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Are you linking to the siapp.lib library from the SDK?

You are probably getting link errors because you are mangling the names in one place and not in another.

I don't know what code you are using. What are some of the names of the functions?

To change to C++, change the extension to .cpp, compile, and correct any compiler errors <G>.

That's a very basic example. It doesn't tell you how to use the rotations. You need to use the angle along with the axis data. A better example is the csmonitor example on the ftp site. ftp:/ *** *** login: *** password: *** subdir: TDxInput Moderator Edit: the sample code is no longer available fro...

All 6 DOFs should be arriving on their own separate values. Make sure you don't have some of them turned off in the driver (3DxWare GUI).

What example are you referring to? Maybe there is a bug in it.

Jim
3Dx Software Development

It depends on how much you bug them. We've tried...but we aren't customers of theirs. We don't have any pull. Only those who pay have pull.

Sorry, I got this last week but forgot to post it. Thanks for reminding me. From the TDxInput developer (who does all his development on an x64 machine): The best way to go about using TDxInput in C#/VB is to NOT reference the COM dll. The dll to reference in the project is the .NET assembly TDx.TDx...

You can call C from C++ or you can change the code to C++. To call
C from C++, enclose the declarations in an extern "C" {...} section.

Could any of you who would like to participate, do as this kind fellow did and use this other thread to mention what joystick apps you are using.

Many thanks.
Jim
3Dx Software Development

Could any of you who would like to participate, do as this kind fellow did and use this other thread to mention what joystick apps you are using.

Many thanks.
Jim
3Dx Software Development

What specifically are these other apps you mentioned? I'd like to check out the joystick implementation in them.

Thanks.
Jim
3Dx Software Development

You may have to read up on the HID API. The code is long but fairly easy to understand (IMO). The code reads all the descriptive data from each device into an array. The array is loaded in the order the devices are discovered. The code then attempts to wait on all devices with usage page 1, usage 4 ...

Yes of course the HIDTest code lists the information for all your devices, but only, I think, prints out the values for the first device in the list. Since your USB bus can constantly have a different arrangement of devices, you need to look at each device descriptor to figure out which one you want...

If you don't want a windows main loop, you should use the HID API. There are examples posted in the forum.

Hey no problem man. It's my job. And you got me curious as to why it didn't work. Unfortunately, we automatically install the x64 version on x64 (we also install the x86 version too, as you see). It may have something to do with the x64 version of VS2005. It works fine on an x86 machine. Go figure. ...

Sorry it took so long. I had to find an x64 machine then install Visual Studio 2005. Sure enough you are absolutely correct. It appears the 64-bit TDxInput is not being registered correctly. I even tried registering it manually and it didn't show up. You must have been the first to have tried it. I'...