Installation Manual

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How to Configure your ALT Keyboard

Hey everybody!

Thank you for purchasing your Massdrop ALT Mechanical Keyboard. If you’ve landed

here, you probably want to take full advantage of the keyboard’s features, so you’ve

come to the right place.

We’ll start with the basics, then we’ll move on to complete custom configuration.

Note: All Keyboards come pre-loaded with default firmware. The customization

instructions below are for advanced users who want to customize their keyboards

firmware.

THE BASICS

Default Hot Keys Hold FN + listed keys to activate

LED Keys

Fn + A: LED Pattern Select Previous

Fn + D: LED Pattern Select Next

Fn + W: LED Brightness Increase

Fn + S: LED Brightness Decrease

Fn + Q: LED Scrolling Pattern Speed Decrease

Fn + E: LED Scrolling Pattern Speed Increase

Fn + Tab: LED Toggle Breathe Effect

Fn + Caps Lock: LED Toggle Scrolling Pattern Direction

Fn + X: LED Toggle On/Off

Fn + Z: LED Toggle Mode (Keys+Edge, Keys Only, Edge Only)

Media Keys

Fn + Page Up: Volume Up

Fn + Page Down: Volume Down

Summary of content (5 pages)

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How to Configure your ALT Keyboard search Hey everybody! Thank you for purchasing your Massdrop ALT Mechanical Keyboard. If you’ve landed here, you probably want to take full advantage of the keyboard’s features, so you’ve come to the right place. We’ll start with the basics, then we’ll move on to complete custom configuration. Note: All Keyboards come pre-loaded with default firmware. The customization instructions below are for advanced users who want to customize their keyboards firmware.
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Fn + Delete: Mute Function Keys Fn + 1: F1 Fn + 2: F2 Fn + 3: F3 Fn + 4: F4 Fn + 5: F5 Fn + 6: F6 Fn + 7: F7 Fn + 8: F8 Fn + 9: F9 Fn + 0: F10 Fn + - : F11 Fn + = : F12 Other Keys Fn + P: Print Screen Fn + [ : Scroll Lock Fn + ] : Pause Fn + Left Arrow: Home Fn + Right Arrow: End Fn + Up Arrow: Page Up Fn + Down Arrow: Page Down Fn + Escape: Backtick ( ` ) Fn + Shift + Escape: Tilde ( ~ ) Keyboard Option Keys Fn + N: Toggle keyboard 6KRO/NKRO (Default state 6KRO) CUSTOM CONFIGURATION How do I configure my
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once:https://www.massdrop.com/mechanical-keyboards/configurator . See below for more information about our configurator. If you are comfortable with programming and want to use QMK functionality that our configurator does not support, you can manually create and compile your configuration by checking out the official QMK repository: https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware . ALT Keyboard is in the folder "massdrop/ALT". QMK setup instructions are here:https://docs.qmk.fm/#/newbs 3.
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MASSDROP KEYBOARD CONFIGURATOR https://www.massdrop.com/mechanical-keyboards/configurator When you first go to the configurator, you will be prompted to choose your keyboard. After choosing, you will see a top-down view of the keyboard and a layer selector on the right side. By clicking on a key, you can customize its behavior by selecting another key or function in the panel that appears below the keyboard.
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For each key, its behavior is determined by the highest active layer. For the highest active layer, if the key's behavior is "transparent" (denoted by a grayed-out "(trns)" on the keyboard display), then it falls back to the next-highest layer where its behavior is not transparent. The QMK documentation has some tips for working with layers:https://docs.qmk.fm/#/feature_advanced_keycodes?id=working-with-layers Configurator Development Roadmap Our configurator tool is still a work-in-progress.