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[SilentShaddow]

Basically im looking to do some programming in java. This would be really basic and run from the Command Prompt as I dont know any GUI stuff.

Basically I want to load the the different remote inputs in to java as variable and then from there I can manage. This is my lighting desk project, I will then manipulate the numbers to suitable outputs and try and work out how to send the info to DMX(the signal used to control lights)

How do I get the information into my java script?

Silent

p.s my GlovePIE isnt working ive posted about that, but i do have wii remote libary and wiinremote working well for me.

[SilentShaddow]

Perhaps I should expand a little more, this is the kind of thing im after with the gaps filled in and corrected...


/**
* Name: DMXControl
* Program to control lights with the wiimote
* Silent Shaddow
* 17th Feb
*/
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class DMXControl
{
public static void main (String [] args)
{
Scanner sc = new Scanner (System.in);

int channel_number=0;
channel_number = sc.nextFloat ();
System.out.println("select number of channels")

float [] DMX = new float [512]; /* DMX has 512 channels each with a value between 0and 255 that controls the lights*/

<some form of loading the values from the controller>
for(int count=1; count<=0;count++)
do{
<some form of loading the values from the controller>
<Normalising the data using mostly arrays>
<Converting data from the normalised inputs to the outputs of the DMX arrays>
for(int w=0;w<=channel_number;w++);
{
system.out.print(" "+DMX[w]);
}
system.out.print("/n/n")
<send values to DMX>
}while(buttonb!=0);
}
}

You get the idea, same sort of basis as GlovePIE but in java which is more suitable if I want to get help from other locations and it actually works on my computer....

The plan is to create an infinite loop in which the program constantly checks for the pressing of 'b' which unlocks the controlling of the light. Then command prompt would read a stream of number going down which is fine, as thats all I need to understand what the lights are doing.

The current state of my wiimote is that it connects to my computer and works fine with lots of different programs such as wiinremote and virtual whiteboard. I'm not using blue soliel as the wiimote works fine with out it and id rather not have to make it work.

@chaos ive been looking at your wiiremoteJ which looks like just what I need... ... in there somewhere and am in no way close to really understanding whats going on. My java abilities have yet to venture outside the single class 'main'. This is becuase im a maths student and so had to do some Java in my first year of Uni, the actual data handling and the turning round into usable DMX will be fine for me on my own


If it works, I promise a 'wiibot' type video. except better because they only had one bot... ... I have access to huge amount of lights and have some fun plans, please help!

Who needs a £8000 lighting desk? Ive a wiimote and java


some many lights that one time I when I went overboard, and puts lots up that when I turned the main breaker on, I tripped the power out for the university.

[Cha0s]

Well, basically, I recommend you look at the sample class WRLImpl. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I think this is what you're looking for though (note, simple hackish code. You probably want a try-catch instead of having main throw an Exception and you might want to make the listener a separate class, depending on how much code is involved ):

[SilentShaddow]

it can't find "symbol - class WiiRemote,"
which is confusing me no end I will admit, it seems to be in your API but I cant find it elsewhere or can find out how to target it. It seems to be something to do with "import java.lang.Object.*;" but apart from adding that statement I dont know what to do...

Also how do I load data into a variable that I know what im doing with? for example floats and doubles and ints? an example of a statment would be very useful.

Also, I guess whilst im here that I should express my concern if data is returned in hexidecimal form... :S If it is then I dont know how to handle it, preferably a statement converting it into decimals would be nice.

Silent

[Cha0s]

You need these at the beginning of your code:

[SilentShaddow]

Im taking the values from the WiiremoteJ and assigning them to values in an array (after some manipulation)

I think I have a JSR-82, but I dont know as im using a non standard bluetooth stack (the one that came on my usb dongle, all other programs work fine....)

So I add those 2 statements at the top with my lang.Math import statement as well. When I compile, it doesnt find package wiiremotej

I perhaps I should point that my experience in java hasnt gone beyond the class 'main' and have never used anything outside of it apart from java.lang.Math.*; and java.util.*; which seem hard to get wrong.

I do really need to beaten over the head with I_ACCELEROMETER etc, in the main classas I dont know anything about anything that goes on outside that class... ...I dont know, im feeling like im not getting very far... perhaps I should tell you the lighting side and it would all be done quicker... :S

[mharkus]

Hi Silent,

Looks like a classpath problem. Your code should look something like: