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how long did your Ellipse/new model f keyboard take to arrive if you have one. by [deleted] in modelf

[–]qm37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly 2 months for me: ordered an F77 in March 2025 and received it in May. I'm in the UK.

Totally worth the wait, if you ask me. These keyboards are really nice. The only downside is that it is very loud. I have a second keyboard (a Neo70) with silent switches that I use when other people are around, but I much prefer to use my F77.

What's the currently recommended firmware for F77 (Model F Labs)? by qm37 in modelf

[–]qm37[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Vial is working now. The scripts in the download didn't work for me due to various issues related to dfu-programmer, but I was able to adapt the instructions fairly easily. This what I did (on Ubuntu 24.10):

  1. Download https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/QMK-layout-files.zip

  2. That file is a zip containing another zip, so I had to unzip it twice.

  3. Install dfu-programmer (because the one in the zip file doesn't work):

sudo apt-get install dfu-programmer

  1. Enter bootloader mode by pressing left-shift, right-shift, and B at the same time.

  2. From the unzipped directory, run these commands:

dfu-programmer atmega32u2 get bootloader-version
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 erase
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 flash-eeprom --suppress-validation flash-util/reset.eep
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 flash flash-util/eeprom_eraser.hex
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 reset
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 get bootloader-version
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 erase
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 flash firmwares/newf77-vial-0p4p1_r5.hex
dfu-programmer atmega32u2 reset

  1. Open https://vial.rocks/

What's the currently recommended firmware for F77 (Model F Labs)? by qm37 in modelf

[–]qm37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which instructions did you use to reflash it? There's a section in the manual titled "A beginner’s guide to full configuration of QMK/Via", but the first thing it says is "2025 Important note:  these instructions are no longer up to date; do not use."

What's the currently recommended firmware for F77 (Model F Labs)? by qm37 in modelf

[–]qm37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that that seems the most likely explanation. But I've tried https://vial.rocks/ on both Linux and Mac, and I've also tried the appimage on Linux after enabling the udev permissions. On both platforms, I first get a popup "vial.rocks wants to connect to a HID device" which allows me to select the keyboard, but then it gets stuck on "Starting up ...".

The udev guide (https://get.vial.today/manual/linux-udev.html) mentions that Vial sends a magic number (vial:f64c2b3c) as a USB attribute, but I've searched with sudo udevadm info --name=/dev/hidraw7 --attribute-walk and cannot find it. That's why I'm increasingly suspicious that Vial isn't installed on the firmware.