Thank you so much for making this video! I just got an NK65 Milkshake Ed. and when I downloaded VIA I was a bit overwhelmed. The layers are what really threw me off and I need to learn more about macros. Again, thank you so much for this tutorial, I am learning so much about the keyboard community, and having access to guides like this will help me and many more newcomers.
Dude I was getting so frustrated trying to change a few of my keys with VIA, this video saved me so much time trying to figure out the little thing I kept skipping over because the browser version wouldn't work for me
I have the same keyboard as you but when I am on the configure tab it just says searching for devices. On the keytester it says im pressing keys though what do i do?
thank you dude. My kbd 75 v2 light changed and I didn't even have a fn set which makes 0 sense to me but this fixed it and I got to add a delete to the board on layer 1. Helps so much when coding
Hi, pulling my hair out (whats left of it). I have a keychron Q3 with knob. Trying to allow the knob to zoom in and out. For the life of me I cannot figure out how this is done. Can you offer a dummy any help. My thanks.
i have keyboard keychron c1, i downloaded version 3.0.0, but it doesn't detect my keyboard, and there is this one error: 14:33:46.880 Fetching v2 definition failed Device: Keychron C1 Pro Vid: 0x3434 Pid: 0x0510 Do i have to download older version or what do i have to do about it?
Great video! I'm fairly new to VIA. I was having trouble figuring out how to flash QMK firmware onto my GMMK Pro on Linux. After frying my brain, I needed my hand held with VIA. Thanks for making it easy!
@@S0JUUUUU honestly what worked for me was going into the via website then entering the layout of the keyboard in the advanced settings section. just find your keyboards specific layout for via
Thank you for this video/tutorial! You laid out everything in a easy to follow and simple method. I'm not the biggest expert on keyboards/PCBs, and I was stressed out about my recent build. The PCB came with no FN or " ? " key by default and was confused. Lo and behold, VIA was what I needed :) thanks again!
Did you have to flash a firmware from qmk before via recognized the board? I have the same board coming in this week, and I'm confused as to whether I need to use qmk first, then flash the via enabled firmware, and THEN go into via, or if I can just open via and start working from there.
Check and see if your keyboard is supported with the list on the via site. I went to the page from where I ordered my keyboard and they had a download link in the keyboard description. If that’s not an option for you, you can look at a list of firmware on the via website and find your keyboard listed.
I don't know if this will help but when I built my Tofu 65 a couple weeks ago they changed the flashing technique and I had to use Vial instead of Via. About a week later I redownloaded Via for the key tester and my DZ65v3 showed up for some reason.
my macros are for some reason not working? on my old keyboard everything was working fine and now with my new pcb my macros just dont work. please help
my nk65 isnt working or being detected by windows and only the 5 keys farthest to the right are lighting up.(the vertical row with scroll up and down) someone help!!
I'm trying to change my rgb lighting but can't seem to get it to work? When I try clicking on any of the lighting toggles nothing really happens? Am i missing something here
what is the "MTCRL" key? I cant find ANYTHING on google. there are sever other keys I cannot identity... How am I suppose to know or even figure this out?! please, someone, help me.
hey, when i open via after fixing the security warning, i can only see the blue background, nothing more. it says loading at the very beginning just like it does in your video, but then it just gets blue and there is nothing i can click or see. tried reinstalling, nothing helps.... mbp 2017
hey hi, i would like to ask someone why my dz64 pcb keyboard at startup sometimes is not detected and sometimes yes. every time I have to unplug and reattach the cable at startup and it's frustrating
i have a kbd57 MKii ISO keyboard and no matter what i do, my keys will not change. it is supported on via i am pretty sure, but i cannot change anything that my keys do. any help?
Hi, can someone help me? I recently bought dz60 and I'm a beginner with mapping keyboard. I need to map '/?' key (ansi layout) to arrow key which I already did but still want to use the '/?' key for combo (rshift + '/?' key) to get the character "?". Just don't know how to do that combo and result to a specific character. My target is the RK61 layout and how it works. Thank you in advance
None of the mouse button options are working for me. Any idea what could be happening? I just want to bind left click to a key and none of the mouse button options work.
I have a keyboard with a split space bar thing and I think that the space bar spots came unbinded and idk how to make the 6.5 spot a spacebar how do I do that?
idk how to reset my changes because i remapped my number keys to change the rgb and when i changed them back now my fn second use keys dont work like F1 etc
i installed via and configured one key to increase the brightness on my dz60rgbv2 and now the rgb works normally but via doesnt recognize the keyboard and i cant type anything...
could you tell me how to add support to my keyboard "xbows knight plus" as when i check the firmware downloaded from the repo, it does say VIA_enable: YES yet via does not recognize the keyboard [it might be that i run a older firmware]
You need to flash your keyboard with firmware provided on the site. You should be able to easily do that using QMK Toolbox. If someone on Linux have problem with via detecting your keyboard despite you flashing it go to /home/*user*/qmk_firmware/keyboards/*your_keyboard_manufacturer*/*your_keyboard*/keymaps/via/ open terminal here and run qmk flash -kb *your_keyboard*. It worked for me hope it works for everyone else.
On Mac Sonoma using a Nuphy Air75 V2 in wired mode the VIA web App works fine. The issue is when I use the keyboard in Bluetooth mode. Any modified keys don't work unless a USB cable is attached only then do modified keys work as expected.
I have a dz60rgb_v2 pcb and for some reason when I plug it in, VIA detects it as a dz60_rgb ansi board and I can't configure all of the keys. Anyone know how to fix this?
how to make the question mark on the right shift key. so when i want to use shift, i hold. and when i want to use question mark, ill just tap. thank you
Hi, my XD84 pro PCB is not recognized. I flashed it with QMK toolbox with custom layout build on QMK configurator but I want to go further with via. I tried several things ; restart my computer, uninstall and re-install via, execute as administrator, un-plug re-plug my PCB, reset my PCB... But it still doesn't recognize (it keeps on display "Searching for devices"); if anyone can help me it'll be grateful. PS : I'm french, sorry if I'm not expressing myself correctly.
I found the solution : You should not use a layout from QMK Configurator but rather one from VIA (docs/download_firmware#0) My bad :/ Hope it helpful for someone
Hi I used QMK to flash my dz60rgb v2 and whenever I reset my pc the keyboard isn’t responsive so I have to flash it again to get it to work... any clue on where I can get the default firmware for it? So I can start using VIA
Hmm not sure :( It could be that you resetting it causes it to only recognize QMK. Might have to look for some kind of config file that will let you boot it in VIA again
Hi, I'm new to Via and I'm currently trying to connect my Keyboard with VIA, but there are some issues that I still don't quite understand: 1. the Via itself now doesn't need to be downloaded anymore, is this okay or should I try downloading an older version of the program? 2. Whenever I keep trying to Authorize Device, my keyboard shows up and it says Paired, but nothing happens when I try to connect the keyboard. What am I doing wrong? If there's anyone who have some info, I'd be really glad.
I followed all the steps (im on mac) but when i opened via after allowing it appeared to load with the circle with the chip in it filling up but then it just gets stuck at a grey screen forever
Question: For the "Macros" part, when I try and add a macro, when I hit on "Save" nothing happens. The macros doesn't save at all. How can I fix this? Have already tried reinstalling the VIA app but still get the same issue. Thanks.
is there a way to make a key behave differetly if i hold the key? like i micro board and i set a key to play pause. but i want it to activate a macro if i hold it, how can that be done?
For NK65 KB, How does the layer 3 indicator light up? The first one is the caps lock and the second one is the MO(1) key and I can't find the other one lol
I have a question, I have the IDOBAO ID80, when I launch the VIA app, it just says "Searching for devices..." & nothing happens, even when I flash the keyboard, how can I fix this? (I'm on Windows 10 btw)
I installed it for GMMK Pro but the polling rate is horrible (feels like it's 125 Hz). And I don't know about the default debounce time. How can I change them?
I didn't catch this in the video but it would be super useful. Is there a way to have the lighting change for the different blue tooth connections. Example 1st computer Bluetooth blue, 2nd PC Bluetooth connection green, 3rd PC red? I have tried searching RUclips and google with endless click fest with no answer to my question. I use my keychron keyboard to connect via Bluetooth to 3 different PC and the color on keyboard would be useful to know which pc I'm currently connected to without hitting windows key to see which system the menu pops up on.
if i made changes to keybinds on my computer and plugged it into another computer, would my settings be saved or would it go back to its stock settings?
As someone who is new to this hobby, this video is very good and is not intimidating with many technical terms. I appreciate it. Thank you!
Honestly the most helpful video for via. Im a new keeb enthusiast and most videos dont really show how to configure keyboards. Thank you so much!
this literally saved my life and should have way more views
Glad you found it useful! Appreciate the love!
This was the best video I've found so far on how to use VIA, you got yourself a sub! Thanks again for the help! :)
Thanks so much! Appreciate the sub as well!
This video right here has been the only one that explained it well enough for me and I finally got my RM60 rgb set up and ready!
Thank you so much for making this video! I just got an NK65 Milkshake Ed. and when I downloaded VIA I was a bit overwhelmed. The layers are what really threw me off and I need to learn more about macros.
Again, thank you so much for this tutorial, I am learning so much about the keyboard community, and having access to guides like this will help me and many more newcomers.
great video idk how this doesn't have more views
thank u!
There is no longer a download link on the VIA website...is the app no longer available to download?
I'm wondering the same!
Dude I was getting so frustrated trying to change a few of my keys with VIA, this video saved me so much time trying to figure out the little thing I kept skipping over because the browser version wouldn't work for me
AHHHHHHH thank you so much. Holy crap I've been trying to work out these layer things for a while and it was driving me mad. You are a hero!
It really wanted you to move it to Trash. I am glad you stood up for yourself.
Can't download VIA anymore its all on the website, it detects my keyboard but nothing happens after that :S
You need to select your keyboard in window that opens when via detects it.
Are there no Fn key remap? Can I not remap Fn+del to forward delete?
I have the same keyboard as you but when I am on the configure tab it just says searching for devices. On the keytester it says im pressing keys though what do i do?
same :(
The best tutorial by far. I was in search of something like this for a couple of days and I am glad I have finally found you. Thanks!
This was so dang helpful. So much simpler than QMK. Thanks!
Yeah I really like the VIA UI and how much better it is than standard QMK
Is there anyone that can help i have no download link it just says start now instead of download via.
Same here. I think they remake the app web based. Eh…
thank you dude. My kbd 75 v2 light changed and I didn't even have a fn set which makes 0 sense to me but this fixed it and I got to add a delete to the board on layer 1. Helps so much when coding
Hi, pulling my hair out (whats left of it). I have a keychron Q3 with knob. Trying to allow the knob to zoom in and out. For the life of me I cannot figure out how this is done. Can you offer a dummy any help. My thanks.
i have keyboard keychron c1, i downloaded version 3.0.0, but it doesn't detect my keyboard, and there is this one error:
14:33:46.880
Fetching v2 definition failed
Device: Keychron C1 Pro
Vid: 0x3434
Pid: 0x0510
Do i have to download older version or what do i have to do about it?
Mine didn't auto connect even though I'm using a supported keyboard?
Great video! I'm fairly new to VIA. I was having trouble figuring out how to flash QMK firmware onto my GMMK Pro on Linux. After frying my brain, I needed my hand held with VIA. Thanks for making it easy!
Why my VIA always "Searching for Devices" ? Already connect the wires and still searching. Installed at iMac and using ID80 Ansi...Please help...
Doesnt work at all. It searches for the device... and nothing happens
same, what a waste of money to build a custom and have the software not even work
@@S0JUUUUU you have to go to the settings in the software and turn it to 3d lol
@@datsuuuu does it work for the tofu60 redux?
@@datsuuuu color control doesn’t even show up for it😭😭
@@S0JUUUUU honestly what worked for me was going into the via website then entering the layout of the keyboard in the advanced settings section. just find your keyboards specific layout for via
Thank you for this video/tutorial! You laid out everything in a easy to follow and simple method. I'm not the biggest expert on keyboards/PCBs, and I was stressed out about my recent build. The PCB came with no FN or " ? " key by default and was confused. Lo and behold, VIA was what I needed :) thanks again!
My first time to learn about Via and this video is really quick and easy to understand. Thank you! Keep it up!
I was playing auround in VIA and lost my ö and ä keys. Is it possyble to get them back?
Did you have to flash a firmware from qmk before via recognized the board? I have the same board coming in this week, and I'm confused as to whether I need to use qmk first, then flash the via enabled firmware, and THEN go into via, or if I can just open via and start working from there.
also, so I have the K3 pro keyboard, but it doesn't show up in the software
The Via app is not detecting my newly built keyboard.. any advise on how to resolve this ?
do you know how to get your keyboard to connect to via if it doesnt automatically?
Check and see if your keyboard is supported with the list on the via site.
I went to the page from where I ordered my keyboard and they had a download link in the keyboard description.
If that’s not an option for you, you can look at a list of firmware on the via website and find your keyboard listed.
I just got a DZ60, but it doesn't seem to recognise it. do you know why this is happening?
I don't know if this will help but when I built my Tofu 65 a couple weeks ago they changed the flashing technique and I had to use Vial instead of Via. About a week later I redownloaded Via for the key tester and my DZ65v3 showed up for some reason.
my keyboard (KBD75RGB) is compatible yet when I go to the website it takes me to the web version, I cannot access a download link, why is this?
well, same thing on me right now
@@azzamfattahulhaqsantoso1193 did any of you figure out a solution to this?
Thanks Austin, great tutorial,
Even 3 years later this is still relevant.
my macros are for some reason not working? on my old keyboard everything was working fine and now with my new pcb my macros just dont work. please help
i wish there was a lighting option for the dz60 rgb v2 because i dont really feel like assigning keymaps to change the rgb
Get out of the hobby if you are that lazy...
@@flux8151 what hobby? lmao
@@Yertletheturtle556 rot in hell
@@flux8151 lol why so mad and i figured u meant i build keyboards as a hobby wich i dont
@@flux8151 you’re weird people like you is why this hobby and other hobbies are looked at as a “nerd thing” or “strange”
I can't seem to configure the function key on my board :(( XD68. I've tried looking for the key itself on VIA but I can't seem to find it
It should be under the layers tab, called like M(1) or something like that
@@AustinV OHHH THATS WHAT IT WAS. THANK YOU!!!!
On the websites there isn't a download via button.
same, it only have 'start now', and it only go to the website and not download the app
how to set up macro for key combination like... control+shift+ left+left?
I cover macros at 4:40
For me it just says that Via is searching for devices is there anything i could do?
my nk65 isnt working or being detected by windows and only the 5 keys farthest to the right are lighting up.(the vertical row with scroll up and down) someone help!!
I'm trying to change my rgb lighting but can't seem to get it to work? When I try clicking on any of the lighting toggles nothing really happens? Am i missing something here
Extra points for the chill vibe and music ;)
The configure tab does come up for me. It’s just showing the robot image. I’m trying to remap my zoompad.
Can I change it to mac layout like cmd, return and option?
what is the "MTCRL" key? I cant find ANYTHING on google. there are sever other keys I cannot identity... How am I suppose to know or even figure this out?! please, someone, help me.
i have a kbdfans keyboard and it's not making any rgb under my keys but its making rgb down the side of the keyboard
hey, when i open via after fixing the security warning, i can only see the blue background, nothing more. it says loading at the very beginning just like it does in your video, but then it just gets blue and there is nothing i can click or see. tried reinstalling, nothing helps.... mbp 2017
hey hi, i would like to ask someone why my dz64 pcb keyboard at startup sometimes is not detected and sometimes yes. every time I have to unplug and reattach the cable at startup and it's frustrating
Thanks for sharing! I've just gotten into the mechanical keyboards and this is so useful!
my keyboard has rgb but the lighting tab does not appear?
i have a kbd57 MKii ISO keyboard and no matter what i do, my keys will not change. it is supported on via i am pretty sure, but i cannot change anything that my keys do. any help?
very useful. Not one single unnecessary bit of information
É possivel configurar o RGB para manter somente uma tecla acesa ao clicar e apaga-la somente quando clicar em outra tecla?
this video seemed so helpful but i still have no idea how to change my lighting on my dz60 pcb. it just doesn’t work
Is there any type of FN lock or a way to hit the F keys without holding the FN key?
Thank you Austin for this video. Jean at KBD Fans recommended it as a. means for me to reconfigure and turn on the lighting on my Tofu keyboard.
Hi I have a V6 Keychron. In the Lightning tab I dont have the advance option. How can I activate it?
How do you undo the changes in configure? I accidentally made a mistake and cant find the key to go back (its for the EK21)
Hi, can someone help me? I recently bought dz60 and I'm a beginner with mapping keyboard. I need to map '/?' key (ansi layout) to arrow key which I already did but still want to use the '/?' key for combo (rshift + '/?' key) to get the character "?". Just don't know how to do that combo and result to a specific character. My target is the RK61 layout and how it works. Thank you in advance
None of the mouse button options are working for me. Any idea what could be happening? I just want to bind left click to a key and none of the mouse button options work.
I have a keyboard with a split space bar thing and I think that the space bar spots came unbinded and idk how to make the 6.5 spot a spacebar how do I do that?
idk how to reset my changes because i remapped my number keys to change the rgb and when i changed them back now my fn second use keys dont work like F1 etc
i installed via and configured one key to increase the brightness on my dz60rgbv2 and now the rgb works normally but via doesnt recognize the keyboard and i cant type anything...
could you tell me how to add support to my keyboard "xbows knight plus"
as when i check the firmware downloaded from the repo, it does say VIA_enable: YES
yet via does not recognize the keyboard
[it might be that i run a older firmware]
Can anyone help me out. For some reason it is not detecting my tofu65. Any advice on what to do?
idk what exactly im doing wrong but for some reason via doesnt detect my keyboard? even though it it on the supported list
You need to flash your keyboard with firmware provided on the site. You should be able to easily do that using QMK Toolbox. If someone on Linux have problem with via detecting your keyboard despite you flashing it go to /home/*user*/qmk_firmware/keyboards/*your_keyboard_manufacturer*/*your_keyboard*/keymaps/via/ open terminal here and run qmk flash -kb *your_keyboard*. It worked for me hope it works for everyone else.
On Mac Sonoma using a Nuphy Air75 V2 in wired mode the VIA web App works fine. The issue is when I use the keyboard in Bluetooth mode. Any modified keys don't work unless a USB cable is attached only then do modified keys work as expected.
why doesnt my keychron k2 v2 connect
I have a dz60rgb_v2 pcb and for some reason when I plug it in, VIA detects it as a dz60_rgb ansi board and I can't configure all of the keys. Anyone know how to fix this?
can this do let each key have two fuction? example: toggle capslock is capslock,but hold it will be fn1 or others?
how to make the question mark on the right shift key. so when i want to use shift, i hold. and when i want to use question mark, ill just tap. thank you
Hi, my XD84 pro PCB is not recognized.
I flashed it with QMK toolbox with custom layout build on QMK configurator but I want to go further with via.
I tried several things ; restart my computer, uninstall and re-install via, execute as administrator, un-plug re-plug my PCB, reset my PCB...
But it still doesn't recognize (it keeps on display "Searching for devices"); if anyone can help me it'll be grateful.
PS : I'm french, sorry if I'm not expressing myself correctly.
I found the solution :
You should not use a layout from QMK Configurator but rather one from VIA (docs/download_firmware#0)
My bad :/
Hope it helpful for someone
Thank you very much for the video, it was a pleasure to watch and I learned everything that I wanted.
I download this on my chromebook but I can't configure keys do I need a external keyboard
Hi I used QMK to flash my dz60rgb v2 and whenever I reset my pc the keyboard isn’t responsive so I have to flash it again to get it to work... any clue on where I can get the default firmware for it? So I can start using VIA
Hmm not sure :( It could be that you resetting it causes it to only recognize QMK. Might have to look for some kind of config file that will let you boot it in VIA again
Hi, I'm new to Via and I'm currently trying to connect my Keyboard with VIA, but there are some issues that I still don't quite understand:
1. the Via itself now doesn't need to be downloaded anymore, is this okay or should I try downloading an older version of the program?
2. Whenever I keep trying to Authorize Device, my keyboard shows up and it says Paired, but nothing happens when I try to connect the keyboard. What am I doing wrong?
If there's anyone who have some info, I'd be really glad.
How do you switch between different profiles, my keyboard keeps switching profiles randomly and don’t know what buttons I’m pressing to do that
Nice tutorial video! Next month I'll get Keychron K8 Pro keyboard, and then try to configure VIA.
I followed all the steps (im on mac) but when i opened via after allowing it appeared to load with the circle with the chip in it filling up but then it just gets stuck at a grey screen forever
no more download button?
Hello, can anyone tell me why when I go to the lighting section VIA goes to a blank blue screen? I then have to exit VIA and restart the program.
I have a keyboard with a rotary encoder, there's no way to change what the encoder does with VIA, right?
Umm I'm not sure actually, I've never used a board with a rotary encoder before. Sorry!
I was look to get like a reactive effect for youe ekybaord or something is that possiable in via or just certain keys are rgb
Question:
For the "Macros" part, when I try and add a macro, when I hit on "Save" nothing happens. The macros doesn't save at all.
How can I fix this?
Have already tried reinstalling the VIA app but still get the same issue.
Thanks.
The only way I know how to do macros is the way I showed in the video, so I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Sorry :(
is there a way to make a key behave differetly if i hold the key? like i micro board and i set a key to play pause. but i want it to activate a macro if i hold it, how can that be done?
after i use via to update the keyboards with macros. when i go to another computer without via, will the macros still work on the keyboard?
For NK65 KB, How does the layer 3 indicator light up? The first one is the caps lock and the second one is the MO(1) key and I can't find the other one lol
I remapped one of the keys to MO(2) and that did it
How do you type the LT(2,kc_del) on to that key on the right side??
Please help. it tried to use macro but it didnt work
I have a question,
I have the IDOBAO ID80, when I launch the VIA app, it just says "Searching for devices..." & nothing happens, even when I flash the keyboard, how can I fix this? (I'm on Windows 10 btw)
I installed it for GMMK Pro but the polling rate is horrible (feels like it's 125 Hz). And I don't know about the default debounce time. How can I change them?
subscribed and liked, for information and made my new dz60rgb board rgb work!
I didn't catch this in the video but it would be super useful. Is there a way to have the lighting change for the different blue tooth connections. Example 1st computer Bluetooth blue, 2nd PC Bluetooth connection green, 3rd PC red? I have tried searching RUclips and google with endless click fest with no answer to my question. I use my keychron keyboard to connect via Bluetooth to 3 different PC and the color on keyboard would be useful to know which pc I'm currently connected to without hitting windows key to see which system the menu pops up on.
VIA doesn't support my keyboard (GMMK 2), do you know which file I need to import to work in VIA?
QMK is already installed.
do i need the configurator open to use the keyboard or will it work like qmk where you plug it in and works with whatever computer you plug into?
I don't rely want to rely on an online service. Where can I download this to run locally?
if i made changes to keybinds on my computer and plugged it into another computer, would my settings be saved or would it go back to its stock settings?
Do you know how to make it so that my caps lock will light up when it's on?
this video is out of date as there page has no download where is it is on there and has not helped me at all
Does VIA need to run in the background for the changes to work? Or is it a set it up once and you're good to go?
If i buy a us layout keyboard, can i bind nordic letters like ä,ö,å to maybe like alt+a?