I know this is an old piece of hardware, but is it possible to execute a file, such as an exe or bat file, with the Belkin nostromo n52? For example, pressing button 1 would bring up notepad, and pressing button 6 would run a batch script to compile a java project. I can do this with my Microsoft Sidewinder x6 keyboard, but I didn't know if it's possible with this older hardware. If not, is there some special software that would emulate this?
Can you run an application with a Nostromo n52
controllerswindows 7
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Best Answer
If it's just a USB HID device with a bunch of buttons, this seems doable. You'd probably want to start with AutoHotKey, and perhaps add JoyToKey if AutoHotKey didn't support the buttons on it natively.
AutoHotKey supports joystick input from a variety of devices, so it's likely to just work. You may have to do some configuration in the drivers to map the buttons to either "joystick" buttons or some other key combination that is generally unused.
Once you get AutoHotKey to recognize the buttons on the Nostromo, you can write arbitrary scripts to launch or macro whatever it is you want the buttons to do. If you're experienced enough as a coder to need a hotkey to compile a Java app, I'm sure you can do serious damage with the AHK scripting engine.