John, I can't make any promises, but I believe that hal_input, which will be a part of emc 2.2, will support most HID devices recognized by Linux.
How's your Linux and emc expertise level? You should be able to try out this driver with emc 2.1 by copying a few files from the development version: hal_input.py (copy to /usr/bin/hal_input, and "chmod +x"): http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cvs/emc2/src/hal/user_comps/hal_input.py?rev=1.11;content-type=text%2Fplain linux_input.py (copy to /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/): http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cvs/emc2/lib/python/linux_event.py?rev=1.5&content-type=text/plain There is a manual page here: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man1/hal_input.1.html Once you've installed the driver, the trick is to first find out how to give the device proper permissions (section PERMISSIONS AND UDEV in the manual page), and second to find out how to tell hal_input to use that device (section INPUT SPECIFICATION in the manual page) Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users