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    Aimtrak Installation Issue

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      Garavar @mitu
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      @mitu said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

      I don't think RetroPie has such package - you're probably using a 3rd party image, in which case you best contact the author of the image to ask for troubleshooting advice.

      Sorry I wasn't specific. The instructions for Gunconf has you install optional package mame 1.4 and the Gunconf script which all worked. But then I get that error and I don't know what it means "python" etc.

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        Efriim @Garavar
        last edited by Efriim

        @Garavar
        I don't know, perhaps a reset, or reinstallation.

        https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf#prerequisites

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          mitu Global Moderator @Garavar
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          @Garavar Python is the scripting language which is used by the calibration script, the error is specific to the script - so I don't think you did something wrong. How are you running the script ?

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            Garavar @mitu
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            @mitu said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

            @Garavar Python is the scripting language which is used by the calibration script, the error is specific to the script - so I don't think you did something wrong. How are you running the script ?

            I followed the directions from site (below). They all worked except sudo cp utils/aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules which did nothing and sudo udevadm control --reload-rules which said "no directory found"

            Directions followed...

            sudo apt install apt-transport-https python-dev python-pygame python-setuptools

            Get the source
            git clone https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf

            Install python module
            cd gunconf

            sudo python setup.py install

            Udev rules
            Application requires access to the aimtrak usb device. It is usually necessary to configure udev to let your specific user access that device.

            To let any user access the device, do:

            sudo cp utils/aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules

            sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

            Launch
            To launch application, you can execute utils/gunconf.sh

            When I get here, it launches application, detects gun but does nothing else. When I exit I get those errors.

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              Efriim @Garavar
              last edited by Efriim

              @Garavar
              You should have this file in the gunconf/utils/ subfolder:
              https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf/blob/master/utils/aimtrak.rules

              and it needs to go here "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules"

              sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
              cd
              cd gunconf/utils
              sudo cp aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
              sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

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                mitu Global Moderator @Garavar
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                @Garavar said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                I followed the directions from site (below). They all worked except sudo cp utils/aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules which did nothing and sudo udevadm control --reload-rules which said "no directory found"

                That's not needed, if the gun is detected as a mouse, the running user should be able to access the mouse device.

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                  Efriim @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu
                  but it also has a specific vendor id that is not registered anywhere else

                  SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="d209", MODE="0666"
                  
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                    grant2258 Banned
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                    it can be detected as a mouse or joystick or both the wiimote does the same thing you only need that is you are using the joystick. I dug my old wii mote out a and set it up seems to be working ok ill need to get a sensor bar for it at some point to test the ir though

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                      Garavar @Efriim
                      last edited by

                      @Efriim said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                      @Garavar
                      You should have this file in the gunconf/utils/ subfolder:
                      https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf/blob/master/utils/aimtrak.rules

                      and it needs to go here "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules"

                      sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
                      cd
                      cd gunconf/utils
                      sudo cp aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
                      sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

                      I cant even find my gunconf/utils/ folder...is there a permission I am missing?

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                        Efriim @Garavar
                        last edited by

                        @Garavar
                        it should be in the directory where you cloned the github for gunconf.
                        maybe
                        cd ~/gunconf/

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                          Garavar @Efriim
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                          @Efriim said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                          @Garavar
                          You should have this file in the gunconf/utils/ subfolder:
                          https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf/blob/master/utils/aimtrak.rules

                          and it needs to go here "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules"

                          sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
                          cd
                          cd gunconf/utils
                          sudo cp aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
                          sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

                          Tried this, still gets stuck on configuration and went I quit I get the same index error from photo ;(

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                            mitu Global Moderator @Garavar
                            last edited by

                            @Garavar Do you have more than one mouse device connected ? You didn't gave much details about your actual system - maybe the configuration utility incorrectly chooses you mouse device.
                            Can you run cat /proc/bus/input/devices with the gun connected and post the output here ?

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                              Garavar @Garavar
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                              @Garavar said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                              @Efriim said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                              @Garavar
                              You should have this file in the gunconf/utils/ subfolder:
                              https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf/blob/master/utils/aimtrak.rules

                              and it needs to go here "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules"

                              sudo mkdir -p /etc/udev/rules.d
                              cd
                              cd gunconf/utils
                              sudo cp aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
                              sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

                              Tried this, still gets stuck on configuration and went I quit I get the same index error from photo ;(

                              I think I figured out the problem but don't know how to fix it. When I go to file manager all the folders and files are there (utils, pgu) but the Gunconf folder with drivers and files like conversion.py aren't there. Don't know why.

                              I followed the download steps it should be there.

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                                grant2258 Banned
                                last edited by grant2258

                                make sure you are using python 2.x and not 3

                                try running with gunconf/utils/gunconf_w_logs.sh aand post the log

                                also post a

                                sudo udevadm test -a add $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/input/js0 )

                                replace path with relevant joystick and mice

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                                  Garavar @grant2258
                                  last edited by

                                  @grant2258 said in Aimtrak Installation Issue:

                                  make sure you are using python 2.x and not 3

                                  try running with gunconf/utils/gunconf_w_logs.sh aand post the log

                                  also post a

                                  sudo udevadm test -a add $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/input/js0 )

                                  replace path with relevant joystick and mice

                                  Error log phot attached, I also tried reinstalling and got similar errorIMG_20190414_1040029.jpg
                                  IMG_20190414_1054504.jpg

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                                    grant2258 Banned
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                                    any more information in ~/.gunconf.log ?

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                                      a1084426
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi

                                      I have exactly the same issue. The gun works ok as I cheated and calibrated it on a windows laptop on the same external screen so it sorta works but id still like to know why I detects the Gun but never proceeds past into the following screen for calibration

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                                        a1084426 @grant2258
                                        last edited by

                                        @grant2258 that file comes up blank or as a new file so must not get created when running with the log option.

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                                          Efriim
                                          last edited by Efriim

                                          Could try again from start, maybe the python setup was missed?
                                          sudo apt install apt-transport-https python-dev python-pygame python-setuptools
                                          git clone https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf
                                          cd gunconf
                                          sudo python setup.py install
                                          sudo cp utils/aimtrak.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/99-aimtrak.rules
                                          sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
                                          sudo cp utils/gunconf.sh /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu/

                                          I apologize I missed that step when I posted earlier, I thought it was a good reference to the hub I guess.

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                                            a1084426 @Efriim
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                                            @Efriim yeah ive done it 3 times now, I also increased the logging level to critical incase, but still nothing in the logs at all. It's almost as if the script itself doesn't have permissions to read the config from the usb device is my guess. I have Unix and python gurus at work i'm going to work thru it with as other than that the aimtrak gun works ok, justs needs calibration as some games like Lethal enforcers require you to shoot off screen to reload and this doesn't work to well without setting calibration

                                            It's also worth nothing I have firmware 9.2 on the gun device as well. I doesn't have an issue reading and calibrating on windows, so I assume its an issue with Python and some sort of access on the Raspberry as that's Debian

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