3Dconnexion Space Navigator in Python using raw HID (Windows only). Note: you don't need to install or use any of the drivers or 3Dconnexion software to use this package. It interfaces with the controller directly.
Implements a simple interface to the 6 DoF 3Dconnexion Space Navigator device as well as similar devices. The following 3dconnexion devices are supported:
- SpaceNavigator
- SpaceMouse Pro
- SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
- SpaceMouse Wireless
- 3Dconnexion Universal Receiver
- SpaceMouse Compact
- SpacePilot Pro
Requires pywinusb to access HID data -- this is Windows only.
import spacenavigator
import time
success = spacenavigator.open()
if success:
while 1:
state = spacenavigator.read()
print(state.x, state.y, state.z)
time.sleep(0.5)
State objects returned from read() have 7 attributes: [t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button].
- t: timestamp in seconds since the script started.
- x,y,z: translations in the range [-1.0, 1.0]
- roll, pitch, yaw: rotations in the range [-1.0, 1.0].
- button: list of button states (0 or 1), in order specified in the device specifier
open(callback=None, button_callback=None, device=None)
Open a 3D space navigator device. Makes this device the current active device, which enables the module-level read() and close()
calls. For multiple devices, use the read() and close() calls on the returned object instead, and don't use the module-level calls.
Parameters:
callback: If callback is provided, it is called on each HID update with a copy of the current state namedtuple
button_callback: If button_callback is provided, it is called on each button push, with the arguments (state_tuple, button_state)
device: name of device to open, as a string like "SpaceNavigator". Must be one of the values in `supported_devices`.
If `None`, chooses the first supported device found.
Returns:
Device object if the device was opened successfully
None if the device could not be opened
read() Return a namedtuple giving the current device state (t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button)
close() Close the connection to the current device, if it is open
set_led(state) Set the status of the current devices LED to either on (True) or off (False)
list_devices() Return a list of supported devices found, or an empty list if none found
open() returns a DeviceSpec object. If you have multiple 3Dconnexion devices, you can use the object-oriented API to access them individually. Each object has the following API, which functions exactly as the above API, but on a per-device basis:
dev.open() Opens the connection (this is always called by the module-level open command,
so you should not need to use it unless you have called close())
dev.read() Return the state of the device as namedtuple [t,x,y,z,roll,pitch,yaw,button]
dev.close() Close this device
dev.set_led(state) Set the state of the LED on the device to on (True) or off (False)
There are also attributes:
dev.connected True if the device is connected, False otherwise
dev.state Convenience property which returns the same value as read()