Gamepad cannot be detected

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Hi all.

I'm trying to make gamepad work with my program.

After a lot search, I installed xserver-xorg-input-joystick, and copied 52-MyLinuxJoystick.conf to 

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/52-MyJoystick.conf. 


This is my system information:

  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit
  • Matlab: 2016a
  • PTB: 3.0.13
  • Gamepad: Logitech Gamepad F310
  • Mouse: Alienware TactX Mouse


Now I can get devices by [index, name] = GetGamepadIndices(), which returns:

index =

     2    11    12    15    13    14

name = 

  Columns 1 through 3

    'Virtual core XTES…'    'Alienware Alienwa…'    'Alienware Alienwa…'

  Columns 4 through 6

    'ETPS/2 Elantech T…'    'Logitech Gamepad …'    'Logitech Gamepad …'


However, devices = PsychHID('Devices') only returns a 1x2 struct array:

0 0 'TBD' 1 '0003:0005:01' 6268 1301 24833 'Alienware' 'Alienware TactX Mouse' 'A75DA9EFEF0011' 196613 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 2 'TBD' 2 '0003:0005:00' 6268 1301 24833 'Alienware' 'Alienware TactX Mouse' 'A75DA9EFEF0011' 196613 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


And when I use [x,y,buttons] = GetMouse([], index), only index 12 returns the gamepad input, and it only respond to 4 buttons on the right side (a, b, x, y). But isn't 12 correspond to the 3rd device name which is 'Alienware Alienware TactX Mouse'?


  1. What is the relationship between index and name returned by GetGamepadIndices()?
  2. How can I get PsychHID identify my gamepad?
  3. How can I get other buttons' input?


Thanks!!

 

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Have you tried the Gamepad function instead of GetMouse?

-mario