Re: HomeSeer control using gameport.

["Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>]

someone posted a script to use the gameport on the homeseer message board a
good few months back (might have even been Justin!). What I would really
like to see is a script that allows x-y analogue inputs too. I seem to
remember reading there were big calibration / stability problems when
someone tried it :-(

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HomeSeer control using gameport.


> <VICTOR MELDREW MODE>
> I don't believe it.
> </VICTOR MELDREW MODE>
>
> NO sooner do I reply to one post saying you can use the game port for
> attaching sensors than someone posts that they have done it. :-)
>
> Pity it wont be any use to Marc on his Linux box but maybe one of our
> Bi-ComputerLingual ( is there such a word ???? - there is now!!)
members
> would be able to port it to the Linux world.
>
> Be interesting to see what other HomeSeer users think of your program.
I
> have Homeseer but dont have it operational at the moment.
>
> Well done Justin. Every new option available to us helps make UKHA
more
> adaptable and customisable to our individual needs.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 August 2001 11:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] HomeSeer control using gameport.
>
>
> I have been working on a small app to control HS using devices
connected
to
> a gameport. This will be released as freeware.
> I wondered if any HS users on this list would like to test it before I
> release it to a wider audience?
> Send me a mail off list and I will send you the files at some point
over
the
> weekend.
>
> Cheers,
> Justin.
>
> The (hastily knocked up) readme is as follows:
>
> HomeSeer Gameport Interface. 17/8/2001
>
> You will need the Visual Basic 6 runtime files (VBRun60.exe)
installed.
They
> are available here
> (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q192/4/61.ASP
>
> This software allows you to send on/off commands to HomeSeer using any
game
> device (joystick or gamepad) connected to your PC. You could also wire
> sensors, switches etc to the game device or do away with the game
device
> completely and wire directly to the gameport*.
>
> The software will detect the number of buttons available on your
installed
> device and present these in a list. By default the buttons will be set
to
> toggle mode (i.e press once for on and press again for off) you also
have
> the option to selectively choose a momentary operation (i.e press and
hold
> for on, release for off).
>
> The default housecode is A and unit number is 1, in this configuration
the
> buttons will send A1 to Ax (where x is the number of buttons
available).
> You can choose any housecode A to z and unit number 1 to 50.
>
> This has only been tested under Win98 with HomeSeer version 1.5.2
>
> Planned additions:
> Control over a network using TCP/IP.
> Ability to use multiple game devices.
>
> Notes:
> If a button is set to toggle mode but is held down no other button
presses
> will be detected until it is released.
>
> *Wiring directly to the gameport
> Info to follow
>
>
>
>
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