Page updated: June 2014
“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 DEv Channel gamepad api but we are working with MS to hopefully fix this.
http://internetexplorer.github.io/Gamepad-Sample/ < test page
Using the vPedalax.ocx with Google Chrome + FireFox
This works with windows 7 + 8
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.