ErgoDox questions

[xmagusx]

Finally finished putting mine together and started working with it, loving it so far.

That said, I had some questions that I was having difficulty finding answers to.

• Media keys still seem not to work in Windows, but I've seen some documentation to indicate that this functionality should be present -- am I simply running a firmware that's too old or is this still a known bug?
  
• I've been using the configurator provided by massdrop to good effect, but there seems to be no included way to program macros. Can macros be written into the hex file or do they require a firmware recompile?
• Is there anything more useful than lock/layer status that the LEDs are doing for anyone? If not, how difficult is it to switch from lock status to layer status?

Thanks for any/all help!

[dorkvader]

I don't think the media keys are working in the normal firmware. This is one reason why the TMK_firmware release for ergodox is such a big deal.
You might have to edit the sourcecode and compile the firmware yourself to get macros. You might want to consider software macros as an alternative.
I'm not using the LED's at all actually. One user put a buzzer in his ergodox to "beep" when a key is registered, just like a kinesis.

[xmagusx]

Thanks, I was unaware of the TMK firmware release for ErgoDox, you just provided me with a lot of reading. I was afraid that it would require a recompile. The main reason for wanting it is so that I can maintain the position of my edit keys (undo, cut, copy, paste) on a Malt layout board by putting a layer toggle to a media/macro layer. So ~L1 in the R3C1 position and either the edit media keys or equivalent macros in their usual lower left position.

[xmagusx]

Has anyone had any luck programming in non-english characters?
Ex:
 ï
 ü
 ñ
 ß
Or other straight ascii code?
Ex:
 ╪
 ∞
 £

[davkol]

Has anyone had any luck programming in non-english characters?
Ex:
 ï
 ü
 ñ
 ß
Or other straight ascii code?
Ex:
 ╪
 ∞
 £

Keyboards send scan codes. AFAIK there aren't any scan codes assigned to those characters. Therefore, you'd have to create macros (e.g. ß would be AltGr+s in my case).