[PD] wacom intuos & PD

[Olaf Matthes]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> [hid]'s not on Windows yet, but the idea is to port it to Windows  
> (anyone windows hackers want to help?)  As for tablets, the wacom works  
> well with GNU/Linux and [hid].  On MacOS X, Wacom decided to create  
> their own API rather than integrate their driver in the existing API  
> (punks!).  That means in order to get [hid] to support tablets on MacOS  
> X, there needs to be a section written to the Wacom API in addition to  
> the Apple HID Manager.

The same is true on Windows, since most (all?) tablets use the WinTab 
API (see http://www.wacomeng.com/devsupport/pc.html).

Olaf

> .hc
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> On Mar 12, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Ian Smith-Heisters wrote:
> 
>> For linux H.C.Steiner's HID object. I think it may also runs under  
>> OSX, but I haven't any idea about windows.
>>
>> The thing is that you're not looking for it to be supported by PD or  
>> GEM. Hardware is supported by your operating system. Once you have OS  
>> support you need a way to get the info into Pd, which is usually not  
>> hardware-specific. People have used tablets with Pd, so an external 
>> is  likely. A quick search in the pdb shows [gemtablet], then there's  
>> [hid] which I mentioned already, and there are probably a couple  
>> others floating around.
>>
>> If, for some reason, none of the Pd externals works with your tablet,  
>> you still most likely will not need to write a driver. All you would  
>> need to do is write a Pd external to capture the tablet events from  
>> the operating system.
>>
>> Of course, I've never done any of this, so I may be totally wrong ;)
>>
>> -ian
>>
>> Riccardo Visinoni wrote:
>>
>>> windows xp, but my aim would have a patch to be use under windows 
>>> and  linux.
>>> Riccardo
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Smith-Heisters"  
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>>> Subject: Re: [PD] wacom intuos & PD
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>>>> What operating system are you on?
>>>>
>>>> Riccardo Visinoni wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi to all PD users,
>>>>> I have  a question for you.
>>>>> I've created a friction model with PD for my thesis exam and I 
>>>>> have  to control it with a wacom tablet. That we have  is Intuos, 
>>>>> is  someone there who know if it is supported by PD or GEM or I 
>>>>> have to  write the drivers? The wacom intuos is a usb tablet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>> Riccardo
>>>>>
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