Using 2.4Ghz wireless devices?
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As the title says, I want to know if it is possible to have a wireless connection via a 2.4Ghz adapter.
I've actually tried it, I've tested both a bluetooth dongle adapter and a 2.4Ghz wireless adapter, but I wasn't expecting anything from the bluetooth, and I was expecting something from the 2.4Ghz wireless, and they both failed.
The reason I'm posting this question is because I've confirmed that the 2.4Ghz wireless communication works with a device called the Titan Two, so I have a small hope that it's just not working due to device compatibility, and that the 2.4Ghz adapter itself works.
So I thought I'd ask just to be sure.
2.4 GHz dongles in general do work with HID Remapper as they're just USB devices, it doesn't matter that they're getting the inputs over a wireless link from the mouse, keyboard or whatever.
As to why yours in particular doesn't work, I don't know, what device is it specifically?
Aha! Good to know that it works. Thanks for letting me know.
The product I tried, VXE R1 SE PLUS, is a recently released cheap mouse from China. I plugged in the adapter, moved the mouse around and even clicked on it, but nothing came up in the Monitor tab.
I'm also planning on using 8BitDo's new Lite SE for Xbox 2.4Ghz gamepad, so I'm getting it ready.
https://www.8bitdo.com/lite-se-wireless-xbox/
hello. I once sought your advice to remap the joystick in 8BitDo Lite SE to an 8-way switch, and you wrote the code to make it accessible, which I am very grateful for.
Recently, 8BitDo released the second generation of the Lite SE with Microsoft. I bought it because I liked the ability to add external switches, and I tried to remap it once again, but the new gamepad is not recognized. Both the 2.4Ghz wireless connection and the USB cable wired connection are not recognized. I don't see anything in the monitor tab. Can you give me another idea of what I should try?
That device just doesn't work currently. It's an Xbox One controller, not a class-compliant USB HID one. We do support some Xbox One controllers like the Xbox Adaptive Controller (and I think the regular first-party ones too), but some of them require custom initialization for some reason.
I have some USB traffic dumps for the new Xbox Lite SE, but I don't have the controller itself so I haven't made any attempts.
Thanks for letting me know, it's quite a relief to know why it's not working.
So good news and bad news, I got the Xbox version of the 8BitDo Lite SE to work, but only on dual Pico based HID Remappers.
There's a test build of the firmware you can try here:
https://github.com/jfedor2/hid-remapper/actions/runs/11502343575
Thank you for always being so attentive!
I'll try it as soon as I get a pico board, thank you very much.
Actually scratch that, in the latest release (r2024-10-29) the Xbox version of the 8BitDo Lite SE should work with both single and dual variants. I noticed it's sometimes finicky when using the wireless dongle, but should be fine with a USB cable.
Aha! I see, I'll try it as soon as possible then, thanks sir!
I uploaded the latest released remapper_waveshare_rp2040_pizero firmware and tested it. For some reason, I don't see anything on the monitor tab. I tried both wireless dongle and wired... I even changed the cable just in case, but no luck. When I plug the cable into the pad, the green light above the pad lights up, but then goes out, and when I press the button, it comes back on. I also tried my old gamepad under the same conditions and it was recognized correctly. I guess I'll have to get another board. I'm sorry I can't give you good news after all your hard work. I'll be in touch.
One thing I noticed about the RP2040-PiZero is that it only works if I plug a device into it first and then connect the PiZero to the computer, not the other way round.
Oh, really? That's really important information. Thanks! I'll try again.
Umm... again, no.
But I've had the same problem with numeric and cheap keyboards before, so I'm thinking it's my board.
I can't get it to work with the Waveshare RP2040-PiZero either. As mentioned elsewhere it has pull-up resistors on the USB data lines which seem to be messing with stuff.
I can sometimes get it to work with the RP2040-PiZero using the wireless dongle.
I'll get a feather rp2040 board from adafruit.
Do you think I should try it with a pico? Pico is much cheaper, but it requires a lot of extra work...
I don't know, do you have a soldering iron? If not, getting one will cost more than the Feather probably.
Hmmm, I have one, but I'll have to see if I can get my family to try it out since I have limited mobility. Pico is definitely a lot cheaper, and feathers take forever to ship.