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Ive been trying to get max/msp to recognise my HID complient mouse. Ive been using mousestate to receive x and y coordinates but i need more inputs, my mouse has five buttons so is there an object that can recognise these? Ive also tried assigning the buttons to keystrokes and reading them in using 'key' which seems to work to a certain extent but im wondering if there is an easier way to do this using 'hi' or 'serial' for example?

can-hi-recognise-a-hid-complient-mouse

On 18 Dec 2006, at 12:56, Andrew Walker-Hall wrote:

> but im wondering if there is an easier way to do this using 'hi' or 

Trying it with the help patcher for [hi] would probably have been 

But yes, if it's HID-compliant, then it should work.

(Certainly on a Mac - you are on a Mac, right?)

> but im wondering if there is an easier way to do this using 'hi' or  
> 'serial' for example?

Trying it with the help patcher for [hi] would probably have been  
quicker than sending the email message.

(Certainly on a Mac - you are on a Mac, right?)


Thanks for the reply. No im using a PC, ive been playing with the 'hi' help file but with little success. It recognises my sony ps2 controller but not the mouse which is supposedly HID complient. From what you said, im assuming the the 'hi' object behaves differntly on different platforms? Do you know of any compatabiliy issues with the 'hi' object?

> Thanks for the reply. No im using a PC, ive been playing with the 'hi' help file but with little success. It recognises my sony ps2 controller but not the mouse which is supposedly HID complient. From what you said, im assuming the the 'hi' object behaves differntly on different platforms? Do you know of any compatabiliy issues with the 'hi' object?

"Note that "HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MOUSE" and "HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_KEYBOARD" 

are opened by the operating system listed above in exclusive mode, while 

all other collections are opened as shared or raw. This is to ensure 

that keyboard and mouse (pen) input are treated as secure input."

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/HID_HWID.mspx)

This explains why you can't access mouse or keyboard in Windows using 

"Note that "HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_MOUSE" and "HID_DEVICE_SYSTEM_KEYBOARD" 
are opened by the operating system listed above in exclusive mode, while 
all other collections are opened as shared or raw. This is to ensure 
that keyboard and mouse (pen) input are treated as secure input."
(taken from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/HID_HWID.mspx)

This explains why you can't access mouse or keyboard in Windows using 
the hi object.

Can 'hi' recognise a HID complient mouse?