SandioTech 3D Game O2 mouse

SandioTech mouse joysticks mapper to keyboard keys for Linux using libevdev.

To build the software install GNU Make and libevdev development package, e.g. libevdev-dev on Debian.

make

Run under sudo or play with udev and user's supplementary groups to give access to /dev/uinput and /dev/hidraw devices.

sudo ./sandioblast /dev/hidraw1

Stop with Ctrl-C.

To find out which hidraw device search kernel messages.

dmesg | grep hidraw.*Sandio

hid-generic 0003:19CA:0001.0009: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Multi-Axis Controller [Mindtribe Sandio 3D HID Mouse] on usb-0000:01:00.0-1.1/input1

Configure in config.h and recompile. Key codes could be found in /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h.

systemd setup

Create /etc/udev/rules.d/99-sandio.rules:

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ENV{DEVPATH}=="*.1/0003:19CA:0001.*", SYMLINK+="sandiotech_joysticks", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="sandioblast.service", TAG+="systemd"

Create /etc/systemd/system/sandioblast.service:

[Unit]
Description=SandioTech 3D Game O2 mouse joysticks mapper to keyboard keys
BindsTo=dev-sandiotech_joysticks.device
After=dev-sandiotech_joysticks.device

[Service]
ExecStart=-/usr/local/bin/sandioblast /dev/sandiotech_joysticks

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reconfigure, as root:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable sandioblast
udevadm control --reload

Unplug and plug the mouse back. Check:

systemctl status sandioblast

Enjoy!

Thanks to the author of SandioKeyMapper for an inspiration.

MIT license.