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Input Configuration

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Input Provider

A Input provider is something like Mouse, Tuio... It's a component that generate touch event. Depend on your hardware and your platform, you may have different Input Provider.

Available providers

NameDescriptionPlatformPyMT version
MouseSimulate touch event with mouseAllAll
TuioOpen a TUIO Server to receive TUIO eventAllAll
...And much more ! Stripped to prevent maintain different source of informations.  

For a list of all available providers, you can check Input Providers page.

Configuring Inputs

In configuration file, you have to edit the [input] section. The configuration line look like this :

devicename = providername,configuration

And configuration may look like this :

token=value,token=value
# or
value
  • providername is the name of provider in lowercase, like the one in the table on "Available providers" section.
  • devicename is the "user name" of your input. You will be able to reuse it in the touch info.

For example, if you want to activate Mouse simulator :

[input]
my_mouse = mouse

If you want to activate a TUIO server on port 7894 (0.0.0.0 mean listen to all available network interface) + another TUIO server on port 1234:

[input]
table = tuio,0.0.0.0:7894
othertable = tuio,0.0.0.0:1234

By default, PyMT configure for you 2 inputs :

  • the mouse simulator
  • a tuio server on port 3333