Creator Micro 2 STILL not activating Codex native controls on macOS

I’m having an issue with Creator Micro 2 native Codex integration. The device works as a normal HID/input device, but the Codex-specific controls do not activate.

Summary:

• Device: Creator Micro 2

• Firmware: v0.6.1

• Firmware source checked: latest Work Louder cm-v2-fw-releases release is v0.6.1

• Input app: 0.18.0

• ChatGPT/Codex app: 26.727.51351

• macOS

• USB VID/PID: 0x303a / 0x8298

• Connection: USB-C wired

• Device appears in macOS hidutil list as Creator Micro 2

Expected behavior:

• Long-pressing the dial in Codex should open the Codex Micro configuration panel.

• The dial should adjust Codex reasoning level.

• Voice / push-to-talk and Codex-specific mappings should work.

Actual behavior:

• Normal key/HID behavior works.

• Codex native controls do not work.

• Long-pressing the dial does not open the Codex configuration panel.

• Reasoning level and voice mode controls do not activate.

Troubleshooting already completed:

1. Updated Creator Micro 2 firmware to v0.6.1.

2. Confirmed v0.6.1 is the latest published Creator Micro 2 firmware.

3. Reset/deleted the Input profile from Input.app.

4. Quit Input.app completely.

5. Quit Chrome completely.

6. Restarted the Mac.

7. Reconnected the Micro by USB before opening other apps.

8. Confirmed no obvious keyboard utilities were running:

   • Input.app not running

   • Chrome not running

   • Karabiner not running

   • Logitech Options not running

   • BetterTouchTool not running

   • Keyboard Maestro not running

Relevant macOS / app log evidence:

Codex/Input successfully read the device firmware:

{"result":{"version":"v0.6.1"},"id":389,"method":"sys.version"}

Device status was also readable:

{"result":{"version":"v0.6.1","profile_index":0,"layer_index":1,"battery":100,"is_charging":true},"id":415,"method":"device.status"}

But when ChatGPT/Codex attempts native device access, macOS logs:

ChatGPT@(null): AppleUSBHostUserClient::openGated: failed to open Creator Micro 2@00100000: provider is already opened for exclusive access by AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice

The device then continues to enumerate normally as:

AppleUserHIDDeviceManufacturer: Work LouderProduct: Creator Micro 2VendorID: 12346ProductID: 33432PrimaryUsagePage: 1PrimaryUsage: 6

My read: The device is visible and responding over HID/RPC, and firmware is current. The failure appears to be in the native Codex control handshake or device-claim path, not in the Input profile or firmware update state.

Can you confirm whether this is a known issue with Creator Micro 2 firmware v0.6.1 and ChatGPT/Codex app 26.727.51351 on macOS? If there is a beta firmware/app build, permission setting, or reset sequence needed for the Codex native mode, please send the exact steps.