USB Missile Launcher and USB Circus Cannon Linux Driver

USBMissileLauncher is user space Linux driver to control the the USB Missile Launcher (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202) and/or the USB Circus Cannon (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021) via the command line or keyboard (simple C implemenation).

As seen on the TV show:

Demo Control Video

Keyboard Control Keys

Up Arrow - Move Up
Down Arrow - Move Down
Left Arrow - Move Left
Right Arrow - Move Right
F Key - Fire Missile
S Key - Stop Moving

Installation

Download the USBMissileLauncher-1.5 code tarball.
Uncompress the tarball and untar the code
```
tar xvfz USBMissileLauncher-1.5.tgz
```
Go to source directory.
```
cd USBMissileLauncher-1.5
```
If USBMissileLauncher-1.0, remove the usb core modules (requires root/sudo access).
```
sudo rmmod {e,o,u}hci-hcd hid
```
Compile the code
```
make
```
Install the code (requires root/sudo access)
```
sudo make install
```
Control the device from the command line:
1. For the USB Missile Launcher device (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202):
```
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -L
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -R
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -U -S 100
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -R -U -F
```
2. For the USB Circus Cannon device (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021):
```
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -L
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -R
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -U -S 100
./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -R -U -F
```
This will move the USB Missile Launcher (or USB Cirus Cannon) left, right, then up however stops after 100ms and then finally moves simutaniously right, up and fires a missile.
Control the device from the keyboard located at /dev/input/event0:
1. For the USB Missile Launcher device:
```
sudo ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -c /dev/input/event0
```
2. For the USB Cirus Cannon device:
```
sudo ./USBMissileLauncherUtils -t 2 -c /dev/input/event0
```

Requirements

Linux
libusb-dev
USB Missile Launcher and/or USB Circus Cannon

Current Release

See http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbmissile/

Release Notes

USBMissileLauncher-1.5 - November 19, 2008

Finally, after a long awaited release: a new package to fix some minor bugs, but more importantly to include support to control the USB Circus Cannon (Vendor ID: 0x1941, Product ID: 0x8021).

USBMissileLauncher-1.0 - June 1, 2006

Initial code release. This release contains a command line program to control the M&S USB Missile Launcher (Vendor ID: 0x1130, Product ID: 0x0202) from the command line or keyboard.

.: Luke Cole - Home Page :.