UHK60v2 lights don't go out

I have a UHK60v2, and I have noticed that the backlights and the LED do not time out unless my computer is connected.

I have my keyboard connected to my monitor, and the monitor to an OWC hub, and the hub connects via a single cable to my MacBook Air, and this carries ethernet, video, audio, USB, everything.

During the day, when my laptop is connected, the LEDs do time out and go dark, but overnight, when I disconnect my laptop, the LEDs do not time out and they stay illuminated all night long.

For most users this might not be an issue, but for me it is since my son sleeps in my office, and the keyboard generates a lot of light.

Is there anything to be done here?

I am running Agent 8.0.0, and my keyboard is up-to-date.

We have this a couple of times on the github. Will look into it soon!

Thanks. In the meantime, I’ll have my son unplug the keyboard before bedtime. :slight_smile:

Please give a try to the firmware from Fix UHK60 backlight sleep mode. · UltimateHackingKeyboard/firmware@1bad8dd · GitHub :wink:

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Hey @kareltucek … I’m trying to figure out how to download that firmware, and I’m not seeing a link. I don’t use Github, and I’m sure I’m just missing it. Can you point me to the actual download link? Also, I’m not sure how I would flash that, but hopefully I can sort that once I have the firmware file.

@unixdude it seems you have to be logged in in order to see the artifacts. Try this link: https://github.com/UltimateHackingKeyboard/firmware/actions/runs/17977250372/artifacts/4093586178

You unzip the zip, and flash it via Agent (flash from file button).

Thanks, yep, that was it. I never stay logged into Github because I don’t use it. Will try flashing now. Thanks for the fix.

Okay, now I don’t see how to flash the file. I unzip the zip file, and I click the button to choose a file to flash, but I don’t see one I can select. I have looked through the entire file structure in the zip file. I see the devices/uhk60v2-right directory, but I can’t select any of those files.

I need to JFGI how to actually do this. :slight_smile:

By unzipping you should get a .tar.gz file.

Only by another decompression you get directory structure.

Yeah, apparently macOS sees the tarball and unarchives it. I have the modules directory, and when I choose “flash from file” I do not see any file in the directory structure that I can select. Here’s what I see – note that all files are grayed out. This is true for every file in the directory structure.

Okay, I just figured it out.

I need to choose the tgz file and flash that. macOS, trying to be helpful, unarchived that.

I got it now. Thanks.


Got it flashed now… we’ll see what this does tonight. Thanks for the fix.

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@kareltucek Thanks for this new build; it is working swimmingly.

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