[PD] Easiest way to connect a wiimote to pd on ubuntu

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Also, here's a patch that pix and I did at AVLAB/Medialab Prado last  
Sept.  It fixes some bugs in the original.  This code was used to get  
data from 5 wiimotes at once.

> Also, I want to make a quick wii demo, did that Pd wii code that you
> did for AVLAB ever get posted anywhere?  I'd like to use that.

i've attached a patch against

http://mikewoz.com/downloads/wiimote_0.6.00.tar.gz

you will need to play with the makefile, it wasn't made in the most  
cross-platform way...

pix.
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On Jul 22, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Damien Henry wrote:

> Thanks IOhannes.
>
> It's finally ok.
> here the steps :
> * recompile cwiid
> * then add #include "cwiid_internal.h" in the wiimote.c (that was my  
> mistake there)
> * copy the file from cwiid src to the same dir
> * copy the libcwiid.a from cwiid to /usr/lib
> * compile wiimote
>
> Damien.
>
> IOhannes m zm?lnig a ?crit :
>> Damien Henry wrote:
>>> by using the compiled version of wiimote.pd_linux I've the  
>>> following :
>>> /home/dh/Bureau/A/wiimote.pd_linux: libbluetooth.so.2: cannot open  
>>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>>> wiimote
>>> ... couldn't create
>>>
>>> If I've rename the libbluetooth.so to libbluetooth.so.2 and get the
>>
>> i would have suggested making a symbolic link from libbluethooth.so. 
>> 2 to libbluetooth.so (probably something might rely on  
>> libbluetooth.sh, and i usually try not to break to many things)
>>
>>
>>> folowing :
>>> /home/dh/Bureau/A/wiimote.pd_linux: /home/dh/Bureau/A/ 
>>> wiimote.pd_linux: undefined symbol: hci_remote_name
>>> wiimote
>>> ... couldn't create
>>>
>>> So I've recompile the libcwii 6.0.0 (you must edit the code and  
>>> change hci_remote_name to hci_read_remote_name that is deprecated)
>>
>> hmm, i guess it would be better to change the name in wiimote  
>> rather than libcwii
>>
>>
>>>
>>> but
>>> wiimote.c is still not compilling :
>>> make
>>> cc -DPD -O2 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wshadow - 
>>> Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused -Wno-parentheses -Wno-switch -I/usr/ 
>>> local/include -o wiimote.o -c wiimote.c
>>> wiimote.c: In function ?cwiid_callback?:
>>> wiimote.c:238: erreur: d?r?f?rencement d'un pointeur de type  
>>> incomplet
>>> wiimote.c:239: erreur: d?r?f?rencement d'un pointeur de type  
>>> incomplet
>>> wiimote.c:242: erreur: d?r?f?rencement d'un pointeur de type  
>>> incomplet
>>> wiimote.c: In function ?cwiid_doConnect?:
>>> wiimote.c:404: erreur: d?r?f?rencement d'un pointeur de type  
>>> incomplet
>>> wiimote.c:414: erreur: d?r?f?rencement d'un pointeur de type  
>>> incomplet
>>>
>>
>> i still don't understand why you get this...but:
>> i seem to use the sources of libcwiid for inclusion (hardcoded  
>> paths in the externals) rather than the installed sources (from the  
>> debian package).
>>
>> can't really help you though...
>>
>> mfgas
>> IOhannes
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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