How To: Windows Wiimote

From WiiLi

Contents 1 General 1.1 Bluetooth 1.2 GlovePIE 1.3 Getting it all to work 1.4 Example Script

[edit] General

We are going to be using GlovePIE by Carl Kenner. It's an application that will connect the Wiimote to a Windows PC.

[edit] Bluetooth

For whatever reason, GlovePIE does not work with the default Windows Bluetooth Driver. It's necessary to download a new one. Many people have had success with BlueSoleil, which can be found here.

[edit] GlovePIE

To get GlovePIE go here, and select the newest release (2.7 as of 19 December 2006).

There is no need to install anything, just extract the files from the .zip into a folder of your choice.

[edit] Getting it all to work

Connect the Wiimote to BlueSoleil. For more on this see How To: BlueSoleil.

Then load a GlovePIE script, and press run.

[edit] Example Script

(more scripts can be found in your /GlovePIE/WiimoteScripts/ folder and at the wiili forum[1])

// Show wiimote forces
debug = "X="+Wiimote.RawForceX+' Y='+Wiimote.RawForceY+' Z='+Wiimote.RawForceZ

if wiimote.Up then
Mouse.WheelUp = true
wait 120 ms
Mouse.WheelUp = false
endif
if wiimote.Down then
Mouse.WheelDown = true
wait 120 ms
Mouse.WheelDown = false
endif
if wiimote.Left then
Mouse.WheelLeft = true
wait 120 ms
Mouse.WheelLeft = false
endif
if wiimote.Right then
Mouse.WheelRight = true
wait 120 ms
Mouse.WheelRight = false
endif

Mouse.RightButton = Wiimote.A
Mouse.LeftButton = Wiimote.B

Mouse.MiddleButton = Wiimote.Home
if Wiimote.Plus then
if var.osk= false then
Execute("osk")
var.osk = true
wait 300 ms
endif
endif
if Wiimote.Minus then
if var.osk = true then
ExitProgram
wait 300 ms
var.osk= false
endif
endif

if wiimote.one then
wiimote.leds = wiimote.leds + 1
if(wiimote.Leds>15)
wiimote.Leds=15
endif
wait 120 ms
endif
if wiimote.two then
wiimote.leds = wiimote.leds - 1
if(wiimote.Leds<0)>
wiimote.leds = 0
endif
wait 120 ms
endif

// set these to the offsets when the wiimote is at rest
// will be different for each wiimote most likely
var.x = Wiimote.RawForceX +12 //trim to 0
var.y = Wiimote.RawForceY -37 // trim to 0
var.z = Wiimote.RawForceZ +12 //trim to 0

//precision
var.sense0 = 500
var.thresh0x = 5
var.thresh0y = 2

var.sense = 300
var.threshx = 10
var.threshy = 5

var.sense2 = 100
var.thresh2x = 15
var.thresh2y = 8

var.sense3 = 50
var.thresh3x = 20
var.thresh3y = 12

//first sensitivity setting
//xaxis
if var.x > var.thresh0x
mouse.x = mouse.x - 1/var.sense0
endif
if var.x < -var.thresh0x
mouse.x = mouse.x + 1/var.sense0
endif

//yaxis
if var.z > var.thresh0y
mouse.y = mouse.y - 1/var.sense0
endif
if var.z < -var.thresh0y
mouse.y = mouse.y + 1/var.sense0
endif


//second sensitivity setting
//xaxis
if var.x > var.threshx
mouse.x = mouse.x - 1/var.sense
endif
if var.x < -var.threshx
mouse.x = mouse.x + 1/var.sense
endif

//yaxis
if var.z > var.threshy
mouse.y = mouse.y - 1/var.sense
endif
if var.z < -var.threshy
mouse.y = mouse.y + 1/var.sense
endif

//third sensitivity setting
//xaxis
if var.x > var.thresh2x
mouse.x = mouse.x - 1/var.sense2
endif
if var.x < -var.thresh2x
mouse.x = mouse.x + 1/var.sense2
endif

//yaxis
if var.z > var.thresh2y
mouse.y = mouse.y - 1/var.sense2
endif
if var.z < -var.thresh2y
mouse.y = mouse.y + 1/var.sense2
endif

//fourth sensitivity setting
//xaxis
if var.x > var.thresh3x
mouse.x = mouse.x - 1/var.sense3
endif
if var.x < -var.thresh3x
mouse.x = mouse.x + 1/var.sense3
endif

//yaxis
if var.z > var.thresh3y
mouse.y = mouse.y - 1/var.sense3
endif
if var.z < -var.thresh3y
mouse.y = mouse.y + 1/var.sense3
endif