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eRok
Griffin Technology Powermates
Apr 27th, 2005, 11:27pm  
Anyone get them to work in 085.....worked perfectly in 068.  now they dont seem to be sending any info to running processing apps....

any help would be appreciated.

eRok
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depth
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #1 - May 15th, 2005, 11:03pm  
you should ask (username) flight404, i think he's ported his griffin sketches up...
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lunetta
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #2 - Jul 6th, 2005, 7:59pm  
any news on the powermate compability?
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cosmin
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #3 - Jul 7th, 2005, 12:06pm  
heck flight404.com, and maybe send him an e-mail
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flight404
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #4 - Jul 7th, 2005, 9:48pm  
Hmmm... well, let me tell you what I know.

I know that we got permission from Griffin to use or post the code as we see fit. But right now, the powermate library is cranky at best. And it has not been tested or compiled on windows machines so my guess is that it would fail totally on non Macs.

There was an initialization bug that popped up when I made the switch to Tiger from Jaguar, and it has been bandaided for now.

But it is being worked on.  The first step was making sure we would not be violating any NDA with Griffin, but we got the go-ahead.  Now if only i could find the time...........
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lunetta
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #5 - Jul 7th, 2005, 11:36pm  
a question: can't I make the powermate behave like a mouse axis + mouse button through griffin drivers? (I have never used them, I really don't know)

I know that Robert work involves controlling the powermate from the computer; I need something much simpler, just to use it as an interface in an installation instead of a mouse.

Is it possible to use the powermate as a one axis mouse in a processing sketch?

thanks!
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flight404
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #6 - Jul 8th, 2005, 2:21am  
Hmmm... not really sure what the current powermate drivers are capable of.  My guess is this...

set the driver to take clockwise turns to be equal to the down arrow and counterclockwise to be the up arrow (or any key command you wish).  Then see if processing will acknowledge these up/down movements through if(keyCode==UP) etc.  And in processing, set your fake cursor to move down on keypress DOWN and up on keypress UP.
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lunetta
Re: Griffin Technology Powermates
Reply #7 - Jul 8th, 2005, 3:44pm  
ok, I'll try to borrow one before buying and see if it works... thanks!
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