How to put ZMK on Xiao BLE? | ZMK | Page 1

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:07 AM

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I built this keeb https://github.com/JonMuller/gerbers/tree/main/corne-choc-xiao and need to flash my ZMK files to it. It doesn't have reset buttons so how do I flash it

GitHub

gerbers/corne-choc-xiao at main · JonMuller/gerbers

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misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:18 AM

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There is a tiny reset button next to the USB port.

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Double tap it.

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Then in the future, use &bootloader somewhere in your keymap

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:19 AM

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Thanks, completely did not notice that!

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:20 AM

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It's tiny!

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And hard to use, TBH

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Thus the keymap recommendation

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:22 AM

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Also do the Xiaos show a light when on battery power? Im scared I soldered something wrong

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:22 AM

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No, but they should show a charge LED when plugged into USB with a battery attached.

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:22 AM

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It is green, right?

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:22 AM

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(until battery is full)

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IIRC, yes

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:23 AM

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ok

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Do I pair the halves by having them on and pressing reset on both like nice!nanos?

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:23 AM

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Yup

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Should pick up each other.

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:25 AM

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Nice! It paired to my mac perfectly. However space on the left half outputs comma...

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Is it a diode issue do you think?

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:33 AM

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Probably not...

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:34 AM

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I'm putting the switches in now and they are not the right outputs at all. Could it be a problem with my layout mapping? https://github.com/Kaesono/xiao-corne-zmk-config

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GitHub - Kaesono/xiao-corne-zmk-config

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misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:35 AM

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Custom shield, could be, yes. Sorry, bit busy to look closely

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:36 AM

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Where could I find someone that could look at this more?

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:37 AM

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Here? Wait for someone else to chime in, or you can post in #boards-shields which is for shield development/debugging

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:37 AM

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Ok, thanks

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:44 AM

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Is yours a 6 column or 5 column build?

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:44 AM

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6 column, the layout is also 6 column

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*the keymap

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:44 AM

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I see the five column transform chosen in the dtsi

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:45 AM

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huh

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How do I fix that

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:45 AM

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You want to change this velue to &default_transform instead: https://github.com/Kaesono/xiao-corne-zmk-config/blob/master/config/boards/shields/chipper/chipper.dtsi#L12

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:46 AM

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tall dew I see the five column transform chosen in the dtsi

This seems to make sense becuase the layout seems to be shifted right one

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:46 AM

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Also duplicate this block for default transform as well, it was omitted: https://github.com/Kaesono/xiao-corne-zmk-config/blob/master/config/boards/shields/chipper/chipper_right.overlay#L9

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I guess Jon only tested the 5 col version

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:47 AM

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I changed the two values to &default_transform. Is that all that is required? I'm not too wise in ZMK coding

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:48 AM

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Sure, if you didn’t duplicate you will have issues if you ever used the 5 col one, but not an issue right now

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:48 AM

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So if I ever decide to break the 6th column off, I should change the value back?

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 2:49 AM

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Yes, and remove the extra cols from your keymap

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 2:50 AM

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Okay I will recompile the keymap now and see how it goes

misty sentinel Jul 10, 2023, 2:50 AM

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You'll need to flash to both sides.

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 3:12 AM

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So I have the same problem that I had in my previous keyboard. When I press connect from System Settings bluetooth menu it shows connecting and then shows disconnected

tall dew Jul 10, 2023, 3:14 AM

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You probably need to clear your BLE profile on the keyboard

hard pulsar Jul 10, 2023, 3:14 AM

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Hmmm I'll try that

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IT WORKED!!!

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Now I need to get some rest lol. Thank you both so much for helping me with this. I now just have to configure the keymap

odd pond Sep 18, 2023, 8:49 PM

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tall dew You probably need to clear your BLE profile on the keyboard

how can I do that?

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I'm having the exact same issues here

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and one of my key is not working

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