[PD] hid[io] and CUI

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I think the [debug 0( message will turn that off.

hidio is pre-alpha, it's not ready for use, only testing.  Use [hid]  
for projects.

.hc

On Sep 5, 2007, at 4:18 AM, Echo Ho wrote:

> Hi Hans and all,
>
> we hookes up a bunch of sensors&switches to a CUI device (http:// 
> www.create.ucsb.edu/~dano/CUI/) and are now trying to get it read  
> by PD.
> While it basically does work, we are stuck with 2 issues:
>
> using the HID Object, it keeps posting messages of this kind:
> 	output this: DESKTOP DESKTOP64 83 prev 83
> 	output this: DESKTOP DESKTOP64 88 prev 83
> 	output this: DESKTOP DESKTOP66 235 prev 235
> 	output this: DESKTOP DESKTOP65 5 prev 11
> 	output this: DESKTOP DESKTOP64 90 prev 83
> 	...
> which is not more than annoying for the debug process. How is it  
> possible to switch this off?
>
>
> The other issue is how to find the correct names for the different  
> analog inputs. they enumerate as follows in PD/HID:
>> [hid] opened device 5: Overtone CUI IN v1.0
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, X-Axis  
>> (0x0001 0x0030)
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Y-Axis  
>> (0x0001 0x0031)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Z-Axis  
>> (0x0001 0x0032)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, X- 
>> Rotation (0x0001 0x0033)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Y- 
>> Rotation (0x0001 0x0034)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Z- 
>> Rotation (0x0001 0x0035)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Slider  
>> (0x0001 0x0036)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>> 	logical min 0 max 1023
>> [hid] storing absolute axis to poll Miscellaneous Input, Dial  
>> (0x0001 0x0037)
>> [hid] could not dequeue element
>
> and like this in SuperCollider/HidDeviceService:
>> [ Overtone, CUI IN v1.0, 2341, 4761, 1024458752 ]
>> [ Collection, GamePad, 1, 0, 0 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, X-Axis, 2, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Y-Axis, 3, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Z-Axis, 4, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, X-Rotation, 5, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Y-Rotation, 6, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Z-Rotation, 7, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Slider, 8, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Dial, 9, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, X-Velocity, 10, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Y-Velocity, 11, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Z-Velocity, 12, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, X-Rotation Velocity, 13, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Y-Rotation Velocity, 14, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Miscellaneous Input, Z-Rotation Velocity, 15, 0, 1023 ]
>> [ Output, Joystick, 16, 0, 255 ]
>> [ Output, Joystick, 17, 0, 255 ]
>> [ Output, Joystick, 18, 0, 255 ]
>> [ Feature, GamePad, 19, 0, 255 ]
>> [ Feature, GamePad, 20, 0, 255 ]
>> [ Feature, GamePad, 21, 0, 255 ]
>
> things like
> abs_x abs_y abs_z abs_rx abs_ry abs_rz
> do work, but for 'Sliders' and 'Dials' I dont know the name used in  
> HID. I wasnt able to find sufficient documentation on the object,  
> so now I need some help from the pros.
>
>
>
>
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