[PD] joysticks with hid

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 8, 2005, at 12:11 PM, august wrote:

>>> hmm.  I have the 'evdev' module loaded, but there is nothing at
>>> /dev/input/event*
>>
>> You need:
>>
>> mknod /dev/input/event0 c 13 64
>> mknod /dev/input/event1 c 13 65
>> mknod /dev/input/event2 c 13 66
>> mknod /dev/input/event3 c 13 67
>> mknod /dev/input/event4 c 13 68
>> mknod /dev/input/event5 c 13 69
>> ...
>
>
> thanks....I had the devices listed alright....but the permissions  
> weren't
> set.  maybe someone else is having the same problem.
>
> doing "chmod +r /dev/input/event*"  should do the trick.
>
> now, HID works as expected.....but I only get a resolution from 0-255  
> on
> the joystick axis.  Is that how it is supposed to be?   I thought the
> resolution was much higher.
>
> best -august.
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"Supposed to" might be the key word there.  That value, AFAIK, depends  
on the hardware.  I have two joysticks: a Logitech Wingman, which  
outputs 0-127, and  a Saitek Force 3D, which outputs 0-4091.  This is  
also why I wrote the [autoscale] object which is used in the  
[joystick], [tablet], and [mouse] objects.  These objects always output  
between 0 and 1, converting the output range of the device, to  
resolution between 0 and 1.  Then when you write a patch for one  
joystick, it'll stick work with other joysticks.

.hc

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