This script instructs macOS to remap space characters from a given HID device VendorID and ProductID to a null character, thus ignoring space input. Intended to exclude space characters coming from non-keyboard HID devices that may insert them for some reason, such as the "iP54 OriginCal Absolute Digital Calipers with Smart Wireless Data Output,…

ignore_space_from_igaging_bt_calipers.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This instructs macOS to remap space characters from a given HID device VendorID and ProductID to a null character, thus ignoring space input.
#
# Intended to exclude space characters coming from non-keyboard HID devices that may insert them for some reason,
# such as the "iP54 OriginCal Absolute Digital Calipers with Smart Wireless Data Output."

# Change these values as needed to suit a particular HID device.
# Relevant values can be found via `system_profiler SPBluetoothDataType`
# The values below are for the "iP54 OriginCal Absolute Digital Calipers with Smart Wireless Data Output"
VENDOR_ID="0x1345"
PRODUCT_ID="0x022C"

sudo hidutil property \
    --matching '{"VendorID":'$VENDOR_ID', "ProductID":'$PRODUCT_ID'}' \
    --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000002C, "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000000}]}'