ButtonBeamer

Technically,

ButtonBeamer is a webpage that beams your keyboard input to a server, translates it into WiimoteEmulator commands, and relays it to an existing WiimoteEmulator process.

Practically,

ButtonBeamer is the front half of a Wii remote control app. The back half is rnconrad/WiimoteEmulator.

How to use

Prerequisites

Wii or Wii U console
Basic command-line skills
Linux system with Bluetooth hardware and Node.js installed
To use over the Internet, a forwarded IPv4 port

Instructions

Create/navigate to an appropriate scratch space directory.
Download ButtonBeamer and WiimoteEmulator: git clone --recursive --depth=1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/ThatsJustCheesy/ButtonBeamer
cd ButtonBeamer
Install ButtonBeamer's dependencies: npm install
Run this once to install WiimoteEmulator's dependencies with apt and build WiimoteEmulator: ./build.sh install-dependencies.
- If you don't use apt, run that anyway, and it will tell you what to install manually. Then re-run as ./build.sh to actually build.
Run this before running ButtonBeamer whenever you restart your machine: ./setup.sh. This starts the custom bluetoothd service that WiimoteEmulator requires. To restore your regular bluetoothd, run sudo killall bluetoothd && sudo systemctl start bluetooth.
Run ./start.sh ( <wii-bluetooth-address> | pair ) <port>, substituting arguments as appropriate.
- The first time, specify pair, which has WiimoteEmulator search for a Wii or Wii U console to pair with. In the future, specify your console's Bluetooth address (<wii-bluetooth-address>) to connect directly to it.
- For <port>, choose some port to run the web server on, e.g., 8080.
- An example start command to get you started: ./start.sh pair 8080.
Follow WiimoteEmulator's directions and wait for it to connect. Once a connection is established, press Enter to start ButtonBeamer.
Navigate your browser to http://<your-hostname>:<the-port-you-chose>. To access the page from the machine it's hosted on, <your-hostname> is localhost; otherwise, it's the local IP address of the machine.
Click in the blue region at the top of the page to beam your input. Use /help in the chat window to list all available client commands. In particular, use /map-list to see the current list of key-to-input mappings, and use /map to add or change them. (The default keymap is for Mario Kart 8.)

Is it broken? Have a suggestion?

Please file a detailed GitHub issue.