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connect many wii remotes to daemon
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Hey dsmith,

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).

Thanks, spiderworm

spiderworm
09/24/07 16:50:05 (6 years ago)
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  • Message #251

    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?

    dsmith
    09/24/07 20:38:04 (6 years ago)
    • Message #252

      dsmith,

      When I try running multiple concurrent instances, one of them works, connecting one wii remote, and the other fails out with errors, for example:

      spiderworm@computer: (wminput -w -c mythtv) & (wminput -w -c mythtv)

      [1] 29730

      Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment

      Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment

      Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...

      Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment

      Warning: duplicate absolute axis assignment

      Put Wiimote in discoverable mode now (press 1+2)...

      Bluetooth device inquiry error

      error finding wiimote

      Ready.

      spiderworm
      09/24/07 21:01:29 (6 years ago)
      • Message #24369

        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.

        In other words, it's picky, finicky, and only works occasionally with certain bluetooth dongles at the moment.

        nickishappy
        04/17/08 07:44:23 (5 years ago)
      • Message #253

        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.

        dsmith
        09/25/07 00:28:51 (6 years ago)
        • Message #24393

          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.

          nickishappy
          05/30/08 03:58:34 (5 years ago)
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