🚀 miixkey Quick Start

Unboxing Checklist Step 1: Power On Step 2: Set PIN Step 3: Connect to PC Step 4: Browser Extension Step 5: Firmware Upgrade Notes

📦 Unboxing Checklist

  1. One miixkey device

🔌 Step 1: Power On

  1. Connect to USB power to start.
  2. Briefly press the power button.
  3. If it fails to start, press and hold the power button for 10 seconds to force a restart.

🔑 Step 2: Set PIN

  1. Enter the PIN twice consecutively.

💻 Step 3: Connect to Computer

  1. Connect to the computer via USB.
  2. Unlock the miixkey and enable USB mode in the settings.
  3. Copy the Kdbx file to the miixkey USB drive (Details see Passwords section).
  4. Open the MiixkeyConfig.txt file on the miixkey USB drive and enter the Kdbx file password in the corresponding location.
  5. Eject the miixkey USB drive, then disable USB mode in the miixkey settings.
  6. Click Reload Database in the settings.

🌐 Step 4: Connect Browser Extension

  1. Install the corresponding browser extension: ChromeKeePass/EdgeKeePass, or search for the extension by name in your browser's extension store.
  2. Open the extension settings.
  3. Enter 172.16.8.1 in the Hostname / IP address field, leave the Port as the default 19455, and click APPLY.
  4. In the extension settings, click CONNECT to connect to miixkey.
  5. miixkey will prompt you about the connection request; click confirm to connect successfully.
  6. After a successful connection, miixkey will save the browser extension related data and will automatically connect next time. A maximum of 5 browser data entries can be saved.

⚙️ Step 5: Firmware Upgrade

  1. Connect to the computer via USB.
  2. Unlock the miixkey and enable USB mode in the settings.
  3. Copy the firmware update file to the miixkey USB drive. Ensure there are no other firmware files on the drive, and do not rename the firmware file.
  4. Eject the miixkey USB drive, then disable USB mode in the miixkey settings, but keep the USB power connected.
  5. Click Firmware Upgrade in the settings.
  6. Wait a moment for the device to scan and detect the firmware update file.
  7. Confirm the firmware version when the upgrade prompt appears.
  8. After confirmation, the upgrade will take some time; please do not operate the device.
  9. Once the upgrade is complete, the device will automatically reboot into the new system.

📝 Notes

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By default, miixkey will prompt you every time the extension requests data.
You can disable this prompt by enabling Trust Browser in the miixkey settings.
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miixkey will not initiate a USB connection while locked. When connected to a computer in the locked state, no device will be displayed. The device will only be recognized after unlocking. miixkey will not disconnect an existing USB connection when it goes into clock lock screen mode.
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The USB partition of miixkey is formatted as FAT by default. If you need to use it on a mobile phone, you can manually format it to exFAT.
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