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Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual
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  • Page 1 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual...

  • Page 2: Comments By Epomaker

    Epomaker. We provide a 1 year warranty for our products when bought from our website (Epomaker.com). Your item will not be covered by your 1 year warranty if the inspection shows any sign of modification or changes unsupported by the original product, these include: Changing internal components, Assembling and reassembling the product, Replacing Batteries, etc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Changing Modes/Layers Setting Up Keyboard/Bluetooth Windows 10 Bluetooth iOS Bluetooth Setup MacOS Bluetooth Linux Bluetooth Pairing Downloading Software for your Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Windows Download MacOS Native Install: MacOS Alternative and Linux Download (GUI): Lighting Section Creating an Lighting (.LE) Files...
  • Page 4 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 I see “Not Support Device” Combination of the FN key + Another key My Mac Delete key is not working My GK6X Plus Driver is in Chinese I can’t seem to press anything on my MacOS screen...

  • Page 5: Unboxing

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Unboxing What's included in the Box Note: This might change depending on availability 1. Epomaker GK96S/SK96S 2. Epomaker Keycap Set 3. Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Manual 4. USB A to USB C Braided Cable (1.5m / 4.9ft) 5.

  • Page 6: Epomaker Manual (Gk96S/Sk96S)

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Epomaker Manual (GK96S/SK96S):...
  • Page 7 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Media Keys FN + F6: ​ P lay/Pause FN + F7: ​ P revious FN + F9: ​ N ext FN + F10: ​ M ute FN + F11: ​ V olume - FN + F12: ​ V olume + Bluetooth Settings FN + Space: ​...

  • Page 8: Keyboard Keycap Dimensions

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 FN + F5: ​ D ecrease Keyboard Brightness FN + F6: ​ I ncrease Keyboard Brightness FN + F7: ​ S kip Track FN + F8: ​ P ause/Play FN + F9: ​ S kip Forward FN + F10: ​...

  • Page 9: Setting Up Keyboard/Bluetooth

    Windows 10 Bluetooth 1. First, charge the keyboard via a USB port on your computer until it has decent charge. 2. Power on the keyboard using ​ F N + Space​ . This will put your Epomaker GK96S/SK96S in Bluetooth mode.
  • Page 10 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 4. Press the windows key, and type “Bluetooth” into the search. 5. Select “Bluetooth and other device settings” 6. Select “Add Bluetooth or other device”...

  • Page 11: Ios Bluetooth Setup

    Bluetooth Setup 1. First, charge the keyboard via a USB port on your computer until it has decent charge. 2. Power on the keyboard using ​ F N + Space​ . This will put your Epomaker in bluetooth mode.

  • Page 12: Macos Bluetooth

    5. Select “Bluetooth” from the Settings. Make sure it is on. 6. Make sure that your device is considered discoverable. 7. Press “GK96S/SK96S KB” to connect to your Epomaker GK96S/SK96S. 8. When your device is connected to your iPhone, it should show as “Connected”.
  • Page 13 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 1. Press Command + Space to open Search 2. Type “Bluetooth” into the Spacebar, select “Bluetooth” (Don’t select Bluetooth File Exchange). 3. Hold the desired pairing button you would like on your keyboard. You can connect up to three devices, so either hold ​...
  • Page 14 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 4. You should see “GK96S KB'' on the Bluetooth devices. Press “Connect”...

  • Page 15: Linux Bluetooth Pairing

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. You should see a keyboard symbol that is connected, and the Keyboard assistant pop 6. Go through the keyboard setup, and make sure that you follow the instructions carefully. Your device, afterwards, should have the proper layout and functionality.

  • Page 16: Downloading Software For Your Epomaker Gk96S/Sk96S

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Downloading Software for your Epomaker GK96S/SK96S The keyboard has support for MacOS, Windows and Linux. Make sure when you’re installing the software that you have a ZIP manager. We suggest using the open sourced 7Zip. Download it here: ​...
  • Page 17 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. Extract the file to a temporary folder. Click the file and run. 4. Run through the installer and install to the location you would like - the default location will be the C:/ drive.

  • Page 18: Macos Native Install

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. Launch the software by searching “GK68Plus Driver” in the search bar. MacOS Native Install: We now have MacOS software, this is how you install it: 1. Go to the Download link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EaVTUNZIJQSbjWb0GmyHwieiUNoQsZ8U?usp= sharing...
  • Page 19 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. Drag the GK6+ Software to the Application Folder. 4. Go to the Application Folder, and double tap to run.
  • Page 20 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. Go to Settings -> Security and Privacy -> Input Monitoring -> Privacy 6. Change the lock by opening it, and then click the lock 7. Click the GK6+ logo 8. Click the Lock Again...

  • Page 21: Macos Alternative And Linux Download (Gui)

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Note: There are certain features you can’t use on the GK96 due to the feature limitations of the Operating System, like the driver mode.k MacOS Alternative and Linux Download (GUI): https://github.com/pixeltris/GK6X In order for the keyboard to interface with the software, you’re going to need to have the keyboard in wired mode if you want to change the driver layer.
  • Page 22 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. Click to download the “Stable channel” 3. Click the file in your download folder, you should see an installer launch, run through the installer and install mono. 4. Head to ​ h ttps://github.com/pixeltris/GK6X/releases​...
  • Page 23 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. Click the file to begin the download, and put this file somewhere where you can access it regularly via CLI. In this case, we will put it on the desktop. 6. Press Command + Space and type “Terminal” into the search bar. Press “Terminal”.
  • Page 24 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 7. You want to make the current directory you put your driver folder you placed it in, in this case, we placed the GK6X folder on the desktop, so we type the command ​ c d Desktop 8.
  • Page 25 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 10. When you see that your device is successfully connected, you can then type ​ g ui​ to launch the program. 11. The language might launch in Chinese by default. You can change this above by clicking...

  • Page 26: Lighting Section

    I am going to show you how to create a lighting file that you can use, share with other users. You can use these lighting effects on either the onboard memory of your Epomaker, or by using it in driver mode.
  • Page 27 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. Click the “+” Button to add a lighting effect to the LE File Management Module. 4. Enter the name that you want to call the lighting profile that you want to create. 5. Click the Edit icon on the given lighting effect name you just made to start editing the RBG and effect.
  • Page 28 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 6. Select a setting and then change the colour using the colour wheel. Select the keys on the keyboard you want the colour to use, or select from the buttons All, Top Bar, Bottom, Fifth Line.

  • Page 29: Edit Driver Layer Colours

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 8. Go back to the configurations tab, and then select your LE File you created. 9. Click View, then Apply and Save. Edit Driver Layer Colours The driver layer will only work when the device is in wired mode, so in order to edit the colours in the driver layer you can’t use bluetooth.

  • Page 30: Add Onboard Lighting Effects

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. Click Driver 1 from the layers you can see above to access the Driver layer. 3. Click the side panel above, you will see different lighting effect options which you can press. Press any or create your own. You can see how to do this in “Creating a Lighting (.LE) File”...
  • Page 31 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 1. When the software is installed, please launch it and press the “Standard Layer”. 2. Press on any of the Lighting effects you would like to change and select the lighting profile you would like to add.

  • Page 32: Uploading Lighting "Le" Files

    5. Click the ​ F N + “+”​ until you find the desired effect you selected. Want more effects for your Epomaker keyboard? You can make one yourself, or join our Discord that has many created by the awesome community: ​...

  • Page 33: Downloading Lighting "Le" Files

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. Select the upload button from the LE File Management module. 3. Find the location where you saved your file, and select the file and press open. You should then see the file in the LE File Management Module.

  • Page 34: Creating Frame Based Lighting Effects

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 1. Press the file you would like to download from the LE File Management Module and elect the download button as shown above. 2. Enter your desired location and the filename. 3. Click Save. The file will now be saved in that location and can be shared.
  • Page 35 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 1. Select the “LE Files” Tab. This is the location for editing all your lighting effects. The frames will be the timing that different layers of effects will happen on the keyboard. The parameter will adjust the length and duration of your lighting effect. So the higher the value is for the parameter, the longer it will take for the keyboard to change the colour.
  • Page 36 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. We will first start by selecting our first frame, and setting the count. The count is for how long the colour will stay on the board. We then will select “First Line” as we want the...
  • Page 37 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. We will then select the colour we want to add to that row. In this case, we will be using a single purple colour. But you can add multiple colours to your liking and layer them.
  • Page 38 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 4. If you’re using a single colour, select your colour and then assign that colour to all the keys. We are going to be using frames to determine when those keys or specific rows...
  • Page 39 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. We create our next frame and then rename it, we want to then select how long the frame is going to last by using the “count” variable. 6. Select what the next frame is going to do, since we’re going to be lighting up the rows on the keyboard sequentially, we’re then going to make a new frame, rename it, then select...
  • Page 40 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 7. By the end you should have the frames you want, you want to click the tick button to save the configuration to your lighting file. This can then be used on your keyboard.
  • Page 41 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 8. Go back to the configuration file to enable your new lighting effect on your keyboard.

  • Page 42: Layout Section

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Layout Section The layout section is here to help people understand how to remap keys, edit their language settings and also set up a Mac layout, restore to default settings, and also understand what the different layers are and how they work.
  • Page 43 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. Click the “Add a keyboard” button 4. Select your desired keyboard layout from this section. You can then change between these layouts using ​ W in + Space​ .

  • Page 44: Macos

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 MacOS In this case, we will be adding the Dvorak layout to our MacOS keyboard preferences. This Mac is running MacOS Catalina. 1. Go to the Apple Main Menu, and select “System Preferences”...
  • Page 45 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. When you are at the System Preferences screen, select “Keyboard”. 3. Select “Input Sources” when you are at the Keyboard settings. 4. Select the “+” Symbol to add a keyboard input...
  • Page 46 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 5. Select the “Add” button when you find the keyboard layout you want. 6. Select the keyboard layout you just decided to use - in this case we selected Dvorak.

  • Page 47: Remapping A Single Key

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Remapping A Single Key We will be remapping the “S” key to the Space key to show how it works. 1. Select the layer you would like the button to be mapped to. In driver mode, the layer will only work when the keyboard is in wired mode, but the Driver Layer will not work on MacOS.
  • Page 48 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Press the key on the animated keyboard that you would like to edit. In this case, We are going to be assigning the A key to the Space key.

  • Page 49: Remapping A Key Combination

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 4. Press the key that you would like to assign to the keyboard, in this case, we are assigning the Spacebar. You will then see the button flash with the name of the key you just assigned.
  • Page 50 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Press the key on the animated keyboard that you would like to edit. In this case, We are going to be assigning the larger portion of the split spacebar as the combination​ LCtrl + R​...
  • Page 51 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 4. Click View from the Combination Section, then Save and Apply.

  • Page 52: Creating A New Macro Category

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Macro Tutorial Creating a New Macro Category 1. Press the “Macros” tab at the top of the navigation bar to get to the Macro creator 2. Select the Plus Button by the Macro Category tag and give it a name. Then click confirm.

  • Page 53: Creating A Macro

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 You will now see your Macro Category. Creating a Macro 1. Click the “+” Button the the left and enter your desired Macro name, then press Confirm.
  • Page 54 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. You will now see the Macro appear in your selected Macro Category.

  • Page 55: Recording A Macro

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Recording a Macro 1. Click the Recording setting, this will then listen to key pressed and save them to your macro. 2. Record your keypresses. In this case, we recorded the key presses “H E L L O”. You can...

  • Page 56: Editing A Macro

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Editing a Macro 1. Press the “Macros” tab at the top of the navigation bar to get to the Macro creator 2. Click the Macro you would like to edit, and click the pencil icon.

  • Page 57: Assigning A Macro To A Key

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Assigning A Macro To A Key 1. Head to the configuration tab in the software. 2. Head to the Macro section on the right and select the dropdown, in this section you will see the category you created.
  • Page 58 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 3. You will see the macro you created, press on the macro, and then press on the key you would like to use it with, in this case we will run the macro on the Z key.

  • Page 59: Frequently Asked Questions

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions This section will answer some general questions that I have seen coming up in support threads and on the Discord. You can contact us via ​ s upport@epomaker.com​ if you’re still having issues I see “Not Support Device”...

  • Page 60: Combination Of The Fn Key + Another Key

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 Combination of the FN key + Another key You cannot use the FN key to make combinations with other keys. The keys that are currently available to use as the base key for a combination include but are not limited to: LCtrl, LShift, LAlt, LCtrl + LShift, RCtrl + RAlt and so on.
  • Page 61 Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 1. Select the Apple mode of keyboard from the selection. Here, you should see the familiar layout for MacOS.

  • Page 62: My Gk6X Plus Driver Is In Chinese

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 2. Select the Delete key in the keyboard, you should see it flashing on the animated keyboard that you binded it. 3. Press Save, Then Apply. My GK6X Plus Driver is in Chinese Sometimes, when the driver is launched, it will display in the default language which is Chinese.

  • Page 63: How Do I Check My Battery And What Does The Indicator Mean

    Epomaker GK96S/SK96S Extended Manual Version 1.2 How do I check my battery and what does the indicator mean? You can check your battery using ​ F N + 4. The battery indicator works as follows: Flashing Red = Low battery, the Bluetooth will possibly not work to save power.

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