Binding trouble with X-Keys

[junx]

I am having trouble binding certain keys an X-Keys Pro USB.

I want to bind the Right, Left, Up, Down, Ctrl and Space keys. No matter what I do I cannot get these to work the way I want them to in WoW.

I know people frown on wasting keys for movement but having the strafe keys at my fingertips is essential to me for arenas.

For the movement keys I tried Left, Right, Up, Down and nothing happens. I tried W,A,S,D and got the same results. In a text editor hitting these keys will print W,A,S,D or move the cursor up, down left and right like you would expect.

In WoW I can bring up the keybindings interface and set the binding using the X-Keys but when I hit the same key while playing absolutely nothing happens.

Same with the space and ctrl keys.

I have tried both a Vista pc and an XP pc with the same results.

I have tried setting the keys using the switch on the side and the macroworks software.

Anybody have any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

[Skuggomann]

Did you try pressing

1. Esc
2. a bar that lookes like this ---> [Key bindings]
3. Find the shit
4. bidn the shit?

[junx]

I already said I did that. The keys bind to the WoW keybinding interface fine but don't actually do anything when I try to actually move in game.

Anybody else had any problems like this? I know a lot of people here use X-Keys for WoW so I was hoping somebody might be able to provide some insight while I'm waiting for X-Keys tech support to get back to me.

[amalgam]

I had a few problems with my Xkeys when I first set it up. What fixed it for me was completely clearing its memory and starting over.

As for movement, I did not bind that at all.

[junx]

Well, no response yet from X-Keys support. You said you cleared the memory completely and started over. How did you do that? Start a new profile or manually clear all the settings with the toggle at top somehow?

[Herc130]

I set-up my X-keys to run direction, but I play EQ, not WoW.

I had trouble at first as well as I tried to set it up like other keys, but it was a little different to get it to work.

This is what I did:

Enter programing by flipping the switch on the side.

Press the X-key you want for whichever direction and get the little Record/Edit pop up window for that key.

Lets choose DOWN for the key will make here.

Press your down arrow key on your keyboard.

Now on the Record/edit Macro pop up window for your X-Key, mouse click INSERT. Choose KEY DOWN.

Then choose from that same menu ON RELEASE.

This will split up that Record/Edit Macro pop-up window in to two sections. The top one which you just filled is the KEYDOWN section. The one below that is the KEY UP.

Mouse click over to the KEY UP section.

Press the DOWN key on your keyboard.

Choose Insert from the Record/Edit Macro pop-up window.

Click KEY UP.

Click OK.

Repeat this for the other directions.


Works for EQ, not sure about WoW.

Directional keys are differnt from the other ones since it is suppose to be doing an input when you have it held down. So you have to give the X-key a command that tells it whenever I have this key held down, do this. I did not think you also had to give it a command..when I don't have this key held down, stop doing this...but you do, otherwise it keeps doing it and you'll have to disrupt the X-keys to get it to stop. So be sure to also include the ON RELEASE...Key Up stuff as well.

[junx]

Thank you for the response I will give this a try tomorrow. Fingers crossed. :D

[Herc130]

Should also point out that NUMLOCK will screw up your directional commands on the X-Keys pad. So be sure to not have NUMLOCK on.

[junx]

Worked like a charm, thanks again for the response. :D :D :D :D :D

[nimbok]

Should also point out that NUMLOCK will screw up your directional commands on the X-Keys pad. So be sure to not have NUMLOCK on. yea, this kinda sucks... i use the numpad for various bindings (mount, eat, drink, hearth etc.) i dont have any movements or formations bound on xkeys, but it turns off numlock whenever i press an xkey button. if numlock is on, it will turn it off and i cant use num 0-9.

this leads me to believe you cannot use xkeys with numlock on. anyone else experiencing the same? i have the pro usb version.

[moosejaw]

I use xkeys pro PS/2 version and a xkeys stick, both with Numlock on. Toggling numlock changes the state of the bound/mapped keys. I have an Usb version but I haven't tried out the numlock on/off for it. The usb version is being setup for Innerspace use for maximun flexibility.

[Ghallo]

The issue here is that the X-Keys is simply sending a single digit. Most keyboards have a repeat rate - the XKeys does not. I have a USB Xkeys and for movement keys I set it respond to both key up and key down ie: "Up"<Insert Key Down>/"Up"<Insert Key Up>



This has worked with my USB Xkeys for over a year now. Numlock still makes a mess of things :P

[Bloodcloud]

Hi,

I was having the x keys issue as well.
What solved it for me was :

For WOW you need to treat the X Keys as a key-press and key-release device.

Movement keys NEED to have the ON PRESS and ON RELEASE actions. This solves the key one shots.

For actions like using a skill you can use the KEY-DOWN and KEY-UP actions from the Insert menu in the editor.

A config for a one shot ALT+1 would look like:

{ALT+1}[?]{ALT+1}[?]

the key-down [?] and the key-up [?] are in the Insert Menu

A config for a movement key: in the same menu there is a On Release, which if pressed splits the input window in two parts.
A Key-down part and a Key Up part. (I still needed to add the Key-down and key-up command though)


w[?]
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w[?]

Hope this helps.

It worked for me and I have movement keys on my Xkeys128 for every single Slave Toon and one for them walking together. So I have 30 keys for movement :)

It is very handy when I am in the city and need to move them individually to go some where, so one is doing some blacksmithing, the other moves to the enchanter to get new skills, and a third to the AH ans so on ... and I still have 18 keys per individual toon and ~ 18 keys for joined actions :)
(will post a picture when it is completed :)

[Bloodcloud]

I use xkeys pro PS/2 version and a xkeys stick, both with Numlock on. Toggling numlock changes the state of the bound/mapped keys. I have an Usb version but I haven't tried out the numlock on/off for it. The usb version is being setup for Innerspace use for maximun flexibility.BTW: I figured that Shift acts as a NUM-Lock toggle e.g {Shift+Num7} = HOME