RIPJAWS KM780 RGB
User Manual
Table of Contents
17 Lighꢀng Profiles
Introducing Lighꢁng Profiles
Create a Lighꢁng Profile
Add a Color
27 Addiꢀonal Seꢁngs
Driver Seꢀngs
Reset to Default Seꢀng
Change a Color
20 Seꢁng
Introducing Keyboard Seꢀngs
Polling Rate
N-Key Rollover
Alert Mode (Timer Key)
Repeat Rate Acceleraꢁon
Repeat Delay
Sleep Mode
23 Lighꢀng
Introducing Lighꢁng
Background Lighꢁng
Adjust Brightness
Single Color Lighꢁng
Mulꢁple Color Lighꢁng
Effect Lighꢁng
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Introduction
The G.SKILL Unified Driver System is the
soſtware system that allows full control
of macros, lighꢁng effects, and various
customizaꢁons for your Ripjaws KM780
RGB mechanical gaming keyboard.
– Key:
Refers to the keyboard input. Each key
may have its own default funcꢁon,
or it can be programmed to have
a customized funcꢁon through the
soſtware system.
To help you through this manual, here are
some useful key terms to keep in mind:
– Macro:
A powerful funcꢁon that allows you
to execute a series of key presses with
the press of a designated key.
– Profile:
A full collecꢁon of seꢀngs and modes.
Each profile has its own unique list of
modes.
To open the G.SKILL Unified Driver System,
go to the system tray and double click on
the G.SKILL icon.
– Mode:
A single complete layout of key
seꢀngs, keyboard seꢀngs, and
lighꢁng effects. A single profile
supports up to three modes, which
can be stored in the on-board memory
of your keyboard.
You are now ready to begin.
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Introduction
Layout Overview
The G.SKILL Unified Driver System has four
main secꢁons:
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1. Profiles & Modes:
Create and manage profiles and
modes. Acꢁvate and store a profile to
the keyboard.
2. Mode Seꢀngs:
Customizable seꢀngs for each mode.
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3. Macros & Lighꢁng Profiles:
Create and manage macros and
lighꢁng profiles to use in mode
seꢀngs.
4. Addiꢁonal Seꢀngs:
Access to language seꢀng, device
informaꢁon, firmware and soſtware
updates, and profile reset.
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Profiles & Modes
Introducing Profiles & Modes
A profile is a collecꢁon of seꢀngs
and modes that can be saved into the
on-board memory of your keyboard,
allowing the customizaꢁon to follow the
device, no maꢂer which computer it’s
connected to.
A mode is a single complete layout of key
seꢀngs (e.g. macros), keyboard seꢀngs
(e.g. polling rate), and lighꢁng effects.
This secꢁon will help you manage your
profiles and modes.
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Profiles & Modes
Link Program to a Profile
You have the opꢁon to automaꢁcally
load a profile when launching a certain
program.
Save Profile to Device
Your Ripjaws KM780 keyboard can store a
single profile (of three modes) within the
keyboard on-board memory. Click “Save
to Device Memory” to save the currently
selected profile and modes to your
keyboard.
Check the box next to “Link Program”
and select a *.exe file to link the selected
profile to a program.
Once the profile and modes are saved to
the keyboard, a small keyboard icon will
appear to the leſt of the profile or mode
name.
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Profiles
Create a Profile
Copy a Profile
To create a new profile, click on the “+”
buꢂon located under the profile name.
A new profile will be automaꢁcally
generated using default seꢀngs.
Click on the gear icon below the profile
name, then choose “Copy” from the list
to make an exact copy of the profile,
including the modes created under the
profile.
Select a Profile
Click the upside-down triangle to the right
of the profile name for a drop-down list
of available profiles. If only one profile
is available, the drop-down list will be
unavailable.
Export/Import a Profile
Click on the gear icon below the profile
name, then choose “Export” (or “Import”)
from the list. A window will prompt you to
choose a locaꢁon and a file name to save
(or load) your profile.
Delete a Profile
Click on the trash bin icon located below
the profile name to delete a profile. A
confirmaꢁon dialogue window will pop up
to confirm the deleꢁon. A profile cannot
be deleted if there are no other selectable
profiles or if the profile is currently in use
by the device.
Apply Profile Seꢁng
To apply the current profile seꢀngs, click
“Save to Device Memory”.
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Modes
Create a Mode
Delete a Mode
To create a new mode, click on the “+”
buꢂon located under the mode name. A
new mode will be automaꢁcally generated
using default seꢀngs.
Click on the trash bin icon located below
the mode name to delete the currently
selected mode. A mode cannot be deleted
if there are no other selectable modes
or if the mode is currently in use by the
device.
Select a Mode
Click the upside-down triangle to the right
of the mode name for a drop-down list of
available modes. The drop-down list will
be unavailable if there are less than three
modes in the current profile.
Copy a Mode
Click on the gear icon below the mode
name and select “Copy” from the list to
make an exact copy of the mode.
Acꢀvate a Mode
Export/Import a Mode
The red icon designated “M1”, “M2”, and
“M3” indicates the current acꢁve mode.
This matches the mode keys with the
same names on the keyboard.
Click on the gear icon below the mode
name and select “Export” (or “Import”)
from the list. A window will prompt you to
choose a locaꢁon and a file name to save
(or load) your mode.
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Keys
Introducing Programmable Keys
Under the “Customize” menu, you can
customize the funcꢁon of each key on the
keyboard. When the mouse cursor hovers
over a programmable key, the display will
show the key and its current funcꢁon.
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Keys
Customize a Programmable Key
Click on the key you wish to customize,
and a “Key Assignment” window will
pop up. Choose from the drop-down list
for the desired funcꢁon. Macros can be
selected here to customize a parꢁcular
key to a macro. Once the desired funcꢁon
is selected, click “Save” to return to the
“Customize” menu.
Once you have finished customizing the
key funcꢁons, please click “Save to Device
Memory” under the profile name to apply
the seꢀngs.
Note: Make sure you are customizing to
the correct mode by selecꢀng the desired
mode (M1, M2, or M3) before customizing
the key funcꢀon.
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Macros
Introducing Macros
There are two kinds macros you can set:
keystroke macro and text macro.
If you are looking to set delays or
customize using keystrokes within the
macro, then use the keystroke macro.
If you are looking to set text-only macro,
then use the text macro.
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Macros (Keystroke)
Create a Macro
In the leſt column, click on the “+” buꢂon
to create a new macro. Opꢁons for
recording a macro will appear when a
macro is created.
Delete a Macro
Click on the trash bin icon below the
macro name to delete the current macro.
Copy a Macro
Click on the gear icon below the macro
name and select “Copy” to make a
duplicate of the current macro.
Export/Import a Macro
Click on the gear icon below the macro
name and select “Export” (or “Import”)
from the list. A window will prompt you to
choose a locaꢁon and a file name to save
(or load) the macro.
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Macros (Keystroke)
Record a Macro
Click on the “Record” buꢂon on the
boꢂom of the leſt column. Macro will
begin recording automaꢁcally. The
recorded macro will appear in the middle
column.
Note: Before recording the macro, you
may choose to record the delay, use a
default delay, or no delays. Default delays
can be changed in 10ms increments. Type
“2” in the textbox for 20ms, and “20” for
200ms.
To end recording, click “Stop” on the
boꢂom of the leſt column.
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Macros (Keystroke)
Edit a Macro
You can delete or edit a specific macro
command by clicking on the trash bin icon
or the pencil icon, respecꢁvely, on the
boꢂom of the middle column.
Insert Keystrokes in Macro
Click on the keystroke you wish to edit.
Then click “Insert” on the boꢂom of the
middle column. Opꢁons will appear in
the right column to allow inserꢁng before
or aſter the currently selected keystroke.
Then click on “Record” in the right column
to record and insert addiꢁonal keystrokes.
Click “Save” to save the changes.
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Macros (Text)
Create a Text Macro
Click the “+” to create a new text
macro. Then type the desired text in the
textbox on the right. The changes will be
automaꢁcally saved.
Delete a Text Macro
To delete the text macro, click on the trash
bin icon below the text macro name. To
clear the text for the text macro, click on
“Clear” below the textbox.
Copy a Text Macro
Click on the gear icon below the text
macro name, and select “Copy” to
duplicate the text macro.
Export/Import a Text Macro
Click on the gear icon below the text
macro name, and select “Export” (or
“Import”) to save (or load) the text macro
to a file.
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Lighting Profiles
Introducing Lighꢀng Profiles
Lighꢁng profiles are customizable lighꢁng
paꢂerns that can be used in a mode and
applied to your device. The following
lighꢁng profiles are available.
– Wave:
A conꢁnuous wave of customizable
colors, moving across to the leſt or
right.
– Ripple:
A circular lighꢁng paꢂern ripples
outward from a pressed key.
– Reacꢀve:
Each pressed key will light up for a
designated amount of ꢁme.
– Breathing:
All keys will cycle through a colored
paꢂern.
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Lighting Profiles
Create a Lighꢀng Profile
First, select a lighꢁng category, then click
on the “+” buꢂon under “Name” to create
a lighꢁng profile.
Once a lighꢁng profile is created,
associated opꢁons will be available for
customizing.
Each lighꢁng profile will be automaꢁcally
saved. However, to apply the lighꢁng
paꢂern to the device, please go to the
“Lighꢁng” secꢁon and choose a lighꢁng
profile to apply.
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Lighting Profiles
Add a Color
To increase a color point, click on the
“+” under “Color Controller” in the right
column. A new color point will be added.
Change a Color
Click the square of a color point under
“Color Controller”, and then change the
color by doing one of the following:
1. Click in the color selecꢁon rectangle
2. Click and drag the RGB color slider
3. Enter the RGB value
4. Enter the HEX color code
5. Select from the preset color paleꢂe
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Setting
Introducing Keyboard Seꢁngs
The “Seꢀng” menu will allow you to set
general seꢀngs for your device. Aſter you
have customized your seꢀngs, please click
on “Save to Device Memory” to ensure
the seꢀngs are correctly applied to your
device.
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Setting
Polling Rate
Click to select the desired polling rate of
your device. A higher number indicates a
faster polling rate.
N-Key Rollover
Check your keyboard to change this
seꢀng. A switch next to the USB pass-
through port can be flipped to “G” for
n-key rollover or to “S” for standard 6-key
rollover.
Note: Some BIOS interface or legacy
soſtware may only have support for
standard 6-key rollover.
Alert Mode (Timer Key)
This is the alert seꢀngs for the Timer
Key. Select from “On Screen Display” or
“Lighꢁng Effect”.
The seꢀng for ꢁmer delay may be set in
intervals of seconds.
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Setting
Repeat Rate Acceleraꢀon
Drag the slider to adjust how fast a key will
repeat itself when the key is held down.
Repeat Delay
Allows you to choose the delay ꢁme
before a key begins repeaꢁng itself when
held down. 1X is a short delay; 8X is a long
delay.
Sleep Mode
Allows you to enable and set a ꢁme delay
for entering sleep mode.
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Lighting
Introducing Lighꢀng
Lighꢁng may be customized and applied to
your keyboard. There are opꢁons to easily
set a single overall color, per-key lighꢁng,
or effect lighꢁng from lighꢁng profiles.
There are two main lighꢁng opꢁons:
Background Lighꢁng and Effect Lighꢁng.
Note: Please make sure to select the
correct mode before making changes to
lighꢀng. Any changes to lighꢀng will aꢁect
the currently selected mode. Please also
make sure to “Save to Device Memory” to
ensure lighꢀng is correctly applied to the
keyboard.
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Lighting
Background Lighꢀng
Choosing this opꢁon enables staꢁc lighꢁng
on the keyboard.
Adjust Brightness
Drag the slider to adjust the brightness of
the lighꢁng. Sliding all the way to the leſt
will turn off the lighꢁng.
Lighꢁng can be disabled by checking the
box next to “Disable Lighꢁng”. To enable
or change any lighꢁng opꢁons, please
make sure this checkbox is cleared.
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Lighting
Single Color Lighꢀng
Selecꢁng “All” under “Keyboard Mode”
will allow you to change the colors of all
keys at the same ꢁme to a single color.
Choose a color from the color paleꢂe
below the keyboard.
Mulꢀple Color Lighꢀng
Selecꢁng “Single” under “Keyboard Mode”
will allow you to change the colors of each
individual key. Choose a color from the
color paleꢂe below the keyboard, and
then click on a key or click-and-drag to
select a group of keys.
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Lighting
Effect Lighꢀng
Clicking on “Effect Lighꢁng” will
automaꢁcally open a pop-up window.
From here, you can filter the lighꢁng
effects according to lighꢁng category (or
view all), and select the desired lighꢁng
profile from the list.
To choose another effect lighꢁng, click on
“Effect Lighꢁng” checkbox again, and this
will bring up the pop-up window.
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Additional Settings
Driver Seꢁngs
Click on the wrench icon on the top
right to access the driver seꢀngs. From
here, you can change language, update
firmware, update soſtware, reset to
default driver seꢀng, and more.
Click the “G” buꢂon to visit the G.SKILL
webpage.
Click the “W” buꢂon to view the warranty
document.
Reset to Default Seꢁng
Choosing to acꢁvate this opꢁon will delete
and reset the currently selected profile
to its default state. All modes under this
profile will be deleted.
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