1.Introduction
2.Setup
3.Class Overview
3.1 Beebox Class
4. License

1.Introduction

This package is a development package for Java to use BeeBox on Java platforms.

2.Setup

To use the package, you have to install latest Java Communications API. You can get the packages from Sun’s Java site.

3.Class Overview

3.1 BeeBox Class

public class BeeBox {
    public BeeBox(int device);
    public float getX();
    public float getY();
    public float getLever();
    public void getSwitches();
}
BeeBox(int device)
This constructor creates an instance that is used to communicate with a BeeBox device.
Specify a number of the serial port into the device argument. You can use the platform independent defines BeeBox.SERIAL1 or BeeBox.SERIAL2.
float getX()
This method returns a current horizontal position of the stick.
float getY()
This method returns a current verticality position of the stick.
float getLever()
This method returns a current position of the lever.
int getSwitches()
This method retruns a current switch infomation. Use the following constants are defined in the class to determine whether the buttons are currently pressd.

CONSTANT VALUE

BeeBox.SWITCH1 0x0001

BeeBox.SWITCH2 0x0002

BeeBox.SWITCH7 0x0004

BeeBox.SWITCH8 0x0008

For example, If you want to know whether the switch1 is currently pressed ....
BeeBox bee = new BeeBox( .... );
int switch = joy.getSwitches();
if ((switch & BeeBox.SWITCH1) != 0)
    ........

3. License

This package is provided "AS IS". Licenser disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to, all express or implied warranties of merchant ability and fitness for a particular purpose. Everyone can use the package for commerce or personal purposes free.