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Originally Posted by 3DWolf
I don't quite think you guys understand what I'm trying to do. I basically want a Dashboard, but without the IFI Robot Controller and OI board in front of me.
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Right and what Dad1279 is saying is that the Gameport interface is not serial. A serial port sends digital data bits one at a time. The gameport uses analog signals for the joystick values.
The IFI Dashboard interprets the streams of bits sent by the OI into the values you see. The OI gets these values from the gameport by interpreting the analog signals on the gameport pins for the joystick and mapping the variables for the buttons to digital signals on other pins.
If the joystick you're holding has a serial port connector on it, then it will not connect directly to the OI, so it is difficult to answer your question. If it has a gameport it can be connected to the OI easily, but I don't know of any program that will allow you to read gameport values in the manner that you want (doesn't mean it doesn't exist).