Table of Contents
- Content
- What’s in the box
- Features
- Setting up your gaming keyboard
- Using your gaming keyboard
- Alienware Command Center
- Installing AWCC through Windows Update
- Using Alienware Command Center
- Setting up lighting and animation on AWCC
- Setting up setting on AWCC
- Disabling the modified keys temporarily
- Troubleshooting
- Statutory information
Alienware AW410K User Manual
Displayed below is the user manual for AW410K by Alienware which is a product in the Keyboards category. This manual has pages.
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Regulatory Model: AW410K
Alienware 410K
RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
User’s Guide
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or
loss of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
Copyright © 2020 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are
trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
2020 – 05
Rev. A00
Notes, Caution, and Warnings
What’s in the box ........................... 4
Features .......................................5
Setting up your gaming keyboard .................7
Using your gaming keyboard .....................8
Alienware Command Center ......................9
Installing AWCC through Windows Update . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing AWCC from the Dell Support website . . . . . . 9
Using Alienware Command Center ...............10
Setting up lighting and animation on AWCC .......11
Setting up device setting on AWCC...............12
Disabling the modified keys temporarily...........13
Troubleshooting................................14
Statutory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Contents
What’s in the box │ 4
What’s in the box
1 Keyboard 2 Documents
NOTE: The documents shipped with your keyboard may vary depending on
the region.
2
Features │ 5
Features
3
12
1 Mutimedia key
2 Volume control
3 Three-angle adjustable feet Enables you to adjust the keyboard
feet tilts in three different angles
Enables you to forward/play/stop/
backward the movie and music
• Press to mute the speaker.
• Press to increase volume.
• Press to decrease volume.
Callout Features Description
Features │ 6
Features
Increased control and accuracy
• Fully programmable keys with anti-ghosting and N-key rollover
• Onboard memory for effortless control
• Dedicated audio control allows for distraction free gaming
• 4.0 mm total travel distance
• 1000 Hz (1 ms) polling rate
• Five-profile onboard memory
Robust and wear resistant
• AlienFX - 16.8M colors per-key RGB lighting
• Cherry MX brown mechanical switches with 100 million keystroke lifespan
• 5000 series aluminum top plate for long term durability
• Passthrough allowing user to connect USB peripherals with ease
• Braided cable
Iconic Alienware design
• Slick profile with compact footprint
• Customizable RGB per-key backlighting
• Compact floating key architecture design
The Alienware 410K RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard also offers the
following features.
Setting up your gaming keyboard │ 7
Setting up your gaming keyboard
2. Download and install the Alienware Command Center (AWCC).
NOTE: You can use your gaming keyboard as a normal keyboard even
without installing the Alienware Command Center. We recommend you
to download the Alienware Command Center for an enhanced gaming
experience.
USB for data
pass-through
1. Connect the USB cable of your gaming keyboard to the USB port on your
computer.
• USB for data pass-through: Connect the USB data pass-through cable
when your device has female USB ports to connect to devices such as
mouse, headset, or thumb drive.
•USB for keyboard function:
Connect the USB for keyboard function cable for
accessing
the keyboard functions such as typing, macro, or lighting animation.
USB for keyboard function
(including keyboard lighting)
Using your gaming keyboard │ 8
Using your gaming keyboard
Callout Function Function keys Keyboard behavior
1 Fn Lock
2 Win Lock
3 Profile
switch (press once to cycle)
• (Fn+F5)
• Press
• Press
• Press
• Press
The mute key
• Press to increase
• Press to decrease
+ (Fn+F1)
(Fn+F3)
(Fn+F9)
(Fn+F10)
(Fn+F11)
(Fn+F12)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Esc to toggle
4
Brightness
4
control
5 Media
5 playback
6 Mute
7 Volume
control
(system)
Disables the Windows key function
Enables you to switch between
profiles stored onboard
Decreases the keyboard-
backlight intensity
Increases the keyboard- backlight
intensity
Fast backward
Play/Pause
Stop
Fast forward
Mutes the speaker
Increases system volume;
Decreases system volume
Locks the F1 to F12 media-control
functions
2 3 4 567
(volume+/-)
1
• (Fn+F6)
+
NOTE: Default keyboard-backlight is at maximum intensity
Alienware Command Center │ 9
Using your gaming keyboard Alienware Command Center
Installing AWCC through Windows Update
Installing AWCC from the Dell Support website
1. Navigate to the program folder to ensure that the AWCC installation
is complete.
2. Launch AWCC and perform the following steps to download the
additional software components:
- In the Settings window, click Windows Update, and then click
- Check for updates to check the Alienware driver update progress.
- If the driver update is not responding in your computer, install AWCC
- from the Dell Support website.
1. Download the latest version of the following applications at
www.dell.com/support/drivers.
2. Navigate to the folder where you saved the setup files.
3. Double-click the setup file and follow the on-screen instructions to install
the application.
Using Alienware Command Center │ 10
Using Alienware Command Center
Keyboard basic color function
1. Launch Alienware Command Center application from the start menu.
2. Select FX and edit Lighting.
3. Select Effect from the drop-down list.
4. Define the effect of the keyboard LEDs.
5. Adjust the brightness.
Setting up lighting and animation on AWCC │ 11
Setting up lighting and animation on AWCC
1. Select Effect from the dropdown list for
Static or On Key Press modes.
2. Select Standard key groupings.
3. From the menu of supported animations:
Color, Pulse, Breathing, Morph,
Spectrum, Single Color Wave, Scanner,
Rainbow Wave, and Static Default Blue.
4. Adjust the tempo of the animation effect.
5. Choose color using the color wheel bubble.
6. Define the color of the keyboard animation effect.
7. Adjust the brightness.
Setting up setting on AWCC │ 12
Setting up setting on AWCC
1. Click FX menu and select Settings tab, then choose the AW410K
keyboard device.
2. Click Settings to configure the Sleep Timer.
3. Click Update to view the firmware version and check if any new firmware
is available. or you can click Restore Factory Defaults button to reset
the device to the manufacturing state.
Disabling the modified keys temporarily │ 13
Disabling the modified keys temporarily
Working behavior
of modified keys
Disabling the
modified keys
Using modified keys
When a key is programmed with macro, it will
continue to send macro commands during normal
usage.
Press Fn + any key (except Function keys).
Example:
Q key was programmed to “ABCD” and in order
for Q key to output “Q”, press Fn + Q
Password entry for log in.
Query Solution
Troubleshooting │ 14
Troubleshooting
Keyboard is not
functioning
• Disconnect the keyboard and connect it back in to
the USB port on your computer.
• Connect the keyboard to another USB port.
• Restart the computer.
• Make sure the light is not dimmed off, press FN+F6
to light up the keyboard
• Disconnect the keyboard and connect it back in to
the USB port on your computer.
• Connect the keyboard to another USB port.
• Restart the computer.
• Adjust keyboard brightness by AWCC (Alienware
Command Center).
• Open the Alienware Command Center
• Click the Help icon. The Alienware Command
Center Online Help appears.
• Click the Contents tabs.
• From the Contents tabs, click the required topic to
find more details on Alienware Command Center
features.
• Ensure that the Alienware Command Center is running
on your computer.
• Open the Alienware Command Center and ensure
that the configuration for your gaming keyboard is set
properly and saved.
Problems Possible solution
Keyboard lighting is
off
For more information
about the
Alienware Command
Center features
The selected
configuration is
not working in
Alienware Command
Center.
Statutory information │ 15
Statutory information
Warranty
Limited warranty and return polices
Dell-branded products carry a two-year limited hardware warranty. If
purchased together with a Dell system, it will follow the system warranty.
For U.S. customers:
This purchase and your use of this product are subject to Dell’s end user
agreement, which you can find at www.dell.com/terms. This document
contains a binding arbitration clause.
For European, Middle Eastern, and African customers:
Dell-branded products that are sold and used are subject to applicable
national consumer legal rights, the terms of any retailer sale agreement that
you have entered into (which will apply between you and the retailer) and
Dell’s end user contract terms.
Dell may also provide an additional hardware warranty—full details of the Dell
end user contract and warranty terms can be found by going to www.dell.com,
selecting your country from the list at the bottom of the “home” page and
then clicking the “terms and conditions” link for the end user terms or the
“support” link for the warranty terms.
For non-U.S. customers:
Dell-branded products that are sold and used are subject to applicable
national consumer legal rights, the terms of any retailer sale agreement that
you have entered into (which will apply between you and the retailer) and
Dell’s warranty terms. Dell may also provide an additional hardware
warranty—full details of Dell’s warranty terms can be found by going to
www.dell.com/terms, selecting your country from the list at the bottom
of the “home” page and then clicking the “terms and conditions” link or the
“support” link for the warranty terms.