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USB Missile Launcher Linux Driver

USBMissileLauncher is user space Linux driver to control the the USB Missile Launcher (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202) and/or the USB Circus Cannon (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021) via the command line or keyboard (simple C implemenation).

As seen on the TV show:

Demo Control Video

Keyboard Control Keys

• Up Arrow - Move Up
• Down Arrow - Move Down
• Left Arrow - Move Left
• Right Arrow - Move Right
• F Key - Fire Missile
• S Key - Stop Moving

Installation

1. Download the USBMissileLauncher-1.5 code tarball.
2. Uncompress the tarball and untar the code

   tar xvfz USBMissileLauncher-1.5.tgz

3. Go to source directory.

   cd USBMissileLauncher-1.5

4. If USBMissileLauncher-1.0, remove the usb core modules (requires root/sudo access).

   sudo rmmod {e,o,u}hci-hcd hid

5. Compile the code

   make

6. Install the code (requires root/sudo access)

   sudo make install

7. Control the device from the command line:
   1. For the USB Missile Launcher device (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202):

      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -L
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -R
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -U -S 100
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -R -U -F
      

   2. For the USB Circus Cannon device (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021):

      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -L
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -R
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -U -S 100
      ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -R -U -F
      

   This will move the USB Missile Launcher (or USB Cirus Cannon) left, right, then up however stops after 100ms and then finally moves simutaniously right, up and fires a missile.
8. Control the device from the keyboard located at /dev/input/event0:
   1. For the USB Missile Launcher device:

      sudo ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -c /dev/input/event0

   2. For the USB Cirus Cannon device:

      sudo ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -c /dev/input/event0

Requirements

• Linux
• libusb-dev
• USB Missile Launcher and/or USB Circus Cannon

Current Release

See http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbmissile/

Release Notes

USBMissileLauncher-1.5 - November 19, 2008

Finally, after a long awaited release: a new package to fix some minor bugs, but more importantly to include support to control the USB Circus Cannon (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021).

USBMissileLauncher-1.0 - June 1, 2006

Initial code release. This release contains a command line program to control the M&S USB Missile Launcher (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202) from the command line or keyboard.