On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >>[snip] >>Jan 14 18:31:11 coyote kernel: [138993.222549] input: Saitek P990 Dual >> Analog Pad as >> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/usb2/2-5/2-5.1/2-5.1:1.0/input/input5 Jan >> 14 18:31:11 coyote kernel: [138993.233331] generic-usb >> 0003:06A3:040B.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.00 Joystick [Saitek P990 >> Dual Analog Pad] on usb-0000:00:02.0-5.1/input0 >>[snip] >>And I can "cat /dev/hidraw3" and see garbage walking along the screen when >>I move a stick or press a button. And boy does it have a LOT of buttons. >>12, plus the sticks and an 8 way atari style pad. >> >>I assume the next question then is: Do we have a decoder util that will >>display what button etc is pressed? Or which direction which stick has >>been pressed to? > >Are you asking whether there's a driver, other than hal_input, that >should work with this device? >If you use hal_input (check the wiki page or man hal_input for necessary >udev setup), then you should have access to pretty much everything on >the device (as hal_bit inputs/outputs for buttons/lights, hal_s32 and/or >hal_float for "analog" sticks). > >>And of course, has anyone written a connector file so that it can be used >>as a hand pendant with later emc's? > >My bet is that nobody has written such a file, since you're the first >person I've heard of with this particular device. (Unless it's the same >as the Logitech everyone talks about, under a different name). > >It looks like this device may be like my Belkin Nostromo, in that it >presents more than one input device (I see input5 and input0 listed in >your dmesg dump) to the input subsystem. If this is the case you'll >need the version of hal_input in TRUNK, which allows you to use more >than one device with the same name spec. > >- Steve
As you will see, Stuart offered a file which I've pulled, but its too cold to go play for a few days. It may not work, but it also may give me a set of shoulders to stand on too. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) A rolling stone gathers momentum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
