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1. #CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED HOW TO#
2. #CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED PS3#
3. #CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED MAC#

Assigning an AppleScript to a controller button.Configuring controller axes to act like mouse axes.Configuring controller buttons to generate simple text.Configuring controller buttons to act like individual keyboard keys.Building blocks can be individually configured and linked together to perform an endless variety of tasks.Ĭommon programming tasks that can be performed with ControllerMate include: Each type of building block performs a different type of function. Programming is accomplished using “building blocks”. Using a graphical interface and drag-and-drop editing, users can program controller buttons to perform complex keyboard and mouse sequences. ControllerMate showed me something interesting about the Frisby keyboard: The keyboard actually reports itself as two separate USB devices, a keyboard and a mouse.ControllerMate is a controller programming tool that allows custom functionality to be added to standard HID devices (joysticks, trackballs, gamepads, keyboards, and more). I suppose that this isn’t terribly surprising considering that the keyboard includes a scroll wheel. What is a little surprising is that all of the 20-odd buttons around the edges of the keyboard are tied to the mouse device.

#CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED MAC#

(The standard function keys are tied to the keyboard device.) The strange thing is that some of the mouse buttons still work after the Mac sleeps, but most don’t. The scrollwheel still works, for instance. But it works well, I like it, and it was really cheap on eBay. I plugged my PS3’s SIXAXIS controller into the Mac to see if ControllerMate could see it. Yes, CM does, and it sees all the buttons and even the tilt sensors.

#CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED PS3#

CONTROLLERMATE KEYBOARD UNREGISTERED PS3Īccording to people on the CM forum, this is likely because the controller is both USB and BlueTooth, and it is still paired with the PS3 overall the Mac needs to send some sort of handshake signal to the controller to get it talking over USB.īut CM doesn’t see any of the button presses from the controller. I just bought a cheap Frisby illuminated keyboard on eBay. Not only is it illuminated, but it has a scrollwheel, volume knob, and like 20 extra buttons (in addition to the usual 16 or so function keys). The only thing it lacks is indicator lights for the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock keys. When I first plugged it into my Mac, it didn’t work. In fact, the scroll wheel, volume knob, and mute button all “just worked”. The instructions that came with the keyboard (all 1/8 page of them) indicated that the Scroll Lock key was the On/Off switch for the keyboard’s backlight. Pushing it didn’t do anything, even when pressed in combo with Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Windows/Command, or any gaggle of the above. But, when I first plugged the keyboard into the USB port (or into a powered USB hub), it did light up for about 1/2 second or so. What was going on?Ī lot of googling led me to believe that this problem is fairly common on Macs, Linux PCs, and even under Windows, although not many people have found a solution. Here’s apparently what’s going on: The Frisby keyboard (along with many other budget illuminated keyboards) uses the Scroll Lock key as a switch for the backlight because it essentially replaces the Scroll Lock indicator light with the entire keyboard backlight. At first glance, this seems like a clever idea, except for a couple of problems: Some applications (Excel for one) and gadgets (many low-price KVM switches) also make use of the Scroll Lock key, and expect it to be available. Worse, some operating systems (Mac OS X mainly) don’t really know about or care about the Scroll Lock key and don’t support it OS X doesn’t keep track of the Scroll Lock’s on/off toggle state, and doesn’t tell the keyboard to turn the Scroll Lock LED on and off. So, when the Frisby keyboard is hooked up to a Mac, pressing the Scroll Lock key is ignored by OS X, and thus OS X never tells the keyboard to turn the backlight on.

#CONTROLLERMATE UNREGISTERED HOW TO#

Well, once I figured this out, I was faced with a choice: return the keyboard for a refund, or try to figure out how to get the Mac to support the Scroll Lock key.