How to control LCD of SpacePilot Pro from Linux?

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surjohn
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How to control LCD of SpacePilot Pro from Linux?

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Hi,
Is there a way to control the LCD from Linux? I am using Ubuntu 9 (2.6.28-16-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP x86_64).

Basically, my intention is to display some custom text information on the LCD, and accept numeric user input using this numeric key(1~10). Is it possible to achieve this goal?

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Re: How to control LCD of SpacePilot Pro from Linux?

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Hi surjohn,

unfortunately with the current API of the driver there is no possibility to send your own picture/test to the LCD. The LCD lists the button mapping from the configuration file. If you create your own configuration file you will see the names of the functions in the LCD.

And - yes, you can read the buttons from the driver and convert them to numbers. If this is what you want?

Please see our SDK page for the Unix/Linux SDK. This is necessary to integrate the 3D mouse into your application.

Another possibility would be not to use the driver and access the device via the USB port. All available information can be read from the device directly.
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