A couple of years ago I, bought several spaceballs. They were as follows
1) 2003b ( Hp ), this has 8 buttons, with a 9th button on the ball, and required an external power supply
2) 2003c (IBM) 8 button no external power supply
3) 3003 (spaceball)
4) 4000 Flx (serial)
I had to modify the input attach program to allow the spaceball to be seen by linux for all but the 3003. If you would like my code please email me. I would like also to collect the following information if possible:
spaceball model: (onback)
version string: (if known ).
vendor: ie. hp
Also Do you plan to use X windows with this ?
Allen
Spaceball, linux and X.
Moderator: Moderators
Legacy Spaceball devices
Hi Allen,
our current driver for the 3D navigation devices 3DxWareUnix still supports the Spaceball 4000 FLX. This driver is a user space driver and needs X. There is an SDK for this driver which can be easily integrated into a 3D application running with X.
The vendor information (IBM, HP) can not be retrieved from the device.
Unfortunately the Spaceball 2003 and 3003 are not supported anymore.
If you do not use our driver you can ask the device for the version string by sending:
or
to the device.
Uta Ludwig
3Dconnexion
our current driver for the 3D navigation devices 3DxWareUnix still supports the Spaceball 4000 FLX. This driver is a user space driver and needs X. There is an SDK for this driver which can be easily integrated into a 3D application running with X.
The vendor information (IBM, HP) can not be retrieved from the device.
Unfortunately the Spaceball 2003 and 3003 are not supported anymore.
If you do not use our driver you can ask the device for the version string by sending:
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hv\r // Spaceball 2003 and 3003
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"\r // Spaceball 4000
to the device.
Uta Ludwig
3Dconnexion
Re: Legacy Spaceball devices
Uta, is there documentation available of the low level codes, that a 2003uludwig wrote: If you do not use our driver you can ask the device for the version string by sending:Uta LudwigCode: Select all
hv\r // Spaceball 2003 and 3003
3Dconnexion
device should accept?