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wiimote over bluetooth #1

Open protective1 opened 2 years ago

protective1 commented 2 years ago

Hi - I've connected a Nintendo Wiimote to my chromebook via Bluetooth. However, when I open this extension and Add Mapping, nothing happens when I press buttons on the Wiimote.

jamesgrams commented 2 years ago

I'm not sure Chromium supports Wiimotes - can you test if your Wiimote and button presses show up here: https://gamepad-tester.com/?

protective1 commented 2 years ago

James,Thanks for responding.  I did not get a response from the Wiimote on the page you listed, but I have used it on another page.Specifically, I did not get a response from the Wiimote on gamepad-tester.com.  However, I can see the buttons being pressed when I go to https://wiimote-chrome.vercel.app (which was linked to from GitHub - natel97/wiimote-chrome).  I just had to click the "connect to HID" button when that page opened in my Chrome browser.  Any idea what this means for Wiimote support in Chrome?

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I'm not sure Chromium supports Wiimotes - can you test if your Wiimote and button presses show up here: https://gamepad-tester.com/?

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jamesgrams commented 2 years ago

I checked the repository (https://github.com/natel97/wiimote-chrome) and it looks like it is using the HID API to connect rather than the Gamepad API (which my extension and https://gamepad-tester.com/ uses). Chrome is not detecting the Wiimote as a Gamepad, but it is detecting is as a Human Interface Device.

It looks like what you want may be possible. There would more complexity, since the Gamepad API is simple, but the HID API is lower level. I also think you'd have to put your chromebook in developer mode to be able to access /dev/hidraw as specified in the README (Developer mode need based on the following comment: https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/87657785/how-do-i-access-dev-hidraw0-in-linux-terminal-without-rooting?hl=en).

There's a lot of work here that I don't think I'll be able to get to in the near future, but if you are able to work on it, I would more than happily add your changes to the codebase.