Novint Falcon Open Source Library

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Release Name: 1.0

Notes: ================================== np_nifalcon Max/MSP External ================================== by Kyle Machulis <kyle@nonpolynomial.com> Nonpolynomial Labs - http://www.nonpolynomial.com Contributors: Edgar Berdahl http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~eberdahl/ =========== Description =========== np_nifalcon is an external for either Max/MSP or Puredata to control the Novint Falcon. It is based on libnifalcon: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libnifalcon Portability of source between Max and Pd is available thanks to flext Max: http://www.cycling74.com Pd: http://www.puredata.info Flext: http://www.parasitaere-kapazitaeten.net/ext/flext/ ========= Licensing ========= libnifalcon is covered under the BSD License. flext and np_nifalcon source code are covered under the GPL v2 License. =========================== Novint Falcon Information =========================== More information about the Novint Falcon can be found at http://libnifalcon.sf.net ============ Installation ============ - Put the .mxo(Mac)/.mxe(Windows) or .pd_[platform] file in a directory that Max/Pd will search for externals (Max: Options -> File Preferences -> Other Folders, Pd: Options -> Paths) - Max: Put the .help file in the max-help directory of your Max/MSP installation ========================= Platform Specifics Issues ========================= ----- Linux ----- - No Max/MSP build is available for linux as Max/MSP is not available for linux - np_nifalcon requires either root access (i.e. running pd under sudo) or correct udev based USB permissions to run as non-root. If you're using a udev based system, check out the udev sample files in the linux directory of the libnifalcon source distribution (v1.0 beta 1 and later)

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Changes: np_nifalcon ChangeLog =========================== 2008-11-16 Kyle Machulis <kyle@nonpolynomial.com> * Release v1.0 * Changed external to use C++ libnifalcon core * Added flext threading to decouple I/O * Updated Pd External Help File * Updated Max External Help File 2008-07-31 Kyle Machulis <kyle@nonpolynomial.com> * Release v0.2 * Added homing bit input * Fixed flext package file to not use _s hack for static libs * Updated Pd External Help File 2008-04-05 Kyle Machulis <kyle@nonpolynomial.com> * First release of np_nifalcon PD/Max external