G-Series Gaming Keyboards

[RuthlessTyran]

Hi, 

I'm using logitech G13 macro keyboard, but on the PC keyboard there are some keys that i'm not using but constantly moving the hand to the g13 and back to the main keyboard is annoying. 

So i just want that i'm able to activate a G button with pressing the PC button (example CTRL / Shift / Caps lock)

Am i able to this with G13? Or is there no way to do this? And "why" not...!!

Thank you in advance

[kgober Logi Guru III]

short answer: no, you can't do this.  the G-keys aren't keyboard keys, and the Logitech software doesn't watch the keyboard to detect when you want to do something -- it watches the G-keys.  no G-key gets pressed, no action gets taken.

long answer: yes, this is technically possible if you use Lua Scripting and a technique called Polling.  doing that, you can check for a limited number of keyboard keys (shift, ctrl, alt, but not any of the 'regular' keys and not any of the function keys) and you can check the status of mouse buttons, even when there is no G-key activity at all.  but polling is complicated and difficult to get right and I don't recommend it for anyone who's not a professional developer (or at least an advanced amateur).  you can find examples of polling if you search this forum.

-ken

[Synther]

I don't understand why you would ever do what you are describing.  The G13 is a gameboard.  I've used it extensively on a wide range of games and I can think of absolutely no time where my hand would be going from my G19 keyboard over to the G13 gameboard and back again.  Once in a game, my hand rarely leaves the G13, even for macro keys that I have setup on the G19.

[kgober Logi Guru III]

I'll second that.  this is how I use my own G13 -- during a fight, my hand stays on the G13 the whole time.  typically the only time I put my hands back on the keyboard is to send chat messages.

-ken