ps3joy on OSX
I see the package for Linux to use a PS3 Dual Shock joystick, but is there a similar package for OSX? Thanks.
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I see the package for Linux to use a PS3 Dual Shock joystick, but is there a similar package for OSX? Thanks.
I have finally found a way to use my PS3 controller with ROS that doesn't involve my having to learn Python. I wrote a simple package call osx_joystick that will publish either sensor_msgs::Joy or geometry_msgs::Twist based on the analog sticks or button values.
There does not seem to be an option for that on Mac just yet.
I use rososc and my iPhone for driving stuff or simulations with my mac.
Apparently Apple includes a generic joystick driver for the PS3 controller, see the fifth post here: http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/30444/t1330489-ps3-controller-as-mac-joystick/ . This solves the hard problem of how to pair the PS3 controller and turn it into a joystick.
Unfortunately, there isn't a general ROS joystick driver for OS X yet, but it shouldn't be too hard to use the joystick input from pygame to write one.
Yes, I have done it before using Processing and the proControl library on 10.6 ... however I can't pair 10.7 and my ps3 controller anymore. It keeps asking for a pass phrase now ... Apple seems to have made improvements to Bluetooth!
Asked: 2012-01-29 05:12:20 -0500
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Last updated: Sep 09 '12
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