[New Device] AUKEY KM-G12 Keyboard

Name of device:

AUKEY KM-G12 Keyboard

Link to manufacturer's product page:

https://www.aukey.com/collections/keyboard-headphones/products/km-g12-mechanical-keyboard-blue-switches

Please select what type of device/interface the device uses:

DeviceTypeUSB

ID information:

lsusb gives ID 0c45:8006 Microdia Dual Mode Camera (8006 VGA)

Please attach screenshots of the device's official control application here:

AukeyUS2 AukeyUS1 AukeyUS3 AukeyUS4 AukeyUS5

USB ID and OEM software seems almost identical to #882

Please attach device captures here:

AUKEY_GM-K12_ReportDescriptor.pcapng

RGB captured in static mode setting the color (Red Green Blue White FullColor).

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_Red.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_Green.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_Blue.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_White.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_Full_Color.pcapng

Turned lighting off and on again:

AUKEY_KM-G12_Off_On.pcapng

Going through the modes (selecting both directions when those were available as an option for each mode). Color was white when available, sometimes one could not choose. Some modes use both "full color/multi" and "accent" colors. Those modes by default only allow to set one color for them, though (either "full color" or "accent" depending on the mode). In some modes there are direction keys in which effects (waves ...) direct to.

AUKEY_KM-G12_Modes.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Animation_Up_Down.pcapng

AUKEY_KM-G12_Animation_Right_Left.pcapng

Stepping through brightness from off to full.

AUKEY_KM-G12_Static_Brightness_Off_To_Full.pcapng

Stepping through animation speed from low to high.

AUKEY_KM-G12_Speed_Slow_To_Fast.pcapng

The proprietary sofware applies light changes (which work), but shows an error message afterwards every time. This happens with the US and the german version, also the translation is complete garbage

The keyboard also does have a border LED color ring. It only can be changed with Fn keys and not through the proprietary software, though.

Again please consider this as some kind of rebrand of #882 , there are just so many similarities, even the bugs in the software (which aren´t being fixed after a year) are the same.

Sudo dmesg output :

[  922.817901] usb 4-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
[  922.999920] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=8006, bcdDevice= 1.07
[  922.999930] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  922.999934] usb 4-1: Product: Gaming Keyboard
[  922.999937] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: SONiX
[  923.006515] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/0003:0C45:8006.0013/input/input56
[  923.061524] hid-generic 0003:0C45:8006.0013: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [SONiX Gaming Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input0
[  923.065109] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:0C45:8006.0014/input/input57
[  923.121353] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard System Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:0C45:8006.0014/input/input58
[  923.121455] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:0C45:8006.0014/input/input59
[  923.121525] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:0C45:8006.0014/input/input60
[  923.121622] input: SONiX Gaming Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.1/0003:0C45:8006.0014/input/input61
[  923.121738] hid-generic 0003:0C45:8006.0014: input,hiddev98,hidraw4: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [SONiX Gaming Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.1-1/input1

Checklist for Step2

  • Name of device
  • A link to the vendors product page has been included
  • The transport bus has been identified and the appropriate label added to the issue.
  • The device ID's have been included for USB or PCI
  • Screenshots of the OEM Application are included
  • There is either, appropriate code examples linked or suitable device captures attached
Edited by Ghost User