mkalten / tuiopad

TUIO App for iOS

TuioPad is an open source TUIO tracker for iOS devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, which allows multi-touch remote control based on the TUIO protocol. This application is available free of charge on the App Store and can be used in conjunction with any TUIO enabled client application. Its source code is also available under the terms of the GPL and therefore can be freely used for the creation of open source TUIO enabled mobile applications. Apart from that the TuioPad is also a useful tool for the development and testing of TUIO 1.1 client implementations.

The application binary can be installed directly from the iTunes App Store. If you are looking for a TUIO tracker on Android devices please check out TUIOdroid instead.

Features and Configuration

TuioPad implements the TUIO 1.1 Cursor profile and is capable of sending multi-touch events to TUIO clients on other devices via a WIFI or 3G network connection. Apart from the standard TUIO/UDP transport via port 3333 this application can also use alternative TUIO/TCP connections and alternative ports. The verbosity of the TUIO messages can be configured in order to improve the protocol robustness for unreliable network connections. The optional TUIO 1.1 Blob messages additionally encode the touch footprint size (unfortunately without rotation), which may be useful in some application scenarios.

The binary provided on the App Store requires iOS 8.0 or later. In order to compile this application you will need a working installation of OpenFrameworks 0.98 for iOS.

Acknowledgments

This application is based on OpenFrameworks and has been created by Mehmet Akten and Martin Kaltenbrunner. The included C++ TUIO reference implementation is using the oscpack library by Ross Bencina. Please note that the GPL demands the publication of the full source code of any derived work. If you are planning to develop a proprietary application based on this code, we may be able to provide an alternative commercial license option.

tuiopad's Issues

Screen is shifted down on iPad 9th gen

When I start the app on my iPad, the blue configuration screen does not take up the whole screen and I can see the white touch area behind it. When I tap “Start” the white area is shifted down and to the right (in portrait mode with the home button at the bottom). The position of the shifted screen does not change when I rotate the device. I have tried reinstalling the app, and it didn't work,

lightning cable interface?

Connect Mac and iOS device would form a network connection over the cable, but this can't be correctly identified by the app. Turning off both wifi and mobile data would prompt no active connection regardless to the cable.

Follow up: lightning connection

The lightning cable interface should work even without hotspot on. I turn off wifi and leave data on and the IP address can be captured correctly as attached.