On 01/15/2017 10:55 AM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> A little success!
> I substituted an X-box joystick for my test mouse. hal_input now works as
> expected and show pins displays switch status on the joystick unit. I didn't
> have to use a udev rules.d file; things just worked. I conclude that either
>
r I have a mistake in my rules file.
Thanks for the help. I'm certain that I'll be back with more questions.
> -Original Message-
> From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 11:45 AM
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>
On 01/14/2017 08:00 PM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> I successfully downloaded and installed hal_input and linux_event.py At
> least the loadusr hal_input line appears to be accepted without saying that
> a file is missing. Thanks Kirk!
>
> My homebrew USB device identifies itself as a mouse with three b
late?
> -Original Message-
> From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 3:54 PM
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hal_input question
>
> On 01/14/2017 11:58 AM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> > Thanks for the sug
7 3:54 PM
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hal_input question
>
> On 01/14/2017 11:58 AM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I had looked at hidcomp but was hoping to
> > use hal_input since it seems more standard, is simpler
On 01/14/2017 11:58 AM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. I had looked at hidcomp but was hoping to use
> hal_input since it seems more standard, is simpler and, hopefully, better
> tested. Failing other ideas I'll give hidcomp a try.
It looks like PP doesn't have hal_input, but this
On 01/14/2017 11:36 AM, Ken Strauss wrote:
> A little intro:
> I have computer experience with Windows (API programming) and assembler on
> several micros. However I am **very** new to Linux so please excuse my
> stupid newb questions.
>
> I am trying to use a homebrew USB device with LinuxCNC/Path
urday, January 14, 2017 2:45 PM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hal_input question
>
> 2017-01-14 21:36 GMT+02:00 Ken Strauss :
>
> >
> > I am trying to use a homebrew USB device with LinuxCNC/PathPilot. My
> > device appears to
2017-01-14 21:36 GMT+02:00 Ken Strauss :
>
> I am trying to use a homebrew USB device with LinuxCNC/PathPilot. My device
> appears to the system as a HID and I can see its VID, PID, Name, etc using
> less /proc/bus/input/devices
>
> Try http://hidcomp.sourceforge.net/
I haven't used it but AFAIK i
