===================================== X-Control Enhanced Plugin

The source code is available on GitHub at the following location: https://github.com/user2684/xcontrol

Requirements

The plugin can be built using QT Creator and qmake across the different platform and compiles with:

• msvc 2013 on Windows (http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx)
• XCode on Mac OSX (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/)
• gcc on Linux (https://gcc.gnu.org/)

Compiling the plugin

In order to compile the code, accomplish the following steps:

• Install QT Creator and the relevant QT libraries (http://qt-project.org/downloads)
• Install the compiler for the platform of choice
• Open the "xcontrol.pro" project file
• Configure the build chain based on the instruction available in the project file
• Set the target architecture in the project file.
• Build the project
• When building for different architectures using the same build chain, remember to clean all before rebuilding.

in alternative:

qmake && make

Supported joysticks

The plugin supports the following Saitek X52 and Saitek X52 Pro joystick models:

• IdVendor: 0x06A3, Id Product 0x0255
• IdVendor: 0x06A3, Id Product 0x075C
• IdVendor: 0x06A3, Id Product 0x0762
• IdVendor: 0x06A3, Id Product 0x0BAC

Supported USB Libraries

In order to communicate with the joystick, the plugin uses the following libraries:

• libusb-1.0 in Max OSX (http://www.libusb.org/). The library is compiled within the plugin and does not require any further installation.
• libusb-0.1 in Linux (http://www.libusb.org/). The library is compiled within the plugin and does not require any further installation. udev is required.
• libusb-win32 filter driver in Windows (http://sourceforge.net/p/libusb-win32/wiki/Home/). libusb-win32 is the only library that provides a filter driver which would still make the joystick's original functions available while allowing the plugin to interact with it

Directory Structure

• Root directory: contains the plugin source code
• include: contains the plugin include files
• include/libusb-1.0: contains libusb-1.0 include files
• include/libusb-win32: contains libusb-win32 include files
• include/libusb0: contains libusb include files
• include/SDK: contains X-Plane SDK include files
• libusb-1.0: contains libusb-1.0 source code
• libusb0: contains libusb source code
• build/lib: contains libraries used when dinamically linking the plugin at compilation time
• build/release: contains the files and directories to be distributed
• build/working: builds the plugin within this directory