Karabiner detecting two separate Keychron keyboards as the same

[adelejjeh]

I have a Keychron K2 and K8, and when I set a custom mapping of some keys for my K2, the same mapping got applied when I connected my K8. It looks like Karabiner is detecting both keyboards as the same because when I connect both at the same time only one appears.

[thierrymichel]

Hi, Same problem with a K6 and K3. They have the same product_id.

[reneilpascua]

same with k6 and k3. particularly annoying w these guys because it's home and end above the arrow keys on the k3, but pu and pd above the arrow keys on the k6.

is there anything we can do without waiting for a new release of karabiner?

[Viral-Inc]

same issue for 2 apple magic keyboards. Mini workaround: if I plug one in with USB and use the other on bluetooth then they register as separate devices in Karbiner

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[Amparose]

K6 and K2 and this is still an issue. I don't understand how the names in Karabiner show up differently yet settings aren't separated.

[iandundas]

Related: https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements/issues/3071

[dapicester]

Same here for K3 and K6. Any ideas on how to fix this?

[melbandera]

K2 and K7 checking in—same issue. This sucks because they have different default layouts, so trying to get one to mimic the other is just not possible. Remapping one remaps the other one so you get this weird loop of pretty unusable mappings. I've ended up in a situation where either I can have:

• my home/end and pgup/pgdn keys properly mapped to my K2 and pgup/pgdn somehow both mapping to end on my K7

OR

• these keys properly mapped on the K7 and pgup/pgdn and home/end keys mapped to each other on the K2

I notice that both keyboards have the same manufacturer and product IDs, but they are recognized as having different names. When I connect the K2, Elements lists the K2 as a device under Devices, and when I connect the K7, that's properly listed too. (They also have different serial numbers, though I'm guessing that that is device-specific, not model-specific.)

[melbandera]

i should add this:

[
    {
        "device_id": 4294969537,
        "is_built_in_keyboard": true,
        "is_game_pad": false,
        "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false,
        "is_keyboard": true,
        "is_pointing_device": false,
        "location_id": 165,
        "manufacturer": "Apple",
        "product": "Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad",
        "transport": "FIFO"
    },
    {
        "device_id": 4294969565,
        "is_built_in_pointing_device": true,
        "is_game_pad": false,
        "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false,
        "is_keyboard": false,
        "is_pointing_device": true,
        "location_id": 165,
        "manufacturer": "Apple",
        "product": "Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad",
        "transport": "FIFO"
    },
    {
        "device_id": 4295025910,
        "is_game_pad": false,
        "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false,
        "is_keyboard": true,
        "is_pointing_device": false,
        "location_id": 2044922150,
        "product": "Keychron K2",
        "product_id": 591,
        "serial_number": "DC:2C:26:09:E3:79",
        "transport": "Bluetooth",
        "vendor_id": 1452
    },
    {
        "device_id": 4295026049,
        "is_game_pad": false,
        "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false,
        "is_keyboard": true,
        "is_pointing_device": false,
        "location_id": 1393309222,
        "product": "Keychron K7",
        "product_id": 591,
        "serial_number": "DC:2C:26:36:0C:53",
        "transport": "Bluetooth",
        "vendor_id": 1452
    },
    {
        "device_address": "e6-ac-1e-7f-52-16",
        "device_id": 4295025569,
        "is_game_pad": false,
        "is_karabiner_virtual_hid_device": false,
        "is_keyboard": false,
        "is_pointing_device": true,
        "location_id": 1823842428,
        "manufacturer": "Logitech",
        "product": "MX Vertical",
        "product_id": 45088,
        "serial_number": "5F9182DF45DC513C",
        "transport": "Bluetooth Low Energy",
        "vendor_id": 1133
    }
]