About ControllerMateControllerMate is a system that you can use to configure buttons, axes, and hatswitches on HID devices to perform keyboard, mouse and Finder actions. These actions can include any mixture of typing, keyboard key combinations, clicking, dragging, AppleScripts and more.

ControllerMate actions are built from individual building blocks, each building block performs a specific task. ControllerMate v4 now includes 50+ different types of building blocks that can be used to build sophisticated actions.

System Requirements

ControllerMate v4.4.2 requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or newer.

What's New?

ControllerMate v4.4.2 contains several changes:

[ NEW ] Added compatibility with a number of X-keys devices from P. I. Engineering.

[ IMPROVED ] Controls for all devices except keyboards and mice are now sorted by name in the Palette window.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a memory leak in the helper application.

ControllerMate v4.4.1 fixes a bug that prevented building blocks for the very last control on some devices from working correctly.

ControllerMate v4.4 contains several improvements:

[ NEW ] ControllerMate now includes a 64-bit driver for use when running Mac OS X 10.6 with the 64-bit kernel enabled.

[ IMPROVED ] The helper application now runs as a launchd process and can be found in /Library/Application Support/ControllerMate

[ FIXED ] Fixed a driver bug that could cause a kernel panic in certain situations.[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that could prevent the helper from properly running the

user's programming after quitting the ControllerMate application.

ControllerMate v4.3.11 contains a minor change to allow installation under Mac OS X 10.6.

ControllerMate v4.3.10 contains several additions and improvements:

[ NEW ] Controller Configurations may now turn off each pointer and scrolling axis independently of the others. This allows horizontal scrolling to be turned off while retaining vertical scrolling.

[ NEW ] A Cursor building block may now position the cursor relative to any corner of the active window. Previously, all window-relative positions had to be defined relative to the window's top-left corner.

[ IMPROVED ] Application building blocks and application-specific groups can now detect when running an AppleScript that has been saved as an application.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented custom names for controls on virtual devices from being saved properly.

ControllerMate v4.3.9 contains three improvements:

[ NEW ] Added compatibility with the World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse. ControllerMate can control the mouse resolution as well as the LED color, intensity, and pulse rate.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that caused excessive CPU use by the helper application in certain situations.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented ControllerMate from properly applying mouse or keyboard customizations in certain situations.

ControllerMate v4.3.8 contains one specific fix:

[ FIXED ] Fixed a general performance issue with the background helper application for users running Mac OS X 10.5.

ControllerMate v4.3.7 contains several improvements:

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented a Controller Configuration from working correctly after its device is unplugged and reattached.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented ControllerMate from correctly distinguishing between two identical Microsoft Xbox 360 controllers.

[ IMPROVED ] Decreased the load time of pages that contain a large number of building blocks.

[ IMPROVED ] Decreased the load time of Controller Configurations that contain a large number of controls.

ControllerMate v4.3.5 contains two fixes:

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented ControllerMate from properly interpreting an AppleScript that contains non-ASCII characters.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that caused ControllerMate to become unresponsive when a Number Exchange building block was configured with certain values.

ControllerMate v4.3.4 fixes a bug that prevented ControllerMate's interface from being used via Synergy.

ControllerMate v4.3.3 contains several improvements:

[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug that prevented ControllerMate from starting up correctly if an AppleScript with errors is found in an AppleScript building block.

[ FIXED ] Prevents log output from appearing in system.log in Leopard. Less output is written to logs.

[ IMPROVED ] Added 512 x 512 icon art for Finder Coverflow in Leopard.

ControllerMate v4.3.2 contains several improvements:

[ NEW ] Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.[ IMPROVED ] Mouse Button building blocks may now simulate more mouse buttons.[ IMPROVED ] Beep building blocks may now use sounds in a user's Sounds folder.

[ FIXED ] Fixed an issue that prevented new building blocks from being dragged from the Palette window in some cases.

ControllerMate v4.3.1 fixes an issue that prevented iTunes (and perhaps other applications) from being correctly recognized by Application building blocks and application-specific groups.

ControllerMate v4.3 contains several improvements:

[ NEW ] The AppleScript building blocks are now able to store scripts internally and operate independently of script files.

[ NEW ] ControllerMate's virtual mouse and keyboard can be disabled in the Preferences window. Disabling the virtual mouse will eliminate a conflict with the trackpad on laptops when the "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" setting is enabled in the System Preferences.

[ IMPROVED ] New options have been added to the Axis, Button and Hatswitch building blocks to control how they combine with modifiers.

[ IMPROVED ] Additional F-Keys have been added to the Keystrokes Palette. F1-F17 are now available.

[ IMPROVED ] Single Key building blocks can be created by dragging directly from the Keystrokes Palette. Holding modifier keys while starting the drag will pre-configure the Single Key blocks with those modifiers.

[ IMPROVED ] The Keystrokes Palette can be configured to have an ANSI (U.S.), ISO, or JIS layout.

[ IMPROVED ] The Single Key building block has been modified to perform continuously or one-time.

[ IMPROVED ] The Delta (Integer) building block can now be configured to ignore certain inputs.

[ IMPROVED ] New options have been added to Pages to reset their building blocks when the Page is enabled, disabled or both. A "Reset" button has also been added to the Page's Inspector window.

[ FIXED ] Fixed improper behavior in the 1:2 Selector (Number) building block.[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug which prevented registration keys from "sticking" after

quitting ControllerMate.

ControllerMate v4.2 contains several changes:

[ NEW ] 11 new types of building blocks have been added.[ NEW ] Controller Configurations for mice may now disable the cursor and

scrolling axes.[ IMPROVED ] Range, Value Selector, and Pulse building blocks are now more

compatible with scroll wheel axes.[ IMPROVED ] Cursor building blocks may now move the cursor to a location that is

relative to the frontmost window.[ IMPROVED ] Added the ability to open multiple Palette and Inspector windows.

[ FIXED ] ControllerMate now writes less information to log files.

ControllerMate v4.1 contains two changes:

[ NEW ] Added the ability to download and import Controller Type information that improves ControllerMate's compatibility with some devices. See www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/compatibility for the controller information that is currently available.

[ IMPROVED ] The installer now allows the ControllerMate mouse and keyboard drivers to be omitted from the installation.

ControllerMate v4.0.6 contains several fixes:

[ FIXED ] Fixed the LED building block which was broken in v4.0.4.[ FIXED ] Fixed compatibility with the new 64-bit Mac Pro.[ FIXED ] Fixed a bug which would occasionally cause the background helper

application to stop working after a sleep/wake cycle on a PowerBook G4.

ControllerMate v4.0.4 contains several changes:

[ IMPROVED ] Improved compatibility when using Bluetooth devices with the built-in Bluetooth hardware in Macintosh MacBooks/PowerBooks.

[ NEW ] Added an "Auto-scroll" button to the list of controls in Controller Configuration panes.

[ IMPROVED ] Reduced the startup time of the background helper application.

ControllerMate v4.0.3 contains one addition and two fixes:

[ NEW ] A "Rate" building block has been added. This is similar to the Auto-Repeater, except it turns ON and OFF at a rate specified at its input value. For example, if the value at its input is "5", it will turn ON and OFF five times per second.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a "Master Enable" bug that would prevent the Helper application from running, but would allow the ControllerMate application to behave normally.

[ FIXED ] Fixed a Pulse building block bug that caused it to pulse its output at certain times when it shouldn't.

ControllerMate v4.0.2 contains one fix:

[ FIXED ] Fixed a Controller Configuration bug that would allow a keyboard key to act "stuck" in certain circumstances.

ControllerMate v4.0.1 contains two additions:

[ NEW ] Universal Binary for compatibility with both PowerPC and Intel Macs.[ NEW ] A LED building block has been added to control LEDs on devices that

provide standard interfaces to their LEDs.

ControllerMate v4 contains several additions and improvements. The major changes are:

[ NEW ] Addition of Virtual Mouse and Virtual Tablet devices for smooth and seamless control of the cursor on the screen.

[ NEW ] Addition of Virtual Joystick devices with programmable axes, buttons, and hatswitches.

[ NEW ] Addition of Controller Configurations which allow keyboard and mouse devices to be customized without using building blocks. Mouse devices can be assigned custom acceleration curves. (Mac OS X 10.4 or newer required)

[ NEW ] Addition of Controller Types which allow users to customize how ControllerMate displays devices. Custom names can be given to devices and controls. Undesired controls can be hidden.

[ NEW ] 22 new building blocks including new logic, math, and timing blocks.[ NEW ] Added the ability to import and export programming to files.

(Registered version only.)[ IMPROVED ] ControllerMate now does a much better job at handling multiple

identical devices.[ IMPROVED ] The Palette window now automatically scrolls to display the last used

control.

Installing ControllerMate

Double-click the ControllerMate installer package and follow the instructions that appear to guide you through the installation process.

For More Information

For more information about using ControllerMate, open ControllerMate and choose Help > ControllerMate Help, or visit http://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/help.

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