PI Engineering X-Keys

this happens when on an external keyboard (a regular qwerty one, not the x-keys) the scroll lock button is pressed. usually to press the Macro button, you use Ctrl-4, but when scroll lock is pressed, the console lets you spell commands and in this case the Ctrl key is ignored. that's why you end up with a plain 4, followed by the macro number, hence 4701.

so, plug an external keyboard, press Scroll Lock, unplug and then try the xkeys again.

NB: the scroll lock button on the facepanel of your console is not the same as the one on the external keyboard.

ueli

Another question... I've seen X-keys 16-button sticks set up in a way that buttons 2-16 act as the first set of Marcos and the first buttons acts as a sort of shift, enabling the last 15 buttons to act as a new set of macros... Basically doubling the use of the keys. Any thoughts on how to program this. Does it make sense?

Another question... I've seen X-keys 16-button sticks set up in a way that buttons 2-16 act as the first set of Marcos and the first buttons acts as a sort of shift, enabling the last 15 buttons to act as a new set of macros... Basically doubling the use of the keys. Any thoughts on how to program this. Does it make sense?

isn't this a function of MacroWorks to assign a Shift-function to one of the buttons?

Yes, you have to assign one of the keys as a 'layer shift' button using the Macroworks program.  They change how it looks/works every time they update the software, but it should be as easy as programming the keys was.

-Jason