Wiimote as a mouse replacement?

Hi,

has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to FreeBSD
(as a mouse  
replacement)?

I found a dump of the HID at  
ht
tp://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs

A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using it in a
Home Cinema  
System or in a presentation. It's much easier to use on a
sofa than a  
normal mouse.

Bye,
Alexander.

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger
<Alexanderleidinger.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to
FreeBSD (as a mouse
> replacement)?

i recall someone already played with it. i will try to dig
out that
old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project

http://sour
ceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/

>  I found a dump of the HID at
> ht
tp://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs

i recently got myself a wii  will take
a look at wiimote when i have
a minute to spare

>  A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using it
in a Home Cinema
> System or in a presentation. It's much easier to use on
a sofa than a normal
> mouse.

$40 us is not that cheap  but then
again compared to apple mighty
mouse it is cheaper 

thanks,
max
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Mike Meyer <mwmmired.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700 "Maksim
Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkingmail.com> wrote:
>  > > System or in a presentation. It's much
easier to use on a sofa than a normal
>  > > mouse.
>  > $40 us is not that cheap  but then
again compared to apple mighty
>  > mouse it is cheaper 
>
>  The PS3 bluetooth DVD remote is $35. One of the long
list of things
>  I'd like to get working.....

$20 on amazon.com 

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-B
lu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO

thanks,
max
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700 "Maksim
Yevmenkin" <maksim.yevmenkingmail.com> wrote:
> > System or in a presentation. It's much easier to
use on a sofa than a normal
> > mouse.
> $40 us is not that cheap  but then
again compared to apple mighty
> mouse it is cheaper 

The PS3 bluetooth DVD remote is $35. One of the long list of
things
I'd like to get working.....

    <mike
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Quoting Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkingmail.com> (from Tue, 15  
Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700):

> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger
> <Alexanderleidinger.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to
FreeBSD (as a mouse
>> replacement)?
>
> i recall someone already played with it. i will try to
dig out that
> old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project
>
> http://sour
ceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/

Thanks for the link, maybe I will check it out this
weekend.

>>  I found a dump of the HID at
>> ht
tp://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs
>
> i recently got myself a wii  will take
a look at wiimote when i have
> a minute to spare

That's the reason why I ask, I got one on my birthday and
now I'm  
setting up my home cinema. So I would have use for this now
(first I  
have to setup the X server on the machine in question,
before I can  
give it a try)...

It would be great if it is possible out of the box. I've
found a  
program for linux which translates button presses and
movements into  
Xinput data (http://www.resplect.com
/xwii/), but as I haven't setup  
the machine I want to use there yet, I didn't even
downloaded it yet.

>>  A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using
it in a Home Cinema
>> System or in a presentation. It's much easier to
use on a sofa than a normal
>> mouse.
>
> $40 us is not that cheap  but then
again compared to apple mighty
> mouse it is cheaper 

37 EUR for the Wiimote here in Germany (39 if you want to
get WiiPlay  
too). For a loudspeaker, acceleration sensors, an infra-red
ccd and  
some buttons in a nice design I would say it is not
expensive. The  
possibilities this offers are woth the price IMO.

I'm looking forward to any results you get with playing with
FreeBSD+Wii.

Bye,
Alexander.

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Quoting "Maksim Yevmenkin"
<maksim.yevmenkingmail.com> (Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:02:39
-0700):

> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger
> <Alexanderleidinger.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to
FreeBSD (as a mouse
> > replacement)?
> 
> i recall someone already played with it. i will try to
dig out that
> old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project
> 
> http://sour
ceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/

This works (tested in tilting mode with version 0.4).
http://ninjin-weblog.blogspot
.com/2007/06/wiimote-under-freebsd-using-bsdmoted.html
is a help for the setup.

> >  I found a dump of the HID at
> > ht
tp://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs
> 
> i recently got myself a wii  will take
a look at wiimote when i have
> a minute to spare

It would be great if this could be integrated into bthidd
(author of
bsdmote CCed)...

Some notes:

It logs too much. After powering off the wiimote it fills
the logs with reconnect tries.

It would be nice to specify the led pattern in the config
file to use
for this wiimote (it is not convenient to have two wiimotes
with led 1
active when the Wii and the bsdmode are in use).

Feature requests:

Being able to use the up/down/left/right buttons somehow.
Either as
additional button events, or to move the mouse (best
solution: make it
configurable).

Being able to use additional controllers (e.g. Nunchuk) too
(again,
as additional mouse buttons or moving the mouse).

Bye,
Alexander.

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