Network API
This page describes how to talk to a GIMX instance that is listening for UDP packets on a specific port.
See the "--src IP:port" argument on the Command line page to learn how to start such a GIMX instance.
Get controller type
It's possible to send a packet to get the controller type from the remote GIMX.
byte | value |
0 | 0x11 |
1 | 0x00 |
byte | value |
0 | 0x11 |
1 | 0x01 |
2 | value |
value | type |
0x00 | JOYSTICK |
0x01 | 360 PAD |
0x02 | SIXAXIS |
0x05 | DS4 |
0x07 | T300RS PS4 |
0x08 | G27 PS3 |
0x09 | G29 PS4 |
Send report
All axes are signed integers.
The Controller Maps page describes the axes and the value ranges corresponding to each controller type.
byte | value |
0 | 0xff |
1 | 0x80 = 128 |
2-5 | axis 0 |
6-9 | axis 1 |
10-13 | axis 2 |
14-17 | axis 3 |
18-21 | axis 4 |
22-25 | axis 5 |
26-29 | axis 6 |
30-33 | axis 7 |
34-37 | axis 8 |
38-41 | axis 9 |
42-45 | axis 10 |
46-49 | axis 11 |
50-53 | axis 12 |
54-57 | axis 13 |
58-61 | axis 14 |
62-65 | axis 15 |
66-69 | axis 16 |
70-73 | axis 17 |
74-77 | axis 18 |
78-81 | axis 19 |
82-85 | axis 20 |
86-89 | axis 21 |
90-93 | axis 22 |
94-97 | axis 23 |
98-101 | axis 24 |
102-105 | axis 25 |
106-109 | axis 26 |
110-113 | axis 27 |
114-117 | axis 28 |
118-121 | axis 29 |
122-125 | axis 30 |
126-129 | axis 31 |