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Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual
10/07/20
Epomaker
GK68/GK6X
Extended Manual
Version 1.2
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  • Page 1 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Epomaker GK68/GK6X Extended Manual Version 1.2...

  • Page 2: Comments By Epomaker

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Comments by Epomaker If you think any part of this manual needs correction, adjustment or updating, sent the team a message at ​ s upport@epomaker.com​ . You can also send a message there if you have any issues with your keyboard.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Keycap Dimensions Setting Up Keyboard/Bluetooth Windows 10 Bluetooth iOS Bluetooth Setup MacOS Bluetooth Linux Bluetooth Pairing Downloading Software for your Epomaker GK68 Windows Download MacOS and Linux Download (GUI): Lighting Section Creating an Lighting (.LE) Files Edit Driver Layer Colours Add Onboard Lighting Effects Uploading Lighting “LE”...
  • Page 4 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Macros Creating a New Macro Category Creating a Macro Recording a Macro Editing a Macro Assigning A Macro To A Key Frequently Asked Questions I see “Not Support Device” Combination of the FN key + Another key...

  • Page 5: Unboxing

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Unboxing What is included in the box Epomaker GK68XS (Plastic Version) *Note* some items might be different from the picture depending on availability and what tier you ordered. 1. Epomaker GK68XS (Plastic) 2. Epomaker Keycap Set 3.

  • Page 6: Epomaker Gk68Xs (Aluminium Version)

    9. 5 Mac Keycaps 10. Felt Carrying Case Item Descriptions Epomaker Manual The Epomaker manual has been designed to tell you information regarding the keyboard, this is including but not limited to: Media Keys FN + A: ​ P lay/Pause...
  • Page 7 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 FN + S: ​ P revious FN + D: ​ N ext FN + F: ​ M ute FN + G: ​ V olume - FN + H: ​ V olume + Bluetooth Settings FN + Space: ​ B luetooth On/Off FN + Z: ​...
  • Page 8 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 FN + 8: ​ F 8 FN + 9: ​ F 9 FN + 0: ​ F10 FN + -: ​ F 11 FN++: ​ F 12 Numpad Keys FN + U: ​ P S FN + I: ​...

  • Page 9: Keyboard Information

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Keyboard Information These keyboard dimensions are for the Epomaker GK68X/XS. Keyboard Specifications Version 1.2...

  • Page 10: Keyboard Dimensions

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Keyboard Dimensions Keycap Dimensions The split spacebar is 2.75u, 2.25u, and 1.25u. The Page Up is Row 3, the Page Down is Row 4, Right Shift is 1.75u, and Right Alt, Fn, and Ctrl are 1u.

  • Page 11: 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 GK68 in Bluetooth mode.
  • Page 12 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 6. Select “Add Bluetooth or other device” 7. Select “Bluetooth” from the add devices section. Version 1.2...

  • Page 13: 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 14 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 7. Press “GK68XS KB” to connect to your Epomaker GK68XS. When your device is connected to your iPhone, it should show as “Connected”. Note: If you want to disconnect the device, you can press the information icon on the side, and then select “Disconnect”...

  • Page 15: Macos Bluetooth

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 button. To disconnect/reconnect the keyboard, press the same button until the button turns white. MacOS Bluetooth Note: make sure your device is discoverable and turned on. 1. Press Command + Space to open Search 2. Type “Bluetooth” into the Spacebar, select “Bluetooth” (Don’t select Bluetooth File Exchange).
  • Page 16 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. You should see “GK68XS KB” in the Bluetooth devices. Press “Connect” 5. You should see a keyboard symbol that is connected, and the Keyboard assistant pop Version 1.2...

  • Page 17: Linux Bluetooth Pairing

    ​ Fedora: ​ Downloading Software for your Epomaker GK68 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 18 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. Click the download button under the section “GK6X Keyboard Software”. 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 19: Macos And Linux Download (Gui)

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 5. Launch the software by searching “GK68Plus Driver” in the search bar. MacOS 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 20 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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​ , here you should download the latest release with the filename “GKL6X-XX-GUI.zip”...
  • Page 21 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 22 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 7. You want to make the current directory you put your driver folder you placed it in, in this case, we placed the GK68X folder on the desktop, so we type the command ​ c d Desktop 8.
  • Page 23 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 the flag and changing the option to English.
  • Page 24 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Version 1.2...
  • Page 25 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Software Tutorials This section will show you how to use your GK68XS for changing colours, macros and binds. In order for your keyboard to be detected by the software, it needs to be connected with the given USB-A to USB-C cable that came with the keyboard.

  • 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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. Them press the Effect to confirm the location you want the colour on. Make sure you do it in that order.

  • Page 29: Edit Driver Layer Colours

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 7. Click the tick icon near the colour wheel to confirm what colour settings you want. 8. Go back to the configurations tab, and then select your LE File you created. 9. Click View, then Apply and Save.
  • Page 30 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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: Add Onboard Lighting Effects

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Add Onboard Lighting Effects We’re going to be adjusting the on-board lighting effects. You can access these effects by using FN + ]​ Until you reach the effect you created. 1. Launch the software with the keyboard connected in wired mode. The keyboard must use the cable given, or a USB-C to USB-A cable.
  • Page 32 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. Press on any of the Lighting effects you would like to change and select the lighting profile you would like to add. 3. Click confirm to put that specific lighting configuration onto the on-board memory.

  • Page 33: Uploading Lighting "Le" Files

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Want more effects for your Epomaker keyboard? You can make one yourself, or join our Discord that has many created by the awesome community: ​ h ttps://discord.gg/YE8PbqF​ head to #software-configurations. Feel free to submit your own, too! Uploading Lighting “LE”...

  • Page 34: Downloading Lighting "Le" Files

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Downloading Lighting “LE” Files Uploading and downloading the files allows you to try other peoples configurations and also send it to other people. 1. Press the file you would like to download from the LE File Management Module and elect the download button as shown above.

  • Page 35: Creating Frame Based Lighting Effects

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Creating Frame Based Lighting Effects These lighting effects will change with time. This gives you the option to change the different colours depending on the time. In this case, we’re going to be turning this purple colour on and off between the different rows.
  • Page 36 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 1. 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 colour to show on the first row.
  • Page 37 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. We will then select the colour we want to add to that rows. 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 3. 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 turn on and off, but it will be the same colour.
  • Page 39 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. 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. 5. 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 6. 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. Version 1.2...

  • Page 41: Layout Section

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 7. Go back to the configuration file to enable your new lighting effect on your keyboard. 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 42: Windows

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Windows 1. Start by pressing your Windows key and searching “Language Settings” Version 1.2...
  • Page 43 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. Select your default language and click options. This section is for configuring your keyboard layout. In this case, I will change to the United States-Dvorak 3. Click the “Add a keyboard” button Version 1.2...

  • Page 44: Macos

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. Select your desired keyboard layout from this section. You can then change between these layouts using ​ W in + Space​ . MacOS In this case, we will be adding the Dvorak layout to our MacOS keyboard preferences. This Mac is running MacOS Catalina.
  • Page 45 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. When you are at the System Preferences screen, select “Keyboard”. 3. Select “Input Sources” when you are at the Keyboard settings. Version 1.2...
  • Page 46 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. Select the “+” Symbol to add a keyboard input Version 1.2...

  • Page 47: Remapping A Single Key

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 5. Select the keyboard layout you just decided to use - in this case we selected Dvorak. Remapping A Single Key Remapping keys is important, especially if you’re looking at remapping the split spacebar module that you can exchange for the 6.25u standard keyboard. (Included with the GK68XS).
  • Page 48 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 49: Remapping A Key Combination

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. Press the key that you would like to assign to the keyboard, in this case, we are assigning the Backspace. You will then see the button flash with the name of the key you just assigned.
  • Page 50 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 1. Select your layer, in this case, we are going to be adding our Key Combination to Layer 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​...
  • Page 51 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 3. Select from this section what combination you would like to do. You need to select a main button from the dropdown and then a key from the virtual keyboard. 4. Click View from the Combination Section, then Save and Apply.

  • Page 52: Macros

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Macro Tutorial Macros 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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. Version 1.2...
  • Page 54 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. You will now see the Macro appear in your selected Macro Category. Version 1.2...

  • Page 55: Recording A Macro

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 then click the tick and it will confirm your macro selection.

  • Page 56: Editing A Macro

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 Assigning A Macro To A Key 1. Head to the configuration tab in the software. Version 1.2...
  • Page 58 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. Head to the Macro section on the right and select the dropdown, in this section you will see the category you created. Version 1.2...
  • Page 59 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 Right Alt.

  • Page 60: Frequently Asked Questions

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 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 61: My Mac Delete Key Is Not Working

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 LAlt, LCtrl + LShift, RCtrl + RAlt and so on. But the software uses the FN key for a bunch of combinations that are pre-defined so it is not available. My Mac Delete key is not working On MacOS, the “Delete”...
  • Page 62 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 2. Select the backspace from the animated keyboard. You should see it starting to pulse a red colour. 3. Select the Apple mode of keyboard from the selection. Here, you should see the familiar layout for MacOS.
  • Page 63 Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 4. Select the Delete key in the keyboard, you should see it flashing on the animated keyboard that you binded it. 5. Press Save, Then Apply. Version 1.2...

  • Page 64: My Gk6X Plus Driver Is In Chinese

    Epomaker GK68 Extended Manual 10/07/20 My GK6X Plus Driver is in Chinese Sometimes, when the driver is launched, it will display in the default language which is Chinese. In this case, we can change it easily by going to the flag in the top right of the software and changing it to English.

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