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Offline synerr

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KBT Pure function key scan codes
« on: Tue, 29 October 2013, 12:43:02 »
Firstly, despite my age, I am new to proper keyboards - please be gentle :-)

I have a ""need"" to buy a compact keyboard for carrying around.  This should serve two purposes:
1) be more portable than my kinesis contoured
2) have a 'normal' layout so I don't get stuck to the kinesis layout alone
[ Additionally I want it to be white, PBT keycaps and and with multi coloured lettering but that is a story for another day ]

So I naturally started looking at tenkeyless options and more compact such as the KBT Pure.  If I understand correctly to achieve, say, F2 I need to press Fn->2.  Will this translate to a Fn scan code followed by the scan code for 2 or is some translation done natively on the keyboard and just a single F2 scan code sent to the host?

Ta
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Offline BlueBär

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Re: KBT Pure function key scan codes
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 29 October 2013, 12:47:08 »
The translation is done by the keyboard controller - normally every FN layer works that way.

Offline esoomenona

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Re: KBT Pure function key scan codes
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 29 October 2013, 12:51:54 »
The latter. Pressing the Fn key does not register anything software side.

Also, http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=pfu_keyboards,hhkbpro2