Hey all,
I'm in the process of getting the Wii remote working with Pd under Linux. It doesn't seem that the [wiiremote] object ported from Max works under anything but Darwin... at least, this is my impression from looking at the source and makefile. Would anyone know what it would take to compile under Linux?
I have had success getting readings using the driver found here: http://www.wiili.org/index.php/WMD
The Wii remote follows the Bluetooth HID standard, so I am trying to use Hans-Christoph Steiner's [hid], but the external assumes that all hid devices exist at locations like: /dev/input/event1
The WMD driver assigns the remote to /dev/input/uinput (because it uses the uinput kernel module). Is there any way to tell the [hid] object to look there instead?
Thanks a ton!
- Mike Wozniewski
Does anyone
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
There is still lots you could do if you are still game. Post your cvs woes here (or perhaps pd-dev is better) and we'll get you up to speed.
Just because I fixed my stupid mistake doesn't mean there isn't work to be done! ;) I am sure that there will be other things to fix or contribute with [wiiremote].
.hc
On Jan 3, 2007, at 3:38 AM, nick weldin wrote:
Well you managed it before I even sorted out cvsing the source, thanks.
I'm not getting crashes now - its trying to connect.
Have not managed to successfully pair them yet but will be able to try more this afternoon.
I'm getting the same situation that i was getting at one point with the max patch, so am hopeful that i can rewind my memory to the point where i remember how I resolved it.
The connect message appears in the the pd window as connect 1, and if you 1 a one to a metro hooked up to the wii object you get 16 16 16 0 coming out (no changing values). The flashing leds don't stop on the wii remote (this is the sign that it is trying to pair - the pairing attempts usually time out after 15 secs or so if nothing is found to pair with, so something is going on).
Will report back tonight if I have more news.
Happy New year everyone.
Nick
I got myself on a machine that at least had bluetooth, so I could debug this. I found it, I forgot to add the line to the Pd section that allocates the memory to the wiiremote pointer. This line was added in b4 to the Max part, now its in the Pd part so it should work:
x->wiiremote = (WiiRemoteRef)getbytes(sizeof(WiiRemoteRec)); // add in 1.0B4
.hc
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On Jan 1, 2007, at 7:07 PM, nick weldin wrote:
I'll have a look but it will be fairly random attempts
Cheers
Nick
Since I am using the same code as the Max object, I am sure I just overlooked something like an init, so its crashing. I don't even have bluetooth on my machine, so I can't really test it. The code is in CVS if you want to try your hand at debugging it.
externals/io/wiiremote
.hc
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