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 | 0x9C = 156 |
2-5 | axis 0 |
6-9 | axis 1 |
... | ... |
154-157 | axis 38 |