Adding Buttons

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Adding Buttons

Postby Smoke2much » Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:35 am

Is it possible to add buttons to controllers?

My rudder pedals are built from a Logitech 4 button controller.  They are currently unassigned and will be useful in my panel.  I also have about 10-15 buttons from an old car stereo that I could solder in.  How do I get the computer to notice these extra buttons?

Thanks for any help.

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Re: Adding Buttons

Postby RIC_BARKER » Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:44 am

Will,

Not too sure if this can be easily done mate. The button presses are "interpreted" by a chip in the contoller, so I doubt adding buttons is possible. Why no get a USB keyboard and hack that up? You can move the buttons around all you like as long as they remain "mapped" to the chip.

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Re: Adding Buttons

Postby Smoke2much » Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:33 am

Thanks Ric, I was thinking a keyboard was the only answer but I hoped that I could "cheat" a little.

Oh well.

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