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= Red Joystick =
[[File:RedJoystick.jpg|thumb|200px|The Red Joystick]]
[[File:RedJoystick.jpg|200px|Image: 200 pixels]]


=== Com Settings ===
There are two types of joystick available for our social sciences researchers:
:🕹️ [[#Red Joystick|TSG Red Joystick]], a custom built, unimaginatively named, single-axis joystick with a bright red base.
:🕹️ [[#Logitech Attack 3|Logitech Attack 3]], a commercial multi-axis joystick controller.


<u>'''Serial port settings'''</u>


Our hardware design allows to be connected to the computers USB and emulates a serial [[Port]].
== Red Joystick ==


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=== Installation ===
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The Red Joystick is a [[wikipedia:plug and play|plug and play]] USB device.
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'''Baudrate'''
=== Configuration ===


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When connected to a PC via USB, the Red Joystick will emulate a serial port. The following COM port settings should be used:
115200


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| Baudrate
| 115200
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|-
|  
| Parity
'''Parity'''
| None
 
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none
 
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|-
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| Data bits
'''Data bits'''
| 8
 
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8
 
|-
|-
|  
| Stop bits
'''Stop bits'''
| 1
 
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1
 
|-
|-
|  
| Flow control
'''Flow control'''
| None
 
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none
 
|-
|-
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| CTS Control
'''CTS Control'''
| Off
 
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Off
 
|-
|-
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| DSR Out Control
'''DSR Out Control'''
| Off
 
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Off
 
|-
|-
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| DSR In Control
'''DSR In Control'''
| Off
 
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Off
 
|-
|-
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| RTS Control
'''RTS Control'''
| Off
 
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Off
 
|-
|-
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| Set FIFO Interrupt
'''Set FIFO Interrupt'''
| Off  
 
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Off
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=== Pyhon Script ===
===Presentation===
'''Example PCL code you can program a handle to send a marker:'''


  <nowiki> #!/usr/bin/env python
  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;


#!/usr/bin/env python
==== Python ====
from rusocsci import joystick, utils
<syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> #!/usr/bin/env python
import logging, time
## Setup Section
#logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG) # use this for debug info
#utils.serialList() # get alist of ports with a joystick or buttonbox connected
j = joystick.Joystick()
#j = joystick.Joystick(1) # use this to connect to the second joystick
#j = joystick.Joystick(port="COM1") # use this to connect to a joystick on a specific port
## Experiment Section
for i in range(15):
    print("x: {}".format(j.getX()))
    time.sleep(1)</nowiki>
 
 
== Pyhon Script ==
 
<nowiki> #!/usr/bin/env python
  from rusocsci import joystick, utils
  from rusocsci import joystick, utils
  import logging, time
  import logging, time
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  for i in range(15):
  for i in range(15):
  print("x: {}".format(j.getX()))
  print("x: {}".format(j.getX()))
  time.sleep(1)</nowiki>
  time.sleep(1)
 
</syntaxhighlight>


= Logitech Attack 3 Controller =
== Logitech Attack 3 ==
[[File:logitech_joystick.jpg|200px|Image: 200 pixels]]
[[File:logitech_joystick.jpg|thumb|200px|Logitech Attack 3 Joystick]]


== Software Documentation ==
=== Installation ===


You can find the dll here: [[media:dx7dll.zip]]
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'''
==== Windows 7 32bit ====
C:\windows\system32\dx7vb.dll


'''Windows 7 64bit'''
# Download {{Download link|media=dx7dll.zip|dx7vb.dll|zip}}.
C:\windows\SysWow64\dx7vb.dll
# Extract the zip and copy the .dll file into the following folder: '''<tt>C:\Windows\System32</tt>'''
# Open the Windows Command Prompt with '''Administrator rights'''.
# Register the DLL file by executing the following command:<br /> <code style="background-color:#000; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px;">C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32 dx7vb.dll</code>
# When done correctly, you should see the following message:<br /><br />[[file:regsvr32.jpg]]
<br />


'''Register DLL by executing the following command within the commandline:'''
==== Windows 7 64bit and Windows 10 64bit ====


regsvr32&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">dx7vb.dll</span>
# Download {{Download link|media=dx7dll.zip|dx7vb.dll|zip}}.
# Extract the zip and copy the .dll file into the following folder: '''<tt>C:\Windows\SysWow64</tt>'''
# Open the Windows Command Prompt with '''Administrator rights'''.
# Register the DLL file by executing the following command:<br /> <code style="background-color:#000; color:#fff; padding:1px 3px;">C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32 dx7vb.dll</code>
# When done correctly, you should see the following message:<br /><br />[[file:regsvr32.jpg]]