Hi, Dygmates! 🎉
Although 1.4 doesn't seem a long stretch from the latest 1.3.11 release, this new Bazecor has been quite the rework in the code: we've migrated most components to typescript, which no only makes the software more robust, but will make bugfixing easier in the feature.
However, what you'll be more excited about is the new two features that we've added:
- You can now configure your wireless keyboard via Bluetooth
- We have a new and improved preferences menu with a much more intuitive design that integrates the settings for wireless keyboards.
Please be aware that, for your keyboard to be detected via Bluetooth, you need to press the "scan keyboards" button in the keyboard selection menu. Also, please keep in mind that saving your configuration to the keyboard via Bluetooth will be slower than through USB. That's just due to the nature of Bluetooth communications.
Alongside, we've also released the new 1.2.7beta firmware for the Defy, which fixes three pesky bugs:
- The keyboard will no longer freeze when you wake up your Mac from sleep
- The LED preferences now work in the wired neuron
- Your layers won't be randomly erased when switching devices or reconnecting while using Bluetooth
Please download it, try it out, and let us know what you think.
Bug fixing and quality-of-life improvements
- Bluetooth connections will no longer reset when you flash a new firmware
- Fixed a bug where naming a macro using characters such as € or $ would break the macros
- Fixed a bug in the color editor where the first key you select wouldn't change color
- Changes in the preferences now create backups
- Preferences are now restored when restoring a backup
- Added a link in the preferences menu that links to the GitHub release
- You can now flash beta firmware in bootloader mode
- When deleting macro items, the timeline no longer moves to the beginning
- Fixed a bug where macros with "no name" couldn't be assigned to superkeys
- Fixed a bug where the "delete prompt" on Superkeys only appeared the first time you deleted a superkey
- We've added information regarding the minimum and maximum delay you can use in macros
- Added the possibility to configure a range of delays when adding a "random delay" in macros
- Fixed a bug where the underglow segments of the Defy didn't match the position on the keyboard
- Fixed a bug where Bazecor would not restore the top left key when flashing the firmware fails before starting
- In macros, number pad numbers are now represented differently from regular numbers
- Fixed a bug where macros' names weren't properly displayed in Superkeys
Known Bazecor bugs
- The App Icon doesn't follow Mac design guidelines
- If you leave Bazecor open for a long time, it might fail to reconnect or give a Java error
- Bazecor doesn't respect the System light settings on Mac: it goes to darker mode instead
- EurKey alt keys need a visual update
- Scan keyboards doesn't work unless you disconnect the previous keyboard
- There's no way to edit delays in the macro editor
Known firmware bugs
- In some computers, the flashing procedure gets stuck at flashing the neuron
- The keyboard is unresponsive after waking up the computer or after switching computers with a KVM
- Some users have reported that the keyboard can discharge at night if connected to a turned-off computer
- Battery reading can still be flaky in some user cases
- Dual-function keys trigger hold functions even when the overlap threshold is at maximum
- White LED color doesn't work on some positions of the color palette
- LEDs turned off might still shine slightly
- If you have superkeys in the number row, BT pairing doesn't work
- Overlap threshold preferences don't seem to affect Superkey's behavior
- Layer Shift on Hold is only available in the single view editor of the Superkeys
- Layer Shift on Hold for Superkeys always takes you back to Layer 1
- Various bugs when holding multiple superkeys at the same time
- The flashing procedure is flaky. It gets stuck or doesn't restore your layers
- Layer shift might get stuck if you hold a shift to layer multiple consecutive times
- Various inconsistencies in how macros behave
- If you add more than 64 macros in the Defy, everything seems to break
- LED Effects reset to your custom LED after a battery reading
What's Changed
- Preferences review by @alexpargon in #694
- Layout editor fix for Bz 1.4.0 by @alexpargon in #676
- chore: use prettier to format json files by @unional in #698
- Convert some code to TypeScript by @unional in #655
- chore: ignore some spelling issues by @unional in #699
- convert Focus to TypeScript by @unional in #700
- fix: erase only firmware program and not ble data by @Noteolvides in #572
- Bazecor 1.4.0 by @alexpargon in #569
Full Changelog: v1.3.11...v1.4.0-rc.1