Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I'd like to get this working today if possible.

I have it all installed correctly but I can't pair the remote to the tablet for some reason.

Whenever I do a clean flash on the tablet, I skip over the Bluetooth question.

From Control panel, bluetooth, devices, new..... it searches but doesn't recognize.

I'm missing something really simple so could anyone help me out?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Did you put the wii remote in pairing mode before scanning for it? (press and hold buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously until the 4 leds start to flash)

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Yeah I've pressed and held on buttons 1 and 2. Eventually I'll end up with 1 LED light on the remote.

I need to pair it with the control panel, bluetooth settings first before using this app, correct?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

If you're using the packaged version, you need to use the discover script first to obtain the MAC address of your 'mote, then edit the control script with it. It's all in the documentation.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Thanks void. I just installed the .deb file so I didn't see any documentation that came with it.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Okay. I'm just not getting it.

There's no "discover" file that I can find anywhere.

In Emelfm2, I do have the file wiicontrol which is in green and Wiimote.py which is in black.

Sorry, but what's next?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

PS3 controller would be sweet, but the pairing isn't as easy as in wiimote. PS3 controller needs to paired using USB. And afaik, n900 doesn't have usb-host which would make pairing PS3 controller impossible (??). There might be some way of getting around it, though.

Here's some info about using PS3 controller with linux:
http://www.pabr.org/sixlinux/sixlinux.en.html

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

how do you install the wiicontrol? i can't seem to figure it out

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

what have you tried so far? it worked for me. did you add the correect repository?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

maybe not? what repository did you add?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I've added a bunch, devel, extras, devel and emulators. judging from the link earlier in this topic it seems garage is the one you need.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I tried installing wiicontrol.deb and it neededpython. I added the extra link and it got me python, and I installed it but when I still dont see wiicontrol in the app manager so I tried the .deb file again and it says I need python-minimal...

so I think I need more repositories or whatever to add cause I don't think I'm getting all the apps thats out at the moment...

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

anyone having problems with wiicontrol on the n900? as soon as it opens, it closes.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

you need to have bluetooth enabled for it to work.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I had the problem with the application shutting down as soon as I pressed 1+2 or the red button.

I made a shortcut on the desktop and it works fine.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

My problem is the wiimote connects and about 15 seconds later the wiimote loses connection and the light goes off, any one else having the issue and has fixed it?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

If someone has this working after editing /usr/bin/wiicontrol, care to post what you changed?

Are you using the classical game pad?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I would also like to know this, please
I´ve tried to edit the mapping a couple of times now without progress
which is the one I need to change, as there is like six of them?

wiicontrol wont start after replacing the wiicontrol file

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Wii control is also touchy about not starting the wii discovery before launching it... can you have 2 wii mote at the same time?

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I can't find the Wii control drivers for the N900 in the repository.
Any suggestions?

Eikido

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I had to reinstall it once when i had messed up the wiicontrol file, and didn´t find it in the repos either
but after a couple of hours it was there again
I don´t know why it´s like this, but try again later and you might find it :)

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

i honestly don't know how to install Wiicontrol, i added extras-devel and found wiicontrol, but it says unable to install, and then i'm lost at what to install as for python. i also cant seem to find the address for the garage repository?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

BUMP

Sorry to bump this older thread, but I just got my n900 today and I am in love :D ! I can get my wiimote and my n900 sync'd with wiicontrol, it will control the volume and such! But when i load up the snes emulator it doesn't control the game. Anyone else had this problem and know a solution?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

did you actually go into the emulator settings and set new key binds for the wiimote? sounds like you left the default keybindings that use the N900 keyboard.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I did go into the emulator settings and changed it to "snes mouse". The more i read I think i need to go into the wiicontrol script and edit some file, but i dont have any idea how to even get to the usr/bin and if I did i'd prly break something lol

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

How you did that ?
I edit the file as root with vi. The 69 Line is the hotspot :)
I changed everythng there, even the up,down,... to letters. Now the wiimote uses all buttons exept the B. Nunchuck did not work for me, but im going to test a few things today.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Does this support add-ons like the nunchuck/classic controller?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Even if you get all the buttons of a wiimote working you still don't have enough without a classic controller hooked to it.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I have a question regarding this as well.
I have mapped the arrows and the 1 & 2 buttons for Openarena which makes the game very playable I must say.

However how to get the accelerometer to work with the wii.
I want to use the accelerometer as well as the buttons.
so for example for aiming in this game.
or for driving in a emulator?

Is this possible?
I also suggest that the developer of this app, great a gui for the control mapping. That way things are much easier for everyone.

Otherwise great app so far thanks :-)

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Indeed wiicontrol is a cool application.

I also suggest to add an icon to the application, e.g. in google I found the attached one taken from "http://www.jouwpagina.nl/fotos4/guntronix/remote.png".

It has to be saved as "usr\share\icons\hicolor\48x48\hildon\wiiremote.pn g" and activated editing file "usr\share\applications\hildon\ukwii.desktop" (adding line "Icon=wiiremote") and rebooting the device.

See also this post if your keyboard is not working with SNES and you don't know how to map the keyboard.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Was this app made for the N900 ?
When wiimote is started in terminal u can see the reaction of the buttons and what they do.
Packet len 4: 0xa1300008
aPacket len 4: 0xa1300000
Funny thing is this one :
Unknown packet len 8: 0xa12000081000003b
This msg is coming when wiicontrol starts, and when the Nunchuck gets pulled out of the remote.
So i guess there is something wrong with the connection to the nunchuck, and that's maby why it wont work.
I dont have a classic controller to test what happens there.

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

Hi all
I'm trying to get wiicontrol to work on my n900 but when i try to install it using this command line :
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/wiicontrol.deb

I get an error message that says :

pre-dependency problem :
wiicontrol pre-depends on maemo-select-menu-location
maemo-select-menu-location is not installed

I read that maemo-select-menu-location does not exist anymore so is there a way to fix this please?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this amazing community! I finally got my wiimote to sync, my problem was i had to go and change my keyboard lettering to a &b in drnoksnes from k&l or something. Its a little laggy but working fine :D

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

how did u manage to install wiicontrol?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

grabed it in repository (first time i saw it) and now it works perfectly

note for qwerty keyboard users: dont forget to set phone language to English before starting wiicontrol, otherwise you won't be able to set "up" and "down" arrows

Maybe it would be possible to include this fonction in program to support qwerty keyboards?

Re: Wiicontrol Application for Maemo
 

I have a qwerty N900, since I'm from Sweden..
I tried to change language to english, both UK and US.. But the damn thing still wont let me map the up and down-keys on the wiimote.. Just keeps saying left and right >_<

What do I do?

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I am experiencing this. Anyone have any ideas?

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Use WiiMote as Bluetooth Gamepad or Remote Control (Works globally with any game!)

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EXCELLENT! Thank you.

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