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--- robots:phoenix:manual:gamepad [2014/02/24 18:03]
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+++ robots:phoenix:manual:gamepad [2021/08/14 04:21] (current)
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   sudo apt-get install joystick
   sudo apt-get install jstest-gtk
+Make sure the gamepad is in X-mode, run this command to check
+  dmesg | grep input
+you should now see something similar to this somewhere
+  input: Generic X-Box pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/input/input21
+now open jstest-gtk to see the prot where the controller is installed. In this case
+  /dev/input/js0
+The gamepad is now installed on the computer.
+==== Permissions ====
+Do the following steps:
+  - Add a new group <code>sudo groupadd gamepad</code>
+  - Add your user to the group <code>useradd -G gamepad [username]</code>
+  - Add the file joystick_acl_correction.sh  to <code>/etc/udev/</code>
+  - Make joystick_acl_correction.sh executable <code>sudo chmod a+x joystick_acl_correction.sh</code>
+  - Add the file  80-local.rules to <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/</code> The udev-rule file is numbered 80 to make sure it is executed after /lib/udev/rules.d/70.udev-acl.rules
+<file bash joystick_acl_correction.sh>
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -c /dev/input/js* ]; # -c is a character device - see http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/fto.html for option
+then
+	setfacl -m g:gamepad:rw- /dev/input/js* #for ACL see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissionsACLs
+   	echo "Gamepad ACL permission set"
+else
+   	echo "No gamepad detected, ACL not set"
+fi
+</file>
+<file bash 80-local.rules>
+#This rule is to make the Logitec gamepad read/writeable for the normal user.
+SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Generic X-Box pad", GROUP="gamepad", MODE="0660", RUN+="/etc/udev/joystick_acl_correction.sh"
+</file>
+===== Running MobotWare with Gamepad =====
+go to the folder
+  /home/phoenix/mobotware/phoenix/
+open the file
+  rhdconfig.joy.xml
+make sure the
+  <joystik port="/dev/input/js0" />
+is set to the correct port.
+Now start MobotWare
+==== Starting mobotware ====
+{{page>robotsoftware:mobotware:manual:starting#phoenix}}

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