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diff --git a/libs/surfaces/powermate/README b/libs/surfaces/powermate/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d786b1d898 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/surfaces/powermate/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ + +This module works with the Griffin Powermate and allows some basic transport control. + +It autodetects the Powermate on any input device of the form "/dev/input/event*". This means you must have the powermate module in your kernel. It works out-of-the-box with 64Studio and presumably lots of other modern distributions. + +Turning the wheel left and right will act as a "Shuttle" wheel, adjusting playback speed up and down +Pushing the knob will switch between play and stop +Pushing the knob while turning will jump to the next or previous markers + + +In order for the powermate to work, you have to have permission to open the input device for reading. +In debian, I changed /etc/udev/rules.d/0_permissions.rules to have the line: +KERNEL=="event[0-9]*", MODE="0666" +but there are other ways to achieve this + + +Feedback, tweaks, bug fixes and feature ideas are encouraged + +-Ben Loftis, ben@benloftis.com + +
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