Savant Elite2 foot switches are factory programmed to perform basic mouse-clicks (specific mouse-clicks depends on which version you have- consult the Quick Start Guides above). If you would like to custom program your pedal to work with a specific software application, you will need to assign a custom action to each of the individual foot pedals.

The Savant Elite2 is capable of performing any single key action, key combination, or key sequence (i.e., a macro). Before programming your foot pedal, you must access your target software application and determine what keyboard shortcuts/hotkeys the software responds to. Savant Elite2 foot switches are designed to emulate a keyboard so if your software doesn’t respond to pre-defined keyboard hotkeys, then the Savant Elite2 is not the right solution.

Once you have determine which keyboard actions you would like your Savant Elite2 to emulate, you can program the pedals using the convenient SmartSet App. Windows and Mac versions of the App are installed on each Savant Elite2 and are run directly from the foot switch, they do not need to be installed on your computer. Consult the Quick Start Guides above for detailed programming instructions.

If for some reason you are not able to program the pedal using the SmartSet App “GUI”, you can directly program the pedal by directly editing the configuration files saved to the pedal. Consult the User’s Manual above for detailed information on “Direct Editing”.

Windows and Mac versions of the SmartSet App are pre-loaded onto the “v-Drive” each Savant Elite2 foot switch. To access the Apps you must place the foot switch into programming mode to present the v-Drive to your PC.  Consult the Quick Start Guides above or the SmartSet Section below for detailed instructions.

If for some reason you are not able to program the pedal using the SmartSet App “GUI”, you can directly program the pedal by directly editing the configuration files saved to the pedal. Consult the User’s Manual above for detailed information on “Direct Editing”.

If the pedals.txt configuration file on your Savant Elite2 foot switch becomes corrupted or you experience other errors, it may be necessary to reformat the foot switch to erase problematic files and restore it to original working condition.

Reformating the v-Drive

Connect the foot switch to a Windows PC and enable programming mode to open the v-Drive (“KINESIS FP”). Copy all of the contents of your v-drive active folder (excluding any corrupted files) and firmware folder to your PC desktop before formatting. Then right-click on the “KINESIS FP” drive and click “Format” on the drop down list.

Replug your SE2 foot switch after formatting and the “active” folder (and the “firmware” folder for newer versions) and the pedals.txt will be regenerated.  The actions in the new “pedals.txt” will not any custom programming you have performed. You will need to re-program those actions or copy/paste another pedals.txt file into the active folder to replace the regenerated file with the factory-default actions. Use the links below to download the appropriate SE2 SmartSet App and help file and copy them to the top level of the v-drive.