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no timeout on wii remote search?
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Hi,

Im wondering if there's some way to make it so that the wii remote search will not time out when invoking wminput. Basically I have a MythTV box and would like to be able to pick up the wii remote, press 1 + 2, and have it automagically connect to wminput (if the Wii's not on, that is).

Right now I have a bash script in /usr/bin that just reads:

wminput -c mythfrontend & mythfrontend

... but it needs me to press 1 + 2 immediately upon starting the script.

Thanks for the help!

spiderworm

spiderworm
03/27/07 03:13:08 (6 years ago)
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  • Message #33

    Sure - I'm going to tear into that part of the code pretty soon any way, that should be an easy option to implement while I'm there. Submit a ticket so I don't forget about it.

    dsmith
    03/27/07 04:03:26 (6 years ago)
  • Message #50

    done

    dsmith
    04/03/07 01:31:59 (6 years ago)
    • Message #24320

      Hi,

      Can I use this option from the python bindings?

      I tried some things like wiimote = cwiid.Wiimote("w")

      but it doesn't work.

      Thanks! Beau

      Beau
      03/04/08 12:01:32 (5 years ago)
      • Message #24321

        The Wiimote init function takes 2 optional arguments: a bluetooth address string, and a flag field.

        dsmith
        03/04/08 13:00:12 (5 years ago)
        • Message #24322

          Thanks for the fast reply.

          Could you tell me what the flags are or where I can find them?

          Beau
          03/04/08 20:24:11 (5 years ago)
          • Message #24323

            The python documentation is lacking, but the functions closely mirror the C API.

            wiki:libcwiid#cwiid_enable

            dsmith
            03/05/08 04:15:51 (5 years ago)
            • Message #24326

              So what flags should I use?

              I could find these flags: cwiid.FLAG_CONTINUOUS cwiid.FLAG_MESG_IFC cwiid.FLAG_NONBLOCK cwiid.FLAG_REPEAT_BTN

              but none seem to keep the init function from trying to connect only for a short time.

              Beau
              03/08/08 10:48:37 (5 years ago)
              • Message #24327

                Yup - that's it. You'll need to loop over the connect function to wait longer.

                dsmith
                03/09/08 07:00:39 (5 years ago)
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