[Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread not a webot
Hi All; Is anyone working on either of these panels? I have both and I'm a C realtime, safety critical software engineer. If Someone is working on developing an interface for the panels I'd like to pitch in, if no one is can someone point me towards a good starting point? Thanks, Pat --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread Curtis Olson
Hi Pat, Just a quick reply. I think the hardest part will be reading the actual hardware. If that's easy (can it be done in a cross platform way?) then if the hardware presents itself similar to a joystick, it would simply be a matter of connecting up the buttons and axis with the appropriate

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread Durk Talsma
Hi, Also just a quick note from me. At the last FSWeekend, I got a sample radio panel from the Saitek Guys. IIRC, James Turner is/has been working on providing some of the groundwork and we agreed that while he was doing that, I'd put my efforts on getting the device working on hold. It's been

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread not a webot
The multifunction panel shows up in lsusb, and there is an entry in the /dev/input that corresponds to the panel. I've decoded all the switches but I'm not clear how to interface an event to FG. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Durk Talsma durkt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Also just a quick note

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread James Turner
On 9 Jul 2013, at 20:54, Durk Talsma durkt...@gmail.com wrote: Also just a quick note from me. At the last FSWeekend, I got a sample radio panel from the Saitek Guys. IIRC, James Turner is/has been working on providing some of the groundwork and we agreed that while he was doing that, I'd

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Saitek radio and multifunction panels

2013-07-09 Thread not a webot
Where would I find the event-input code? If HIDAPI makes more sense I could start looking at getting the panel recognized, where would me efforts be most productive? Pat On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:26 PM, James Turner zakal...@mac.com wrote: On 9 Jul 2013, at 20:54, Durk Talsma