joystick_demo.cc

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// Copyright Drew Noakes 2013-2016

#include <iostream>
#include "joystick.h"
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  // Create an instance of Joystick
  Joystick joystick("/dev/input/js0");

  // Ensure that it was found and that we can use it
  if (!joystick.isFound())
  {
    printf("open failed.\n");
    exit(1);
  }

  while (true)
  {
    // Restrict rate
    usleep(1000);

    // Attempt to sample an event from the joystick
    JoystickEvent event;
    if (joystick.sample(&event))
    {
        std::cout << event.isInitialState();
        std:: cout << "," << event.time;
        if (event.isButton())
        {
            std::cout << ",1," << (int)event.number ;
            std::cout << "," << ((event.value == 0) ? "0" : "1") ;
            std::cout << std::endl;
        }
        else if (event.isAxis())
        {
            std::cout << ",0," << (int)event.number;
            std::cout << "," << (int)event.value;
            std::cout << std::endl;
        }
    }
  }
}