Masayuki Akamatsu

http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_wiiremote

- outlets and output messages are changed.

I published aka.wiiremote 1.0B5 at:
http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_wiiremote

In this version:
- Nunchuk is supported.
( Classic Controller is NOT supported.)
- device address is supported.
- outlets and output messages are changed.
- some input messages are simplified.
- help patch is expanded for Nunchuk.

nintendo-wii-remote-object-1-0b5

On PPC G4 PowerBook, nunchuck, LED, IR, and vibration are not working

for me. Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems.

> ( Classic Controller is NOT supported.)

> - outlets and output messages are changed.

On PPC G4 PowerBook, nunchuck, LED, IR, and vibration are not working
for me.  Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems.

On 2/2/07, Masayuki Akamatsu  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I published aka.wiiremote 1.0B5 at:
> http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_wiiremote
>
> In this version:
> - Nunchuk is supported.
> ( Classic Controller is NOT supported.)
> - device address is supported.
> - outlets and output messages are changed.
> - some input messages are simplified.
> - help patch is expanded for Nunchuk.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Masayuki Akamatsu
>


On 2007/02/04, at 8:35, keith manlove wrote:

> On PPC G4 PowerBook, nunchuck, LED, IR, and vibration are not working

> for me. Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems.

I've just confirmed it on my PowerBook G4. Thank you for reporting.

I've changed my development environment to MacBook Pro and PowerMac 

G5 + BT adapter. I forgot to check it with PowerBook well.

With my PowerMac G5/2.5Quad + D-Link's DBT-120 adapter, all functions 

But it fails to connect/disconnect in rare cases ( not so often, I 

I don't know the difference between these systems but I'll check it 

further with PowerBook G4. Please let me know the other working status.

Thank you and sorry for the inconveniences.

> On PPC G4 PowerBook, nunchuck, LED, IR, and vibration are not working
> for me.  Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems.

I've changed my development environment to MacBook Pro and PowerMac  
G5 + BT adapter. I forgot to check it with PowerBook well.

With my PowerMac G5/2.5Quad + D-Link's DBT-120 adapter, all functions  
seem to work fine.
But it fails to connect/disconnect in rare cases ( not so often, I  
believe..).

I don't know the difference between these systems but I'll check it  
further with PowerBook G4. Please let me know the other working status.

this may be the same issue I've been having with the previous version 

of the object. I've found that I actually need to sync twice to get 

the LED and vibration to work, and it needs to be a red button sync.

On 3 Feb 2007, at 23:35, keith manlove wrote:

>> ( Classic Controller is NOT supported.)

>> - outlets and output messages are changed.

this may be the same issue I've been having with the previous version  
of the object. I've found that I actually need to sync twice to get  
the LED and vibration to work, and it needs to be a red button sync.

> On PPC G4 PowerBook, nunchuck, LED, IR, and vibration are not working
> for me.  Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
> On 2/2/07, Masayuki Akamatsu  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I published aka.wiiremote 1.0B5 at:
>> http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_wiiremote
>>
>> In this version:
>> - Nunchuk is supported.
>> ( Classic Controller is NOT supported.)
>> - device address is supported.
>> - outlets and output messages are changed.
>> - some input messages are simplified.
>> - help patch is expanded for Nunchuk.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>> Masayuki Akamatsu
>>


my first look into this forum and the first thing i saw is your external for the Wii-Remote: i ran outside, got myself a controller, hooked it up to my Mac and boom: it's just working.

This is so unbelievable great: it's just the interface i allways dreamed off (and never have been able to afford...).

Op 5-feb-2007, om 11:40 heeft Claas Hanson het volgende geschreven:

> my first look into this forum and the first thing i saw is your 

> external for the Wii-Remote: i ran outside, got myself a 

> controller, hooked it up to my Mac and boom: it's just working.

> This is so unbelievable great: it's just the interface i allways 

> dreamed off (and never have been able to afford...).

What do I need to get the wii remotes working? Do I need the 

sensorbar too? Not interested in the wii itself, and I can't tell 

from the Nintendo site if the sensor bar is available as a separate 

>
> Hello Masayuki Akamatsu,
>
> my first look into this forum and the first thing i saw is your  
> external for the Wii-Remote: i ran outside, got myself a  
> controller, hooked it up to my Mac and boom: it's just working.
>
> This is so unbelievable great: it's just the interface i allways  
> dreamed off (and never have been able to afford...).
>
> Thank you sooooo much!!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Claas Hanson

What do I need to get the wii remotes working? Do I need the  
sensorbar too? Not interested in the wii itself, and I can't tell  
from the Nintendo site if the sensor bar is available as a separate  
item.

On 5 Feb 2007, at 11:36, Zip Boterbloem wrote:

> What do I need to get the wii remotes working? Do I need the 

> sensorbar too? Not interested in the wii itself, and I can't tell 

> from the Nintendo site if the sensor bar is available as a separate 

All you need is a bluetooth equipped mac and the wiiremote. You can 

use the tilt/accelerometer sensors straight away. For the IR you can 

either solder together some IR emitters (there;s some instructions on 

Akamatsu's web site) or even use candles (also on the site).

On 5 Feb 2007, at 11:36, Zip Boterbloem wrote:
>
> What do I need to get the wii remotes working? Do I need the  
> sensorbar too? Not interested in the wii itself, and I can't tell  
> from the Nintendo site if the sensor bar is available as a separate  
> item.

All you need is a bluetooth equipped mac and the wiiremote. You can  
use the tilt/accelerometer sensors straight away. For the IR you can  
either solder together some IR emitters (there;s some instructions on  
Akamatsu's web site) or even use candles (also on the site).

Hey, I updated a patch im working on to 1.0B5. I can get everything working (all the new Nunchuck stuff), however when I activate the nunchuck, it seems that my IR stops working-- but as soon as I de-activate IR, the nunchuck starts working again...

hopefully we can figure this out, it would be great to use IR and Nunchuck accelerometer/Joystick at the same time!

Latest Mac OS, + Max 10.4.6 + Powerbook G4 1.67 1.5gb ram

Hey, I updated a patch im working on to 1.0B5.  I can get everything working (all the new Nunchuck stuff), however when I activate the nunchuck, it seems that my IR stops working-- but as soon as I de-activate IR, the nunchuck starts working again...

Jordan
Latest Mac OS, + Max 10.4.6 + Powerbook G4 1.67 1.5gb ram


I just wanted to wake this thread up again, but changing the subject slightly. After hours of staring at the pretty lines, I've yet to figure out a good way to actually put this snazzy little thing to use... sad, but true.

After the necessary smoothing and simplifying (multisplit or, in my case, Lclose) of the input, I've been trying to implement simple pattern matching. My thought has been to "record" a set of exemplars -- gestures which serve as examples of gestures I want Max to learn to "recognize" -- then to test live input against the exemplars, and pick the best match. However, I'm actually finding this much more difficult than I originally thought it would be...

I'm not giving up on this approach yet, but I wonder whether people might be interested in sharing their experiences with, and patches for, using the wiiremote? I often learn better when I'm looking at actual examples, and I could really use some help. I'll certainly post my work if and when I get something worth posting!

Someone over at www.em411.com has posted a patch for use with the Wii 

remote. I've haven't tried it yet, and it doesn't appear to involve 

the sort of gesture recognition you are writing about, but it is an 

example of trying to control loops using the remote. You can find it 

http://www.em411.com/blog/2087/0/Wii_remote_max_patch.html.

On 11-Feb-07, at 8:34 AM, jbmaxwell wrote:

> I just wanted to wake this thread up again, but changing the 

> subject slightly. After hours of staring at the pretty lines, I've 

> yet to figure out a good way to actually put this snazzy little 

> After the necessary smoothing and simplifying (multisplit or, in my 

> case, Lclose) of the input, I've been trying to implement simple 

> pattern matching. My thought has been to "record" a set of 

> exemplars -- gestures which serve as examples of gestures I want 

> Max to learn to "recognize" -- then to test live input against the 

> exemplars, and pick the best match. However, I'm actually finding 

> this much more difficult than I originally thought it would be...

> I'm not giving up on this approach yet, but I wonder whether people 

> might be interested in sharing their experiences with, and patches 

> for, using the wiiremote? I often learn better when I'm looking at 

> actual examples, and I could really use some help. I'll certainly 

> post my work if and when I get something worth posting!

Someone over at www.em411.com has posted a patch for use with the Wii  
remote. I've haven't tried it yet, and it doesn't appear to involve  
the sort of gesture recognition you are writing about, but it is an  
example of trying to control loops using the remote. You can find it  
here: http://www.em411.com/blog/2087/0/Wii_remote_max_patch.html.

>
> Hey, All.
>
> I just wanted to wake this thread up again, but changing the  
> subject slightly. After hours of staring at the pretty lines, I've  
> yet to figure out a good way to actually put this snazzy little  
> thing to use... sad, but true.
>
> After the necessary smoothing and simplifying (multisplit or, in my  
> case, Lclose) of the input, I've been trying to implement simple  
> pattern matching. My thought has been to "record" a set of  
> exemplars -- gestures which serve as examples of gestures I want  
> Max to learn to "recognize" -- then to test live input against the  
> exemplars, and pick the best match. However, I'm actually finding  
> this much more difficult than I originally thought it would be...
>
> I'm not giving up on this approach yet, but I wonder whether people  
> might be interested in sharing their experiences with, and patches  
> for, using the wiiremote? I often learn better when I'm looking at  
> actual examples, and I could really use some help. I'll certainly  
> post my work if and when I get something worth posting!
>
> thanks,
>
> J.


hey, jmb... (that felt like a typo to me!)

Without jitter I can't get this patch going, but I've pulled out your analizar sub-patcher, so I'll see if I can sort through what you're doing in there.

I'm still anxiously awaiting wii remotes to be back in stock - another month

in the meantime, check out mnm (part of the ftm toolkit from ircam)

there's a gesture recognition demo there which I've adapted to work with

gestures an airstick. I expect that it would be relatively straight forward

to substitute the wii remote into this patch.

happy to share the patch I've put together - they will appear on my website

eventually, but email me offlist in the meantime.

> hey, jmb... (that felt like a typo to me!)

> Without jitter I can't get this patch going, but I've pulled out your

> analizar sub-patcher, so I'll see if I can sort through what you're doing in

I'm still anxiously awaiting wii remotes to be back in stock - another month
perhaps...

in the meantime, check out mnm (part of the ftm toolkit from ircam)
there's a gesture recognition demo there which I've adapted to work with
gestures an airstick. I expect that it would be relatively straight forward
to substitute the wii remote into this patch.

happy to share the patch I've put together - they will appear on my website
eventually, but email me offlist in the meantime.

On 2/12/07, jbmaxwell  wrote:
>
>
> hey, jmb... (that felt like a typo to me!)
>
> Without jitter I can't get this patch going, but I've pulled out your
> analizar sub-patcher, so I'll see if I can sort through what you're doing in
> there.
>
> thanks,
>
> J.
>

i have the b4 version working jsut fine on my macbook pro, but when i tried using the new version, i cant get the nunchuck to work at all. has this happened to anyone else? i did replace the old external object with the new one, then tried opening up the help file. am i doing anyhting wrong there? i am a bit new to max, so yeaaaa, thanks:)

im not sure if you got my email, but im interested in the patch and anything else wii / gesture related that might spark some interesting ideas while i think about exactly what I want to do with my wiimotes :)

I've started working with the aka.wiiremote object about 2 weeks ago. 

Finaly got a nunchuck adapter (It was sold out everywhere I went) and 

got my leds setup to have the IR data working.

I get the data from the IR sensor just fine, but when I activate the 

nunchuck, I do not seem to get the data anymore... If I deactivate 

the nunchuck, I get my IR sensor data back. I've noticed this 

behaviour while using the help patcher that comes with aka.wiiremote. 

I haven't done any extensive testing besides that. Before I dig 

deeper, I'd like to know if anyone got the same behavior and if so 

I do have another question for the people that are a bit more 

knowledgeable with electronics that I am... I've used these LEDs to 

http://www.ortodoxism.ro/datasheets/toshiba/

2337.pdf) and it seems to lack power if I get to more than 6-7 feet 

from the screen the signal seems to go away. I guess my diodes are 

not emitting strongly enough. I'm using the 5V of a USB cable as my 

power source. One diode is connected in series with a 76 Ohm resistor 

then to the ground ( 5V - 1.35V) / 0.05A = 73 Ohm. I have a pair of 

diode separated by about 7-8 inches on top of my iMac

I've started working with the aka.wiiremote object about 2 weeks ago.  
Finaly got a nunchuck adapter (It was sold out everywhere I went) and  
got my leds setup to have the IR data working.

I get the data from the IR sensor just fine, but when I activate the  
nunchuck, I do not seem to get the data anymore... If I deactivate  
the nunchuck, I get my IR sensor data back. I've noticed this  
behaviour while using the help patcher that comes with aka.wiiremote.  
I haven't done any extensive testing besides that. Before I dig  
deeper, I'd like to know if anyone got the same behavior and if so  
what is your take on it?

I do have another question for the people that are a bit more  
knowledgeable with electronics that I am... I've used these LEDs to  
make my 'sensor bar' (http://www.ortodoxism.ro/datasheets/toshiba/ 
2337.pdf) and it seems to lack power if I get to more than 6-7 feet  
from the screen the signal seems to go away. I guess my diodes are  
not emitting strongly enough. I'm using the 5V of a USB cable as my  
power source. One diode is connected in series with a 76 Ohm resistor  
then to the ground ( 5V - 1.35V) / 0.05A = 73 Ohm. I have a pair of  
diode separated by about 7-8 inches on top of my iMac

I'm not sure if I missed something. I've been searching for the past few months for a driver/external/etc. that works fully with PPC Macs. I don't have the cash at the moment to pick up a fancy new Intel laptop.

I have a few patches using the aka.wiiremote object, but I would really like to be able to use the infrared and nunchuck. Anyone have a hint on where I could find something that will do all of that on a Powerbook?

It's a little bit hard for me but I'm improving the reliability on PPC.

I hope I can release the next version soon (?).

On 2007/04/20, at 5:53, Charlie Huguenard wrote:

> I'm not sure if I missed something. I've been searching for the 

> past few months for a driver/external/etc. that works fully with 

> PPC Macs. I don't have the cash at the moment to pick up a fancy 

> I have a few patches using the aka.wiiremote object, but I would 

> really like to be able to use the infrared and nunchuck. Anyone 

> have a hint on where I could find something that will do all of 

It's a little bit hard for me but I'm improving the reliability on PPC.
I hope I can release the next version soon (?).
Thank you for your patience.

>
> I'm not sure if I missed something. I've been searching for the  
> past few months for a driver/external/etc. that works fully with  
> PPC Macs. I don't have the cash at the moment to pick up a fancy  
> new Intel laptop.
>
> I have a few patches using the aka.wiiremote object, but I would  
> really like to be able to use the infrared and nunchuck. Anyone  
> have a hint on where I could find something that will do all of  
> that on a Powerbook?
>
> Thanks!
> Charlie
>

That's great news, Masayuki. Thanks for your work on that object. I am enjoying using it even without the extra functionality.

That would be amazing, Im already using your abstraction for hooking up my space navigator, and I can use the wiimote, but it runs really slowly (I get accelerometer + button data about every 300ms or so)

Thanks so much for these Masayuki, there great for the community!

Any chance this object will be released for PC any time soon?

(or maybe I'm just not aware that it works on a PC yet, but last time I tried it, I couldn't get it to load properly)

In the meantime, I'm stuck using GlovePIE and MIDI to get data from the Wiimote to Max/MSP...

Sorry but I have no plan to port it to PC because Bluetooth API on PC 

On 2007/04/24, at 12:46, ScottMcLeod wrote:

> Any chance this object will be released for PC any time soon?

> (or maybe I'm just not aware that it works on a PC yet, but last 

> time I tried it, I couldn't get it to load properly)

> In the meantime, I'm stuck using GlovePIE and MIDI to get data from 

Sorry but I have no plan to port it to PC because Bluetooth API on PC  
is quite different from on Mac.

>
> Any chance this object will be released for PC any time soon?
>
> (or maybe I'm just not aware that it works on a PC yet, but last  
> time I tried it, I couldn't get it to load properly)
>
> In the meantime, I'm stuck using GlovePIE and MIDI to get data from  
> the Wiimote to Max/MSP...
> --
> -Scott McLeod
> framebyframe.ca
>

Nintendo Wii Remote Object 1.0B5