Hey @corcules! Thanks for your effort in creating this. I'm sure it's superb. How do we update the current 1.3? Do we uninstall the older and reinstall the new? If so, will our setups remain? I love this plugin so I'm a bit cautious before I do something drastic.
I completely agree, thank you very much this is now extremely useable for me thanks a bunch! I wish StreamDeck made it possible to sort by groups and then sort by macros in those groups so the list was shorter but not a huge deal it is a zillion times faster now then it was before! Thanks again!!
Hi @corcules. KMLink has made the Stream Deck worth its weight in gold for me. Thanks so much for making it!!!
Could you explain what the "Optional Parameter" box is for? Is it possible to enter text here and have Keyboard Maestro pick it up as a variable to paste? If so, it would mean that I could have one master KM macro for inserting plugins in Logic Pro, with the plugin name referenced from the button, rather than have to make a separate macro for each plugin. This would cut the time taken to program each button considerably!
Hi and thank you.
Yes the parameter field allow you to pass a string to the KM macro. You can get this string in the macro with « %triggervalue% » (see KM wiki for the correct syntax... )
I've really tried to get my head around this on my own before asking another question, but I've come up short. The macro works perfectly with a simple paste action containing the name of the plugin, so I know nothing else is awry. I fundamentally don't understand how to pass text on using the %triggervalue% variable. Is this anywhere near right?
Hi @noisneil. I've been trying to set up some SD buttons to trigger stuff in Lightroom and ran into the problem you're having - namely, the parameter associated with the SD button isn't being passed to the KM macro.
I have got it working and I think the problem is a bug with the KM Link plugin for the SD.
I found that, in the SD profile I created for my Lightroom buttons, if I set up a button how I wanted - for example like this:
and then tried it out, it didn't work as the parameter value "Up" was not being sent to the KM macro.
I then went back to the SD profile for Lightroom and saw that the button was set to this:
So the value I set for the parameter was somehow being forgotten.
The solution I found was this: after setting the SD button up as desired, I then clicked to a different SD profile and then clicked back to my Lightroom profile (all while in the SD configurator) and that seemed to force SD to "remember" the parameter setting. I found that I had to do this for each SD button I was setting up - a bit laborious but it got it working in the end.
It's a bit of a long-winded description but I hope it helps you out.
I also hope @corcules can investigate and provide a fix.
Thankyou @tiffle! You nailed it! I can get it to work now. I might wait to hear what @corcules says before I start programming buttons, as it'd be a lot quicker if I didn't have to keep switching profiles. Regardless, it's an awesome and powerful plugin! Thanks again!
Hey @tiffle Nice! Can you please share the KM macro images associated with this parameter passing? I used an If text %TriggerValue% is Up - simulate scroll up 100, otherwise scroll down 100. I used the ctrl Modifier key to pass the Up parameter. Mine works but I wanted to see how you performed this. I'm assuming your StreamDeck images, from above, haven't changed.
Hi @kcwhat - great to hear from you! My Lightroom automation is still a work in progress, so the SD image has changed as follows:
So I'm now passing the equivalent of an array to my KM macro, Scroll, in the SD button parameter. It just tells the KM macro which direction to scroll and how far.
The parameter passed is available to the macro in the %TriggerValue% token from which I extract the two values - direction and amount - which are then used to actually scroll the image view in Lightroom.
Holy smokes! This is way more than my feeble attempt. Nifty way to use your SD to pass a parameter. I have no comparison with how you used it. I'm trying to get better at parameters and I appreciate you sharing. Here was my attempt: