Re: Basic interaction with another program

2011-05-04 Thread ETP
Thanks everyone. I actually ran the program in question using Wine compatibility layer and it seemed to work fine. Terry, that looks like it could be useful, too. I'll give it a shot and let you guys know how it works. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Basic interaction with another program

2011-05-04 Thread ETP
I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control with a script. It needs only text input. For example, I only need to tell it: L u 100 u It will then wait for a file to be created, rename the file, then loop. Simple. I'd like to run this on Lucid Puppy Linux as it will be

Re: USB HID documentation?

2008-05-05 Thread ETP
I don't doubt I misunderstand since most programming jargon goes over my head. That said, I'm sure you can guess my OS is Windows and I don't know what an API is. After a quick search it looks like windows uses something called DirectInput for gaming devices. Is anyone familiar with DirectInput?

USB HID documentation?

2008-05-04 Thread ETP
I have a little robot project I'm programming in python using the Lynxmotion SSC-32 servo controller via serial. I'd like to use a USB game controller (PS2 style) to control the robot. I've read a number of threads about the difficulty of using USB without extensive understanding of the way it wo