Re: HomeSeer control using gameport.

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Neil,

What would you like HS to do in response to x-y position?
Would it be something like if the 'stick' was all the way left then A1 on,
all the way right A1 off. Or would you need to have different things happen
depending on the 'in-between' position?

My main objective though was to be able to connect sensors & switches
to the
game port, actually using a game device doesn't seem much use to me (my HS
PC is in the loft!). Might be a bit more useful when I get it working over
a
network though.

It wasn't my script BTW. I didn't want to use the scripting interface as to
have an immediate response to button presses the script would have to be
running all the time which IMO isn't such a good idea. The alternative
would
be to have a script check for button presses every minute! Not much use
really, and certainly no use for momentary operation.

Justin.

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil F <automated@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] HomeSeer control using gameport.


> 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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