xwiishow - Test connected Wii Remote devices
Contents
Bugs
This tool is quite incomplete. It does not support all interfaces that are provided by the wiimote kernel
driver. However, it provides enough functionality to test whether a Wii Remote is detected properly.
The tool reads the input devices directly so you might need root rights to properly access the Wii
Remote.
Description
The xwiishow tool, when called without arguments, shows a short usage information. If the list parameter
is given, it lists all connected Wii Remotes. Each connected Wii Remote is given a number. If you pass
this number to xwiishow then this device is opened and the UI shows a graphical representation of the
device. Instead of passing this number you can also pass an absolute path to the device-root in the sysfs
directory.
In the ncurses-based interface you can press 'q' to quit the application, 'r' to toggle the rumble motor
and 'a' to toggle the accelerometer. See the xwiishow help text for a more comprehensive list of
shortcuts.
Examples
$xwiishowlist
No device path given. Listing devices:
Found device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:057E:0306.0001
End of device list
$xwiishow/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:057E:0306.0001
<ncurses based interface>
Name
xwiishow - Test connected Wii Remote devices
See Also
xwiimote(7), libxwiimote(7), David Herrmann February 2012 XWIISHOW(1)
Synopsis
xwiishow[-h]xwiishowlistxwiishow<num>xwiishow/sys/bus/hid/devices/<device>
