by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 10/11/2017 at 23:30
by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 10/11/2017 at 23:30
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I’ve got a bunch of various USB controllers, like the Red Rover (above), a DJ controller, and other miscellaneous similar things that I’d like to repurpose. Is there any software out there that will read the output from these things and let me easily use them in other programs? Something like the above device might be good for something like Train Simulator, provided I could somehow get the output of those knobs converted into keystrokes. Microsoft Flight Simulator would also be a good candidate for such a conversion.
In the past I’ve made custom controllers using the guts of other controllers, once even turning an old lighting control board into sort of a throttle quadrant for four-engined piston aircraft (4 throttles, 4 mixture controls, 4 prop controls). Reusing these old USB devices seems like a quick and easy way, provided I can find appropriate 3rd party software. Or should I just say ‘screw it’ and go for something like an Arduino?
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
10/11/2017 at 23:49, STARS: 0
In an hour some engineer will be running doom on it i can promise you
"Dogapult" (dogapult)
10/12/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 0
LuaMacros is actually what you’re looking for. Now, I can’t begin to explain how it all works, but I recall it being used in the flight sim community to allow someone to have multiple keyboards and such for input. I would say to start there.
"barnie" (tlanarch)
10/12/2017 at 06:13, STARS: 1
Where to start and then go with this. Yes to all of your questions... Get a USB port monitoring program for your PC like aggsoft (be careful of advertised ‘free’ ones! get a shareware or ‘for a test period’ type.) Watch the port as you mess with the buttons and see what is output.
Arduinos are neat to work with. Uno has 13 digital ports, Megas have 50 some. I use Pro Minis most of the time for everything from lamp controllers to an ESC for a 45k spindle. Add a few MOSFETs and you can control just about anything. They are cheap and easy to use. Google how to conn yer controller to an Uno.
Good luck! Yer at the threshold of a fascinating adventure....
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
10/12/2017 at 08:24, STARS: 0
LuaMacros+autoHotKey is my go to combination for bodging input devices.