hi
Description
Provides input from human interface peripherals (i.e. Trackpad, Keyboard, and others).
Examples
Affect the pitch and duration of notes
Arguments
Attributes
Common Box Attributes
Messages
bang
bang message will output the current event queue.
int
Arguments
index
[int]
An incoming int causes the object to focus on the device in the device list with that index.
anything
Arguments
device
[list]
Sending the name of any device to the hi object will set the object to focus on the specified device.
clear
The message clear will reset all values set using the ignore and delta messages to their default values.
delta
Arguments
element
[int]
The word delta, followed by an integer that represents an element of the device will cause the hi object to report an event from the specified element only if it is different then the last value that was reported.
ignore
Arguments
element
[int]
The word ignore, followed by an integer that represents an element of the device, disables event reporting from the specified element.
info
The info message causes device information to be output to the Max console.
menu
The menu message causes a device list to be output from the right outlet in a format fit for a umenu object.
poll
Arguments
output-time
[float]
The word poll, followed by a number, sets the time in milliseconds between outputs of the event queue. The message poll 0 disables automatic polling.
Output
list
The object collects data from the selected device and will output all collected data when a bang or a timing trigger from to a poll message is received. Data is output as a two-element integer list; he first element represents the element of the device to which the data applies, and the second element represents the data value.
See Also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Using Max with Hardware | Using Max with Hardware |
| key | |
| keyup | |
| Max Comm Tutorial 1: Human-Interface Devices | Max Comm Tutorial 1: Human-Interface Devices |