data from USB joystick

[stephen barncard]

It's all on the net. Your cheapest and easiest solution is to use a Keyspan
USB to serial adapter and Rs-232 serial protocol. Here's one hit from
searching google for "joystick rs232". Sooner or later, some soldering may
be required.

Interfacing Atari-style joysticks to PC parallel and serial
ports<http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_misc.html>



On 26 September 2010 06:10, David Glasgow <david at dvglasgow.wanadoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I really really want to make  a Rev  (Ooops) LiveCode app with a push pull
> interface like on a mixing slider, or 'dive' and 'pull up' on a plain old
> joystick.
>
> I have raised questions about this a few times on the list over a number of
> years, and got some helpful pointers.  However, having followed these into
> the underpants of USB, I have discovered that is not a place I have the
> ability to work.  So I give up.
>
> Is there anyone on this list who could create a cross platform extension or
> library thingy which would allow me to read the state(s) of an ordinary, off
> the shelf USB joystick?  If so, what would the cost be?
>
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> David Glasgow
>
> i-psych.co.uk
>
>
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Stephen Barncard
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