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There are numerous ways to achieve control of the [[Nokia N900|N900]] using a wii remote. Please have a look at this [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=19658 talk.maemo.org thread].
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There are numerous ways to achieve control of the N900 using a wii remote. Please have a look at this [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=19658 thread]
The method described here uses cwiid and wminput. This method is an expansion on the instructions provided [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=19658&page=13 here] by the user thp, who re-packaged cwiid.
The method described here uses cwiid and wminput. This method is an expansion on the instructions provided [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=19658&page=13 here] by the user thp, who re-packaged cwiid.
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change to root (by whichever method you chose)
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gain [[root access]]:
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<code>root</code>
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<pre>root</pre>
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install cwiid-utils from extras-devel.
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install [http://maemo.org/packages/view/cwiid-utils/ cwiid-utils] from [[extras-devel]]:
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<code>apt-get install cwiid-utils</code>
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<pre>apt-get install cwiid-utils</pre>
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if not already installed install python-cwiid
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if not already installed, install [http://maemo.org/packages/view/python-cwiid/ python-cwiid]:
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<code>apt-get install python-cwiid</code>
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<pre>apt-get install python-cwiid</pre>
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Then execute the following two commands
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execute the following two commands:
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<code>modprobe uinput</code>
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modprobe uinput
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<code>chmod a+rw /dev/input/uinput</code>
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chmod a+rw /dev/input/uinput
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Then create a config file. The file below is for controlling the inbuilt media player
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create a config file. The file below is for controlling the built-in media player
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Wiimote.Left    = KEY_LEFT
Wiimote.Left    = KEY_LEFT
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The code was saved in <code>/home/user/.cwiid/wminput/mediaplayer</code>. This is one of the places that gets searched by wminput as detailed [http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/wiki/wminput here]
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The code was saved in <code>/home/user/.cwiid/wminput/mediaplayer</code>
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This is one of the places that gets searched by wminput as detailed [http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/wiki/wminput here]
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once saved, ensure Bluetooth is on and simply execute:
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Once saved ensure bluetooth is on and simply execute:
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<pre>wminput -c mediaplayer</pre>
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from the command line. Then press the 1 and 2 buttons on thhe wii remote and the command line should say ready after a little while. Once done simply start the media player. Once started simply use the wii remote buttons to control it. You can skip songs (forward and backward), pause/play and change volume.
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<code>wminput -c mediaplayer</code>
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from the command line. then press the 1 and 2 buttons on thhe wii remote and the command line should say ready after a little while. Once done simply start the media player. Once started simply use the wii remote buttons to control it. You can skip songs (forward and backward), pause/play and change volume.
If you want to carry out some coding using python and wii remote look [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60178 here]
If you want to carry out some coding using python and wii remote look [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60178 here]
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Here is also some further useful links:
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Here is also some further usefull links:
* http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/browser/wminput/action_enum.txt
* http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/browser/wminput/action_enum.txt
* http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/wiki
* http://abstrakraft.org/cwiid/wiki
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