data from USB joystick

[stephen barncard]

So that simple $20 USB joystick that Richmond mentioned is not the exact
solution that the original poster wanted?
That USB Service plus is great for labs but did you see the prices of that
stuff? And it probably has to be shipped from Germany.

On 26 September 2010 21:55, -=>JB<=- <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:

> If I understood him correctly he wants to plug any standard USD game
> device into his computer and control it with LiveCode.  For him to use
> the USB Service Plus gadget he might get it to work but then anyone
> using the game he develops would need to buy the gadget which is
> not going to happen so that idea does not seem suitable.
>
> I had mentioned I was working on a serial communications stack that
> was going to allow you to also control X10 and similar home control
> devices accessing a X10 USB or similar device with Livecode.  This
> appears to be feasible by opening the port with livecode and then
> using the right driver to access the USB device.
>
> The problem I had was after opening the serial port I was able to
> send a certain amount of text and then rev would not send anymore
> which makes me think they are using a memory buffer in their code
> that fills up.  So if that is what is happening even if you are able to
> control the USB device it will stop after the buffer is full which means
> you will need to close the port and open it again which empties the
> buffer allowing you to send the same amount of text again.  That is
> going to cause problems if you need to close the port and open it
> again during game play.
>
> -=>JB<=-
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2010, at 7:15 PM, DunbarX at aol.com wrote:
>
> > The USB Service Plus gadget would do all this and be fun to work with as
> > well.
> >
> > http://www.bkohg.com/serviceusbplus_e.html
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