[CWiid] Topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/topic/51
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connect many wii remotes to daemon
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Trac 0.11.7 - DiscussionPluginspiderwormMon, 24 Sep 2007 16:50:05 GMTTopic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/topic/51#topic
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/topic/51#topic
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Hey dsmith,
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Thanks for daemon mode! Would it be possible to add multiple Wii Remote support to wminput? I have a small script that fires up wminput -d and mythfrontend at the same time, but I would like be able to connect a second, third, and even fourth Wii Remote for when we play games in mythfrontend (mythgame).
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Thanks,
spiderworm
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TopicnickishappyFri, 30 May 2008 03:58:34 GMTReply #24393 to topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/24393#message24393
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/24393#message24393
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This isn't the problem. I can have 3 mice plugged in and (when it works) 2 wiimotes connected and it works. It's something specifically with cwiid and/or bluez.
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MessagenickishappyThu, 17 Apr 2008 07:44:23 GMTReply #24369 to topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/24369#message24369
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/24369#message24369
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I just tried playing around with this a little. I can connect 2 wiimotes at one time with a bluetooth 1.2 dongle, but not a bluetooth 2.0 dongle. To get more than one wiimote to connect, I have to run wminput, connect the first wiimote, then run wminput and connect the other wiimote. running both wminput instances at one time doesn't work. connecting the second wiimote takes a few tries usually. This doesn't work while running wminput with the -d switch.
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In other words, it's picky, finicky, and only works occasionally with certain bluetooth dongles at the moment.
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MessagedsmithTue, 25 Sep 2007 00:28:51 GMTReply #253 to topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/253#message253
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/253#message253
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Ah..sounds like Linux won't let multiple devices fight over the cursor. You may take a look at using different axes (and different configs), or see if there's some other way to separate the axes.
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MessagespiderwormMon, 24 Sep 2007 21:01:29 GMTReply #252 to topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/252#message252
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/252#message252
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dsmith,
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When I try running multiple concurrent instances, one of them works, connecting one wii remote, and the other fails out with errors, for example:
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spiderworm@computer: (wminput -w -c mythtv) & (wminput -w -c mythtv)
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<a class="missing changeset" title="No changeset 1 in the repository">[1]</a> 29730
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Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment
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Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment
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Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...
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Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment
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Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment
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Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...
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Bluetooth device inquiry error
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error finding wiimote
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Ready.
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MessagedsmithMon, 24 Sep 2007 20:38:04 GMTReply #251 to topic #51 - connect many wii remotes to daemon
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/251#message251
http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/discussion/message/251#message251
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I'd like to get there eventually, but that would take more time than I can spare right now. Have you tried running multiple concurrent instances of wminput?
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