DreamCheekyBTN is a Console based utility for the Dream Cheeky USB "Big Red Stress" buttons. Specifically this was

Created for the Iron Man button, but I assume it works with other Dream Cheeky USB buttons as well.

It was created using the https://github.com/mikeobrien/HidLibrary/ and is released under the Apache License V2.0

The DreamCheekyBTN.exe has command line arguments that will let you run a program whenever the button is pressed or

convert the button press events into a keyboard macro that can perform an action or be picked up by other programs

like AutoHotKey. The code should also support multiple devices, and can be run multiple times for additional triggers.

See below for command line examples or the AutoHotKey.ahk file for a sample AutoHotKey script.

If you are interested in how this works at a high level the general process is:

1. Create HidDevice object using HidLibrary.HidDevices.Enumerate (default VendorID=0x1D34 and ProductID=0x0008)

2. Use a System.Timers.Timer to poll the device every 100ms.

3. First it sends the following command to get the device status:

public static readonly byte[] cmd_status = new byte[9] { 0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02 };

4. Then it reads from the device one of the following two results:

byte[] btn_Active = new byte[9] { 0, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03 };

byte[] btn_InActive = new byte[9] { 0, 0x00, 0x1D, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03 };

NOTE: these values were found using the SimpleHIDWrite (http://www.lvr.com/hidpage.htm) and USBTrace programs

5. If the button is active, it will perform the requested action. The event then cannot be triggered again until after

the button is released and pressed a second time.

Command Line Usage:

DreamCheekyBTN.exe [device=...] [options]

Examples:

DreamCheekyBTN.exe debug MACRO=ASDF~ (ASDF then Enter)

DreamCheekyBTN.exe MACRO=%+{F1} (ALT+SHIFT+F1)

DreamCheekyBTN.exe CMD=c:\temp\test.bat

DreamCheekyBTN.exe CMD=powershell ARG="-noexit -executionpolicy unrestricted -

File c:\test.ps1"

Device Path:

Optional, Defaults to first USB device with VID=0x1D34 and PID=0x0008

Example (VID,PID,Index): device="0x1D34,0x0008,0"

Example (Path): device="\\?\hid#vid_1d34&pid_0008#6&1067c3dc&0&0000#{4d1e55b2-f16f-11cf-88cb-001111000030}"

Options:

debug = Print trace statements to Console.Out

CMD: will run specified command when button is pressed

ARG: can be used to specified command arguments

Example (open calculator): CMD=calc

Example (run Powershell commands):

CMD="%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

ARG="-Command \"& {write-host 'BEEP!'; [console]::beep(440,1000);}\""

NOTE: use ^& instead of & if running from command prompt as & is special chara

cter

MACRO: will send specified key sequense to active window via C# Sendkeys

NOTE: +=Shift, ^=CTRL, %=ALT, ~=Return, use () to group characters.

Example: MACRO="%^g" (ALT + CTRL + g)

Example: MACRO="%(asdf)" (ALT + asdf)