Hi,
I've got WinXP and I'm wondering if I can plug a second mouse in -- but not have it act as a system pointer device (e.g., as a thing that controls the cursor on the screen).
Instead, I want to use it sinply to input raw control data into PD. I'm imagining input floats such as "X Position", "Y Position", "Button1", "Button2", "Wheel Inc", "Wheel Dec".
Thanks in advance for any insight!! rs
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Selon Ryan Supak ryansupak@fbcad.org:
Instead, I want to use it sinply to input raw control data into PD. I'm imagining input floats such as "X Position", "Y Position", "Button1", "Button2", "Wheel Inc", "Wheel Dec".
The GEM library features a mouse object with such values.
Le 11 Octobre 2004 10:58, Ryan Supak a écrit :
Hi,
I've got WinXP and I'm wondering if I can plug a second mouse in -- but not have it act as a system pointer device (e.g., as a thing that controls the cursor on the screen).
Instead, I want to use it sinply to input raw control data into PD. I'm imagining input floats such as "X Position", "Y Position", "Button1", "Button2", "Wheel Inc", "Wheel Dec".
Try with a serial mouse. Here's a simple description of the m$ mouse protocol, along with a C code snippet: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/serialmouse/ Using this code, it should be easy to write a serial mouse decoding external, and use it with the comport external. Too bad I'm not working with PD these days, because I would code it right away. -- Marc
On Oct 12, 2004, at 8:46 AM, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Le 11 Octobre 2004 10:58, Ryan Supak a écrit :
Hi,
I've got WinXP and I'm wondering if I can plug a second mouse in --
but not have it act as a system pointer device (e.g., as a thing that
controls the cursor on the screen).Instead, I want to use it sinply to input raw control data into PD.
I'm imagining input floats such as "X Position", "Y Position", "Button1", "Button2", "Wheel Inc", "Wheel Dec".Try with a serial mouse. Here's a simple description of the m$ mouse
protocol, along with a C code snippet: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/serialmouse/ Using this code, it should be easy to write a serial mouse decoding
external, and use it with the comport external. Too bad I'm not working with PD
these days, because I would code it right away. -- Marc
There is already a serial mouse object in the CVS, tho I can't vouch
for whether it works or not. But I must say that serial mice leave a
lot to be desired as controllers. For example, I believe that have a
24Hz refresh rate. But they are quite hackable.
.hc
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Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
There is already a serial mouse object in the CVS, tho I can't vouch
for whether it works or not.
Where? I can't find it. I suppose it's not a cross-platform external. A decoding external is more portable.
But I must say that serial mice leave a lot to be desired as controllers. For example, I believe that have a 24Hz refresh rate.
A serial mouse works at 1200 baud, which is 150 bytes/seconds. At this speed it works with very long cables (3 conductors audio cables are fine), so it's good for installations. The data packet is three bytes long, so the refresh rate would be 50 hz. I connected a serial mouse to a trackball in order to control an OpenGL cube (not a Gem cube), and it was fast enough.
But they are quite hackable.
Collect them while they're available!
Marc
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