serial mouse driver

[shahzad]

hi,

i'm trying to write serial mouse driver.

if any one has code or some links of serial mose driver .please post it on this thread

[shahzad]

hi,

i've posted this message for almost 2 weeks.

is there anyone who has worked on serial mouse driver?????????

[BI lazy]

This tone of command in your lines is not welcome.

as for your question: try www.osdever.net. or the quicklinkz section

[shahzad]

hi,

sorry i never meant that but i'll take care of my words in future.

[Pype.Clicker]

i've recovered some burried links from this forum, but they're all about PS2 mice rather than pure 'serial' mice (those that had a trapezoidal connector on COM1)

http://www.mega-tokyo.com/forum/index.p ... eadid=3888
http://www.mega-tokyo.com/forum/index.p ... eadid=4004

but i guess this is not what you want

[Slasher]

basically you need 2 types of docs. One on how to program the serial ports and the second one on the format of data send by serial mice.

[Chris Giese]

http://my.execpc.com/~geezer/temp/serial.c

I guess everyone else is using PS/2 mice...?

[shahzad]

gr8 work.

why don't u post the links that u used for development of this code.so that i can understand serial communicatin and data transmitted by serial mouse.

[Pype.Clicker]

you should read the "how to ask questions the smart way" document before people begin to feel offended by your style. I know there's no offending intention, but some other people may not feel it as i do ...

I suppose that if Chris didn't post the documents you required, it's either because he doesn't have such links easily accessible <joke "not really Chris's way of doing things"> or that you're smart enough to locate google?"serial mouse programming" yourself ...</joke>

I suggest you make a quick trip through the Operating System Resource Center (see .:QuickLinkz:., again) and check how the UART is programmed (iirc, this is the chip that sends/receives bytes through COMx interfaces, thus the chip you'll have to program to communicate with serial mice).

[BI lazy]

Chris also might have some hefty books at hands: H. P. Messmer: The Indispensable Hardware Book, or. Guillaume: The Undocumented PC. These volumes are full of nifty details about hardware - the UART too.

offending intention ... *snort* maybe that lad's not capable of the english language like other guys are so that he can use it in a distinguished manner -he seems not to be placing dots but *logs*.

Well, Offendi Yoda *bg*, your's is the patience.:p

Stay safe.

PS. @chris giese: Aye, I for my part have done some ps/2-mouse coding.

[Pype.Clicker]

fortunately enough BI is there (even if lazy to make sure i am not becoming offending :p

[shahzad]

actualy i'm not so good in english.so communication is problem for me.still i try my best to choose the right words.

[Chris Giese]

gr8 work.

why don't u post the links that u used for development of this code.so that i can understand serial communicatin and data transmitted by serial mouse.

This is the spec sheet I used for the serial chip:
http://www.national.com/pf/PC/PC16550D.html

There are different serial chips; older and newer.

Protocol for Microsoft (2-button) serial mouse:
http://www.hut.fi/~then/mytexts/mouse.html

It still took some experimentation and trial-and-error
to get working code.

And I wouldn't be so hard on shahzad -- we were all
newbies once. It was easy for me to find those links,
but I already knew what to look for.

[Pype.Clicker]

all those good links have now been integrated into the .:QuickLinkz:. page for later reference. Thanks for asking the question, shazad.