From: Alex D. <ag...@ya...> - 2001-09-05 16:38:22
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I am starting to look into the linuxconsole project, and I noticed that there was support for force feedback joysticks using the immersion technologies stuff. I have a logitech ifeel mouse that has a similar sort of thing, that is apparently also from immersion corp. Do you know if they use the same protocol off hand? would there be any chance that the "feel" features of the mouse might be supported by the new input drivers at some point? Just curious. Also what is the status of the new console stuff; i.e., is multi-head, etc., workable yet? Thanks, Alex __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com |
From: Johann D. <jo...@Do...> - 2001-09-05 18:56:40
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Alex Deucher wrote: > I am starting to look into the linuxconsole > project, and I noticed that there was support for > force feedback joysticks using the immersion > technologies stuff. I have a logitech ifeel mouse > that has a similar sort of thing, that is apparently > also from immersion corp. Do you know if they use the > same protocol off hand? would there be any chance > that the "feel" features of the mouse might be > supported by the new input drivers at some point? I have no idea what protocol ifeel mice use, and the driver for force feedback joysticks is designed for, well, joysticks (and wheels), not mice. Sorry. Adding support for mice would be nice: window managers already implement some kind of "resistance" when you move windows above others, and this effect, among others, would be nice to render IMO. Anybody with an ifeel mouse willing to have a look at the protocol used ? -- Johann Deneux http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ |
From: Alex D. <ag...@ya...> - 2001-09-05 19:17:12
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I'm not much of a programmer, but if there is some script or program you want me to run, etc., I'd be happy to help. It's a USB mouse. I would guess that it works similarly to the joysticks since the "feel" technology in the mouse is from immerse corp, who also makes the stuff for the joysticks. THe joystick force feedback stuff could be fairly easily adapted to the mouse input driver I would imagine, assuming they used a similar protocol. Alex --- Johann Deneux <jo...@Do...> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > I am starting to look into the linuxconsole > > project, and I noticed that there was support for > > force feedback joysticks using the immersion > > technologies stuff. I have a logitech ifeel mouse > > that has a similar sort of thing, that is > apparently > > also from immersion corp. Do you know if they use > the > > same protocol off hand? would there be any chance > > that the "feel" features of the mouse might be > > supported by the new input drivers at some point? > > I have no idea what protocol ifeel mice use, and the > driver for force > feedback joysticks is designed for, well, joysticks > (and wheels), not > mice. Sorry. Adding support for mice would be nice: > window managers > already implement some kind of "resistance" when you > move windows above > others, and this effect, among others, would be nice > to render > IMO. Anybody with an ifeel mouse willing to have a > look at the protocol > used ? > > -- > Johann Deneux > http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com |
From: Alex D. <ag...@ya...> - 2001-09-05 19:30:10
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Ok, I just read the forcefeedback documentation a little better. I can download immersion studio when I get home and take a look at what gets sent to my ifeel mouse. However the mouse is USB. Does rs232spy (formerly comportspy ?) support USB, or do I need something else for that? Alex --- Johann Deneux <jo...@Do...> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > I am starting to look into the linuxconsole > > project, and I noticed that there was support for > > force feedback joysticks using the immersion > > technologies stuff. I have a logitech ifeel mouse > > that has a similar sort of thing, that is > apparently > > also from immersion corp. Do you know if they use > the > > same protocol off hand? would there be any chance > > that the "feel" features of the mouse might be > > supported by the new input drivers at some point? > > I have no idea what protocol ifeel mice use, and the > driver for force > feedback joysticks is designed for, well, joysticks > (and wheels), not > mice. Sorry. Adding support for mice would be nice: > window managers > already implement some kind of "resistance" when you > move windows above > others, and this effect, among others, would be nice > to render > IMO. Anybody with an ifeel mouse willing to have a > look at the protocol > used ? > > -- > Johann Deneux > http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com |
From: Johann D. <jo...@Do...> - 2001-09-05 20:31:02
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Alex Deucher wrote: > Ok, I just read the forcefeedback documentation a > little better. I can download immersion studio when I > get home and take a look at what gets sent to my ifeel > mouse. However the mouse is USB. Does rs232spy > (formerly comportspy ?) support USB, or do I need > something else for that? No, you need a tool like Usb Snoopy: http://www.jps.net/~koma/ rs232 only deals with rs232. -- Johann Deneux http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~jdeneux/projects/ |