AMS2HID

AMS2HID is a prototype application that translates raw SMS orientation data into input data from a keyboard or a mouse.

It presents the translated data to other applications through synthesized keyboard and mouse events. Thus, you can use an SMS-equipped PowerBook as an orientation-driven mouse or keyboard. Perhaps the most interesting and entertaining demonstration of AMS2HID's capabilities is its use for playing a variety of existing games.

AMS2HID performs the SMS-to-HID channeling for a single application at a time. Whenever its target application is active (that is, it is the "front" application), AMS2HID activates its event synthesis. Conversely, when the active application is not AMS2HID's target application, AMS2HID is dormant.

In a pinch, the use of AMS2HID could be described as the following (refer to Figure 1): you select a HID personality (mouse or keyboard), and a target application from a list of currently running applications. The target application will thereafter receive HID events based on the PowerBook's orientation and movement.