Page updated: Feb 2022
An easy way to test if your vPedal is talking to your computers browser is to use the link Gamepad Tester
An vP-1 is plugged in & the centre pedal is pressed > that is represented by B0 + B1 showing the value of 1.00
Gamepad Tester – Check Controllers and Joysticks Online (gamepad-tester.com)
“The Web Gamepad API presents a new way for web developers, as well as interaction designers, to access and use gamepads and other controllers.”
vPedals are visable to the HTML5 draft standard gamepad api which are now part of the latest standard builds of Firefox (ver 30.0) + Chrome (ver 35.0) on PC + OSX
Firefox + Chrome:
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/doodles/gamepad/ < test page
IE:
Currently vPedal are NOT visable to the MS IE
Using the vPedalax.ocx with Google Chrome + FireFox
This works with windows 7 / 8 /10/ 11
We have found that to use the SDK with Chrome and FireFox you will need to install an extension:
Go to IETAB.net then choose the browser you are using
or
(for Chrome) IE Tab Multi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab-multi-enhance/fnfnbeppfinmnjnjhedifcfllpcfgeea?hl=en-US
Please follow the install instructions provided by the installers of either of the extensions
You can now download install the vPedal API / SDK
Plug-in your vPedal
Load a sound / video file into the webpage – click on the refresh button to load the
You then load the “vPedalSDKIEExample.htm” page and then click on the IPA icon ( on the right hand side of the browser ) which then reloads the page in an IE mode in Chrome.