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TheGood · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 580

What you need is some kind of filtering.
I am working on a modified version of Example 2 that will allow this, but for now you'll have to do it yourself (I doubt I'll be releasing it anytime soon). It shouldn't be too hard. You'll have to add a code section in the InputMsg that will discard messages based on certain criteria, which you'll have to determine.

Don't forget that you can deregister devices. Therefore, what you might want to do is to register the device, and then prep the deregister call and keep the mouse on the Call button. And then click it as soon as you press a button on your HID. This way, the press should be near the bottom of the input list.

bxr · Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Posts: 9

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Xizzzy · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Here

Ive managed to find the raw data for each of the other parts on the Joystick. I'd like to be able to use them to make certain functions active and others silent for example if the tuner dial is set to "11" Joy12 brings up firefox but if Tuner dial is set to "22" Joy12 would bring up a windows calculator. In short I'm not really sure where to go next from here.

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Xizzzy · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Here

So far Ive been able to get responses from the input codes I have and things are progressing smoothly. However, do I need two scripts to have the input recognized and acted on from 2 different positions in the code. If I'm having it keep an eye on the 7th byte do I need a separate script to also keep an eye on the 15th byte as well? Also how would I go about setting up the Global that could keep up to date on the position of the dial and then how would I set up the script to act differently from the button the ifs are simple enough but using "Default_0" as if it were a part of the "send {enter}" commands doesn't seem to work. I'm probably missing something with that but I'm still fairly new to autohotkey so I'm learning as I go =3

Furthermore, if I do have one script that can act depending on how two byte positions are can I have them act together?

ie. if byte 5 is decimal value 12 and byte 7 is decimal value 16 how would I setup a script to use the value of byte 5 to control the result from byte 7
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bidomo · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 59

That joystick looks very cute, I'll try to get one

Xizzzy · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Here

I've got the basic idea behind the methods to use my HID device with your methods and I thank you for them ^_^ I still have a few other concepts to learn at this point about using two different bytes together to produce separate results but that can wait I think. Now, I'd like to tap into the ability to control the lights that are under the buttons =) The method below is written by the guy who created the drivers that allow me to use this Joystick on my PC instead of where its supposed to be used on an Xbox. The problem is I have absolutely no idea where to begin even trying to make that work =\

Also Thx I love my Joystick its a lot of fun ^_^ although the original game wasn't that great to be honest.
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TheGood · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 580

I'm glad you're figuring stuff out!
Unfortunately, AHKHID is only meant to receive data from HID devices. It doesn't have the ability to actually communicate with the device, which is what you're looking to do. I have no idea how that would work.
Try posting in the Ask For Help section and see if anyone can translate the code to AHK for you!

evandevon · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 82

I'm a special ed teacher and bought this roll up drum kit

http://www.dreamcheeky.com/index.php?pagename=product&pid=33

So i could not only use it in class as it is but also however the heck I want to so I can meet the needs of my students. I needed to be able to program whatever sounds/keys/mouse moves etc I wanted so here is my first test script. (still need to have AHKHID.ahk in the same directory)
I was surprised when it wasn't recognised as a joystick. Also, I don't fully understand everything that's going on in this script but it works so far.

Big Digger · Joined: 07 Feb 2009 Posts: 43

I bought multimedia IR remote controller with USB receiver

6 new items appears in the Device Manager right after connecting USB receiver

This remote control operates both the keyboard and mouse

TheGood · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 580

Big Digger,
As you noticed yourself, the remote is seen as a keyboard, a mouse, and an "Other" HID device. It is completely possible for the remote to use the UsPg/Us 12/1 only for a few buttons and keyboard combinations for the other buttons. This happened in the remote I showed in the tutorial, where UsPg/Us 12/1 only covered some buttons. What you'll need to do is to intercept the input messages that the remote sends as keyboard presses. This means that you'll also face the problem ddh819 faced, with possible solutions here and here (with more details here).

Hope this helps!

darkdeathrip · Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

thank you for this nice and clean solution! i will try to use it with my remote, as soon as my remote script is working i will post it here!

tyxiang · Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 12

This is my remote control:

The remote control add in a HID device (remote control receiver) and a JoyStick to my PC. Like this:

The script can get code from Joystick (Usage=5 and UsagePage=1).
But it can not get anything from the remote control receive (Usage=0 and UsagePage=65280).

can someone give me some advice?
thank you a lot.

barty · Joined: 30 Aug 2009 Posts: 10

Thanks to TheGood et al. I got this working with my Logitech MX3200 kbd. I'll post my little script later.

I have a problem though:

Is there a way to "eat" a key. Certain keys will fire an action in Windows even though I am not using Logitech's software. These are the "common" extended keys like search computer or media keys like play and mute. Sometimes, this is ok but sometimes I want to completely override and define my own action.

any input appreciated, and thanks again for the great script.