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The Polar 65+ connects now, but SuperTap never enables: readStatus returns userMode: null. Root cause is a second per-model difference beyond the 0xFF02 page from #12.

Evidence (reporter's USB captures + live vendor bundle):

• The board answers GetUserMode with 10 bytes: 00 00 00 01 01 00 1f 21 00 00 = [layoutIndex, reserved1, reserved2, mode, checkFlag, flag, key0, key1] + 2 pad bytes. Its SetUserMode writes are 10 bytes in the same shape.
• The current app2 vendor bundle has both codec generations side by side: the old 6-byte classes and new DATA_SIZE=10 set / >=8-byte get classes. The 65+ (fh protocol class) uses the new ones.
• Our codec only spoke 6 bytes, so decodeArbiterUserMode returned null on the 10-byte reply, readStatus nulled the field, and the web SuperTap card could never enable.

Change: per-model userModeBytes flag (default 6, 10 for 0xA009 only — everything else is byte-identical to before). Decode/encode and the set read-back comparison key off it. Docs record both wire generations, plus the reporter's decode of the FN reserved codes (202 = color switch, etc.).

Verification: full suite 385 pass / 0 fail (new: 10-byte codec vectors from the exact captured bytes + a fake-board round trip); npm run build clean. Needs a hardware retest: SuperTap toggle should now stick.

Note

Add 10-byte user mode support for Polar 65+ in arbiter protocol

• Adds a userModeBytes property (6 or 10) to ArbiterProduct, with a catalog factory default of six bytes and a ten-byte setting for the Polar 65+ entry in index.ts
• decodeArbiterUserMode and encodeArbiterUserModeWrite accept a wire-size argument. Ten-byte mode reads current-generation header positions and pads writes with reserved zero bytes; six-byte behavior is unchanged
• hid.ts passes the matched product's wire size on read and write, and the post-write comparison now checks the full outgoing body length instead of always six bytes
• Documents the six- and ten-byte formats and Polar 65+ shortcuts in arbiter-support.md
• Risk: Polar 65+ user-mode replies under eight bytes now fail decoding; other products must keep six-byte replies or the default-size decode rejects them

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added support for reading and writing user-mode settings on the Polar 65+.
  • Documented known Polar 65+ keyboard shortcuts for lighting, factory reset, and game mode.
  • Clarified how user-mode settings differ from local keyboard functions and documented both supported wire formats.

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Use the required GetUserMode request size.

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Review comments at @src/drivers/arbiter/hid.ts:
- Line 338: Update the GetUserMode request in the user-mode read flow to use the
Polar 65+ captured request dataSize of 6 instead of the zero-size value from
encodeArbiterShortRead; keep any related documentation consistent with the
implemented size, without changing the ten-byte reply decoder.

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Walkthrough

The Arbiter catalog now identifies Polar 65+ as using a ten-byte user-mode format. The codec and HID driver handle the model-specific format while retaining six-byte support for other products. The documentation also describes both formats and owner-decoded Polar 65+ FN-layer functions.

Changes: User-mode wire format

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Product wire-size contract and codec src/arbiter/index.ts, src/arbiter/protocol.test.ts, docs/arbiter-support.md	The catalog assigns Polar 65+ a ten-byte user-mode format. The codec supports six-byte and ten-byte formats. Tests cover ten-byte encoding, decoding, and validation. The documentation describes the formats and their payload requirements.
Product-specific HID reads and writes src/drivers/arbiter/hid.ts	User-mode reads and writes use the connected product’s configured wire size. Echoed payload checks use the encoded frame size.

Polar 65+ FN-layer documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Documented reserved-key functions docs/arbiter-support.md	The documentation lists owner-decoded local functions for reserved key codes and states that the FN-layer activation method remains unknown.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• [Arbiter] Polar 65+ (371C:A009) not claimed — PID missing from catalog, doesn't appear on connect #10 — This PR adds 0xA009-specific user-mode protocol support for the same Polar 65+ device.

Possibly related PRs

• OpenMouse-Project/keyboard-protocol#11 — That PR adds the Polar 65+ catalog entry; this PR extends it with the ten-byte user-mode format and uses that format for reads and writes.

Suggested labels: area: protocol, area: drivers, area: tests, area: documentation, type: enhancement

Suggested reviewers: macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e96c8

No confirmed regression blocks merging. The Polar 65+ request-size discrepancy remains worth checking during the planned hardware retest.

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Verdict: Approved at e96c8f0

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds the Polar 65+ user-mode format needed for SuperTap while preserving the existing format for other keyboards. Model-specific selection and full write read-back verification keep the impact narrowly bounded.

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Review comments at @src/drivers/arbiter/hid.ts:
- Line 338: Update the GetUserMode request in the user-mode read flow to use the
Polar 65+ captured request dataSize of 6 instead of the zero-size value from
encodeArbiterShortRead; keep any related documentation consistent with the
implemented size, without changing the ten-byte reply decoder.

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Use the required GetUserMode request size.

encodeArbiterShortRead() sets dataSize to 0 for user-mode reads. The documented GetUserMode request uses dataSize 6. A Polar 65+ firmware that validates this field may reject the read before SuperTap confirmation.

Make the request use the Polar 65+ captured size, and keep the documentation consistent if that size is not 6. The ten-byte reply decoder does not change the request field.

Prompt for AI Agents

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @src/drivers/arbiter/hid.ts at line 338:
Update the GetUserMode request in the user-mode read flow to use the Polar 65+
captured request dataSize of 6 instead of the zero-size value from
encodeArbiterShortRead; keep any related documentation consistent with the
implemented size, without changing the ten-byte reply decoder.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr