Wiimote and Glovepie

Glovepie is a program by Carl Kenner that allows you to write codes that link the Wiimote into your PC
A special thanks to Carl Kenner, who wrote Glovepie

First, follow my other instructable to sync your wiimote to your PC
Download and Install Glovepie on your PC - I am using version .30

Now, basically this instructable is about how to use the programming language that glovepie uses as input (for beginners to software programming and such)
if you know how to write software, a quick look at this Glovepie Wiki is all you might need

--before i started using this app, i had virtually no experience or knowledge of programming. the best way to learn is to look at already written scripts, and you can pick up on how to write them - thats what i did

pics won't exactly help here, so just follow the directions, and if you need more help, just send a comment and i will be happy to help asap

Step 1 General Basics and Structure

Think of a basic code as a cause/effect sentence - basically meaning -- something(cause) triggers something else (effect), followed by a period.

In code language, that would look like:
if - followed by cause
- - - - - effect (can be many)
endif - equivalent of period

Example -- if i wanted the first light on the wiimote to go on when i pressed A --
if wiimote.a
wiimote.led1 = true
endif

other ways to write this are:
if wiimote.a then wiimote.led1 = true
or
wiimote.a = wiimote.led = true

you might notice that even if you let go of A, the led stays on, because its value was set to true.

if you want it to only go on while pressing the button, use the else command like this -- incorporated into the first code --

if wiimote.a
wiimote.led1 = true
else
wiimote.led1 = false
endif

that would be a double cause/effect and the light would work that way because a "counter" is provided for when you let go of the button

Anything on the wiimote is addressed in glovepie as wiimote._
the key list for use is as follows: (the power button is not and can't be used here)
Wiimote. :
DPAD :
UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
A
B
MINUS
HOME
PLUS
ONE
TWO

Refer to the wiki for info on the lights and other stuff you can do

Comments

[randofo]

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[Winko]

After having used GlovePie several times, I thought it would be handy to have a function that would auto calibrate my Wii remote. I couldn't find a script or routine that did this, so I decided to give it a shot myself.

 

(article: http://www.winko-erades.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:glovepie-wiimote-auto-calibration&catid=4:windows-xp&Itemid=3)

(website: http://www.winko-erades.nl/)

 

Regards,

 

Winko

[raykholo]

the other instructable mentioned in the beggining is not up yet, and probably wont be for a while enjoy thnis one, and theres plenty of other ways to find out how to sync up your wiimote to your pc