Joystick.Joystick Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for Joystick.Joystick:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, dev_num)
def	get_name (self)
def	get_num_axis (self)
def	get_num_buttons (self)
def	get_axis_map (self)
def	get_button_map (self)
def	read_buttons (self, arg0='', arg1='')
def	registerCallbacks (self, callbacks)

Public Attributes
	callbacks
	dev_num
	device
	info

Static Public Attributes
int	EVENT_BUTTON = 0x01
int	EVENT_AXIS = 0x02
int	EVENT_INIT = 0x80
string	EVENT_FORMAT = "IhBB"
	EVENT_SIZE = struct.calcsize(EVENT_FORMAT)
dictionary	axis_names
dictionary	button_names
dictionary	dual_axis
dictionary	single_axis
int	JSIOCGAXES = 0x80016a11
int	JSIOCGBUTTONS = 0x80016a12
int	JSIOCGAXMAP = 0x80406a32
int	JSIOCGBTNMAP = 0x80406a34

Detailed Description

The Joystick class is a GObject that sends signals that represent 
Joystick events

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__init__()

def Joystick.Joystick.__init__	(		self,
			dev_num
	)

initialize Joystick object

Member Function Documentation

get_axis_map()

def Joystick.Joystick.get_axis_map

(

self

)

gets list of axis names

@return list

get_button_map()

def Joystick.Joystick.get_button_map

(

self

)

gets list of button names

@return list

get_name()

def Joystick.Joystick.get_name

(

self

)

gets the joystick name
reads from the file: /sys/class/input/js0/device/name

@return str

get_num_axis()

def Joystick.Joystick.get_num_axis

(

self

)

gets number of axis

@return int

get_num_buttons()

def Joystick.Joystick.get_num_buttons

(

self

)

gets number of axis

@return int

read_buttons()

def Joystick.Joystick.read_buttons	(		self,
			arg0 = '',
			arg1 = ''
	)

read the button and axis press event from the joystick device 
and emit a signal containing the event data 

registerCallbacks()

def Joystick.Joystick.registerCallbacks	(		self,
			callbacks
	)

sets up one or more callbacks
accepts tuple: (name, func) or dict { 'name1': func1, 'name2': func2 }

@param callbacks

Member Data Documentation

axis_names

dictionary Joystick.Joystick.axis_names

static

Initial value:

=  {
        0x00 : 'x',
        0x01 : 'y',
        0x02 : 'z',
        0x03 : 'rx',
        0x04 : 'ry',
        0x05 : 'rz',
        0x06 : 'throttle',
        0x07 : 'rudder',
        0x08 : 'wheel',
        0x09 : 'gas',
        0x0a : 'brake',
        0x10 : 'hat0x',
        0x11 : 'hat0y',
        0x12 : 'hat1x',
        0x13 : 'hat1y',
        0x14 : 'hat2x',
        0x15 : 'hat2y',
        0x16 : 'hat3x',
        0x17 : 'hat3y',
        0x18 : 'pressure',
        0x19 : 'distance',
        0x1a : 'tilt_x',
        0x1b : 'tilt_y',
        0x1c : 'tool_width',
        0x20 : 'volume',
        0x28 : 'misc',
    }

dual_axis

dictionary Joystick.Joystick.dual_axis

static

Initial value:

=  {
        'x': 'y',
        'rx': 'ry',
        'hat0x': 'hat0y',
        'hat1x': 'hat1y',
        'hat2x': 'hat2y',
        'tilt_x': 'tilt_y',
    }

single_axis

dictionary Joystick.Joystick.single_axis

static

Initial value:

=  {
        'z': False,
        'rz': False,
        'throttle': False,
        'rudder': False,
        'wheel': True,
        'gas': False,
        'brake': False,
        'pressure': False,
        'distance': False,
        'tool_width': False,
        'volume': False,
        'misc': False
    }

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Joystick.py