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Hey everybody!
Thank you for purchasing your Massdrop ALT Mechanical Keyboard. If you've landed
here, you probably want to take full advantage of the keyboard's features, so you've
come to the right place.
We'll start with the basics, then we'll move on to complete custom configuration.
Note: All Keyboards come pre-loaded with default firmware. The customization
instructions below are for advanced users who want to customize their keyboards
firmware.
THE BASICS
Default Hot Keys Hold FN + listed keys to activate
LED Keys
Fn + A: LED Pattern Select Previous
Fn + D: LED Pattern Select Next
Fn + W: LED Brightness Increase
Fn + S: LED Brightness Decrease
Fn + Q: LED Scrolling Pattern Speed Decrease
Fn + E: LED Scrolling Pattern Speed Increase
Fn + Tab: LED Toggle Breathe Effect
Fn + Caps Lock: LED Toggle Scrolling Pattern Direction
Fn + X: LED Toggle On/Off
Fn + Z: LED Toggle Mode (Keys+Edge, Keys Only, Edge Only)
Media Keys
Fn + Page Up: Volume Up
Fn + Page Down: Volume Down
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- Page 1 How to Configure your ALT Keyboard search Hey everybody! Thank you for purchasing your Massdrop ALT Mechanical Keyboard. If you’ve landed here, you probably want to take full advantage of the keyboard’s features, so you’ve come to the right place.
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Page 2: Custom Configuration
Fn + Delete: Mute Function Keys Fn + 1: F1 Fn + 2: F2 Fn + 3: F3 Fn + 4: F4 Fn + 5: F5 Fn + 6: F6 Fn + 7: F7 Fn + 8: F8 Fn + 9: F9 Fn + 0: F10 Fn + - : F11 Fn + = : F12... - Page 3 QMK Toolbox to simplify this loading process. As part of the loading process, you will need to reset your ALT Keyboard. The reset button is in a hole on the under side of the keyboard:...
- Page 4 Layers allow you to configure your keyboard with more behaviors than its number of physical keys. For example with the ALT Keyboard, by default, when you hold Fn + A to change the LED pattern, the keyboard is actually activating Layer 1 and sending the code for switching to the previous LED pattern.
- Page 5 1. Merge our QMK changes back into the main QMK repository. 2. Macros support 3. Support for changing some QMK settings 4. Support for more keyboards Looking for the latest news and software updates from the DROP community? Check out the ALT Keyboard Configurator guide and community updates here: https://drop.com/talk/9382/how-to-configure-your-ctrl-keyboard...
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