On OSX, the native system supports USB and ADB, I don't know about PS/
2, I never tried.
.hc
On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Richie Cyngler wrote:
Thanks for all the responses, I'm going to give it a try.
On GNU/Linux, [hid] will work with PS/2 because the Linux input
event system is a single unified system for almost all techniques of
HID devices, including: PS/2, AT, USB HID, ADB, etc.
What about OSX?
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Simon Wise wrote:
On 16/08/11 18:53, Richie Cyngler wrote:
That's a good idea but my computer doesn't have a PS/2 input.
[hid] is for usb, maybe [comport] would work with PS/2 if you used a
PS/2 to usb connector??? or one of the older mouse objects? not
sure, maybe the PS/2 to usb connector means that the trackball
becomes a usb mouse?
If it does appear as a usb mouse then [hid] can certainly connect to
it directly, which will probably be what you want.
You will need to do a few settings to your X setup, or your system,
to make sure that the trackball does not become a mouse for the
whole system.
On GNU/Linux, [hid] will work with PS/2 because the Linux input
event system is a single unified system for almost all techniques of
HID devices, including: PS/2, AT, USB HID, ADB, etc.
With the Arduino, if the data is simple, then it'd probably be
easiest to just send it and then receive it with [comport]. It
would also be not too hard to make a custom Firmata firmware using
the PS/2 lib and Firmata lib in an Arduino sketch. Check the
Firmata examples.
.hc
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