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A Wiimote Driver For Windows XP:

Utilizing Peek’s (2008) Managed Library for Nintendo’s Wiimote as its heart, Wii Connect is a functional windows-based driver application written in C#, providing facility for keyboard, mouse and joystick mapping.

In addition Wii Connect also provides facility for peripheral input data capture and a basic capacity for the replay and analytics of any captured data.

As with GlovePIE, Wii Connect currently utilizes the Parallel Port Joysticks driver (PPJoy) to provide joystick style functionality, via its virtual joystick interface. However it is aimed to remove this dependency within future iterations.

Wii Connect not only provides facility for the Wiimote to be mapped to the windows system but also supports multiple extensions such as the Wii Classic Controller and Wii Nunchuck which may also be mapped.

Mapping functionality is provided via the use of several panels each of which enable a user to configure each of the Wiimote’s physical inputs to any desired keyboard or mouse input combination. However, Joystick functionality is tied to a defined configuration within version 0.1. In effect this enables the Wiimote to be seen by the system as any of the highlighted devices, limited only by the volume of inputs available from the device.

Customizable feedback is provided by the feedback mapping panel, enabling a user to set flags which in turn allow the system to operate any of the Wiimote’s feedback mechanisms, such as the rumble feature.

Screen Shots:

The above images can be detailed as follows:

1. The standard wiimote panel.
2. The standard wiimote panel with A/B buttons down.
3. The key mapping panel.
4. The nunchuck extension panel.
5. The classic controller extension panel.
6. The feedback options panel.

Please click each image for a larger view. Additional screen shots and video coming soon.

Supported Extensions:

Wii Connect currently supports the following extensions:

• The Wii Classic Controller
• The Wii Nunchuck
• The Wii Switch (PhD development)

Will It Be Avaliable:

The aim is to release Wii Connect for public consumption ASAP. Please visit this page or dyadica.net for further development information.

Known Issues:

Bluetooth connection: Currently the is an issue with the Bluetooth connection of the wiimote and windows. In order to use wii connect you will need a compatible Bluetooth dongle and stack. At this stage you also need to manually connect the device each time you with to use it with the system.

This is currently being looked into and hopes to be resolved shortly.

Infrared Distancing: The driver needs slight modification to cater for setting operation range in certain scenarios, primarily those utilizing the wiimotes infrared capabilities.

This is currently being resolved.