initialize multiple mice

[bwmerrill]

Is there a way to initialize multiple mice?  I am running an application which allows for separate mice to control separate cursors on the same pc, called Plural Input.

I would like to be able to track the position of both mice, however I am only able to track my system mouse.  

[tst · Accepted solution]

As far as I know, LV has no way of distinguishing the mice, as the OS abstracts that away.

One option might be to use the Windows Message Queue library to see if the WMs do include a mouse ID as part of a mouse move message.

Another would be to install the device as a USB RAW device and read the data yourself. You can see some details about it here - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Nugget-1-of-n-GEtting-started-with-USB-communication-via-VISA/m-p/74...  and there should also be one or two followup threads, so do a search for "USB nugget" if you want to read them. Personally, I haven't done something like this, but I understand it should work.