Is there any kind of joystick support for QNX

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I need to interface some joystick-like device to QNX.
Is anything supported? Serial joysticks? Analog joysticks?
USB joysticks? MIDI joysticks? Anything? Thanks.

John Nagle
Team Overbot

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John Nagle <nagle@downside.com> wrote:
JN > I need to interface some joystick-like device to QNX.
JN > Is anything supported? Serial joysticks? Analog joysticks?
JN > USB joysticks? MIDI joysticks? Anything? Thanks.

JN > John Nagle
JN > Team Overbot

I don’t know. I don’t think so.

I had written a driver for QNX4 for a joystick. The problem is that
they are not a real time friendly device. You have to constantly poll
it to see when an RC circuit charges or discharges. I forget which.

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John Nagle wrote:

I need to interface some joystick-like device to QNX.
Is anything supported? Serial joysticks? Analog joysticks?
USB joysticks? MIDI joysticks? Anything? Thanks.

Writing a driver for a serial joystick would be relatively
simple (i.e. a couple days work). See the Input DDK.

US Micro seems to have some nice industrial units.

http://www.usmicroproducts.com/prod_joystick_list_joystick.htm