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    Aimtrak Installation Issue

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      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.

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        grant2258 Banned
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        https://github.com/gunpadawan/gunconf only reason i know this is ive been looking up how dolphin bar and aimtrack devices are working. I dont have these devices but ive put some code together to test if i ever get one. I need to check how and if ra maps them once i know how they are mapping in RA the code is trivial.

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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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            • mituM
              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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                  • mituM
                    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
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                      @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
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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

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

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                            Efriim @Garavar
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                            @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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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Garavar
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                                @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
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                                          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
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                                            @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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