Thread: light sensor, etc -> game port inputs

Curiosity,
no, because it will be connected to the y axis, when the seetring weel (or sony remote) will be connected to the x axis. the plugin work with both.
I need to try to see if it works with the button lines (joystick fire buttons). but I think it will.

You are right in one thing. With the same axis won't work becaus sony remote uses multiple resistor values (I'm showing here a table that I found for the rm-x2s). But it will work with the other y axis. However, If the plugin works with the fire buttons It would be better because that way we can use multiple inputs at the same time (whith the resistores on the y axis we won't be able to do it

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I think the plugin will work with the fire buttons because they madethe plugin when there was a circuit with a conection to a fire button (for the Sift button).
I need to try but I dont have yet the game port-> usb (I've just tried with a usb game pad.) I'm waiting for it and for the sony remote.

Well, mine doesn't have events for just button up/down but I could easily add them. It just isn't as nice as the other girder plugins for the Sony remote.

Why not just use the parallel port, you can have up to 8 inputs and control 8 devices at the same time...with some creative sofware you can control your windows, door locks, hell even start your car (if you wanted to)...

I built a circuit board just for this (actually was a home automation project) but the board that connects to the parallel port is the same, its all opto-isolated to protect the pc's motherboard from over-voltages. I'll have to dig around and find the backup cd with all of my pictures on it. Its really an awesome setup

Maybe, if I had a parallel port. The joystick port isn't so bad for digital input, and of course bad for outputs, and then there's the serial one here that's going to be done soon. I think we're all still waiting on that. I think it's going to be a nice everything-in-one board.

yea the serial one does the same thing... I already have the parallel port one built though...make sure its Opto-isolated or it could fry your motherboard and everthing attached to it!

Well curiosity,
I think i'm using your plugin.
So, it doesn't work whith the fire buttons inputs?
Isn't it for use whith the sony whith the shift button diagram?
And why "isn't as nice as the other girder plugins for the Sony remote"?
Thanks

I think this is a winamp plugin, but it looks like he spent some time on it so it could be pretty good. I thought it was for girder though.
http://show.supereva.it/dmc.freeweb/input.htm

Mine only sends events on the axis change and shows what buttons are pressed along with it, so if you press shift you won't get an event, but when you press shift plus another button, you get an event as shift + axis value. I'll just add button up and down events, so it can handle both.

Ok,
I'm going to hack a game pad trying to connect it to a Sony Rm-x4s (when I find one to buy), putting it on an axis.
2 of the buttons are to control GammaControl (maybe on a dim signal or on an Ldr circuit). My problem is with girder: How can I make to point the "targeting" directly to GammaControl (or S3GamaPlus from my MII)?? For doing it I'm using a few commands (one to start GammaControl, other to open the window, other to click the button and other to minimise the window. It works, but when a new icon appears on the taskbar it doesn't.
How can I put it directly??

Alex.