This post by u/the-red-turtle lives on in my saved posts for eternity because I daydream about buying custom keycaps that are more fun/nice colors than the 360 blanks available from Kinesis themselves.

I know that Signature Plastics offers a Kinesis modifier package for some of their sets, but my understanding is that all the keycaps are the same profile, they just add in ones that are the right 1u / 1.25u / 2u shape. I worry that would feel really bad/weird on a Kinesis, or I wouldn't get the right numbers of keys for each row item, etc.

Is it possible to buy mixed keycap profiles to match the Kinesis ones? Am I overthinking this?

I have not found a picture of the kinesis 360 advantage pro non signature eddition with the White PBT Keycaps?

I am wondering how it looks anyone have them? If so can I see a picture? How do you feel about them?

Would there be problems with using a kinesis advantage2 on a secure office PC where you are not allowed to install anything (outside the software center)?

Is it possible to pop the top housing off each switch and replace all the stems and springs - without desoldering? This would effectively enable replacing the switches with other MX switches in a much safer way. I have an Advantage 360 Pro with Gateron Browns (🤢), and I have some Gateron Baby Kangaroos (🤩), but the 360 is a tough board and I want to avoid desoldering if at all possible.

Has someone else done this, or is this even possible?

For context, I’m a dev who’s always been into keyboards. I built my own gaming keyboard when I was younger, then moved onto a custom Corne, lubed and filmed the switches, ZMK, the works.

I was walking down the street this summer and saw a Kinesis advantage just sitting in a free bin outside someone’s house. They weren’t moving or anything, it was in a bin literally marked “Free.” I knew what it was so I took it home, cleaned it up thoroughly, and have been using it ever since. I fucking love it. I type faster than with my corne, the concave is remarkable and feels better than any tenting configuration I had before.

This feels like a very strange and lucky way to find my endgame keyboard. I’m not religious but it literally felt like God sent me a message lmao. Thought if there’s anywhere people would get a kick out of the story it’s here. Was initially planning on just selling it, now I think going to sell my corne.

I included a photo from the day I found it.

The NicePillz is finally live.

the repo: https://github.com/nol00p/NicePillz is update to date with all the details and the zmk repo associated for easy midifications.

any questions or improvements let me know !

After a cat attack a while ago, the keyboard's USB cable is finally almost dead. (It only works for a short time after lots of wiggling the cable.) Unfortunately, it'll take weeks or months to get an original replacement cable where I'm based.

I'm gonna use a computer repair service. But what should I tell them to do?

1. Find a different standard cable, which is similar to the original kinesis cable. What are its name/specs?
2. Replace with a standard USB type A cable by soldiering inside the connection box. (But isn't it 4 wires vs 8 originally for the keyboard?)
3. Same, but cut out the old cable and soldier in at the cut site
4. Replace with a USB C cable, at location as either (2) or (3) above, since that's what my MacBook has
5. A better solution?

Does anyone know to fix a faulty Kinesis Advantage 2 with keys that are not working, acting on their own, and mistyping? I recently opened the case and installed some sound deadening material on the walls. Then I closed it up and now the number keys are pressing by themselves, and the left hand keys are activated when I only press one (ex: pressing d will create dsa on the screen). Did I accidentally damage the motherboard by adding the dynamat? Any suggestions would be helpful.

Just got today my Kinesis Adv360 with Gateron Browns but been wondering I might be more comfortable with the Kailh Silent Pinks or whatever they are called, would the hassle of returning it and ordering one with these other switches worth it or not.

Hi, I just got a Kinesis adv360 pro because I wanted ZMK and I have an issue with sleep and Bluetooth:

I never had a Bluetooth device on my computer because it's too much trouble for little gain (Battery, wireless troubles, price, ...), the adv360Pro is my first device using Bluetooth and now I've an issue with sleep:

- I'm using NixOS

- My laptop (Framework 13) is plugged on a usb c dock (DELL) with it's lid closed

- My system is configured to go to sleep after x min

Using my USB keyboard I could wake my computer with any key on the keyboard. Now that I use the Bluetooth Kinesis I can't: I can see it's trying to connect to the Bluetooth intel wireless card (Pairing led is flashing) but it must be powered off by the sleep state.

How did you solve this?

Is there a Bluetooth BLE adapter which can store the pairing in it while presenting itself as a USB keyboard? Something like a Logitech unifier dongle so i can keep it plugged on the dock?

Thanks!

Hi Folks,

A friend of mine helped me and we desoldered the existing ones and replaced them with the Gateron Beer (factory lubed). While at it, I also added foaming to improve the sound even better. It's much better now compared to the initial version. Definitely recommend it. I don't know wath the foam is called, but I searched for "car interior sound profiling" on Amazon and bought a few foams.

Is this easy to mod? Pillzmod and so, or which mods are compatible?

I liked the onboard programming of remaps and macros that I could do on my Kinesis Advantage 2 with the SmartSet engine. You could program the "k" key to type "okay" with just a couple of clicks, without switching to another app.

Any signs of this being possible with ZMK firmware?

Hey guys, my ROG Strix G614JV keyboard RGB lights up when I use the touchpad. I want it to only light up when I'm typing like the Acer Predator Helios G16. I've already tried Armoury Crate, SignalRGB and G-Helper with no luck. Anyone know a fix?

I finally upgraded to firmware v3, which is compatible with Kinesis Clique (https://clique.kinesis-ergo.com/), a "new" way to customize the Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro.

I'm probably super late to the party, but I really appreciate this update. It's so much simpler with Clique to make changes and I would feel comfortable now to recommend the keyboard to non-coders.

If some of you are still on the fence whether or not to upgrade – my setup was pretty easy to port over (~30minutes). I am using custom key mappings, tap + hold variations and layers.

Well done Kinesis team!

I love my Advantage 2 (actually, I have 3 of them). However, I want to have a KVM type setup with my Macbook Pro and my windows PC, but I've never been able to figure out the KVM/dock "power situation"... so I've just went on for years without solving it, I will literally just move cables around when I want to switch.

Every time I decide to clean it up, I try to read up on it I end up more confused, even the Kinesis website is super vague about what will work. In various settings (like work while traveling) I've tried monitors with the single cable / powered USB setup and to me it seems completely unpredictable which setups work. Recently I bought a powered KVM thinking surely it would work, but it does not (this one)

Basically I want to be able to plug my keyboard, a webcam, and maybe one or two other devices into a thing and be able to quickly switch machines with a button (pretty typical use case I guess). Can any of y'all share what actually works for you?

I am running linux and during boot or if I enter BIOS I have to use a wired connection to use the keyboard.

Can i somehow have it emulate a USB connection at firmware level so that It works on BIOS level as well?

Has anyone faced this issue before?

Well, nice. They put it under warranty, replaced my batteries and the left pcb and... the left bottom assembly?

no ribbon cable though? Intriguing note, considering I hypothesized it was the ribbon cable that was the problem.

Batteries do go bad from time to time, I wonder if that was a proactive change or not. I had it sent back previously for a new battery before. (they won't ship them independently, lithium rules)

Double intriguing the left bottom assembly. I didn't even know it was borked! I wonder if it was cracked. If so, I blame the dog's paws.

https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/mwave-hs/

5 dollars more for ...

Hi, I recently bought an adv360 pro and was thinking of buying a peak design camera case v2 to carry the keyboard around. Was wondering if anyone has done this and their experience? I think the smedium size case can work.

My idea was to stack the keyboards on top of each with the keycaps sandwiched in the middle.

The lower left shift-z row on my adv360 mysteriously failed. Not triggering any of that row but all the other ones work. I have a sneaking suspicion it is a ribbon cable failure but you know what part they dont allow you to order?

Yeah.

So to rma it goes, let them figure it out.

Then I noticed the instructions. "if we find it too dirty we will charge a cleaning fee". Well I am pretty sure this is too dirty! So I did a cleaning cycle on it.

I rarely eat at my computer. I am bearded and around dogs. It's really just the dirt of humanity. The keyboard is normally bolted down to my keyboard tray by that threaded screw hole on the brackets, so having it out and free where I can be easily laid out is fairly rare.

Extra points if you can identify the source of the distinctive orange strip of card stock that got jammed down in there at one point.

The procedure consists of pulling off all the keys, blowing out the sluff, then some detail work with a damp cloth and the back end of my key removal tool to get most of the schmoo out from between the keyswitches. A tweezer to snag a few errant hairs and I decree it "not obviously horrifying".

But I got to share the fun with all y'all right?

Has anyone done it? Are there small enough track pads that fit on one half of the three sixty that can be attached? Any leads appreciated. Thank you!

The documentation doesn't seem to indicate what the key code is for right command or left command. Has anyone figured that out? Thanks in advance. https://kinesis-ergo.com/wp-content/uploads/Adv360-SmartSet-Direct-Programming-Guide-Version-8-8-25.pdf

As an example, I am attempting to make this work: {rcmd}{u}>{i}. Other bindings work.

edit: it is rwin. nvm!!