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General Information

VID
05f3h or 1523
XK-24 PID #1 (Factory Default)
0405h or 1029
XK-24 PID #2
0404h or 1028
XK-24 PID #3
0403h or 1027
XK-24 PID #4*
04E1h or 1249
Consumer Usage Page
1
Usage Page
000Ch or 12

*Available only on firmware version 30 or higher.

PID #1 Endpoints: Consumer Usage Page Input and Output (Hid Usage Page 12, Hid Usage 1), Mouse (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 2), Keyboard (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 6).
PID #2 Endpoints: Consumer Usage Page Output (Hid Usage Page 12, Hid Usage 1), Mouse (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 2), Keyboard (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 6) and Joystick (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 4). The use of this PID is mainly for Hardware Mode. Hardware Mode allows users to store macros to the device itself using the MacroWorks 3.1 programming utility. Once the macros are stored they will work on any computer or OS that supports HID.
PID #3 Endpoints: Consumer Usage Page Input and Output (Hid Usage Page 12, Hid Usage 1), Joystick (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 4), Keyboard (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 6).
PID #4 Endpoints: Consumer Usage Page Output (Hid Usage Page 12, Hid Usage 1), Mouse (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 2), Keyboard (Hid Usage Page 1, Hid Usage 6) and Multimedia (Hid Usage Page 12 and 1, Hid Usage 1 and 128). The use of this PID is mainly for Hardware Mode. Hardware Mode allows users to store macros to the device itself using the MacroWorks 3.1 programming utility. Once the macros are stored they will work on any computer or OS that supports HID. This endpoint is available only to XK-24 units with firmware version of 30 or higher.

XK-24 is supported by P.I. Engineering Macroworks 3.1, X-keys Basic Setup for PC users, our P.I. Engineering SDK for Microsoft C# .NET, VB .NET, C++, our Linux SDK, and our Mac OS X SDK.

X-keys XK-24 Input Report

X-keys XK24

Figure 1: X-keys XK-24 key reference.

Report Length: 33 bytes.

1. General Incoming Data

This data is returned when new data is detected such as button presses, unit id change. This report can be manually stimulated by sending a Generate Data output report which is very useful for obtaining the initial state of the device immediately after enumeration. This report is available only in PID #1 and PID #3.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Bytes 8-11
Bytes 12-33
Constant Unit ID Data Type Keys Keys Keys Keys Time Stamp Reserved
0
<data>
PS
D1
D2
D3
D4
Time
value

PS: Program Switch, 0 if unset 1 if set.
D1: For all bits 0 for key up, 1 for key down.  Bit 1=Key 0, bit 2=Key 1, bit 3=Key 2, bit 4=Key 3, bit 5=Key 4, bit 6=Key 5, bits 7-8=0 always.
D2: For all bits 0 for key up, 1 for key down.  Bit 1=Key 8, bit 2=Key 9, bit 3=Key 10, bit 4=Key 11, bit 5=Key 12, bit 6=Key 13, bits 7-8=0 always.
D3: For all bits 0 for key up, 1 for key down.  Bit 1=Key 16, Bit 2=Key 17, bit 3=Key 18, bit 4=Key 19, bit 5=Key 20, bit 6=Key 21, bits 7-8=0 always.
D4: For all bits 0 for key up, 1 for key down.  Bit 1=Key 24, Bit 2=Key 25, bit 3=Key 26, bit 4=Key 27, bit 5=Key 28, bit 6=Key 29, bits 7-8=0 always.
Time: If enabled using Enable Time Stamp output report gives a time in ms starting from when the device was plugged into a port in 4 bytes where byte 8 is the MSB and byte 11 is the LSB.

2. Descriptor Data

This data is returned after a Request for Descriptor output report is sent. This report is available only in PID #1 and PID #3.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Byte 8
Byte 9
Byte 10
Byte 11
Byte 12
Byte 13
Byte 14
Bytes 15-33
Constant Unit ID Data Type Mode Key mapstart Layer2 Offset Size of EEPROM LSB Size of EEPROM MSB Max Columns Max Rows LED State Version PID Low PID Hi Reserved
0
<data>
214
Mode
48
128
<data>
<data>
4
6
LEDs
<data>
PIDL
PIDH
value

Mode: 0 means device is in PID #3, 2=PID #1, 1=PID #2, 3=PID #4.
LEDs: Bit 7=1 for Green LED on, 0 for Green LED off, bit 8=1 for Red LED on, bit 8=0 for Red LED off.
PIDL: LSB of the Product Identification number or PID.
PIDH: MSB of the Product Identification number or PID.

3. Custom Data, available only on firmware version 30 or higher.

This data is returned after an output report: Generate Custom Data is sent. This report is available only in PID #1 and PID #3.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Bytes Count+5 to 36
Byte 37
Constant Unit ID Data Type Count of custom bytes to follow Custom byte 1 Custom byte 2 Custom byte 3... Reserved Increment
0
<data>
224
Count
B1
B2
B3...
value
Increment

Count: Number of custom bytes to follow.
B1: 1st custom byte.
B2: 2nd custom byte.
B3: 3rd custom byte and so on for as many bytes as specified in Count.
Increment: This byte is incremented each time a Custom Data report is sent thus even if 2 identical reports are sent they will both come in even if SuppressDuplicate reports is on.

4. Check Dongle Key, available only on version 35 or higher.

This is received immediately following a Check Dongle Key output report is sent. The four values R0-R3 are required to continue the check. See Dongle Implementation for further details.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Bytes 8 to 36
Constant Unit ID Data Type 1st byte returned from hash 2nd byte returned from hash 3rd byte returned from hash 4th byte returned from hash Reserved
0
<data>
193
R0
R1
R2
R3
value

R0: Value need for comparison to check for correct dongle key.
R1: Value need for comparison to check for correct dongle key.
R2: Value need for comparison to check for correct dongle key.
R3: Value need for comparison to check for correct dongle key.

X-keys XK-24 Output Report

The following types of output reports are shown in the summary below. Please be aware that several of these commands result in writing to the device's eeprom which has a limit to the number of writes allowed before it is "burnt out". The manufacturer's specification is 50,000 eeprom writes. Because of this we recommend the commands designated with e be executed rarely and not within timing loops. Note, the first byte listed in this documentation is 0 and represents the report ID. This is not present on some non-PC operating systems. So when sending an output report on Android for example, eliminate this byte.

Report
Format
Description
1
0, 186, LEDs, 0... Set LEDs
2
0, 179, LEDIndex, State, 0... Index Based Set LED (Flash)
3
0, 189, UnitID, 0... Set Unit IDe
4
0, 214, 0... Request Descriptor
5
0, 210, Enable, 0... Enable Time Stamp
6
0, 177, 0... Generate Data
7
0, 187, Bank 1 Intensity, Bank 2 Intensity, 0... Set Backlight Intensity
8
0, 184, 0... Toggle Backlights
9
0, 183, ScrLk, 0... Enable Scroll Lock to Toggle Backlights
10
0, 182, Bank, OnOff, 0... Turn On/Off Rows of Backlights
11
0, 181, Index, State, 0... Index Based Set Backlights (Flash)
12
0, 180, Freq, 0... Set Frequency of Flash
13
0, 199, Save, 0... Save Backlight State to EEPROMe
14
0, 204, Mode, 0... Change PIDe
15
0, 201, Modifier, 0, HC1, HC2, HC3, HC4, HC5, HC6, 0... Keyboard Reflector
16
0, 203, Buttons, Mouse X, Mouse Y, Wheel X, Wheel Y, 0... Mouse Reflector (PID #1, PID #2, PID #4 only)
17
0, 202, Joystick X, Joystick Y, Joystick Z rot., Joystick Z, Joystick Slider, Game Buttons 1, Game Buttons 2, Game Buttons 3, Game Buttons 4, 0, Point of View Hat, 0... Joystick Reflector (PID #2 and PID #3 only)
18
0, 224, Count, B1, B2, B3..., 0... Generate Custom Data*
19
0, 225, Usage ID LSB, Usage ID MSB, 0... Multimedia Reflector (PID #4 only)*
20
0, 195, Version LSB, Version MSB, 0... Set Version Numbere*
21
0, 238, 0... Reboot Device
22
0, 192, K0, K1, K2, K3, 0... Set Dongle Keye+
23
0, 193, N0, N1, N2, N3, 0... Check Dongle Key+

eCommand writes to EEPROM, do not perform this command excessively, do not exceed 50,000 writes to EEPROM.
*Available only on firmware version 30 or higher.
+Available only on firmware version 35 or higher

Endpoint: 4, Vendor Defined Usage Page.

Report Length: 36 bytes.

1. Set LEDs

One of two methods for controlling the LEDs.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command LED Control Constant
0
186
LEDs
0

LEDs: Bits 1-6=0, bit 7=1 to turn on Green LED or 0 to turn off Green LED, bit 8=1 to turn on Red LED or 0 to turn off Red LED.

2. Index Based Set LED (Flash)

One of two methods for controlling the LEDs. If flashing of LEDs is desired this method must be used.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 5-36
Constant Command LED Index LED State Constant
0
179
LEDIndex
LEDState
0

LEDIndex: 6 = green, 7 = red.
LEDState: 0 = off, 1 = on and 2 = flash. Set the frequency of the flash with output report 12. Set Frequency of Flash.

3. Set Unit ID

Send this output report to set the Unit ID of the device. This is useful if connecting more than one of the same device to the a computer.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Unit ID (0-255) Constant
0
189
value
0

4. Request Descriptor

After sending this output report a Descriptor input report will be generated. Note input reports are available in PID #1 and PID #3 only.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Bytes 3-36
Constant Command Constant
0
214
0

5. Enable Time Stamp

By default the Time Stamp feature is enabled. To turn off send this command with Byte 3=0.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Enable Constant
0
210
0=off, 1=on
0

6. Generate Data

After sending this output report a General Incoming Data input report will be generated with bit 2 of PS set. This is useful in determining the initial state of the device before any data has changed. Note input reports are available in PID #1 and PID #3 only.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Bytes 3-36
Constant Command Constant
0
177
0

7. Set Backlight Intensity

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 5-36
Constant Command Bank 1 Intensity Bank 2 Intensity Constant
0
187
Intensity
Intensity
0

Intensity: 0-255 where 0 is no intensity for that color or off, and 255 is the brightest.

8. Toggle Backlights

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Bytes 3-36
Constant Command Constant
0
184
0

9. Enable Scroll Lock to Enable Backlights

Send this output report with ScrLk=128 to enable the standard keyboard's ScrLk key to toggle the backlights.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Save Constant
0
183
ScrLk
0

ScrLk: 0 to disable Scroll Lock, 128 to enable Scroll Lock to toggle backlighting.

10. Turn On/Off Rows of Backlights

Send this output report to either turn on or off rows of the backlights.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 5-36
Constant Command Bank # State Constant
0
182
Bank
OnOff
0

Bank: 0 = bank 1, 1 = bank 2.
OnOff: For all bits 0 for no backlighting, 1 for backlighting. Bit 0 = 1st row, bit 1=2nd row, bit 2=3rd row, bit 3=4th row, bit 4=5th row, bit 5=6th row. Note the intensities are not affected by this command.

11. Index Based Set Backlights (Flash)

Control of individual backlights.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 5-36
Constant Command Key Index State Constant
0
181
Index
State
0

Index: For bank 1 equals the index given in Figure 1. For bank 2 add 32 to the index given in Figure 1. For example to control the lower left key bank 1 index=5, the corresponding bank 2 is index=37.
State: 0 = off, 1 = on and 2 = flash. Set the frequency of the flash with output report 12. Set Frequency of Flash.

12. Set Frequency of Flash

Use this output report to control the frequency of the flashing of both the indicator LEDs and the backlights, same frequency is used for both.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Frequency Constant
0
180
Freq
0

Freq: 1-255 where 1 is the fastest flash and 255 is the slowest. 255 is approximately 4 seconds between flashes.

13. Save Backlight State to EEPROM

Send this output report to change the default backlighting on startup of device to the current backlight state, ie, what ever backlights are on or off at the time this report is sent will be the new default.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Save Constant
0
199
Save
0

Save: Any value other than 0 will save the current backlight state to the EEPROM so when the device is replugged it will display this save backlighting. Note because there is a limited number of times the EEProm can be written to, it is not a good idea to do this often.

14. Change PID

Send this output report to change between the two PIDs.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Bytes 4-36
Constant Command Mode Constant
0
204
Mode
0

Mode: 2 for PID #1, reporting to the USB as a Splat device (IN and OUT), mouse, keyboard. 1 for PID #2, reporting as a Splat device (OUT), mouse, joystick, keyboard. 0 for PID #3, reporting as a Splat device (IN and OUT), joystick, keyboard. 3 for PID #4, reporting as a Splat device (OUT), mouse, multimedia, keyboard. IMPORTANT do not enter any values other than 0, 1, 2, or 3 with this command.

15. Keyboard Reflector

Sends native keyboard messages.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Byte 8
Byte 9
Byte 10
Bytes 11-36
Constant Command Modifier Constant Hid Code 1 Hid Code 2 Hid Code 3 Hid Code 4 Hid Code 5 Hid Code 6 Constant
0
201
Modifier
0
HC1
HC2
HC3
HC4
HC5
HC6
0

Modifier: Bit 1=Left Ctrl, bit 2=Left Shift, bit 3=Left Alt, bit 4=Left Gui, bit 5=Right Ctrl, bit 6=Right Shift, bit 7=Right Alt, bit 8=Right Gui.
HC1=Hid Code for 1st key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.
HC2=Hid Code for 2nd key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.
HC3=Hid Code for 3rd key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.
HC4=Hid Code for 4th key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.
HC5=Hid Code for 5th key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.
HC6=Hid Code for 6th key down, or 0 to release previous key press in this byte position.

16. Mouse Reflector

Sends native mouse messages. Available only to PIDs with mouse endpoint; PID #1, PID #2 and PID #4.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Bytes 8-36
Constant Command Buttons Mouse X Mouse Y Wheel X Wheel Y Constant
0
203
Buttons
X
Y
WX
WY
0

Buttons: Bit 1=Left, bit 2=Right, bit 3=Center, bit 4=XButton1, bit 5=XButton2.
X=Mouse X motion. 0 no motion, 1-127 is right, 255-129=left, finest inc (1 and 255) to coarsest (127 and 129).
Y=Mouse Y motion. 0 no motion, 1-127 is down, 255-129=up, finest inc (1 and 255) to coarsest (127 and 129).
WX=Wheel X. 0 no motion, 1-127 is up, 255-129=down, finest inc (1 and 255) to coarsest (127 and 129).
WY=Wheel Y. 0 no motion, 1-127 is up, 255-129=down, finest inc (1 and 255) to coarsest (127 and 129).

17. Joystick Reflector

Sends native joystick messages. Available to PIDs with Joystick endpoint; PID #2, PID #3.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Byte 7
Byte 8
Byte 9
Byte 10
Byte 11
Byte 12
Byte 13
Bytes 14-36
Constant Command Joystick X Joystick Y Joystick Z rot. Joystick Z Joystick Slider Game Buttons Game Buttons Game Buttons Game Buttons Constant Point of View Hat Constant
0
202
X
Y
Z rot.
Z
Slider
GB1
GB2
GB3
GB4
0
Hat
0

X: Joystick X, 0-127 is from center to full right, 255-128 is from center to full left.
Y: Joystick Y, 0-127 is from center to bottom, 255-128 is from center to top.
Z rot.: Joystick Z rot., 0-127 is from center to bottom, 255-128 is from center to top.
Z.: Joystick Z, 0-127 is from center to bottom, 255-128 is from center to top.
Slider: Joystick Slider, 0-127 is from center to bottom, 255-128 is from center to top.
GB1: Game buttons 1-8, bit 1= game button 1, bit 2=game button 2, etc.
GB2: Game buttons 9-16, bit 1= game button 9, bit 2=game button 10, etc.
GB3: Game buttons 17-24, bit 1= game button 17, bit 2=game button 18, etc.
GB4: Game buttons 25-32, bit 1= game button 25, bit 2=game button 26, etc.
Hat: 0 to 7 clockwise, 8 is no hat.

18. Generate Custom Data, available only on firmware version 30 or higher.

After sending this output report a Custom Data input report will be generated with Byte 3 set to 224 and the count and custom bytes following. Note input reports are available in PID #1 and PID #3 only.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6...
Bytes (Count+4) to 36
Constant Command Count of custom bytes to follow Custom byte 1 Custom byte 2 Custom byte 3... Constant
0
224
Count
B1
B2
B3...
0

Count: Number of custom bytes to follow.
B1: 1st custom byte.
B2: 2nd custom byte.
B3: 3rd custom byte and so on for as many bytes as specified in Count.

19. Multimedia Reflector, available only on firmware version 30 or higher.

Sends 2 byte multimedia messages. Must have the device set to a PID with a multimedia endpoint; PID #4. When in this PID there is no input data report available thus users of this feature will not be able to read any data, only write output reports. If desiring this feature users are instructed to use MacroWorks 3.1 programming utility for programming of the buttons and converting to a multimedia PID. This command must be followed with an "up" command with ULo and UHi =0.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 8-36
Constant Command Usage ID Lo Usage ID Hi Constant
0
225
ULo
UHi
0

ULo=Usage ID low byte see hut1_12.pdf, pages 75-85 Consumer Page.
UHi=Usage ID high byte see hut1_12.pdf, pages 75-85 Consumer Page.

Example: My Computer - 0, 225, 94, 01, 0... and send report using WriteData. Then 0, 225, 0, 0, 0... and send report using WriteData. In this example 0194 is the Usage ID for My Computer.

20. Set Version Number, available only on firmware version 30 or higher

Send this output report to set the Version of the device. This is not the firmware version given in the descriptor but a 2 byte number available on enumeration. The value is "remembered" so if it is changed, using this report, the device must be rebooted. The device can be rebooted by replugging it or by sending the output report : Reboot Device. The device is also rebooted when changing pids using output report: Change PID.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Bytes 5-36
Constant Command Version LB (0-255) Version HB (0-255) Constant
0
195
value
value
0

21. Reboot Device

Send this output report to reboot the device without having to unplug it. After sending this report the device must be re-enumerated.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Bytes 3-36
Constant Command Constant
0
238
0

22. Set Dongle Key, available only on firmware version 35 or higher

Sets the user entered key. Remember these numbers as they are required to check for the key. This is intented to be done once by the developer prior to sale. See Dongle Implemenation for more details.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Bytes 7-36
Constant Command 1st byte of key 2nd byte of key 3rd byte of key 4th byte of key Constant
0
192
K0
K1
K2
K3
0

K0: 1st byte of user determined dongle key, any number 1-254.
K1: 2nd byte of user determined dongle key, any number 1-254.
K2: 3rd byte of user determined dongle key, any number 1-254.
K3: 4th byte of user determined dongle key, any number 1-254.

23. Check Dongle Key, available only on firmware version 35 or higher

Checks the key that was entered in Set Dongle Key. This is intented to be done by the developer within their own software to determine if the connected X-keys device is the one they sold to the customer. 4 random bytes along with the actual key are entered into the DongleCheck2() hash function of the Piehid32.dll/PieHid32Net.dll which returns 4 bytes. Then after sending this output report a Check Dongle Key input report will be received containing the same 4 bytes returned from the hash if the key matches. See Dongle Implemenation for more details.

Byte 1*
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Byte 5
Byte 6
Bytes 7-36
Constant Command Random number Random number Random number Random number Constant
0
193
N0
N1
N2
N3
0

K0: 1st byte of a random number that was used in the hash, any number 1-254.
K1: 2nd byte of a random number that was used in the hash, any number 1-254.
K2: 3rd byte of a random number that was used in the hash, any number 1-254.
K3: 4th byte of a random number that was used in the hash, any number 1-254.

*This first byte may be omitted on some non-PC operating systems. On these systems the read and write lengths will be 1 byte smaller.

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