[DMDX] Re: Using a Gamepad in DMDX Hi,       Regarding the gamepad, I think I know what the problem is now but don't know if there is a way around it.       In TimeDX, the device name is "Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad USB". There is a superscript Register symbol after the first two words in the name. I added the R symbol in the item file, but DMDX does not recognize it. As a result, there is a mismatch between what is showing in TimeDX and what is recognized by DMDX. So I am still getting the selection failed message. I think this may be the cause of the problem.        Is there a way to resolve it? Help appreciated. Nan Jiang  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nan Jiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Applied Linguistics Georgia State University njiang@gsu.edu http://www.gsu.edu/~eslnxj 404-651-2936 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> jforster@psy1.psych.arizona.edu 08/11/03 04:12PM >>> At 03:23 PM 8/11/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hi There, >   I have been trying to get a gamepad (Microsoft Sidewinder) to work with  > DMDX or vice versa. Here is what happened: >a. went to TimeDX, saw the device there as "Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad  >USB" listed after Mouse and Keyboard, as it was already highlighted,  >clicked on test, it read "Device is pooled (0.019 ms) time base 1 ms" and  >the nine buttons were also shown in the textbox below. >b. wrote a test item file that included the command SideWinder Game Pad USB">  ... on the parameter line, >c. when I ran the test file, I received a message saying >Input Devide  selection failed. >d. I also tried different names including   >which is the name of the hardware for the game pad when I check the  >computer's hardware, I kept receiving the same message.    Without having a device here I can't say.  I can use the "logitech  cordless USB mouse" here so I don't think it's anything to do with USB or  long device names.  My guess is that you'll have to carefully check that  the name you provide in the input file is exactly the name TimeDX provides,  like perhaps it's GamePad and not Game Pad, perhaps you've got two spaces  instead of one some place.  Case doesn't matter.  Perhaps that opening  fancy quote is screwing things up, you can always look at rtfparsed.txt to  get an idea, the quotes should be gone there.                                                 /"\\   -jonathan (j.c.f.)                            \\ /                                                  X      ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL  / \\ Did you know that if you took all the economists in the world and lined them up end to end, they'd still point in the wrong direction? ====================================================================    Send mail to DMDX-request@psy1.psych.arizona.edu with the word   'unsubscribe' by itself with no quotes in the body of the email   to be removed from the list.  The list archive is available here:           http://psy1.psych.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/DMDX/thread  ====================================================================