Wanda button events on flock of birds

[Atul Thakur]

Hi,
I am able to track the positions using my FOB (1 bird).
There are three buttons and a joystick control on the wanda.
Are there any functions in Vizard to use the events generated by these buttons and joysticks? I saw the documentation of flockofbirds plugin but couldn't find any. If not, do i need to write my own plugin <where to get information about writing my own plugin>?
Kindly point me to some sample codes if it exists.

Thank you,

sincerely,
-Atul

[mspusch]

Hi Atul,

I believe there have been similar discussions before, please have a look at

http://www.worldviz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=678

and see if that helps.

Have fun!

[Atul Thakur]

Thank you for the reply.
I followed the discussion you indicated. My problem is that my joystick is not working neither the wanda buttons. I can only retrieve the orientation of the wanda. Is there a method to access the joystick or wanda button action?
regards,
-Atul

[farshizzo]

According to Ascension, the Wanda is a standard plug-n-play joystick device. This means you should be able to use our joystick module to access the joystick/button data. There are a few example scripts that come with Vizard showing how to use the joystick module and they are also included in the documentation.

[Atul Thakur]

Originally Posted by farshizzo

According to Ascension, the Wanda is a standard plug-n-play joystick device. This means you should be able to use our joystick module to access the joystick/button data. There are a few example scripts that come with Vizard showing how to use the joystick module and they are also included in the documentation.

Hi:
I tried using the joystick code into my fob code as follows

PHP Code:

import viz
import sid

viz.go()
BAUD_FOB = 38400
PORT_FOB = 1
sensor = viz.add('flockofbirds.dls')
viz.tracker()
pos = [0,0,0]
room = viz.add("room.wrl")
room.translate(0,0,3)
table = viz.add("table.wrl")
table.translate(0,0,3)
def onkeydown(key):
    if key == 'a':
        pos = sensor.get()
        print pos
viz.callback(viz.KEYDOWN_EVENT,onkeydown)

##to see whether joystick works o not
def joydown(button):
    print "Joystick worked!!" 


Joystick action is not printing anything
Moreover, I don't have any idea, how to use the buttons on the wanda.
Also, for the information, when I run winbird.exe <Ascension's program> The position and orientations are registered properly but joystick or buttons don't do anything.
I am not sure if the joystick and buttons are working alright or not. Please let me know if there is any method to test that.
Thank you,

-Atul

[farshizzo]

If you can't get the joystick/buttons working with Ascension's software then you will need to contact them for support.