Testing Tipro

[katamari]

Hello everyone, I am surfing this forum for some time now, but wasn't very active until now.

So i just happend to buy a couple of Tipro 64 MID matrices, and i would need to test quite quickly. Is there a simple way to test all the keys? Is it possible that a single key is not recognized on all layers, or when one layer is working all the others are fine?

[Icarium]

You can test them using the programming software. It needs 32bit Windows but you will need it anyway if you want to program them.

The layers are software so the keys work or don't work regardless of the layer.

[katamari]

Thank very much for the info.
Good thing i still have a 32 bit windows on my main machine

[kbdfr]

A couple of 64 MID?
A few people are going to be quite jealous, as these are the ideal size for designing your own split keyboard.

Tu en as combien?

[katamari]

That is exactly why i bought them!

I got three of them at once, but i'm still waiting for them to arrive.

Next step will be to find some speings and stems to mod it to ergo clear

[geekabit]

Sounds like a nice project. Modding can be tricky. The switches are plate mounted, so you can't open the switches without desoldering afaik. On my mid128 I desoldered all Cherry blacks and swapped 'em for Cherry browns.

[katamari]

I also got a couple of brown switches to mod them.

However I received them today, and it turn out I cannot read properly . . . The matrices I bought are 96 keys, and not 64. This might become uncomfortable having a split keyboard, with two of these monsters

So maybe I wilil send them back, and get some 128 keys instead, as the 64 seem to be quite rare.

[geekabit]

My 128 key keyboard is just wide enough for me. I made a sort of split layout. An image of my current keyboard is at http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=28532#msg607196
By now I have two of those keyboards; one at home, one at work. 96 Keys seems very narrow, or if you rotate them, very deep (nice image at http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=28104#msg534074 ) but it can be done. You could always experiment a little and return 'em if you don't like it. Or you could put them on the geekhack/deskthority marketplace, that's where I bought mine.

[katamari]

Hi, my 96 key matrices are 12*8, therefore do not require as much space as the pictures you showed. Here is a picture of the two matrices on my desk:



I will get a little smaller once I get rid of the Cardreaders, but still requires a lot of space. So I think I might send them back.
I quite like your layout too. This is also the kind of layout I would do on 128 key matrix.
And as the 64 key matrices are quite rare, I might end up on a 128k.

[Icarium]

So the problem is the height of the units?

[katamari]

No, its really the width. Normally I use a noppoo choc mini. But with these two units, i don't have space left for the mouse.

I took the card reader appart from two of the units already, and it is better. But as I am kind of messy, I don't really like the idea of wasting desk space with unused keyboard material

[CeeSA]

reminds me of one of my own projects:

[katamari]

Hey really nice setup!

Is it a track pad in the lower left corner of the right module?

Was it originally black, or did you do paint job? Because I'm really for some kind of solution for this awful yellowish couloring of my units.

I can see you have a deck 82 as a main keyboard. So in the end you didn't enjoy the matrix arrangement of the keys?

[geekabit]

If you like your keyboard in the original white colour, try retrobrite. It's a a recipe from the retro computer lovers.
http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/

[CeeSA]

The 2 cases are originally black. Yes it's a trackpad.
I could not arrange myself to the trackpad. I will make a new right side with a trackpoint.
This should become my workplace setup.

At home i only need a small good looking keyboard with backlight (sometimes) .

[katamari]

Hey it's me again.
So I installed the MID software on a 32bit W7, and the programms starts, but it doesn't recognize my keyboards. They are connected to the PS/2 connector of my mainboard, but the programm keeps saying "modular keyboard is not connected to the computer".
Has someone already faced this kind of trouble?

[Icarium]

I went directly to 32bit XP, that worked. No further experience, sorry.