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[ShortyTwoMeters]

I've developed this for use in a game I'm making in Python. It's based on the cWiiMote library v. 0.2 by Kevin Forbes (http://simulatedcomicproduct.com/2006/12/cwiimote-02.php).
This is in the Windows section because the HID access routines depend on certain Windows drivers.

The changes I've made to the library are at most superficial, made only to get the classes to wrap properly, and in some cases make certain data easier to access from Python. Wrapping was done with SWIG and dist-utils (included with modern Python installations). Files can be found at:

http://www.box.net/public/guj79a1pga

Installation:
Binary - unzip to lib/site-packages under your Python directory. This binary has been compiled for the Windows version of Python 2.5. To install under other versions of Python, see Source installation...

Source - unzip, and run "python setup.py install" to compile and install the module for your Python version. This should work if you've managed to get dist-utils working on your system. You will also need the library files "libhid.a" and "libsetupapi.a" somewhere in your library path for linking to succeed. Also you'll need SWIG since that's what does the actual wrapping!

Usage: Once installed, a simple test could be something like:

import pyWiimote
wiimote = pyWiimote.pyWiiMote()
wiimote.ConnectToDevice()
wiimote.SetLEDs(1, 0, 1, 0)

( note the case on pyWiimote.pyWiiMote() )

Function names are identical to those in cWiiMote - for now you'll have to look at the source to figure out what everything does, but I'll be putting up some documentation eventually. In Python, you could also do a dir(wiimote) to see what functions are available.

[France]

I haven't tried it yet, but awesome work. I was thinking about writing some science project in python to use with the wiimote.

[France]

Hi,

I got around to playing with this. I got the connection to work fine. Do you have any sample code i can look at to access the accel information??

Thanks!

[ZeNiTRaM]

Hi, I'm trying to get some acceleration information using this module, but I get this:

[tsunami01]

Hello,

I've been trying to compile the source code with mingw32 to use the wiimote with Panda3d, an opensource game engine that is based on python 2.4. I haven't been able to accomplish this. It would be awesome if you could upload a version that is compiled for use with python2.4. Thanks a lot!

[grid]

[mhourahine]

I've installed the binary version (I'm running Python 2.5) and I'm able to import the pyWiiMote library. However, running:

wiimote = pyWiimote.pyWiiMote()
wiimote.ConnectToDevice()

Always returns false (1st line runs without fail). I'm able to connect by Wiimote using test application that comes with the Managed Library from Ninendo's Wiimote (see MSDN Coding 4 fun blog) so I know my hardware is compatible.

Is there a higher level of error reporting or debugging I can use to see where it's failing?

Thanks.