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For Intel based Macs, version 8.5 of Maya is needed. v8.5 solves the performance issues you're seeing.

We've seen some performance issues with versions of Maya older than 8.5 running on Mactel machines. 8.5 runs smoothly on the Intels.

What's your system configuration so we can try it out? Also, is this with v1.0.2 of our driver?

The Mac and Windows drivers should have fairly similar sensitivities. One thing different is the Mac driver has a more linear scale while the Windows driver has a more exponential scale at the high range of the speed settings. We've found that it's usually good to tune for the Mac and Windows indivi...

Thanks for the suggestion and the link to the technote. We did look at removing the reboot requirement but found that we really need it.

With Leopard just around the corner, we're again reviewing this to see if we can remove the requirement under that OS

You can try changing the SDL_SYS_JoystickInit(void) function to also consider a multi-axis controller. /* Filter device list to non-keyboard/mouse stuff */ if ( (device->usagePage != kHIDPage_GenericDesktop) || ((device->usage != kHIDUsage_GD_Joystick && device->usage != kHIDUsage_GD_GamePad...

Hi Aaron,

Yes, please send us the crash logs. I'll send you a separate note on how to do this.

Thanks for reporting this issue

Try typing this on the MEL script command line:

MagellanStartup;

and look at the script console for any errors. You should also see device data get logged into the console when you move the SpaceNavigator cap.

The version number displayed on the pref pane has a typo error. It should say 1.0.1 but instead says 1.0 as you've mentioned. You can check that you have the latest version by looking at the date stamp of the file /System/Library/Extensions/3Dconnexion.kext/Contents/MacOS/3Dconnexion. It should be f...

The MEL scripts for Maya 7 and higher can be found inside the Mac driver dmg. They're in the "Additional Plug-ins" folder.

Motionbuilder is not currently supported

ControllerMate is not an officially supported application but I tried ControllerMate v4 with v1.0.1 of the driver and it seems to work fine. Is there a specific issue you're seeing?

As far as the sensitivity, please see viewtopic.php?t=537

GregVDS, Version 1.0.1 of the driver has been recalibrated to produce a better range of values. Please see this post for more info http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=537 The SDK for the Mac is a framework that's installed as part of the driver install. You'll find the framework in /Lib...

seacrets, v1.0.1 of the driver should feel the same as the beta when rotating and zooming around. It's possible that the speed settings from the beta driver are still in effect. You can go to the System Preferences -> 3Dconnexion preference panel and reset this by: 1. Select the Advanced tab 2. Clic...

With the release of v1.0.1 of the Mac driver, the default range of values returned for each axis is from -512 to 512. This corresponds with the actual available raw data coming from the device. Previous beta versions of the driver had a scaled range of values that resulted in a wider range of values...

For our SpaceNavigator, the LEDs are turned on with a HID SetReport call with the following parameters: report type = 2 (kHIDRtOutputReport) report ID = 4 report length = 1 byte report data = 0x00 or 0x01 (off or on) This is called from the kernel so the API is not what you'd need in user space. In ...

1 - Right now the interface treats multiple devices as one. It does not qualify which device is sending the data. You only need to call RegisterConnexionClient once. We'll look at tagging the incoming data with a device ID. 2 - Thanks for pointing this out. It should stop sending 3 - It will be used...