Re: hello...and MS-FF2...

[Rodrigo D. <cu...@uo...>]

Bj|rn Augustsson wrote:

>Quoting Rodrigo Damazio <cu...@uo...>:
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>>    Hello...I just joined this list...I'm interested in helping develop=
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>>support for the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2...I have that=20
>>joystick
>>
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>So do I, and I've been working on supporting it for the last week.
>Have a look at the archives of this list and usb-devel.
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       I've read it...
        Regarding the HID-specific stuff which isn't supported through=20
the event API, such as binding physical units, how about using a=20
"/dev/usb/hidsomething" device which could control this?? I guess this=20
is more generic than creating it on the "jsx" device because it applies=20
to many kinds of HIDs, not just joysticks...

>>I don't know how to interpret some of the hex=20
>>data...I've realized some things, for example a phase that starts with=20
>>01 is to report buttons and axes, "02 32 00" is when you hold the=20
>>stick(there's a little sensor), "02 36 00" is when you release it, and=20
>>so on...
>>
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>Can you send me the dumps you have? That could really help me understand
>some problems I'm having. I started from the other direction, from the=20
>spec down, instead of from the wires up.
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        I have looked at the specs too, but at first sight they didn't=20
help much, mostly because I had never looked at USB in a low level...but=20
I'll look at them better tonight...does this joystick follow those specs=20
then? Or do we really have to guess how it works?
        I'll send you some dumps by e-mail(so as not to clutter up the=20
mailing list)...do have Immersion Studio?? If not you should get it,=20
because my dumps are all done while using it(I set it to use the SFF2=20
through DirectInput)...then you can know what was happening during each=20
dump...

>>    Anyway, I'm willing to help implement this...
>>
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>Great! I hope to have some patches by tomorrow.
>
        Cool....

Rodrigo

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