Re: data from USB joystick

2010-10-02 Thread David Glasgow
On 29 Sep 2010, at 6:00 pm, -=JB=- wrote: Exactly and that is why I did not mention it in my first response because it sounded to me like he wanted to write code that is going to allow his program to communicate with a USD device and not depend on anything but his program. You are

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-10-01 Thread David Glasgow
On 28 Sep 2010, at 6:00 pm, -=JB=- wrote: On Mac I use USB Overdrive. http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html -=JB=- Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded this shareware, and it does the trick on Mac. You can set it up so a joystick generates rawkey messages. This

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-10-01 Thread -=JB=-
You are welcome. If the problem bugs you a lot maybe try contacting the developer and explain it. Possibly he will fix it for you sometime or tell you a work around solution. -=JB=- On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:29 AM, David Glasgow wrote: On 28 Sep 2010, at 6:00 pm, -=JB=- wrote: On Mac

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-29 Thread -=JB=-
Exactly and that is why I did not mention it in my first response because it sounded to me like he wanted to write code that is going to allow his program to communicate with a USD device and not depend on anything but his program. Which brings us back to my answer that I was writing a stack that

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread Andrew Kluthe
Would something that takes input from joystick and emulates it into keystrokes be acceptable? http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/JoyToKey/JoyToKey.htm -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/data-from-USB-joystick-tp2714272p2716671.html Sent from

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread Richmond
On 09/28/2010 09:44 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: Would something that takes input from joystick and emulates it into keystrokes be acceptable? http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/JoyToKey/JoyToKey.htm That looks jolly good: wonder if there are Mac and Linux equivalents?

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread -=JB=-
On Mac I use USB Overdrive. http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html -=JB=- On Sep 28, 2010, at 3:20 AM, Richmond wrote: On 09/28/2010 09:44 AM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: Would something that takes input from joystick and emulates it into keystrokes be acceptable?

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread Richmond
On 09/28/2010 01:38 PM, -=JB=- wrote: On Mac I use USB Overdrive. http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html -=JB=- Will that take signals from any USB mouse / trackball / joystick / steering-wheel / foot-pedal and output them as keyDowns ??/

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread René Micout
And musical keyboard ? Le 28 sept. 2010 à 16:27, Richmond a écrit : On 09/28/2010 01:38 PM, -=JB=- wrote: On Mac I use USB Overdrive. http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html -=JB=- Will that take signals from any USB mouse / trackball / joystick / steering-wheel /

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread -=JB=-
I don't know but the developer sounds like they are continuing to improve it from the info they provide and might even add something if asked since they have listed a number of things they have recently added. -=JB=- On Sep 28, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Richmond wrote: On 09/28/2010 01:38 PM, -=JB=-

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread Dar Scott
How does that work? Do you still open it as a joystick device or does USBoverdrive convert the joystick to some other device? Does this do more than calibrate the joystick? -- Dar On Sep 28, 2010, at 3:42 PM, -=JB=- wrote: I don't know but the developer sounds like they are continuing

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread -=JB=-
The info below is from the USB Overdrive docs. • Introduction ◊ The USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an application-specific basis. It reads all kinds of

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-28 Thread Richmond
On 09/29/2010 01:05 AM, -=JB=- wrote: The info below is from the USB Overdrive docs. • Introduction ◊ The USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an

data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread David Glasgow
Hello folks, I really really want to make a Rev (Ooops) LiveCode app with a push pull interface like on a mixing slider, or 'dive' and 'pull up' on a plain old joystick. I have raised questions about this a few times on the list over a number of years, and got some helpful pointers.

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread stephen barncard
It's all on the net. Your cheapest and easiest solution is to use a Keyspan USB to serial adapter and Rs-232 serial protocol. Here's one hit from searching google for joystick rs232. Sooner or later, some soldering may be required. Interfacing Atari-style joysticks to PC parallel and serial

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 26/09/2010 19:57PM, stephen barncard wrote: It's all on the net. Your cheapest and easiest solution is to use a Keyspan USB to serial adapter and Rs-232 serial protocol. Here's one hit from searching google for joystick rs232. Sooner or later, some soldering may be required. Interfacing

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread Mark Wieder
stephen- Sunday, September 26, 2010, 9:57:22 AM, you wrote: It's all on the net. Your cheapest and easiest solution is to use a Keyspan USB to serial adapter and Rs-232 serial protocol. I seem to have acquired two of these contraptions through general packratting and have no use for them

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread stephen barncard
Richmond, many people have tried and failed to grok the USB stuff, and the HID manager appears to not be that simple as keydown. It's not a keyboard, it's a totally different API. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/HID_Manager_Basics/Introduction/Intro.html On 26 September 2010

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread Richmond
On 09/26/2010 09:54 PM, stephen barncard wrote: Richmond, many people have tried and failed to grok the USB stuff, and the HID manager appears to not be that simple as keydown. It's not a keyboard, it's a totally different API. OK; my mistake was precipitated by my plugging my Nostromo into

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread stephen barncard
unless there's an extension mapping it to the keyboard routines. A reasonable conclusion.It would be great someone made a joystick as easy to read as barcode scanner. It's ironic that the toughest to implement interfaces were formerly the simplest. ( like the single - bit ports on the Apple

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread Richmond
On 09/26/2010 10:04 PM, stephen barncard wrote: unless there's an extension mapping it to the keyboard routines. A reasonable conclusion.It would be great someone made a joystick as easy to read as barcode scanner. It's ironic that the toughest to implement interfaces were formerly the

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread DunbarX
The USB Service Plus gadget would do all this and be fun to work with as well. http://www.bkohg.com/serviceusbplus_e.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread -=JB=-
If I understood him correctly he wants to plug any standard USD game device into his computer and control it with LiveCode. For him to use the USB Service Plus gadget he might get it to work but then anyone using the game he develops would need to buy the gadget which is not going to happen so

Re: data from USB joystick

2010-09-26 Thread stephen barncard
So that simple $20 USB joystick that Richmond mentioned is not the exact solution that the original poster wanted? That USB Service plus is great for labs but did you see the prices of that stuff? And it probably has to be shipped from Germany. On 26 September 2010 21:55, -=JB=-