GIMX stands for Game Input MultipleXer or Game Input MatriX. The purpose of this software is to control a video game console with a PC. It works with the PS3 and there is experimental support for the Xbox 360.
It operates:
¤ over bluetooth: works with Linux (PS3) only. A compatible bluetooth dongle is required.
¤ over usb: works with Linux (PS3, 360) and Windows (PS3). A DIY USB adapter is required.
The application gets data from the PC peripherals (mice, keyboards and joysticks) and sends controls to the PS3 over bluetooth or usb. Other controls such as gesture or voice are possible through the use of external software that emulate PC peripherals.

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Testing GIMX on the RPi

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Matlo

GIMX seems to work fine on the RPi, using a bluetooth dongle, a mouse and a keyboard, all plugged on a self-powered USB hub.

More details on the wiki.

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Version 1.01 released

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Matlo

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Version 1.00 released

Posted on 23 February 2013 by Matlo

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The GIMX Event library

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Matlo

Next GIMX releases will use a new event library called GE for “GIMX Events”. In Linux, it directly interfaces with evdev instead of X through a modified SDL 1.2.14. The event path is shorter: it previously was evdev->X->SDL->GIMX, it is now evdev->GIMX. Reading events from evdev also allows to process events in an interrupt-driven manner. It means that it is possible to process input events as soon as they are available.

Getting rid of the X dependency allows to run GIMX (emuclient) without desktop environment, which better scales to small or old Linux targets. An example of small Linux target is the Raspberry Pi.

GE still uses the same modified SDL 1.2.14 in Windows. There should be no performance impact on this platform.

There is a specific page on the wiki that shows how to use GE.

GE is released under the GPLv3 license and is available in the GIMX svn repository.

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Moving to Linux Mint

Posted on 28 October 2012 by Matlo

I am very disappointed by Ubuntu 12.10 for the following reasons:
- it does not run smoothly on my nettop (Atom N330 + ION)
- it does not install on my old laptop, which runs a non pae CPU (Pentium M 1.6Ghz).
It’s now clear that Ubuntu only targets recent hardware…

I decided to move to a Ubuntu-based Linux Mint. I chose the Xfce version because it’s light and customizable. I am using the mintMenu applet as I am used to type with my keyboard to open files and launch applications (rather than click/unfold menus).

GIMX packages should work fine in both Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 13.

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Version 0.51 released

Posted on 22 October 2012 by Matlo

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Version 0.50 released

Posted on 12 September 2012 by Matlo

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Translate GIMX GUIs into your own language!

Posted on 24 August 2012 by Matlo

As you can see in the following screenshot, it’s possible to translate GIMX GUIs into languages other than English (such as my own native language, French).

gimx-serial translated into the French language

If you want to translate GIMX GUIs into your own language, please read this wiki page.

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Version 0.42 released

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Matlo

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Version 0.41 released

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Matlo

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