Hi,
I own a Granite Devices Simucube force feedback wheel which I'd like to get working under Linux.
The current status is that if I use a tool to check/test the FFB, it tells me that the device does not support FFB.
I'm also using the device under Windows 7 and there it works without any special driver, so it should work with USB HID FFB.
In principle, it supports the following effects (see link below):
- constant force
- friction
- damping
- spring
- sine wave
- square wave
- sawtooth
- triangle
The device advertises as MCS, Granite Devices SimuCUBE with id 16d0:0d5a, I'll attach lsusb output.
Upon connection, the device is recognized and the output is:
[ 3271.812807] usb 1-2.4.2: new full-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[ 3271.921182] usb 1-2.4.2: New USB device found, idVendor=16d0, idProduct=0d5a, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 3271.921184] usb 1-2.4.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 3271.921185] usb 1-2.4.2: Product: SimuCUBE
[ 3271.921186] usb 1-2.4.2: Manufacturer: Granite Devices
[ 3271.921187] usb 1-2.4.2: SerialNumber: 0123456789
[ 3281.943990] input: Granite Devices SimuCUBE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:04:00.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.4/1-2.4.2/1-2.4.2:1.0/0003:16D0:0D5A.0016/input/input48
[ 3281.944223] hid-generic 0003:16D0:0D5A.0016: unknown set_effect report layout
[ 3281.944228] hid-generic 0003:16D0:0D5A.0016: input,hiddev2,hidraw15: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Granite Devices SimuCUBE] on usb-0000:04:00.0-2.4.2/input0
I spent some time looking at the code and also other ffb code in usbhid, but since I'm not really familiar with C I have a hard time figuring out why it doesn't work out of the box and how to fix this, but I'd be happy to help implementing/debugging it.
For a start, it would be really nice to find out what is reported, what the report should look like and why it doesn't match.
Kind Regards,
Bernd
Links that might or might not be useful for general information:
https://granitedevices.com/wiki/SimuCUBE_technical_specifications
https://granitedevices.com/wiki/SimuCUBE_Firmware_User_Guide#DirectInput_Effect_Settings_and_Descriptions
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 16d0:0d5a MCS
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x16d0 MCS
idProduct 0x0d5a
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 1 Granite Devices
iProduct 2 SimuCUBE
iSerial 3 0123456789
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 0x0029
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device
bInterfaceSubClass 0
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.11
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 1465
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 1
can't get device qualifier: Resource temporarily unavailable
can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered
