piKey 0.2 is released!

***wraggster*** · April 24th, 2007, 02:43

News from Noobz of an update to the Keyboard driver:

At long last, the new and updated version of πKey is finally released.

This version brings the following major updates:

A new keypress mode, which allows more natural use of the keyboard in action games etc. The default mode is now keypress mode, and the keyboard will switch automatically to text input mode when required.
Custom key-to-button assignment - so now you can define WASD buttons for FPS game movement, as well as cursor keys for XMB movement, for instance.
Support for mapping keypresses to analog joystick movements.
Support for converting keypresses into Danzeff OSK presses - so now you can use your physical keyboard with homebrew that uses the Danzeff virtual keyboard - e.g. AFKIM.
Installer now fixed to correctly install to flash0, to support GAME150 homebrew.
Palm UW keyboard ought to at least partially work, but I can't test it myself.

Optional on-screen status information.
Various minor bugfixes.

You should read the information in the docs/ folder in the release for more details about these changes, as well as instructions on how to install and configure πKey correctly.

There are a few known problems:

Multilingual support isn't great. Especially, the Sony OSK uses different key layouts for different regions, these are not correctly supported yet.
The Danzeff plugin occasionally misses keypresses when you type a lot of text at once.
When putting the PSP in standby, πKey doesn't usually recover properly when power is restored.
It has only been tested on 3.10 OE firmware. It ought to work on other OE firmwares, but I haven't tested it myself.

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**Buddy4point0** · April 24th, 2007, 03:09

i need to buy a keyboard. its so useful and price isnt bad either. thanks for the update on the driver

**DarthPaul** · April 24th, 2007, 03:24

Great to see they're working on this. Nice update. I fell in love with this already..
Omg Danzeff support...I can't wait to chat on PSP's AFKIM with my Keyboard...

**pspfan** · April 24th, 2007, 03:27

Yay danzeff support. Now homebrew will work to in addition to stuff that uses the Sony keyboard. I've got to check to see if my Palm keyboard works and get a new one if it doesn't This is really a great project!

**gunntims0103** · April 24th, 2007, 03:33

i cant believe AFKIM works on this. Can anyone suggest a keyboard that this app supports?

Thanks

**IamAbe** · April 24th, 2007, 03:40

is this ir only or does it support usb(i have an adapter)?

**DarthPaul** · April 24th, 2007, 03:46

Originally Posted by IamAbe

is this ir only or does it support usb(i have an adapter)?

It supports USB.

Originally Posted by gunntims0103

i cant believe AFKIM works on this. Can anyone suggest a keyboard that this app supports?

Thanks

Targus Universal Wireless is the best keyboard working on this. Here's a screen of the keyboard.

**IamAbe** · April 24th, 2007, 04:06

Originally Posted by darthpaul

Originally Posted by IamAbe

is this ir only or does it support usb(i have an adapter)?

It supports USB.

thats awesome! so would any normal usb keyboard work? what about a ps/2 one with an adapter?

also, whats AFKIM?

thanx

**DarthPaul** · April 24th, 2007, 04:13

Originally Posted by IamAbe

thats awesome! so would any normal usb keyboard work? what about a ps/2 one with an adapter?

also, whats AFKIM?

thanx

That keyboard should work,it's not bad to test..

AFKIM = AwayFromKeyboardInstantMessenger.

As it says,it's an Instant Messenger,very nice. It won the last 2 NeoFlash Competitions. The latest version is 3.0. Give it try. :P

Check it here: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57099