[PD] bluetooth remote control?

[Christian Klotz]

hi again,

On Sep 10, 2004, at 7:14 PM, Johannes Taelman wrote:

> Christian Klotz wrote:
> > hi all,
> > because of trying to remote control a pd patch I was wondering if its
> > possible to use bluetooth. Because it has to be a special device I am
> > not planning to use any bluetooth keyboards or mice. Does anybody 
> know a
> > possibility to get this idea workin (on OS X in this case) or is 
> there a
> > way to get the bluetooth data on a midi channel?
>
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>
> Antoher option is to hack a Bluetooth keyboard, mouse or maybe a 
> gamepad
> (if they exist with BT, all wireless gamepads I've seen use a
> proprietary data radio), and connect other switches/sensors.

regarding this possibility I thought about using multiple modified mice 
(I think it will be 3 to 5). Is it possible to give each mouse differnt 
function or to disable the mousefunctions and and just let pd get the 
different signals which can be processed?

cheers, (sorry for beeing a bit OT in this post)
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Christian Klotz
Kunsthochschule Kassel / School of Arts Kassel ::digitalpool