Glove80 User Guide

Date: 12 June 2026

Table of Contents

• The story behind Glove80
• What’s in the box?
  • Keycaps and keycap puller
  • Tenting, tilting and custom mounting accessories
  • A look at Glove80
• A quick test drive of Glove80
• Typing with Glove80
  • Setting up Glove80 for comfortable typing
  • Palm rests
  • Default key layout
  • Indicators
• Operating Glove80 wirelessly
  • Introduction
  • Selecting BT Profile and USB-connected device
  • Pairing with a BLE host
  • Unpairing from a BLE host
  • Unpairing from all BLE hosts
  • BT Indicators
  • ZMK USB/BT Output Fallback Mechanism
  • Advanced usage: temporarily disconnecting an active BLE connection
• RGB
  • Configuring the RGB underglow
  • Battery saving
• Battery-powered operation
  • Charging
  • Battery charging status and battery level
  • Battery saving with RGB Underglow
• Customizing key layout and swapping keycaps
  • Customizing key layout
  • MoErgo Layout Editor
  • Loading new ZMK firmware onto your Glove80
  • Putting Glove80 into Bootloader for firmware loading
  • Replacing keycaps to match key layout
• Re-leveling the Glove80 without tenting
  • Before levelling
  • To re-level Glove80
  • Selecting the right O-ring
• Customizing the tenting angle
  • Benefits of tenting
  • How to adjust the tenting angle
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting FAQs
  • Configuration factory reset and re-pairing left and right halves
• Appendix: Technical Specification
• Appendix: ZMK
  • Creating a ZMK config repo and building ZMK firmware the “traditional way”
• Appendix: Custom mounting
  • How to custom mount
  • Installing tripod mounting plates
• Appendix: More Customizations
  • Extending the Glove80 electronics
  • Sidecar Module
• Appendix: Glove80 with switches-not-soldered option
  • Replacing and soldering key switches
• Appendix: Compliance and Certifications
  • USA
  • Canada