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JOY(4)			 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual			JOY(4)

NAME
     joy -- joystick device driver

SYNOPSIS
     To	compile	this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device joy

     Alternatively, to load the	driver as a module at boot time, place the
     following line in loader.conf(5):

	   joy_load="YES"

     In	/boot/device.hints:
     hint.joy.0.at="isa"
     hint.joy.0.port="0x201"

     #include <sys/joystick.h>

DESCRIPTION
     The joystick device driver	allows applications to read the	status of the
     PC	joystick.

     This device may be	opened by only one process at a	time.

     The joystick status is read from a	structure via a	read() call.  The
     structure is defined in the header	file as	follows:

		   struct joystick {
			   int x;	  /* x position	*/
			   int y;	  /* y position	*/
			   int b1;	  /* button 1 status */
			   int b2;	  /* button 2 status */
		   };

     Positions are typically in	the range 0-2000.

   One line perl example:
     perl -e 'open(JOY,"/dev/joy0")||die;while(1)
     {sysread(JOY,$x,16);@j=unpack("iiii",$x);print "@j\n";sleep(1);}'

   ioctl calls
     Several ioctl() calls are also available.	They take an argument of type
     int *

     JOY_SETTIMEOUT int	*limit
		       Set the time limit (in microseconds) for	reading	the
		       joystick	status.	 Setting a value too small may prevent
		       to get correct values for the positions (which are then
		       set to -2147483648), however this can be	useful if one
		       is only interested by the buttons status.

     JOY_GETTIMEOUT int	*limit
		       Get the time limit (in microseconds) used for reading
		       the joystick status.

     JOY_SET_X_OFFSET int *offset
		       Set the value to	be added to the	X position when	read-
		       ing the joystick	status.

     JOY_SET_Y_OFFSET int *offset
		       Set the value to	be added to the	Y position when	read-
		       ing the joystick	status.

     JOY_GET_X_OFFSET int *offset
		       Get the value which is added to the X position when
		       reading the joystick status.

     JOY_GET_Y_OFFSET int *offset
		       Get the value which is added to the Y position when
		       reading the joystick status.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
     The pinout	of the DB-15 connector is as follow:

       1  XY1 (+5v)
       2  Switch 1
       3  X1 (potentiometer #1)
       4  Switch 1 (GND)
       5  Switch 2 (GND)
       6  Y1 (potentiometer #2)
       7  Switch 2
       8  N.C.
       9  XY2 (+5v)
      10  Switch 4
      11  X2 (potentiometer #3)
      12  Switch 3&4 (GND)
      13  Y2 (potentiometer #4)
      14  Switch 3
      15  N.C.

     Pots are normally 0-150k variable resistors (0-100k sometimes), and ac-
     cording to	the IBM	techref, the time is given by Time = 24.2e-6s +
     0.011e-6s * R/Ohms

FILES
     /dev/joy?	joystick device	files

HISTORY
     The joy driver appeared in	FreeBSD	2.0.5.

AUTHORS
     Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr>

BSD			       January 23, 1995				   BSD
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