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Carsten

ngomes wrote: Note that the 3DxInput (the COM API) has two modes of operation: you can poll data (as in the Python example in this topic)

But the polling does not work in the examples...

Carsten

Good points kitsu!

Carsten

Same here, still no values.

However I still don't understand why I have to deal with all this when I just want to read the values of the device.

Maybe I want to use the values in a non-graphical way or whatever.


Carsten

Having said that, you should also note that removing the need for a message pump does not make your Python script any more portable. The reason being that to, receive 3D mouse data, you will also need to code something that is platform -specific. Well, I coded a python app for a angular decoder (to...

Hi calli, Always Zero. This is probably -- as previously discussed -- because there's no "message pump" on the thread that is connecting to the driver. The key is enabling your program to receive window messages. The COM api wraps a protocol that uses registered window messages (Win32's :...

Always Zero.

And sn.Type() gives (as expected) 6.

"my" sample is the striped version of Martijns code, he also got the Zeros in his first try, however inside a OpenGL context he got it working.

Carsten

I am very aware about win32com or ctypes (http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/ which is more Multiplatform, at least it also works with .so libraries on Linux). However I could not read anything from my SN with this: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import win32com.client sn = win32com.cl...

It would still be nice to have a way to use a Space Navigator from Python (and other scripting languages)!

Carsten

Hi calli, - What is a "message pump" - how can I implement on in Python? - why can`t we have a function just reading out the values? A "message pump" is what is generally called the Windows feature of transmitting "messages" between the system and applications. Are you...

Hi calli, I am trying to use the Spave Navigator in Blenders (blender.org) Gameengine via Python. I'm not sure it applies here but a beta program of the solution for Blender and 3D mice started today. More information is available here . No thats not what I am for. I extended the Gameengine in Blen...

Hi, I am also trying to use the Space Navigator in Python. Because I had some problems installing PythonGL (more GLUT was bailing out), I stripped Martijn's exapmple to a non GL Version. However I now have the problem only getting zeros as result. As I understand from this discussion it is because o...