual is in Chinese so it doesn't help. This seems to be their website: http://www.ganss.cn/index.php?id=98 (http://www.ganss.cn/index.php?id=98)

also there is "DIP switches" but I don't know if it is in use

anyone know how to toggle led ON/OFF and change Capslock to Fn (the board may not support this) ? :(

thank you for reading.
Title: Re: Gnass Alt 61, need assistant
Post by: Cocopah on Fri, 13 October 2017, 21:05:17: It looks like it supports the same RGB LED as the Zeal60. It also looks like its missing a controller in the lower-middle of the board, perhaps that is the RGB controller?

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0490/7329/products/wGipMfheCmKQGZccv3otcyz2-aIlhHo1QwIHdg46_9WXWuBLn8fHsAJo38sR7V8un4O5Z4GNoRfQuqA_w3840-h1927.jpg?v=1506226858)
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0490/7329/products/U6mjIsV3w4LD4tscRGKHAonJg1zMZ8elsVBQmnxyTA4SuWYDy17gedRIlbCWnPH5kUxVlB_ckDQAvgg_w3840-h1927.jpg?v=1506226759)
Title: Re: Gnass Alt 61, need assistant
Post by: Tom_Kazansky on Fri, 13 October 2017, 21:22:00: Quote from: Cocopah on Fri, 13 October 2017, 21:05:17
It looks like it supports the same RGB LED as the Zeal60. It also looks like its missing a controller in the lower-middle of the board, perhaps that is the RGB controller?

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(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0490/7329/products/wGipMfheCmKQGZccv3otcyz2-aIlhHo1QwIHdg46_9WXWuBLn8fHsAJo38sR7V8un4O5Z4GNoRfQuqA_w3840-h1927.jpg?v=1506226858)

Show Image
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0490/7329/products/U6mjIsV3w4LD4tscRGKHAonJg1zMZ8elsVBQmnxyTA4SuWYDy17gedRIlbCWnPH5kUxVlB_ckDQAvgg_w3840-h1927.jpg?v=1506226759)

I see, though I did not know which key combination to toggle ON/OFF, installing the leds without that is a bit...

even though the board support RGB led, its switches are in black housing... so I don't think light can shine through, I think I should use in-switch 2 pins led instead, they will work, right? :(
Title: Re: Gnass Alt 61, need assistant
Post by: Tom_Kazansky on Fri, 20 October 2017, 02:12:21: I found the key combination for led mode: Fn + \ |
there is mode that lit the led on pressed key, I guess it's will be replacement for "OFF mode" :p