From 46b23274783f5ddbbc255981e8951298133cd5d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave C-J <dave@conway-jones.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:40:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tweak MakeyMakey to add rules for USB access on Debian

---
 hardware/makey/82-makey.rules | 1 +
 hardware/makey/README.md      | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 hardware/makey/82-makey.rules

diff --git a/hardware/makey/82-makey.rules b/hardware/makey/82-makey.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acbefc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/makey/82-makey.rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1b4f", ATTR{idProduct}=="2b74", MODE="0666"
diff --git a/hardware/makey/README.md b/hardware/makey/README.md
index 56fbb4e0..90c5eff2 100644
--- a/hardware/makey/README.md
+++ b/hardware/makey/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ As this requires an underlying npm this also requires it's pre-reqs, see <a href
  - libudev-dev (Linux only)
  - libusb-1.0-0-dev (Ubuntu versions missing libusb.h only)
 
+As this uses the raw HID strea mit often requires you to run Node-RED as root, unless you have correct priviliges.
+
 Usage
 -----
 
@@ -30,4 +32,6 @@ The MakeyMakey can of course be re-programmed to re-assign the keys - but this n
 Known Issues
 ------------
 
-Every now and then something causes the MakeyMakey HID to become detached (lose focus) from this app and re-attach to another (the in focus) app... whereupon the emulated keys will end up in the wrong window... - Any ideas on how to stop this would be greatly appreciated - but I suspect it's a fundamental issue with the MakeyMakey pretending to be a HID.
+1) Every now and then something causes the MakeyMakey HID to become detached (lose focus) from this app and re-attach to another (the in focus) app... whereupon the emulated keys will end up in the wrong window... - Any ideas on how to stop this would be greatly appreciated - but I suspect it's a fundamental issue with the MakeyMakey pretending to be a HID.
+
+2) Default usage is such that you have to run as root. On Debian based systems you can copy the file 82-makey.rules to the /etc/udev/rules.d folder - this should let anyone then access the MakeyMakey .