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Use the online VIA configurator to easily customize your keys.

Screenshot of a webpage showing a message that the user is browsing as a guest with a link to learn more.

Introduction:

Every Vector Macropad is plug-and-play and has default assigned functions (as shown in Image 1).

We use the web-based VIA Configurator to streamline programming your Vector Macropad. This open-source tool offers an intuitive interface for assigning functions to each key and is widely adopted for mechanical keyboards. The VIA configurator is now web-based and no additional software will need to be downloaded.

Image 1: Default functions on the Vector Macropad

Launching the VIA Configurator:

In order to use VIA, you will need to approve web-detection of USB devices. This means that only browsers that support WebHID can be used (ie: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge).

See Image 2 to see how to connect to the Vector using the web-app. The web-app will auto-detect your connected Vector macropad.

You do not need VIA to use the the macropad, only to program/customize it. You can take the Vector Macropad with your functions, plug it into another computer, and it will work the same way.

VIA’s homepage to learn more: https://www.caniusevia.com/

Directly launch the VIA web-app: https://usevia.app/

Screenshot of a computer screen showing a software interface for connecting a HID device through a microcontroller. The interface includes a dropdown menu with options 'The Vector' and 'Vega', and a button labeled 'Authorize device+'. There is also a graphic of a cute rectangular character with a smiling face, arms, and legs, holding a bow tie, set against a circular background.

Image 2: Launching VIA and authorizing device

A computer keyboard interface with annotations showing different functions. The top part has a panel labeled 'Select a key to edit' with buttons for 'Prvs,' 'Next,' 'Play,' and 'Mute.' The left side of the keyboard has a section labeled 'Types of keys' with options 'BASIC,' 'MEDIA,' 'MACRO,' 'LAYERS,' and 'SPECIAL.' The main keyboard area has various keys with arrows pointing to them, with one arrow pointing to the 'S' key and indicating 'Choose character to assign to key.'

Using the VIA Configurator:

To change keys, click the key that you want to change, and you can:

  1. Type the character that you want to assign to the key

  2. Find the relevant character/key that you want to assign to the key through the GUI

To change the scrolling knob behavior, click the knob:

  1. Go to https://docs.qmk.fm/keycodes_basic

  2. Find the keycode of interest

  3. Type in the keycode in the direction of the knob

Screenshot of a documentation page about basic keycodes for QMK Firmware, showing a list of keycodes with descriptions. An arrow points to the keycode labeled 'KC_A', with text indicating 'Keycode'.
A screenshot of a user interface with instructions for selecting a key of interest, pressing a button on a knob, and changing the keycode with options to cancel or confirm.