@@ -1,333 +1,349 @@
- Linux Joystick parport drivers v2.0
- (c) 1998-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
- (c) 1998 Andree Borrmann <a.borrmann@tu-bs.de>
- Sponsored by SuSE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-0. Disclaimer
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Any information in this file is provided as-is, without any guarantee that
+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
+
+.. _joystick-parport:
+
+===================================
+Linux Joystick parport drivers v2.0
+===================================
+
+:Copyright: |copy| 1998-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
+:Copyright: |copy| 1998 Andree Borrmann <a.borrmann@tu-bs.de>
+
+
+Sponsored by SuSE
+
+Disclaimer
+==========
+
+Any information in this file is provided as-is, without any guarantee that
it will be true. So, use it at your own risk. The possible damages that can
happen include burning your parallel port, and/or the sticks and joystick
and maybe even more. Like when a lightning kills you it is not our problem.
-1. Intro
-~~~~~~~~
- The joystick parport drivers are used for joysticks and gamepads not
+Intro
+=====
+
+The joystick parport drivers are used for joysticks and gamepads not
originally designed for PCs and other computers Linux runs on. Because of
that, PCs usually lack the right ports to connect these devices to. Parallel
port, because of its ability to change single bits at will, and providing
both output and input bits is the most suitable port on the PC for
connecting such devices.
-2. Devices supported
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Many console and 8-bit computer gamepads and joysticks are supported. The
+Devices supported
+=================
+
+Many console and 8-bit computer gamepads and joysticks are supported. The
following subsections discuss usage of each.
-2.1 NES and SNES
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
+NES and SNES
+------------
+
+The Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
gamepads are widely available, and easy to get. Also, they are quite easy to
connect to a PC, and don't need much processing speed (108 us for NES and
165 us for SNES, compared to about 1000 us for PC gamepads) to communicate
with them.
- All NES and SNES use the same synchronous serial protocol, clocked from
+All NES and SNES use the same synchronous serial protocol, clocked from
the computer's side (and thus timing insensitive). To allow up to 5 NES
and/or SNES gamepads and/or SNES mice connected to the parallel port at once,
the output lines of the parallel port are shared, while one of 5 available
input lines is assigned to each gamepad.
- This protocol is handled by the gamecon.c driver, so that's the one
+This protocol is handled by the gamecon.c driver, so that's the one
you'll use for NES, SNES gamepads and SNES mice.
- The main problem with PC parallel ports is that they don't have +5V power
+The main problem with PC parallel ports is that they don't have +5V power
source on any of their pins. So, if you want a reliable source of power
for your pads, use either keyboard or joystick port, and make a pass-through
cable. You can also pull the power directly from the power supply (the red
wire is +5V).
- If you want to use the parallel port only, you can take the power is from
+If you want to use the parallel port only, you can take the power is from
some data pin. For most gamepad and parport implementations only one pin is
needed, and I'd recommend pin 9 for that, the highest data bit. On the other
hand, if you are not planning to use anything else than NES / SNES on the
-port, anything between and including pin 4 and pin 9 will work.
+port, anything between and including pin 4 and pin 9 will work::
-(pin 9) -----> Power
+ (pin 9) -----> Power
- Unfortunately, there are pads that need a lot more of power, and parallel
+Unfortunately, there are pads that need a lot more of power, and parallel
ports that can't give much current through the data pins. If this is your
case, you'll need to use diodes (as a prevention of destroying your parallel
-port), and combine the currents of two or more data bits together.
+port), and combine the currents of two or more data bits together::
- Diodes
-(pin 9) ----|>|-------+------> Power
- |
-(pin 8) ----|>|-------+
- |
-(pin 7) ----|>|-------+
- |
- <and so on> :
- |
-(pin 4) ----|>|-------+
+ Diodes
+ (pin 9) ----|>|-------+------> Power
+ |
+ (pin 8) ----|>|-------+
+ |
+ (pin 7) ----|>|-------+
+ |
+ <and so on> :
+ |
+ (pin 4) ----|>|-------+
- Ground is quite easy. On PC's parallel port the ground is on any of the
-pins from pin 18 to pin 25. So use any pin of these you like for the ground.
+Ground is quite easy. On PC's parallel port the ground is on any of the
+pins from pin 18 to pin 25. So use any pin of these you like for the ground::
-(pin 18) -----> Ground
+ (pin 18) -----> Ground
- NES and SNES pads have two input bits, Clock and Latch, which drive the
+NES and SNES pads have two input bits, Clock and Latch, which drive the
serial transfer. These are connected to pins 2 and 3 of the parallel port,
-respectively.
+respectively::
-(pin 2) -----> Clock
-(pin 3) -----> Latch
+ (pin 2) -----> Clock
+ (pin 3) -----> Latch
- And the last thing is the NES / SNES data wire. Only that isn't shared and
-each pad needs its own data pin. The parallel port pins are:
+And the last thing is the NES / SNES data wire. Only that isn't shared and
+each pad needs its own data pin. The parallel port pins are::
-(pin 10) -----> Pad 1 data
-(pin 11) -----> Pad 2 data
-(pin 12) -----> Pad 3 data
-(pin 13) -----> Pad 4 data
-(pin 15) -----> Pad 5 data
+ (pin 10) -----> Pad 1 data
+ (pin 11) -----> Pad 2 data
+ (pin 12) -----> Pad 3 data
+ (pin 13) -----> Pad 4 data
+ (pin 15) -----> Pad 5 data
- Note that pin 14 is not used, since it is not an input pin on the parallel
+Note that pin 14 is not used, since it is not an input pin on the parallel
port.
- This is everything you need on the PC's side of the connection, now on to
+This is everything you need on the PC's side of the connection, now on to
the gamepads side. The NES and SNES have different connectors. Also, there
are quite a lot of NES clones, and because Nintendo used proprietary
connectors for their machines, the cloners couldn't and used standard D-Cannon
connectors. Anyway, if you've got a gamepad, and it has buttons A, B, Turbo
A, Turbo B, Select and Start, and is connected through 5 wires, then it is
either a NES or NES clone and will work with this connection. SNES gamepads
-also use 5 wires, but have more buttons. They will work as well, of course.
+also use 5 wires, but have more buttons. They will work as well, of course::
-Pinout for NES gamepads Pinout for SNES gamepads and mice
+ Pinout for NES gamepads Pinout for SNES gamepads and mice
- +----> Power +-----------------------\
- | 7 | o o o o | x x o | 1
- 5 +---------+ 7 +-----------------------/
- | x x o \ | | | | |
- | o o o o | | | | | +-> Ground
- 4 +------------+ 1 | | | +------------> Data
- | | | | | | +---------------> Latch
- | | | +-> Ground | +------------------> Clock
- | | +----> Clock +---------------------> Power
- | +-------> Latch
- +----------> Data
+ +----> Power +-----------------------\
+ | 7 | o o o o | x x o | 1
+ 5 +---------+ 7 +-----------------------/
+ | x x o \ | | | | |
+ | o o o o | | | | | +-> Ground
+ 4 +------------+ 1 | | | +------------> Data
+ | | | | | | +---------------> Latch
+ | | | +-> Ground | +------------------> Clock
+ | | +----> Clock +---------------------> Power
+ | +-------> Latch
+ +----------> Data
-Pinout for NES clone (db9) gamepads Pinout for NES clone (db15) gamepads
+ Pinout for NES clone (db9) gamepads Pinout for NES clone (db15) gamepads
- +---------> Clock +-----------------> Data
- | +-------> Latch | +---> Ground
- | | +-----> Data | |
- | | | ___________________
+ +---------> Clock +-----------------> Data
+ | +-------> Latch | +---> Ground
+ | | +-----> Data | |
+ | | | ___________________
_____________ 8 \ o x x x x x x o / 1
5 \ x o o o x / 1 \ o x x o x x o /
\ x o x o / 15 `~~~~~~~~~~~~~' 9
9 `~~~~~~~' 6 | | |
- | | | | +----> Clock
- | +----> Power | +----------> Latch
- +--------> Ground +----------------> Power
+ | | | | +----> Clock
+ | +----> Power | +----------> Latch
+ +--------> Ground +----------------> Power
-2.2 Multisystem joysticks
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- In the era of 8-bit machines, there was something like de-facto standard
+Multisystem joysticks
+---------------------
+
+In the era of 8-bit machines, there was something like de-facto standard
for joystick ports. They were all digital, and all used D-Cannon 9 pin
connectors (db9). Because of that, a single joystick could be used without
hassle on Atari (130, 800XE, 800XL, 2600, 7200), Amiga, Commodore C64,
Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and many other machines. That's why these
joysticks are called "Multisystem".
- Now their pinout:
+Now their pinout::
- +---------> Right
- | +-------> Left
- | | +-----> Down
- | | | +---> Up
- | | | |
- _____________
-5 \ x o o o o / 1
- \ x o x o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | |
- | +----> Button
- +--------> Ground
+ +---------> Right
+ | +-------> Left
+ | | +-----> Down
+ | | | +---> Up
+ | | | |
+ _____________
+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1
+ \ x o x o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | |
+ | +----> Button
+ +--------> Ground
- However, as time passed, extensions to this standard developed, and these
-were not compatible with each other:
+However, as time passed, extensions to this standard developed, and these
+were not compatible with each other::
- Atari 130, 800/XL/XE MSX
+ Atari 130, 800/XL/XE MSX
- +-----------> Power
- +---------> Right | +---------> Right
- | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
- | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
- | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
- | | | | | | | | |
- _____________ _____________
-5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | | | | | |
- | | +----> Button | | | +----> Button 1
- | +------> Power | | +------> Button 2
- +--------> Ground | +--------> Output 3
- +----------> Ground
+ +-----------> Power
+ +---------> Right | +---------> Right
+ | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
+ | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
+ | | | | | | | | |
+ _____________ _____________
+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | | | | | |
+ | | +----> Button | | | +----> Button 1
+ | +------> Power | | +------> Button 2
+ +--------> Ground | +--------> Output 3
+ +----------> Ground
- Amstrad CPC Commodore C64
+ Amstrad CPC Commodore C64
- +-----------> Analog Y
- +---------> Right | +---------> Right
- | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
- | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
- | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
- | | | | | | | | |
- _____________ _____________
-5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | | | | | |
- | | +----> Button 1 | | | +----> Button
- | +------> Button 2 | | +------> Power
- +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
- +----------> Analog X
+ +-----------> Analog Y
+ +---------> Right | +---------> Right
+ | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
+ | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
+ | | | | | | | | |
+ _____________ _____________
+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | | | | | |
+ | | +----> Button 1 | | | +----> Button
+ | +------> Button 2 | | +------> Power
+ +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
+ +----------> Analog X
- Sinclair Spectrum +2A/+3 Amiga 1200
-
- +-----------> Up +-----------> Button 3
- | +---------> Fire | +---------> Right
- | | | | +-------> Left
- | | +-----> Ground | | | +-----> Down
- | | | | | | | +---> Up
- | | | | | | | |
- _____________ _____________
-5 \ o o x o x / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ o o o o / \ o o o o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | | | | | | |
- | | | +----> Right | | | +----> Button 1
- | | +------> Left | | +------> Power
- | +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
- +----------> Down +----------> Button 2
+ Sinclair Spectrum +2A/+3 Amiga 1200
+
+ +-----------> Up +-----------> Button 3
+ | +---------> Fire | +---------> Right
+ | | | | +-------> Left
+ | | +-----> Ground | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | | | | | +---> Up
+ | | | | | | | |
+ _____________ _____________
+ 5 \ o o x o x / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ o o o o / \ o o o o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | | | | | | |
+ | | | +----> Right | | | +----> Button 1
+ | | +------> Left | | +------> Power
+ | +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
+ +----------> Down +----------> Button 2
And there were many others.
-2.2.1 Multisystem joysticks using db9.c
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- For the Multisystem joysticks, and their derivatives, the db9.c driver
+Multisystem joysticks using db9.c
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For the Multisystem joysticks, and their derivatives, the db9.c driver
was written. It allows only one joystick / gamepad per parallel port, but
the interface is easy to build and works with almost anything.
- For the basic 1-button Multisystem joystick you connect its wires to the
-parallel port like this:
+For the basic 1-button Multisystem joystick you connect its wires to the
+parallel port like this::
-(pin 1) -----> Power
-(pin 18) -----> Ground
+ (pin 1) -----> Power
+ (pin 18) -----> Ground
-(pin 2) -----> Up
-(pin 3) -----> Down
-(pin 4) -----> Left
-(pin 5) -----> Right
-(pin 6) -----> Button 1
+ (pin 2) -----> Up
+ (pin 3) -----> Down
+ (pin 4) -----> Left
+ (pin 5) -----> Right
+ (pin 6) -----> Button 1
- However, if the joystick is switch based (eg. clicks when you move it),
+However, if the joystick is switch based (eg. clicks when you move it),
you might or might not, depending on your parallel port, need 10 kOhm pullup
-resistors on each of the direction and button signals, like this:
+resistors on each of the direction and button signals, like this::
-(pin 2) ------------+------> Up
- Resistor |
-(pin 1) --[10kOhm]--+
+ (pin 2) ------------+------> Up
+ Resistor |
+ (pin 1) --[10kOhm]--+
- Try without, and if it doesn't work, add them. For TTL based joysticks /
+Try without, and if it doesn't work, add them. For TTL based joysticks /
gamepads the pullups are not needed.
- For joysticks with two buttons you connect the second button to pin 7 on
-the parallel port.
+For joysticks with two buttons you connect the second button to pin 7 on
+the parallel port::
-(pin 7) -----> Button 2
+ (pin 7) -----> Button 2
- And that's it.
+And that's it.
- On a side note, if you have already built a different adapter for use with
+On a side note, if you have already built a different adapter for use with
the digital joystick driver 0.8.0.2, this is also supported by the db9.c
driver, as device type 8. (See section 3.2)
-2.2.2 Multisystem joysticks using gamecon.c
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- For some people just one joystick per parallel port is not enough, and/or
+Multisystem joysticks using gamecon.c
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For some people just one joystick per parallel port is not enough, and/or
want to use them on one parallel port together with NES/SNES/PSX pads. This is
possible using the gamecon.c. It supports up to 5 devices of the above types,
including 1 and 2 buttons Multisystem joysticks.
- However, there is nothing for free. To allow more sticks to be used at
+However, there is nothing for free. To allow more sticks to be used at
once, you need the sticks to be purely switch based (that is non-TTL), and
not to need power. Just a plain simple six switches inside. If your
joystick can do more (eg. turbofire) you'll need to disable it totally first
if you want to use gamecon.c.
- Also, the connection is a bit more complex. You'll need a bunch of diodes,
+Also, the connection is a bit more complex. You'll need a bunch of diodes,
and one pullup resistor. First, you connect the Directions and the button
-the same as for db9, however with the diodes between.
+the same as for db9, however with the diodes between::
- Diodes
-(pin 2) -----|<|----> Up
-(pin 3) -----|<|----> Down
-(pin 4) -----|<|----> Left
-(pin 5) -----|<|----> Right
-(pin 6) -----|<|----> Button 1
+ Diodes
+ (pin 2) -----|<|----> Up
+ (pin 3) -----|<|----> Down
+ (pin 4) -----|<|----> Left
+ (pin 5) -----|<|----> Right
+ (pin 6) -----|<|----> Button 1
- For two button sticks you also connect the other button.
+For two button sticks you also connect the other button::
-(pin 7) -----|<|----> Button 2
+ (pin 7) -----|<|----> Button 2
- And finally, you connect the Ground wire of the joystick, like done in
+And finally, you connect the Ground wire of the joystick, like done in
this little schematic to Power and Data on the parallel port, as described
for the NES / SNES pads in section 2.1 of this file - that is, one data pin
-for each joystick. The power source is shared.
+for each joystick. The power source is shared::
-Data ------------+-----> Ground
- Resistor |
-Power --[10kOhm]--+
+ Data ------------+-----> Ground
+ Resistor |
+ Power --[10kOhm]--+
- And that's all, here we go!
+And that's all, here we go!
-2.2.3 Multisystem joysticks using turbografx.c
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The TurboGraFX interface, designed by
+Multisystem joysticks using turbografx.c
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The TurboGraFX interface, designed by
Steffen Schwenke <schwenke@burg-halle.de>
- allows up to 7 Multisystem joysticks connected to the parallel port. In
+allows up to 7 Multisystem joysticks connected to the parallel port. In
Steffen's version, there is support for up to 5 buttons per joystick. However,
since this doesn't work reliably on all parallel ports, the turbografx.c driver
supports only one button per joystick. For more information on how to build the
-interface, see
+interface, see:
http://www2.burg-halle.de/~schwenke/parport.html
-2.3 Sony Playstation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Sony Playstation
+----------------
- The PSX controller is supported by the gamecon.c. Pinout of the PSX
-controller (compatible with DirectPadPro):
+The PSX controller is supported by the gamecon.c. Pinout of the PSX
+controller (compatible with DirectPadPro)::
- +---------+---------+---------+
-9 | o o o | o o o | o o o | 1 parallel
- \________|_________|________/ port pins
- | | | | | |
- | | | | | +--------> Clock --- (4)
- | | | | +------------> Select --- (3)
- | | | +---------------> Power --- (5-9)
- | | +------------------> Ground --- (18-25)
- | +-------------------------> Command --- (2)
- +----------------------------> Data --- (one of 10,11,12,13,15)
+ +---------+---------+---------+
+ 9 | o o o | o o o | o o o | 1 parallel
+ \________|_________|________/ port pins
+ | | | | | |
+ | | | | | +--------> Clock --- (4)
+ | | | | +------------> Select --- (3)
+ | | | +---------------> Power --- (5-9)
+ | | +------------------> Ground --- (18-25)
+ | +-------------------------> Command --- (2)
+ +----------------------------> Data --- (one of 10,11,12,13,15)
- The driver supports these controllers:
+The driver supports these controllers:
* Standard PSX Pad
* NegCon PSX Pad
@@ -336,207 +352,223 @@ controller (compatible with DirectPadPro):
* PSX Rumble Pad
* PSX DDR Pad
-2.4 Sega
-~~~~~~~~
- All the Sega controllers are more or less based on the standard 2-button
+Sega
+----
+
+All the Sega controllers are more or less based on the standard 2-button
Multisystem joystick. However, since they don't use switches and use TTL
logic, the only driver usable with them is the db9.c driver.
-2.4.1 Sega Master System
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The SMS gamepads are almost exactly the same as normal 2-button
+Sega Master System
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The SMS gamepads are almost exactly the same as normal 2-button
Multisystem joysticks. Set the driver to Multi2 mode, use the corresponding
-parallel port pins, and the following schematic:
+parallel port pins, and the following schematic::
- +-----------> Power
- | +---------> Right
- | | +-------> Left
- | | | +-----> Down
- | | | | +---> Up
- | | | | |
- _____________
-5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ o o x o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | |
- | | +----> Button 1
- | +--------> Ground
- +----------> Button 2
+ +-----------> Power
+ | +---------> Right
+ | | +-------> Left
+ | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | | +---> Up
+ | | | | |
+ _____________
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ o o x o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | |
+ | | +----> Button 1
+ | +--------> Ground
+ +----------> Button 2
-2.4.2 Sega Genesis aka MegaDrive
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Sega Genesis (in Europe sold as Sega MegaDrive) pads are an extension
+Sega Genesis aka MegaDrive
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The Sega Genesis (in Europe sold as Sega MegaDrive) pads are an extension
to the Sega Master System pads. They use more buttons (3+1, 5+1, 6+1). Use
-the following schematic:
+the following schematic::
- +-----------> Power
- | +---------> Right
- | | +-------> Left
- | | | +-----> Down
- | | | | +---> Up
- | | | | |
- _____________
-5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ o o o o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | | |
- | | | +----> Button 1
- | | +------> Select
- | +--------> Ground
- +----------> Button 2
+ +-----------> Power
+ | +---------> Right
+ | | +-------> Left
+ | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | | +---> Up
+ | | | | |
+ _____________
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ o o o o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | | |
+ | | | +----> Button 1
+ | | +------> Select
+ | +--------> Ground
+ +----------> Button 2
- The Select pin goes to pin 14 on the parallel port.
+The Select pin goes to pin 14 on the parallel port::
-(pin 14) -----> Select
+ (pin 14) -----> Select
- The rest is the same as for Multi2 joysticks using db9.c
+The rest is the same as for Multi2 joysticks using db9.c
-2.4.3 Sega Saturn
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Sega Saturn has eight buttons, and to transfer that, without hacks like
+Sega Saturn
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sega Saturn has eight buttons, and to transfer that, without hacks like
Genesis 6 pads use, it needs one more select pin. Anyway, it is still
handled by the db9.c driver. Its pinout is very different from anything
-else. Use this schematic:
+else. Use this schematic::
- +-----------> Select 1
- | +---------> Power
- | | +-------> Up
- | | | +-----> Down
- | | | | +---> Ground
- | | | | |
- _____________
-5 \ o o o o o / 1
- \ o o o o /
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
- | | | |
- | | | +----> Select 2
- | | +------> Right
- | +--------> Left
- +----------> Power
+ +-----------> Select 1
+ | +---------> Power
+ | | +-------> Up
+ | | | +-----> Down
+ | | | | +---> Ground
+ | | | | |
+ _____________
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
+ \ o o o o /
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
+ | | | |
+ | | | +----> Select 2
+ | | +------> Right
+ | +--------> Left
+ +----------> Power
- Select 1 is pin 14 on the parallel port, Select 2 is pin 16 on the
-parallel port.
+Select 1 is pin 14 on the parallel port, Select 2 is pin 16 on the
+parallel port::
-(pin 14) -----> Select 1
-(pin 16) -----> Select 2
+ (pin 14) -----> Select 1
+ (pin 16) -----> Select 2
- The other pins (Up, Down, Right, Left, Power, Ground) are the same as for
+The other pins (Up, Down, Right, Left, Power, Ground) are the same as for
Multi joysticks using db9.c
-3. The drivers
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are three drivers for the parallel port interfaces. Each, as
+The drivers
+===========
+
+There are three drivers for the parallel port interfaces. Each, as
described above, allows to connect a different group of joysticks and pads.
Here are described their command lines:
-3.1 gamecon.c
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Using gamecon.c you can connect up to five devices to one parallel port. It
-uses the following kernel/module command line:
+gamecon.c
+---------
+
+Using gamecon.c you can connect up to five devices to one parallel port. It
+uses the following kernel/module command line::
gamecon.map=port,pad1,pad2,pad3,pad4,pad5
- Where 'port' the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
+Where ``port`` the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
- And 'pad1' to 'pad5' are pad types connected to different data input pins
+And ``pad1`` to ``pad5`` are pad types connected to different data input pins
(10,11,12,13,15), as described in section 2.1 of this file.
- The types are:
+The types are:
- Type | Joystick/Pad
- --------------------
- 0 | None
- 1 | SNES pad
- 2 | NES pad
- 4 | Multisystem 1-button joystick
- 5 | Multisystem 2-button joystick
- 6 | N64 pad
- 7 | Sony PSX controller
- 8 | Sony PSX DDR controller
- 9 | SNES mouse
+ ===== =============================
+ Type Joystick/Pad
+ ===== =============================
+ 0 None
+ 1 SNES pad
+ 2 NES pad
+ 4 Multisystem 1-button joystick
+ 5 Multisystem 2-button joystick
+ 6 N64 pad
+ 7 Sony PSX controller
+ 8 Sony PSX DDR controller
+ 9 SNES mouse
+ ===== =============================
- The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used, so
+The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used, so
hot swapping should work (but is not recommended).
- Should you want to use more than one of parallel ports at once, you can use
+Should you want to use more than one of parallel ports at once, you can use
gamecon.map2 and gamecon.map3 as additional command line parameters for two
more parallel ports.
- There are two options specific to PSX driver portion. gamecon.psx_delay sets
+There are two options specific to PSX driver portion. gamecon.psx_delay sets
the command delay when talking to the controllers. The default of 25 should
work but you can try lowering it for better performance. If your pads don't
respond try raising it until they work. Setting the type to 8 allows the
driver to be used with Dance Dance Revolution or similar games. Arrow keys are
registered as key presses instead of X and Y axes.
-3.2 db9.c
-~~~~~~~~~
- Apart from making an interface, there is nothing difficult on using the
-db9.c driver. It uses the following kernel/module command line:
+db9.c
+-----
+
+Apart from making an interface, there is nothing difficult on using the
+db9.c driver. It uses the following kernel/module command line::
db9.dev=port,type
- Where 'port' is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
+Where ``port`` is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
- Caveat here: This driver only works on bidirectional parallel ports. If
+Caveat here: This driver only works on bidirectional parallel ports. If
your parallel port is recent enough, you should have no trouble with this.
Old parallel ports may not have this feature.
- 'Type' is the type of joystick or pad attached:
+``Type`` is the type of joystick or pad attached:
- Type | Joystick/Pad
- --------------------
- 0 | None
- 1 | Multisystem 1-button joystick
- 2 | Multisystem 2-button joystick
- 3 | Genesis pad (3+1 buttons)
- 5 | Genesis pad (5+1 buttons)
- 6 | Genesis pad (6+2 buttons)
- 7 | Saturn pad (8 buttons)
- 8 | Multisystem 1-button joystick (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
- 9 | Two Multisystem 1-button joysticks (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
- 10 | Amiga CD32 pad
+ ===== ======================================================
+ Type Joystick/Pad
+ ===== ======================================================
+ 0 None
+ 1 Multisystem 1-button joystick
+ 2 Multisystem 2-button joystick
+ 3 Genesis pad (3+1 buttons)
+ 5 Genesis pad (5+1 buttons)
+ 6 Genesis pad (6+2 buttons)
+ 7 Saturn pad (8 buttons)
+ 8 Multisystem 1-button joystick (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
+ 9 Two Multisystem 1-button joysticks (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
+ 10 Amiga CD32 pad
+ ===== ======================================================
- Should you want to use more than one of these joysticks/pads at once, you
+Should you want to use more than one of these joysticks/pads at once, you
can use db9.dev2 and db9.dev3 as additional command line parameters for two
more joysticks/pads.
-3.3 turbografx.c
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The turbografx.c driver uses a very simple kernel/module command line:
+turbografx.c
+------------
+
+The turbografx.c driver uses a very simple kernel/module command line::
turbografx.map=port,js1,js2,js3,js4,js5,js6,js7
- Where 'port' is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
+Where ``port`` is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
- 'jsX' is the number of buttons the Multisystem joysticks connected to the
+``jsX`` is the number of buttons the Multisystem joysticks connected to the
interface ports 1-7 have. For a standard multisystem joystick, this is 1.
- Should you want to use more than one of these interfaces at once, you can
+Should you want to use more than one of these interfaces at once, you can
use turbografx.map2 and turbografx.map3 as additional command line parameters
for two more interfaces.
-3.4 PC parallel port pinout
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+PC parallel port pinout
+-----------------------
+
+::
+
.----------------------------------------.
At the PC: \ 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 /
\ 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Pin | Name | Description
- ~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~
- 1 | /STROBE | Strobe
- 2-9 | D0-D7 | Data Bit 0-7
- 10 | /ACK | Acknowledge
- 11 | BUSY | Busy
- 12 | PE | Paper End
- 13 | SELIN | Select In
- 14 | /AUTOFD | Autofeed
- 15 | /ERROR | Error
- 16 | /INIT | Initialize
- 17 | /SEL | Select
- 18-25 | GND | Signal Ground
+====== ======= =============
+ Pin Name Description
+====== ======= =============
+ 1 /STROBE Strobe
+ 2-9 D0-D7 Data Bit 0-7
+ 10 /ACK Acknowledge
+ 11 BUSY Busy
+ 12 PE Paper End
+ 13 SELIN Select In
+ 14 /AUTOFD Autofeed
+ 15 /ERROR Error
+ 16 /INIT Initialize
+ 17 /SEL Select
+ 18-25 GND Signal Ground
+====== ======= =============
-3.5 End
-~~~~~~~
- That's all, folks! Have fun!
+
+That's all, folks! Have fun!
This file require minimum adjustments to be a valid ReST file. Do it, in order to be able to parse it with Sphinx. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> --- Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt | 708 ++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 370 insertions(+), 338 deletions(-)