JoySticks
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There are two types of joystick available for our social sciences researchers:
- TSG Red Joystick, a custom built, unimaginatively named, single-axis joystick with a bright red base.
- Logitech Attack 3, a commercial multi-axis joystick controller.
Red Joystick
Installation
The Red Joystick is a plug and play USB device.
Configuration
When connected to a PC via USB, the Red Joystick will emulate a serial port. The following COM port settings should be used:
Baudrate | 115200 |
Parity | None |
Data bits | 8 |
Stop bits | 1 |
Flow control | None |
CTS Control | Off |
DSR Out Control | Off |
DSR In Control | Off |
RTS Control | Off |
Set FIFO Interrupt | Off |
Presentation
Example PCL code you can program a handle to send a marker:
active_buttons = 0; begin; picture { text { caption = " "; font_size = 16; } t_Text1; x = 0; y = 0; } P_Text; begin_pcl; joystick stick = response_manager.get_joystick( 1 ); loop int i = 1 until false begin stick.poll( ); t_Text1.set_caption("coordinates: " + string(stick.x()) + ":" + string(stick.y()), true); P_Text.present(); end;
Python
1 #!/usr/bin/env python
2 from rusocsci import joystick, utils
3 import logging, time
4
5 ## Setup Section
6 #logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG) # use this for debug info
7 #utils.serialList() # get alist of ports with a joystick or buttonbox connected
8 j = joystick.Joystick()
9 #j = joystick.Joystick(1) # use this to connect to the second joystick
10 #j = joystick.Joystick(port="COM1") # use this to connect to a joystick on a specific port
11
12 ## Experiment Section
13 for i in range(15):
14 print("x: {}".format(j.getX()))
15 time.sleep(1)
Logitech Attack 3
Installation
The Logitech Attack 3 joystick requires a DirectX 7 DLL file to be installed on your computer. If it hasn't been installed yet, please follow the instructions below.
Windows 7 32bit
- Download dx7vb.dll.
- Extract the zip and copy the .dll file into the following folder: C:\Windows\System32
- Open the Windows Command Prompt with Administrator rights.
- Register the DLL file by executing the following command:
C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32 dx7vb.dll
- When done correctly, you should see the following message:
Windows 7 64bit and Windows 10 64bit
- Download dx7vb.dll.
- Extract the zip and copy the .dll file into the following folder: C:\Windows\SysWow64
- Open the Windows Command Prompt with Administrator rights.
- Register the DLL file by executing the following command:
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32 dx7vb.dll
- When done correctly, you should see the following message: