An executable that allows setting the profile of the Glorious PC Gaming Race GMMK Keyboard to be set on the command line.
My use case for this is to set to a Red wave profile whilst autotype of my password manager is in operation, then set back to usual profile when it has completed.
I was disappointed that the manufacturer GMMK Keyboard Editor app did not support command-line options to issue commands, and support just bounced requests for support to develop an open-source app to enhance their product. Boo!
I proceeded to develop this by sniffing the USB packets sent by the GMMK Keyboard Editor app.
The command has help text if run without parameters.
An installer may come later, for now it's just copy the .exe from the github
releases page by hand. Suggestion is to C:\GmmkUtil on windows.
Simplest usage is to set the keyboard to use on of the 3 preset profiles:
C:\GmmkUtil>GmmkUtilConsole --setprofile 1
Alternatively, the util can be set to stay running and monitor for the keyboard being inserted in the USB port and set the profile when that happens:
C:\GmmkUtil>GmmkUtilConsole --initprofile 2
Why is this useful? I use my keyboard with 2 PCs, connected via a USB switcher sometimes it easy to forget which PC the keyboard is connected to. I have set up two profiles to match the different colour schemes of the 2 PCs.
Once using this command, as soon as I switch the keyboard, the software running on the PC it's switched to changes the keyboard RGB profile.
Ideally, it's run on machine startup, in which case the following windows registry file will set it up to run without leaving a console window running:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"GmmkUtil"="powershell -WindowStyle Hidden Start-Process -FilePath \"C:\\GmmkUtil\\GmmkUtilConsole.exe\" -ArgumentList \"--initprofile=1\" -NoNewWindow"
(On the second PC, edit to read --initprofile=2)
Suggestions for how to do this on Linux would be gratefully received.
To be developed over time.
Ultimately I'd like to enable a DasKeyboard 5Q-like experience on my GMMK keyboard using the leds as a dashboard for stats, alerts etc.
Currently this app is only guaranteed to work on my UK ISO Full Keyboard with S/N 2019xxxxxxxxxx! The profile-change will probably work on any keyboard though.
It would be great to get reports of this working on other keyboards.
It would be even greater to receive Pull Requests for extra device support, features etc.
Check out r/MechanicalKeyboards
Note - The value of support guaranteed for this util is exactly what you paid for it :-D