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From: Jerry_Jessop@Playstation.Sony.Com (Jerry Jessop)
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Subject: Re: Ascii Sphere 360
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:53:58 GMT
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Darco,

The Sphere specific ID is a x55. If you take the low nibble (5) and
double it you get the number of data bytes required in the packet,
This does not include 3 overhead bytes. The Sphere in x55 mode will
not work with multi-taps as they (multitaps) can only transfer 6 data
bytes max.

The ASCII Sphere also supports a number of standard controller ID's
x41digital Dpad, x23 NegCon, x53 analog joysticks (the big dual
flightsticks)

Jerry 
Hardware Engineer
SCEA

On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 18:56:18 -0500, Darco <rquat@datasys.net> wrote:

>I just thought I'd post my findings from figiting with the 6-Axis
>controler Ascii Sphere 360.
>
>The controler ID is the same as the old dual analog joysticks - 5 I
>think. But it has a larger packet size... The analog channels are after
>the button data which is just like the standard pad... There are 6
>analog channels, one for each axis. Here's the controler packet layout:
>
>Size    | description
>--------+----------------------------------
>1 byte  | Packet Status (Should be 0x00)
>1 byte  | Controler type & packet size
>2 bytes | Button Data
>1 byte  | X Movement Axis
>1 byte  | Y Movement Axis
>1 byte  | Z Movement Axis
>1 byte  | X Rotation Axis
>1 byte  | Y Rotation Axis
>1 byte  | Z Rotation Axis
>
>I'll be posting the source code for the newest version of the BloodShed
>demo soon, which uses the revolutionary 6-Axis controler.
>
>Hope this sparks some ideas.
>
>'Darco