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So I bought a 6-key macro keyboard with a twist knob... how to program it?

One day, I was browsing Temu, when I came across this 6-key macro keyboard with a twist knob, and it's for a ridiculous price of like... $13.93 with free shipping.  So I ordered one. 

It's here, and it's exactly as advertised... Except for one thing: there is no manual, and no driver. There is NO paper in the box either. And the listing has no instructions. 

However, it is basically this item on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Keyboard-Mechanical-Photoshop-Software/dp/B0B7B4MP29/

At least the Amazon seller put up a link to their copy of the driver:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MvJGXrs-HVSmthIK4Z8NJZKMB8Ha4ZSr/view

Which I have scanned and tested. And it works for the Temu one too. It's the same board. 

The program needs to be unzipped and copied to a directory on your HD. It has no "installer". 

The EXE is called "MINI Keyboard V02.1.1"

The interface is also pretty crap, But basically, it goes like this. 

  • The "keys" are mapped to KEY1-KEY16. 
  • If you only have 6 keys, then only map stuff up to KEY6. 
  • The twist knob is mapped to K1-Left, K1-Centre (sp), K1-Right, as there is only one knob. 
  • If you have multiple knobs, I'd imagine they'd be K2, K3, and so on. 
  • Connect it to PC with the cable (through hub is fine), and you should get "connected" message on upper left. 
  • Click on one of the KEYx buttons to map it, then click on the bottom half, to flip through the combinations, then the actual key you want it to send. 
  • EX: I want KEY2 to send CTRL-ALT-M (which happens to be Microphone Toggle in NVIDIA Shadowplay) so I click on KEY2 (it turns red), then go to and click on ctrl-shift-alt to switch to that tab, then click on ctrl-alt combo, then back to "Key" tab and click on M. Then click "Download", which write it to the device. 
  • There are supposed to be 3 layers", but I don't see a way to switch layers via the keys
  • And the LED commands are confusing. 
But it really *does* work. Not bad for something so cheap. 


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