Hello guys! Quick question: my RGB keyboard works flawlessly on https://keyboard.frame.work/, but i would like to configure the keyboard while not being connected to the internet.
Did anyone manage to configure the kb offline? Maybe building a PWA for the FW`s fork of VIA?
The app is only an electron wrapper. Electron (software framework) - Wikipedia It just loads the Via website and won’t work offline. To get it to detect the keyboard you’ll need to load the Framework draft definition. I’ll copy the steps here
Using the Via electron wrapper app
Download the app here github.com/the-via/releases/releases .
On linux, when you first run the app it will say that it needs to install udev rules, you must allow this or else it won’t have permission to communicate with the keyboard.
Next you need to load the Framework draft definition. The draft definitions are found here github.com/FrameworkComputer/qmk_firmware/tree/v0.2.9/keyboards/framework/kle
Download the file(s) that correspond to your module layout.
via_ansi_design.json
via_iso_design.json
via_jis_design.json
via_macropad_design.json
via_numpad_design.json
Which keyboard layout do you need? ANSI, ISO or JIS
ANSI (American) layout. Note the shape of the enter key.
ISO layout. British is shown, but this layout is valid for many languages.
JIS (Japanese) layout.
In the Via electron wrapper app, go to the Design tab (paintbrush icon), click the Load button, then select your draft definition design file. If you don’t have a Design tab, go to Settings (gear icon) to enable it.
If you have multiple modules and multiple design files loaded, as I do in the screenshot, use the Shown Keyboard Definition dropdown to select which is active.
Do note that the Via electron wrapper app is like a self-contained web browser. And it won’t load without internet access.
A community member made a Vial port Keyboard: VIA / VIAL support?
Vial has Windows, Linux, Mac desktop apps (fully offline). Vial also allows configuring more QMK features.
There is a community-made via-desktop app that works offline, but I’m not sure if it has Framework’s keyboard definitions out of the box. It should definitely be possible to somehow point it to framework’s definitions at keyboard.frame.work somehow, but I haven’t tried that yet.
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