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Note: Please try the project at thebottom first! It doesnt require re-installing the Driver with WinUSB

This repository is a simple way to reprogram the Griffin powermate, that works in windows 10.We first override the Griffin powermate driver with WinUSB, which is a generic user-space driver.

Then, we use python to interface with the raw powermate's signals, and output whatever keyboard/mouse events we want.This is all done in user-space (rather than kernel space), meaning it is easy to re-define what we want to send.

1. Install python 2.7 (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2716/)
2. Plug in Griffin power mate (only usb supported)
3. run Zadig (tools/)

• Options ->Show All Devices
• SelectGriffin power mate
• SelectWinUSB (v6.1.7600.16385)
• Install driver

4. Install WinUsbPy (tools/)

• UnzipWinUsbPy-master.zip
• open a cmd console to the unzipped directory
• usepython setup.py install (alternative ispy -2 setup.py install if running multiple python installs)

5. Run it

• python powermate.py or if you have multiple installs,py -2 powermate.py

To edit the functionality, have a look at autoshiftcache.py, and implement theincrement,decrement andtick functions.I have included a stripped downsendinput.py, which allows you to send windows keyboard events.

• Open Device manager
• Select Griffin power mate
• Update driver
• Choose from drivers
• Try each of the different drivers (the one that worked for me wasn't called Griffin Powermate, it was called "USB Input Device")
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• Open Griffin powermate official software again, it should work with one of the drivers

These projects are also in python2, and have been confirmed to work on other people's systems:It uses thedefault powermate driver; therefore not needing WinUSB override.

• https://github.com/crash7/griffin-powermate
  • Python 2.7.9+