Branched from dongle setup and modified to remove the dongle and instead have wired central and bluetooth peripheral

Author: kalinnorman

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Details
 
-This is a repository that contains a large number of zmk configurations for different keyboards. I've forked it from Eigatech and set the totem-dongle as the default branch, as I am using it for a wireless totem keyboard with a dongle setup. 
+This is a repository that contains a large number of zmk configurations for different keyboards. I've forked it from Eigatech and originally set the totem-dongle as the default branch, but this is a newer branch that I created with the intent of switching from a fully bluetooth (with a dongle) setup to a partially wired setup between the central and computer, and part bluetooth -- between the central and peripheral.
 
-So far as I currently understand it, the only file that I need to worry about updating is config/totem.keymap file. 
+To alter the keymap please only update the config/totem.keymap file, but other changes have been made from the totem-dongle branch in order to remove the dongle and adjust how the halves talk to each other and the computer.
 
-Any time that a new change is pushed to GitHub it will trigger a workflow that will build the necessary files. To flash the keyboard halves and dongle:
+If this branch is set as the main branch, then any time that a new change is pushed to GitHub it will trigger a workflow that will build the necessary files. To flash the keyboard halves:
 1. Navigate to the Actions tab on the repository webpage
 2. Click on the most recent workflow run
 3. Scroll down to Artifacts and download the firmware zip file
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ Any time that a new change is pushed to GitHub it will trigger a workflow that w
     3. Double click the reset button (either through the keyboard reset button that is connected or the button directly on the microcontroller itself)
     4. A new storage device should now be available on the computer -- If it isn't then try the reset button again or try a new usb cable, as not all cables are able to transfer data
     5. Copy and paste the settings_reset configuration into the microcontroller's storage
+        - NOTE: This is necessary to use the settings_reset config to wipe everything if any changes have been made to anything other than the keymap, like if switching between the use of a dongle and not, or other non-keymap related changes, but if only the config/totem.keymap file has been changed, then it should be okay to skip flashing the settings_reset file and go straight to the left or right config.
     6. Wait for the copying to finish, after which the storage device should disappear
     7. Repeat steps 1 - 4
-    5. Copy and paste the appropriate configuration into the microcontroller's storage (the configurations are all in the extracted folder from before, there should be one each for the dongle, left half, and right half of the keyboard)
+    5. Copy and paste the appropriate configuration into the microcontroller's storage (the configurations are all in the extracted folder from before, there should be one for the left half and one for the right half of the keyboard)
     6. After the contents finish copying over, the storage device should disappear, and you can disconnect the microcontroller from the computer
     7. It's flashed!

build.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,5 @@ include:
     shield: totem_left
   - board: seeeduino_xiao_ble
     shield: totem_right
-  - board: seeeduino_xiao_ble
-    shield: totem_dongle
-    snippet: studio-rpc-usb-uart
-    cmake-args: -DCONFIG_ZMK_STUDIO=y
   - board: seeeduino_xiao_ble
     shield: settings_reset

config/boards/shields/totem/Kconfig.defconfig

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 The ZMK Contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-if SHIELD_TOTEM_DONGLE
+if SHIELD_TOTEM_LEFT
 
 config ZMK_KEYBOARD_NAME
     default "TOTEM"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config ZMK_USB
 
 endif
 
-if SHIELD_TOTEM_LEFT || SHIELD_TOTEM_RIGHT || SHIELD_TOTEM_DONGLE
+if SHIELD_TOTEM_LEFT || SHIELD_TOTEM_RIGHT
 
 config ZMK_SPLIT
     default y

config/boards/shields/totem/Kconfig.shield

@@ -6,6 +6,3 @@ config SHIELD_TOTEM_LEFT
 
 config SHIELD_TOTEM_RIGHT
     def_bool $(shields_list_contains,totem_right)
-
-config SHIELD_TOTEM_DONGLE
-    def_bool $(shields_list_contains,totem_dongle)

config/boards/shields/totem/totem.zmk.yml

@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ features:
   - keys
 siblings:
   - totem_left
-  - totem_right
-  - totem_dongle
+  - totem_right

config/boards/shields/totem/totem_dongle.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+# Boost Bluetooth TX power to max
 CONFIG_BT_CTLR_TX_PWR_PLUS_8=y
-CONFIG_ZMK_BLE_EXPERIMENTAL_CONN=y
 
-CONFIG_ZMK_SPLIT_BLE_CENTRAL_BATTERY_LEVEL_FETCHING=y
-CONFIG_ZMK_SPLIT_BLE_CENTRAL_BATTERY_LEVEL_PROXY=y
+# Use newer Bluetooth connection parameters (in theory for a more stable split connection)
+CONFIG_ZMK_BLE_EXPERIMENTAL_CONN=y