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How to use

Firstly to customise your macropad, Open Macropad Controller from Spretech's Website.

After you've opened it, it should look something like this :

Image of Macropad Controller Software

If you haven't connected your macropad yet, The header of the app will say "Not Connected".

It will change to "Connected" a few seconds after you connect your macropad and will look something like this:

Image of Macropad Controller Software

Clicking on any one of the keys will update the right tab with features that you can use.

Image of app with right tab

Let us now learn about each of the features.

App - It lets you customise your keys to launch an app when pressed.

Upon clicking the app button, the software will look like this:

Image of app tab

To add an app click on the "Folder" button. This will take you to a folder, where you will have to keep your respective app shortcuts which you want to open.

Image of folder

I have added Google-Chrome. Next close the folder. Then the UI will update as shown:

Image of updated UI - app tab

You can then select the app and click confirm.

Image of updated UI - app tab

This will then update your main key layout as follows:

Image of updated main layout

Print - Upon pressing a key with print function, it will print whatever text has been given to that respective key.

Click on the print button to continue with print function. Your UI should look like this:

Image of Print UI

Then type whatever you want your key to print. It can be anything from a letter to a large password!

Image of Print UI

Then print confirm. Your main UI should update to something like this:

Image of updated main UI

Combo - When pressing a key with combo function, it will execute that respective combo which the user has selected. Lets say a key has "Ctrl+C" as combo, when pressed the key will copy any text that has been selected.

To continue click on the Combo key to update the UI:

Image of Combo UI

Then click on the input field and press on your keyboard the respective combo keys that you want to register, It can be multiple at a time.

Then hit confirm to continue

Image of updated Combo UI

Your new main UI should look something like this:

Image of updated main UI

Your final main UI might look something like this -

Final image of main UI

If you want to have more than just 9 keys and utilize the 10th key i.e the layer key, use the layers feature. It allows your macropad to have upto 81 functions!

To access the layers click on the top right dropdown box called "Layers", it will introduce to 9 different layers which you can customise.

Image of layers dropdown box

Finally to save the layout, Click on the "Save to macropad" button beside "Connected" status.

Image of save

Voila! Your Macropad is set!

---AI Was used for the development of the app---

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