Macro and keystroke does not work. Only TEXT does.

[SelfDestructor]

A couple of hours ago I got myself a K95 RGB and so far I love it.

However, I am unable to get macros and keystrokes to work! Only the text action is working.

I've googled, searched the forums and tried everything I can think of for the last two hours without any luck.

I read that I should enable "hardware playback" but I can't find that option anywhere in CUE!

Am I completely blind or am I doing something completely wrong? Everything else works fine but macros and keystrokes.

[JalYt_Justin]

Macros and keystrokes currently don't work with eachother. Sorry. In the future you'll probably be able to with LUA scripting.

[Inheritance]

I'll bring this up with corsair James.

[SelfDestructor]

Originally Posted by JalYt_Justin

Macros and keystrokes currently don't work with eachother. Sorry. In the future you'll probably be able to with LUA scripting.

I actually just want to use keystrokes but both macros and keystrokes won't work. I have tried with only keystrokes and only macros.
I just need to rebind some keys to the macro keys and I'll be good for life.

Originally Posted by zheren159

I'll bring this up with corsair James.

Thank you!

[ScarredMecha]

Originally Posted by SelfDestructor

I actually just want to use keystrokes but both macros and keystrokes won't work. I have tried with only keystrokes and only macros.
I just need to rebind some keys to the macro keys and I'll be good for life.




Thank you!

What keys are you trying to bind? Also, what applications are you trying to use them in?

[SelfDestructor]

Originally Posted by Reapexx

What keys are you trying to bind? Also, what applications are you trying to use them in?

In the default preset I want to bind the arrow keys to the middle and bottom set of macro keys, as well as shift + left/right. That's how I had it configured with my Logitech G510.

In other applications like Gimp for example, I bind the key shortcuts to the different editing tools. Usually a single key press or shift/alt + key press.

In a very few sets of applications I want to rebind the regular keys as well. Again, no macros or text boxes, just single or combined key presses.

I've halted my work on coloring the keys in all the application profiles I want to use because of this. Certain software has key bindings you can't change and makes one hell of a layout. Here is how I have set it up for Deckadance. Rebinding the keys to a more logical layout would be so much easier.

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[ScarredMecha]

Originally Posted by SelfDestructor

In the default preset I want to bind the arrow keys to the middle and bottom set of macro keys, as well as shift + left/right. That's how I had it configured with my Logitech G510.

In other applications like Gimp for example, I bind the key shortcuts to the different editing tools. Usually a single key press or shift/alt + key press.

In a very few sets of applications I want to rebind the regular keys as well. Again, no macros or text boxes, just single or combined key presses.

I've halted my work on coloring the keys in all the application profiles I want to use because of this. Certain software has key bindings you can't change and makes one hell of a layout. Here is how I have set it up for Deckadance. Rebinding the keys to a more logical layout would be so much easier.

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Can you take a screenshot of one of the macros in CUE?

[SelfDestructor]

Originally Posted by Reapexx

Can you take a screenshot of one of the macros in CUE?

I have none right now because they don't work but I'll create one.

There is one keystroke for the left arrow button assigned to G16.

The profiles are uploaded to the keyboard's memory.

It does not work.

[Inheritance]

Ok so the reason you cant do macros and actions is because of how macros are implemented.

The RGB series uses Software based macros which means the keyboard when plugged in makes virtual keyboards.
When you activate a macro it preforms the action through the virtual keyboard.
If you want it as a key and a command it becomes really messy. Goggle for more info.

Hardware macros arent great either because cheating software catches on to that crap really quickly and windows firewall will throw a fit.

[SelfDestructor]

Originally Posted by zheren159

Ok so the reason you cant do macros and actions is because of how macros are implemented.

The RGB series uses Software based macros which means the keyboard when plugged in makes virtual keyboards.
When you activate a macro it preforms the action through the virtual keyboard.
If you want it as a key and a command it becomes really messy. Goggle for more info.

Hardware macros arent great either because cheating software catches on to that crap really quickly and windows firewall will throw a fit.

So I have a keyboard that doesn't support macros or actions? What the heck is the point of 18 macro keys if it doesn't work then?

Software or hardware key output doesn't matter to me as long as it outputs the key presses I tell the keyboard to do.

I'm also not entirely sure what you mean with "a key and a command" and I don't know what I should look up with that sentence. I don't want macros or text output. I just want to map/remap the keys to simple key presses.

Also how does Windows Firewall have anything to do with key inputs? I can see anti-cheating software reacting to it but I don't really game much anymore.
Side note: I never had any issues with macros and anti-cheat software on my Logitech G510.

[Inheritance]

Oh if all you want it to out put a series of key strokes, then just record a macro and bind it to the key you want.

It supports macros it doesnt support 1 key performing 2 functions.

just look up how software based macros work, and Logitech has been making keyboards for a longer time so they got everything all figure out.

[SelfDestructor]

Originally Posted by zheren159

Oh if all you want it to out put a series of key strokes, then just record a macro and bind it to the key you want.

It supports macros it doesnt support 1 key performing 2 functions.

just look up how software based macros work, and Logitech has been making keyboards for a longer time so they got everything all figure out.

Yeah, I only want one key to do one function. For example G14 to arrow up and G15 to shift + arrow left, which does register fine when creating a keystroke action.

The issue is that when I assign a macro or keystroke to any key, it doesn't do anything. The key responds to the Type Lightning key effect but it doesn't output any key presses.

Text actions set to Typing works perfectly fine.

This is what I am testing now:



Keystroke:

Text: Hi!

Macro:

Above I hit the keys G16, G17 and G18 (manually wrote keystroke, text and macro) and as you can see, only the text box outputs anything.

For rebinding regular keys I can use the text block but software that requires me to hold down a key will have issues with this. I can not bind Ctrl, Alt, Shift, arrows or other special keys.

[SelfDestructor]

Okay so...

I just recorded a macro using the macro record button my keyboard and without thinking about it, it played back the macro fine. After I noticed it I tried to rebind (not use actions) G14, 16, 17, and 18 to the arrow keys and it is now working like it should.

Keystrokes also work but they don't work quite as I was expecting.
When I press and hold the button I have assigned a keystroke to, it does the keystroke once and that's it. I know I can set it to repeat while I hold it down but that's not how I wished it worked and it makes certain things impossible to do.

If I could put in a feature/update request:

Please add the option to have the keystroke being held down as long as the assigned key is being held down.

[SelfDestructor]

Macros, rebindings and keystrokes worked until today. Now they are just as dead as before.
Nothing new has been installed. No new software or Windows updates has been installed and I can't "kickstart" it with recording a macro like last time.

Is it possible to view some sort of log for CUE or open a debugging setting?

[Inheritance]

Originally Posted by SelfDestructor

Macros, rebindings and keystrokes worked until today. Now they are just as dead as before.
Nothing new has been installed. No new software or Windows updates has been installed and I can't "kickstart" it with recording a macro like last time.

Is it possible to view some sort of log for CUE or open a debugging setting?

CUE does store logs
Settings -> Support -> view logs.

And no you can not debug that isnt enabled in the public release.