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Cocolino driver, anyone?
« on: February 14, 2010, 06:53:04 PM »
I've bought a second-hand Cocolino so I can use a pc ps2 mouse. It all works fine, but now I want to use the scrollwheel and found out that I need driver software first. I didnt know it needed any!
 
I've contacted Elbox but they dont want to send it to me, they demand some serial number that should be on the device. (there is nothing on it). I've even supplied them with pictures of the device, just to prove I really have one! (and I have no idea why I would want driver software for a device I do not posses anyway)
 
So, can someone please be so kind to send me this driver by email? You can do this anonymous if you want.
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2010, 08:55:03 AM »
Some kind soul has sent me a dms image of the driver. Will install tonight and then install the Freewheel software. Thomas is right, this software needs the Cocolino driver!
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 11:51:33 AM »
yeah, I guess. I didnt expect this from them. I have good experiences with Elbox and have had several of their products. (Im still extremely satisfied with my Elbox power/winner tower)
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 02:46:55 PM »
Hello again. For those interested, here's the result of installing the software.
 
The cocolino driver turned out to be an executable that was copied to sys:c/, amazing! when started, nothing happens. However, when I run newmouse, the middlebutton works, but the scrollwheel doesnt. Does this mean my mouse isnt compatible? I couldnt find any place to configure my mouse in the program.
 
I've tried Freewheel aswell, but it gave very weird results, selecting text, flicking screens, stuff like that.
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 04:03:09 PM »
right, I guess the statements on various websites concerning newmouse and the cocolino.driver are somewhat confusing. at least they confused me aswell:
 
The input events generated by Cocolino.driver are compliant with the format used by the NewMouse program (by Alessandro Zummo). This ensures full compatibility with all the existing wheel-support software.
 
even more confusing when the only way to configure the middle mouse button is using freewheel or newmouse.
 
Will try freewheel again, hope there is some way to configure a bit more.
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2010, 08:34:47 PM »
allow me to summarize:
 
cocolino.driver - used to translate my ps2 mouse signals to signals the Amiga can 'pick up' using certain software
newmouse - useless with cocolino, since it only supports serial.device
freewheel - used to assign actions to middle mousebutton clicks and scrollwheel, compatible with cocolino.device
 
* using freewheel AND newmouse makes no sense *
 
correct? then I'm afraid my mouse is not entirely compatible with the cocolino driver, or freewheel. I'm now running freewheel, its no longer acting up: the middle mousebutton works fine, to cycle screens for example, but the scrollwheel still doesnt work.
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Re: Cocolino driver, anyone?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 08:54:10 AM »
Thanks Thomas. Will try with another mouse tonight. No KVM switch, but the mouse is of the wireless/optical kind.
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