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    Need alternate key codes for Fn key features

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by anytimer, Oct 3, 2021.

  1. anytimer

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    My laptop keyboard is not working. This means I cannot use the Fn key as I'm using an external keyboard.
    Is there a list of the codes sent by the keyboard when certain keys are pressed while the Fn key is held down?
    Specifically, I want to send Fn+F10. The one that enables or disables the webcam.

    Laptop is P957HR. Crappy keyboard died 3 times already. AliExpress is now banned in my country, so I can't get another one cheaply.
    The webcam is showing a black screen and the green light near the lens blinks momentarily whenever I try to access the camera. Just want to check if the camera is disabled.
     
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    The codes are read to the ECU so not sure if they can be remapped.
     
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    Bummer. :( Do you know if there is a compatible keyboard from a different model? If I'm going to shell out big bucks to import one, might as well get something that won't die in 3-4 months. :vbmad: I don't mind if it has monochrome or even no backlight at all.
     
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    Thanks. Should I uninstall Obsidian-PC Control Station first?
     
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    The version you linked to did not work on my model, so I got the updated one from Clevo, ControlCenter_171205 and installed it.
    Fiddled around for a while, then looked in the manual. It says:

    Keyboard Settings - Express Key
    To configure a single key to send multiple key combinations, or to create more useful shortcut keys, use Express
    Key.
    1. Enable and select the keyboard under your chosen profile, click on a key to select it, and then click to select
    Express Key in Action Type.
    2. In the following example we want to change an existing game key configuration which uses the left shift key for
    sprinting, and the W key for moving forwards, to use the left Ctrl key to combine this movement to sprint
    forward.
    3. Click on the chosen key for the shortcut action.
    4. Click in the Tool Tips field and type to give the key combination a name e.g. “Sprint Fwds”, then click back in
    the Name field (to avoid adding the recorded keys to the Tool Tips name).
    5. Click Start Record and then press the key or keys (in this case we will press Left Shift and W) required (make
    sure you press the key(s) required and do not click on them).

    6. Click Stop Record to complete the process.
    To use Flexikeys, I have to press the keys - which I can't do because the keyboard is not working. :mad2: :nah: :biglaugh:
     
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    Sorry man, it was the best solution I could think of.
    Bummer it didn't work.
    I've never used a external keyboard with a lappy so....
     
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