[PD] WinXP: Using Mouse as Generic Input Device?

Lavallée Marc marc at hacklava.net
Wed Oct 13 00:25:48 CEST 2004


Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :

> There is already a serial mouse object in the CVS, tho I can't vouch  
> for whether it works or not.  

Where? I can't find it.
I suppose it's not a cross-platform external.
A decoding external is more portable.

> But I must say that serial mice leave a lot to be desired as controllers.
> For example, I believe that have a 24Hz refresh rate.

A serial mouse works at 1200 baud, which is 150 bytes/seconds. At this 
speed it works with very long cables (3 conductors audio cables are 
fine), so it's good for installations. The data packet is three bytes 
long, so the refresh rate would be 50 hz. I connected a serial mouse to 
a trackball in order to control an OpenGL cube (not a Gem cube), and it 
was fast enough.

> But they are quite hackable.

Collect them while they're available!
--
Marc




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