goxb_mqtt

This project uses libusb and implements a native XBox360(tm) controller reader in go. Events are read from the controller and written to an MQTT message broker.

This tool requires that libusb is installed.

Usage

Linux

sudo ./goxb_mqtt --deadzone=512 --broker="tcp://localhost:1883"

Note that you can specify the deadzone and the broker location on the command line but the values shown are the defaults.

MacOS

Untested

Windows

Untested

Topics

Messages are sent to topics on the broker:

"xb/1/joysticks"
"xb/1/triggers"
"xb/1/buttons"

Messages

Buttons

Button presses generate discrete events as defined in the xbevents module. Examples:

PADD_DOWN
PADD_UP
GUIDE_DOWN
GUIDE_UP
Y_DOWN
Y_UP

Triggers

Triggers pulls generate discrete events as defined in the xbevents module. Examples:

LT|0
LT|53
LT|107
LT|255
LT|80
LT|0
RT|78
RT|152
RT|147
RT|85
RT|0

Joysticks

Joysticks generate discrete events as defined in the xbevents module. Examples:

L|Y|3584|0
L|Y|21248|7424
L|Y|32767|19712
L|Y|32767|28160
L|Y|32767|32767
L|Y|32767|13312
L|Y|11776|0
L|X|-1536|0

Testing

From a linux or MacOS machine, use the mosquitto_sub tool to read messages from the broker on the topics that this tool publishes to. Example:

mosquitto_sub -h localhost -t "xb/#"

This will read the messages from ALL the topics. Example:

gherlein@mars ~/go/src/github.com/gherlein/gonetmon $ mosquitto_sub -h localhost -t "xb/#"
R|X|0|0
L|Y|0|0
L|Y|0|-9472
L|Y|0|-32768
L|Y|0|0
GUIDE_DOWN
GUIDE_UP
GUIDE_DOWN
GUIDE_UP
Y_DOWN
Y_UP
Y_DOWN
Y_UP
A_DOWN
A_UP
LT|255
LT|0
LT|255
LT|51
LT|0
LT|255
LT|0

License

This project is released under the MIT License. Please see details here.