SYNOPSIS

wiipresent [-v] [-l length] [-b bluetooth-address ]

DESCRIPTION

wiipresent is a tool to control applications using the wiimote. It was originally developed for using the wiimote to give presentations using openoffice or xpdf, but is now turned into a tool to control your mouse and/or other applications.

OPTIONS

-b bt-address, --bluetooth=bt-address

Wiimote bluetooth address (use hcitool scan)

-d name, --display=name

X display to use

-l length, --length=minutes

presentation length in minutes

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --verbose

increase verbosity

--version

output version information and exit

USAGE

Before you can start using wiipresent you need to know the bluetooth address of the wiimote you want to use. You can scan your bluetooth viscinity by using hcitool like:

hcitool scan

after having pressed the 1 and 2 keys on your wiimote once. You will then see something like:

[root@moria ~]# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:21:64:EF:62:F5       Nokia E71
00:1B:7A:F8:B5:64       Nintendo RVL-CNT-01

Then start wiipresent using the following syntax:

[dag@moria ~]# wiipresent -b 00:1B:7A:F8:B5:64
Please press 1+2 on the wiimote with address 00:1B:7A:F8:B5:64...
Battery level now is 81%.

BUGS

This program is free of bugs. Yeah right.

If you have improvements or bugreports, please send them to: dag@wieers.com

Note
 Please see the TODO file for known bugs and future plans.

SEE ALSO

hcitool(1)

AUTHOR

Written by Dag Wieers dag@wieers.com

Homepage at http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/wiipresent/