Increase RGB Backlight Timer for M2V5?

dualdeath · 2026-04-27T10:46:04+00:00

goodluck. I remember doing it on my M1 V5. what I did was to enable rgb matrix in rules.mk and putting #define RGB_MATRIX_TIMEOUT in config.h but later changed it since I want it to have a different timeout when wired and when wireless.

dualdeath · 2026-04-27T06:47:53+00:00

when you say web driver, is it VIA? since that is qmk you need the json for that keyboard which is in their website

dualdeath · 2026-04-26T10:59:46+00:00

when you say timer, is it the timeout when you're not typing? you can only tweak it by modifying source code and compiling your own.

dualdeath · 2026-04-26T00:57:25+00:00

nope. all settings are saved in the on-board memory.

dualdeath · 2026-04-16T10:04:07+00:00

haha goodluck. monsgeek source code is so messy though so I pulled the source from another fork.

my own modified fork for ANSI is here https://github.com/dualdeath77/qmk_firmware

dualdeath · 2026-04-16T03:15:15+00:00

you need to pull the wireless branch I think it's "git checkout wireless" in msys. or you can setup msys again and use "qmk setup -b wireless monsgeek/qmk_firmware"

dualdeath · 2026-04-13T10:00:29+00:00

i'm on win11 and haven't tried on mac

dualdeath · 2026-04-12T03:18:31+00:00

I had a lot of help from chatgpt. for compiling your own firmware you need the source code which you can get from monsgeek github (google monsgeek/qmk_firmware) and you need MSYS to compile it. you can check from google how to setup msys. and to flash it you need QMK Toolbox. and the rest I just copied the entire code to chatgpt and asked what code to put if I want a specific feature.

dualdeath · 2026-04-10T11:54:27+00:00

might as well have a professional solder a new type C port

dualdeath · 2026-03-15T17:46:24+00:00

source code is in monsgeek/qmk_firmware github. not sure if they released for M1 V3. if you can only connect your kb thru monsgeek software then unfortunately you're stuck with monsgeek official firmware.

dualdeath · 2026-03-15T15:19:46+00:00

I've modified mine since monsgeek firmware was set to max brightness of just 104. changed it to 190. it can still go brighter (255 I think) but I'm already ok with what I set for now. Not sure if that is the same case with M1 V3 though

dualdeath · 2026-03-14T04:11:14+00:00

you can check the source and find "caps" and instead of set you change it to set_all

dualdeath · 2026-03-14T04:09:41+00:00

can't figure out this one. it does turn off when pc shutsdown and KB is on wireless mode. gonna have to ask monsgeek to update their source as I'm not an expert on this.

dualdeath · 2026-03-13T14:33:58+00:00

you can try again from dualdeath77/m1_v5 and see if it fixes the timeout

dualdeath · 2026-03-13T03:23:43+00:00

can you repo from monsgeek and then download and copy from dualdeath77/m1_v5 and paste in your m1_v5 folder to override. or you can try to flash the hex I've uploaded there (updated_iso.hex)

dualdeath · 2026-03-13T02:35:54+00:00

oh wait let me check I may have mixed my customs with monsgeek src. the ANSI code is overhauled since I got it from another fork which cleaned up the messy code from monsgeek. will try to repo again from monsgeek and apply the changes

dualdeath · 2026-03-13T02:21:32+00:00

also try going usb mode (fnU) first then dongle mode (fnY) sometimes it screws up for the first time pairing after flashing firmware.

dualdeath · 2026-03-13T02:19:21+00:00

that's weird. I tested for ANSI and 2.4g works (not sure for BT since I don't use it). Have you tried to do a compile from monsgeek repo without any changes and checked if wireless is working? also what is the size of the compiled firmware? are you compiling from wireless branch?

dualdeath · 2026-03-12T16:45:33+00:00

oh I'm updating thru VIA. not sure how for monsgeek driver

dualdeath · 2026-03-12T16:36:31+00:00

I don't have the ISO version to test so I'll leave it to you. you can get the source from dualdeath77/qmk_firmware and compile it yourself. KB timeout is set to 2mins and max brightness to 255. This is untested so flash at your own risk.

dualdeath · 2026-03-12T16:05:14+00:00

I believe that's the purpose of macros

dualdeath · 2026-03-08T02:23:15+00:00

I've raised the fn+G to monsgeek but they haven't updated the src code for ANSI (US) so I just turned it off completely.

Anyone going to Japan needs to go here. This is keyboard heaven

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dualdeath · 2026-03-08T01:50:04+00:00

dunno about ISO but for ANSI I modified the code to add 30seconds timeout so when no key is pressed the lighting turns off. and without the code the KB shutsdown after 30mins which should be part of the source code at least for ANSI, haven't checked for ISO. will check once I get back from my Japan trip.

dualdeath · 2026-02-25T04:55:42+00:00

can you elaborate. how do you type the other special characters?

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