Steering wheel

vvvv beta question
#1

Hi vvvv users,
has someone experience in connecting a usb gaming steering wheel + pedals? it doesnt need to have force feedback. but, do i need to write my own plug in (which im never done and probably not able…)? Or can i simply use one of the existing nodes - which i would prefer?
which product is working out of the box?

thank you!

#2

you can see if your steering wheel is a HID device, if so, you should be able to use it using the HID nodes

#3

regarding HID see protocols#hid

#4

well, thank you for your answers, problem is , i want to buy (nut build) a gaming steering wheel, but it is hard to find informations if the device is a HID device.
is every steering wheel for pc automatically also a HID device? im not sure.

#5

okay, i received my wheel + pedals, and they are indeed HID devices, nice.

problem is, if i paste the ‘report descriptor’ from the HID-Node into the HIDencode-Node no additional output-pins are generated (like promised in the HID-Wiki-Page).

should i create a new forum question on this topic?

has someone an idea what the problem is?

thank you.

#6

Have you tried GameController (Devices Analog)? All of the consumer-grade gaming steering wheels we’ve had in office outputted like some joystick or another.

#7

thank you for your answer, yes i aready tried them, and i received all the analog values (cool!), but i want to send some force feedback values back to the wheel, so i need the HID - device nodes, i guess.

#8

From my experience the descriptor handling in these nodes has been broken for a very long time. At least no HID device I ever tried was working via descriptors.

#9

oh okay, thats a pity. which would be the way to go now? has someone any hints?
is the only solution to write a plug in?

#10

i usually resorted to building a small patch or dynamic plug to wrangle the bytes to my personal preferences. that however completely defeats the original purpose of having hid descriptors in the first place.

#11

hey guest regarding the hid nodes not working… can you try with this older vvvversion: vvvv45beta28.1 and tell us if that works?

and also please check if 32 or 64 bit makes a difference with the latest version, and report.

#12

hey joreg,
i have to wait 6 weeks (delivery time for the new steering wheel), but then i will try and check and post.