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Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-03-10T12:35:13Z

Hi conor,

I don’t really know what else to suggest… maybe there is too much “Bluetooth smog”?

Very sorry for the late reply,
Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-03-10T12:31:42Z

Hi Bob,

Maybe you could have 2 LED’s. The first LED would always be on, tracking the mouse. An on-off flash of the other LED would be a left click, and an off-on flash of the first LED would be a right-click. Could this work?

this has been suggested a couple of times before, but I doubt that it’ll work due to the difficulty of distinguishing between the LEDs. Depending on the viewing angle, the two LEDs could also be seen as just one by the Wiimote.

Very sorry for the late reply,
Uwe

Comment on DijkstraVis by Max

2010-03-02T12:23:34Z

Thank you so much, helped me a lot for my studies. Max, Dortmund, Germany

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by conor

2010-02-26T20:37:38Z

i mean it doesnt recognize wiimote

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Bob Smith

2010-02-26T17:59:42Z

Maybe you could have 2 LED’s. The first LED would always be on, tracking the mouse. An on-off flash of the other LED would be a left click, and an off-on flash of the first LED would be a right-click. Could this work?

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-26T11:08:49Z

Hi nistul,

I coud connect my wii mote with PC through Bluetooth,but while trying to execute the problem, an ERROR msg appears,which says : ” cant read data fro wiimote ; is it connected?”

make sure to use the WIDCOMM stack on Windows; please see this thread.

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-26T11:06:39Z

Hi Dany,

[...] there’s a little lag between the mouse cursor on the screen and my pen. The lag is about a fraction of second [...]

this lag could be perfectly normal and is probably due to my app’s mouse cursor smoothing. Try switching from Adaptive to Static smoothing in the preferences and see if the mouse cursor is a little more responsive.
Letting the user regulate the amount of mouse smoothing is on my TODO list…

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-26T10:59:23Z

Hi Aaron,

When we first connect the wiimote whiteboard software with the wii remote the connection is unsuccessful. We have to quite the program and restart it many times before we have a successful connection.

I sometimes experience similar problems; I’m afraid I can’t do much about it, however, since the connection process isn’t handled directly by my app. How often do you typically have to restart the app before it works?

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-26T10:54:42Z

Hi Patrick,

Where is the difference between the cross-platform-version (the .jar) and the Mac version?

the Mac version behaves like a regular Mac app and therefore integrates better with the OS. It uses Apple’s help system, language settings, etc…

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-26T10:51:29Z

Hi conor,

I don’t really know what to suggest since it sometimes works…
What do you mean by “nothing happens”?

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by nistul

2010-02-26T00:01:04Z

H!
I coud connect my wii mote with PC through Bluetooth,but while trying to execute the problem, an ERROR msg appears,which says : ” cant read data fro wiimote ; is it connected?”

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Dany Martineau

2010-02-25T18:53:06Z

Hi!

I’m using your software on Arch linux 64 bits, and it works relatively well. I mean relatively, because, there’s a little lag between the mouse cursor on the screen and my pen. The lag is about a fraction of second, but if i move my pen too fast, the cursor acts like it’s slow to start.
Can someone help me about that?

ps: using bluecove 2.1.0 and openjdk6 (the problem persist with java 6u18). I’ve tried gtkwhiteboard and there’s no lag (but the interface sucks).

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Aaron

2010-02-25T17:33:19Z

Hi,
I really appreciate the use of the software and am very excited about its potential in our school. We have been using it successfully with all features working very well except for one. When we first connect the wiimote whiteboard software with the wii remote the connection is unsuccessful. We have to quite the program and restart it many times before we have a successful connection. This is okay for the hardy teacher, but not so good for a teacher who is less tech savvy. Any one else run into this and fine a solution?

Thanks,
Aaron

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Patrick

2010-02-25T15:24:03Z

Just a stupid question:
Where is the difference between the cross-platform-version (the .jar) and the Mac version? I mean, why should I use the Mac version instead of the .jar?

(Yes, I’m a Mac user and I know that one difference is that the Mac version runs on Macs, only…)

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by conor

2010-02-24T12:34:46Z

it also keeps saying this

   INFO     07:33:19  Calibration Event: SCREEN_CHANGED
   INFO     07:33:20  Calibration Event: LOADED
  FINER     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Initial connection complete.
  FINER     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Calibrating accelerometer...
  FINER     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Accelerometer successfully calibrated
  FINER     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Initialization complete.
 FINEST     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Data write finished.
 FINEST     07:33:20  WiiRemoteJ: Data write finished.
 FINEST     07:33:21  WiiRemoteJ: Data write finished.
 FINEST     07:33:21  WiiRemoteJ: Data write finished.
 FINEST     07:33:21  WiiRemoteJ: Data write finished.
 SEVERE     07:33:21  Error on configuring Wii Remote
java.io.IOException: Error sending data!
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.sendCommand(WiiRemote.java:613)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.writeData(WiiRemote.java:1304)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.setIRSensorEnabled(WiiRemote.java:1702)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.setIRSensorEnabled(WiiRemote.java:1651)
	at org.uweschmidt.wiimote.whiteboard.WiimoteDataHandler.enableIR(WiimoteDataHandler.java:90)
	at org.uweschmidt.wiimote.whiteboard.WiimoteDataHandler.addRemote(WiimoteDataHandler.java:102)
	at org.uweschmidt.wiimote.whiteboard.WiimoteDataHandler.wiiDeviceDiscovered(WiimoteDataHandler.java:253)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemoteJ$1.run(WiiRemoteJ.java:434)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Connection closed
	at com.intel.bluetooth.BluetoothStackOSX.l2Send(Native Method)
	at com.intel.bluetooth.BluetoothL2CAPConnection.send(BluetoothL2CAPConnection.java:130)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.sendCommand(WiiRemote.java:609)
	... 8 more
WARNING     07:33:21  Error on requesting status from Wii Remote
java.io.IOException: Error sending data!
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.sendCommand(WiiRemote.java:613)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.requestStatus(WiiRemote.java:904)
	at org.uweschmidt.wiimote.whiteboard.WiimoteDataHandler$1.run(WiimoteDataHandler.java:125)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Connection closed
	at com.intel.bluetooth.BluetoothStackOSX.l2Send(Native Method)
	at com.intel.bluetooth.BluetoothL2CAPConnection.send(BluetoothL2CAPConnection.java:130)
	at wiiremotej.WiiRemote.sendCommand(WiiRemote.java:609)
	... 3 more

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by conor

2010-02-23T20:12:11Z

I have a mac mini and when i downloaded the software for the first time it worked perfectly but now it doesnt sync with the controller it just says connection failed, so i tried deleting the wiimote from previous devices, it worked a couple times and then stopped working and even if i delete it from previous device again and restart the program still nothing happens. Please Help I think this is rly cool

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Sam

2010-02-22T22:28:37Z

Please ignore last post. I have managed to find the problem.

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Sam

2010-02-22T21:47:31Z

Dear UWE,

I am having problems with the Mac software. I have a Macbook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.8. When I download the mac application I put it in applications. I then connect the wii remote via the mac’s bluetooth and open the program, however the program does not open. The program name comes up in the top left but nothing else where “file” “edit” etc. usually are. I looked through the help files but it says a window should open. I have searched for clues on this for hours on various websites but could not find any similar queries. I am sorry if this is a simple question I am not very good with computers but would love to be able to use this.

Thank you,
Sam

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-22T18:44:22Z

Hi Scott and Dan,

I cannot tell for sure (can’t test it myself), but it will probably not work with a Nyko wand. Someone wrote me this a couple of months ago:

Earlier I said that I was using an off-brand remote, by Nyko (not Wii). When I used a genuine Wii, the computer and wiiremote immediately recognized each other. So progress has been made.

And I learned a lesson: use a genuine Wii remote.

Also see this post.

Uwe

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard by Uwe

2010-02-22T17:53:53Z

Hi Nomis,

make sure that you added the library correctly and also read this post.

Sorry for the late reply,
Uwe