pyspacemouse 1.0.1

Multiplatform Python interface to the 3DConnexion Space Mouse - forked from pyspacenavigator

pyspacemouse

3Dconnexion Space Mouse in Python using raw HID. Note: you don't need to install or use any of the drivers or 3Dconnexion software to use this package. It interfaces with the controller directly.

Forked from: johnhw/pyspacenavigator

Implements a simple interface to the 6 DoF 3Dconnexion Space Mouse device as well as similar devices. The following 3dconnexion devices are supported:

• SpaceNavigator
• SpaceMouse Pro
• SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
• SpaceMouse Wireless
• 3Dconnexion Universal Receiver
• SpaceMouse Compact
• SpacePilot Pro

Requires easyhid to access HID data - multiplatform package

Basic Usage:

import pyspacemouse
import time

success = pyspacemouse.open()
if success:
    while 1:
        state = pyspacemouse.read()
        print(state.x, state.y, state.z)
        time.sleep(0.01)

State objects

State objects returned from read() have 7 attributes: [t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button].

• t: timestamp in seconds since the script started.
• x,y,z: translations in the range [-1.0, 1.0]
• roll, pitch, yaw: rotations in the range [-1.0, 1.0].
• button: list of button states (0 or 1), in order specified in the device specifier

Usage with callback

import pyspacemouse
import time


def button_0(state, buttons, pressed_buttons):
    print("Button:", pressed_buttons)


def button_0_1(state, buttons, pressed_buttons):
    print("Buttons:", pressed_buttons)


def someButton(state, buttons):
    print("Some button")


def callback():
    button_arr = [
        pyspacemouse.ButtonCallback(0, button_0),
        pyspacemouse.ButtonCallback([1], lambda state, buttons, pressed_buttons: print("Button: 1")),
        pyspacemouse.ButtonCallback([0, 1], button_0_1),
    ]

    success = pyspacemouse.open(dof_callback=pyspacemouse.print_state, button_callback=someButton,
                                button_callback_arr=button_arr)
    if success:
        while True:
            pyspacemouse.read()
            time.sleep(0.01)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    callback()

API

open(callback=None, button_callback=None, button_callback_arr=None, set_nonblocking_loop=True, device=None)      
    Open a 3D space navigator device. Makes this device the current active device, which enables the module-level read() and close()
    calls. For multiple devices, use the read() and close() calls on the returned object instead, and don't use the module-level calls.

    Parameters:        
        callback: If callback is provided, it is called on each HID update with a copy of the current state namedtuple
        dof_callback: If dof_callback is provided, it is called only on DOF state changes with the argument (state).
        button_callback: If button_callback is provided, it is called on each button push, with the arguments (state_tuple, button_state) 
        device: name of device to open, as a string like "SpaceNavigator". Must be one of the values in `supported_devices`. 
                If `None`, chooses the first supported device found.            
    Returns:
        Device object if the device was opened successfully
        None if the device could not be opened

read()              Return a namedtuple giving the current device state (t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button)
close()             Close the connection to the current device, if it is open
list_devices()      Return a list of supported devices found, or an empty list if none found

open() returns a DeviceSpec object. If you have multiple 3Dconnexion devices, you can use the object-oriented API to access them individually. Each object has the following API, which functions exactly as the above API, but on a per-device basis:

dev.open()          Opens the connection (this is always called by the module-level open command, 
                    so you should not need to use it unless you have called close())
dev.read()          Return the state of the device as namedtuple [t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button]
dev.close()         Close this device

There are also attributes:

dev.connected       True if the device is connected, False otherwise
dev.state           Convenience property which returns the same value as read()

Predefined callbacks

import pyspacemouse
import time

success = pyspacemouse.open(dof_callback=pyspacemouse.print_state, button_callback=pyspacemouse.print_buttons)
if success:
    while 1:
        state = pyspacemouse.read()
        time.sleep(0.01)

Callback: print_state

Print all axis states

x +0.00    y +0.00    z +0.00 roll +0.00 pitch +0.00  yaw +0.00    t +0.0

Callback: print_buttons

Print all buttons states

[ 0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0, ]