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NAME

       hama-slide-mouse-control - Control settings of the Hama SLide S1 USB gaming mouse

SYNOPSIS

       hama-slide-mouse-control [  [ -d idVendor:idProduct ] 0-OR-MORE-COMMANDS ...
        | -h | --help | -v | --version ]

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  controls  the  Hama  SLide  S1 USB gaming mouse: It allows changing the DPI
       settings and to switch between three different modes which influence the functionality  of
       the two "thumb buttons".

       Note:  To  be  able  to  access  the USB mouse, the program must either be run as root, be
       installed suid root, or udev must have been configured to allow access for  normal  users.
       See the section "udev Setup" below.

       The  -d  option  can be used to specify the USB device that the program should search for.
       The option argument is a string of the form "056e:001c" (this particular value is also the
       default),  i.e.  the  USB vendor and product IDs in hexadecimal, separated by a colon. See
       the output of the lsusb command to find out the IDs of connected devices.

COMMANDS

       Zero or more commands can be specified on the command line. If  no  commands  at  all  are
       present,  the  program  can be used to check for the presence of a Hama SLide mouse on the
       machine via its exit status. Otherwise, the commands are executed in the  supplied  order.
       If more than one Hama SLide mouse is connected, all commands are executed on all mice.

       The mouse is a very simple device: You can only write settings to it, the current state of
       the settings cannot be read from it.

   MODE 1: SELECT DPI VIA THUMB BUTTON 1
       Command: scroll

       This is the default mode of the mouse, it is activated immediately after plugging  in  the
       device.  In  this  mode,  the  scroll  wheel selects the mouse DPI while thumb button 1 is
       pressed down. Clicks on thumb button 1 cannot be detected by the OS. Thumb button  2  acts
       like another right mouse button. The current DPI setting is left unchanged.

   MODE 2: FIXED DPI SETTING
       Commands: 400 800 1200 1600

       In  this  mode,  the  mouse resolution is set to one of four DPI values by specifying that
       value. Both thumb buttons are available to the OS - by  default,  they  act  like  another
       middle  and  right mouse button. The colour of the scroll wheel indicates the DPI setting:
       blue (400 dpi), green (800 dpi), cyan (1200 dpi) or red (1600 dpi).

       Note: The program allows you to specify more than one command. You can use this to  select
       a  certain DPI value first, but switch to "scroll" mode again afterwards, e.g. with: hama-
       slide-mouse-control 400 scroll. A small, harmless  hardware  bug  of  the  mouse  exhibits
       itself  in this case: When using the scroll wheel afterwards to select another resolution,
       the mouse orders the other DPI states as if the  program-controlled  DPI  change  had  not
       taken place.

   MODE 3: THUMB BUTTONS SWITCH BETWEEN TWO FIXED DPI SETTINGS
       Commands: 400+800 400+1200 400+1600 800+1200 800+1600 1200+1600

       When  this  mode is used, each of the two thumb buttons selects a certain DPI setting when
       clicked. Thumb button 1 always selects the lower, thumb button 2 the higher setting.  This
       results  in  the  different combinations above. The current DPI setting is left unchanged.
       Clicks on either thumb button cannot be detected by the OS in this mode.

RETURN CODES

       The program returns 0 if all commands were successfully sent to the device. If no commands
       are  given,  it  returns 0 if the mouse is plugged in. It returns 1 if no Hama SLide mouse
       (USB vendor 056e, product ID 001c) is connected to the computer. It returns 2 if there was
       an  error  sending  commands  to  the mouse, either because the mouse returned an error in
       response to a command or because you do  not  have  the  access  rights  to  change  mouse
       settings.

UDEV SETUP UNDER LINUX

   EXECUTING HAMA-SLIDE-MOUSE-CONTROL WHEN THE MOUSE IS PLUGGED IN
       If  you have root access and you are the only user on your machine, use the following udev
       rule to set up the mouse. The given command will be executed whenever the mouse is plugged
       in or the computer boots or resumes. Simply create a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/60-hama-
       slide-mouse-control.rules with the following content.  Of  course,  you  can  execute  the
       program with parameters of your choice instead of "400":

       ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="056e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="001c", RUN+="/root/bin/hama-slide-mouse-control 400"

       Execute udevcontrol reload_rules as root after any changes to the configuration file.

   ALLOWING USERS TO SET UP THE MOUSE ON LOGIN
       If  several  users (possibly with differing wishes about the mouse setup) use the machine,
       it is possible give all users permission to set up the mouse, instead of  only  root.  Put
       the following into /etc/udev/rules.d/60-hama-slide-mouse-control.rules:

       ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="056e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="001c", MODE="666"

       Users  can  then run hama-slide-mouse-control from startup scripts when their Gnome or KDE
       desktop starts up. It should be noted that this setup will allow remotely logged-in  users
       to annoy the local user by playing around with the settings and letting the mouse flash in
       all its colours! :-) Of course you can also add both the RUN and MODE keywords to the udev
       rule.  Finally,  you  can  restrict  write  access  to  users in a certain group, by using
       MODE="660", GROUP="hamamouse" or similar.

SETTING HAMA-SLIDE-MOUSE-CONTROL SUID ROOT

       It is possible to set the suid bit on the hama-slide-mouse-control to allow ordinary users
       to  change  mouse  settings even if they do not have access to the USB device. The program
       has been written with care, using it this way should  be  fairly  safe.  However,  running
       hama-slide-mouse-control  suid  root  is  NOT  recommended because suid binaries should be
       avoided in general! In this particular case, there is even less of a reason to do this, as
       udev provides a mechanism to allow all users to access the device.

       The -d option cannot be used if the program is run suid root.

ASSIGNING ACTIONS TO THE THUMB BUTTONS WITH IMWHEEL

       The  author  has  been  unable  to  get the thumb buttons to do anything other than act as
       "clones"  of  the  middle  and  right  mouse  button,  but   at   least   one   web   page
       <URL:http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Extratasten>  claims  that  it is possible to redefine the
       meaning of the buttons, so here is a short description  of  how  to  configure  this  with
       imwheel.

       Having  installed  imwheel,  edit  /etc/X11/imwheel/startup.conf:  Set IMWHEEL_START=1 and
       IMWHEEL_PARAMS='-b  "0  0  8  9"'.  Next,  check  the  Section   "InputDevice"   of   your
       /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. It is recommended to use Option "Protocol" "evdev" and to comment
       out any ZAxisMapping and Buttons settings, as they  can  cause  confusing  behaviour  with
       newer imwheel versions. Now configure mappings in your ~/.imwheelrc file. For example, two
       lines "^XMMS" and None, Thumb1, Return will define the (not very useful)  action  that  in
       any  window whose title starts with "XMMS", a click with "none" modifier keys (like Shift)
       on the Thumb1 button will simulate a keypress of the Return key. Restart X11 to  have  the
       new settings loaded.

SEE ALSO

       lsusb(8), imwheel(1), xorg.conf(5), mouse(4x), udev(7), udevcontrol(8)

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

       This  program  and  documentation was written by Richard Atterer <URL:http://atterer.net>.
       Copyright 2007 Richard Atterer, released under GPL v2.

       The USB commands that are sent to the device  were  obtained  by  reverse-engineering  the
       protocol  used  by Hama's control program for Windows. This was done using usbsnoop/Snoopy
       <URL:http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/> by Benoit Papillault - many thanks!

                                           24 June 2007               HAMA-SLIDE-MOUSE-CONTROL(1)