How to install Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel on Linux Ubuntu 14.04

So far, the LTWheelConf maybe is the best solution to get following wheels working on Linux: This tool allows you to change various settings of the Logitech racing wheels

• Driving Force
• Momo Racing
• Momo Force
• Driving Force Pro
• Driving Force GT
• G25
• G27

Available options:

• set wheel to "native" mode (support separate axes and clutch pedal, H shifter, full 900 degree rotation)
• Set wheel rotation range
• Set autocenter force and rampspeed
• Set ForceFeedback gain

Compile guide

You can easily compile LTWheelConf using the following commands:

Get some dependencies (for Ubuntu 14.04 x86)

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev git

Download the source

$ git clone https://github.com/thk/LTWheelConf.git

Build the source

$ cd LTWheelConf
LTWheelConf$ make
LTWheelConf$ ls

You should now have an executable named ltwheelconf. Copy to:

LTWheelConf$ cp ltwheelconf /usr/local/bin/ 

List all found/supported devices

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --list

Supported wheel shortname values:

'DF' (Driving Force)
'MR' (Momo Racing)
'MF' (Momo Force)
'DFP' (Driving Force Pro)
'DFGT' (Driving Force GT)
'G25' (G25)
'G27' (G27) 

Set wheel to native mode

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --nativemode

Set wheel rotation range of 900 degrees

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --range 900

Examples

Put wheel into native mode:

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G25 --nativemode

Set wheel rotation range to 540 degree:

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G27 --range 540

Set moderate autocenter:

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel DFP --autocenter 100 --rampspeed 1

Disable autocenter completely:

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel G25 --autocenter 0 --rampspeed 0

Set native mode, disable autocenter and set wheel rotation range of 900 degrees in one call:

LTWheelConf$ sudo ltwheelconf --wheel DFGT --nativemode --range 900 --autocenter 0 --rampspeed 0

To test and calibrate the steering wheel you can use jstest-gtk

$ sudo apt-get install jstest-gtk
$ jstest-gtk

You should get something like:

• Logitech Logitech Driving Force Pro
• Device: /dev/input/js0
• Axes: 5
• Buttons: 14

Axis list:

• Axis 0: -32179-+32767 # Main Wheel, can set range up to 900 degrees from end to end
• Axis 1: -32767-+32767 # Gas Padel
• Axis 2: -32767-+32767 # Brake Padel
• Axis 3: -32767-+32767 # Wheel control left to Right
• Axis 4: -32767-+32767 # Wheel control up and down

The Buttons Map:

• Button 0 Cross
• Button 1 Square
• Button 2 Circle
• Button 3 Triangle
• Button 4 Shift/turn Right
• Button 5 Shift/turn Left
• Button 6 R2
• Button 7 L2
• Button 8 Select
• Button 9 Start
• Button 10 R3
• Button 11 L3
• Button 12 Shift gear plus
• Button 13 Shift gear minus

Add UDEV rule

It is possible to add a rule to UDEV to automatically invoke LTWheelConf when the steering wheel is connected.

This can be done using the following command (use the correct shortname instead of !):

echo 'ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c294", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/ltwheelconf --wheel <your-wheel-shortname> --nativemode --range 900"' | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/90-logitech-wheel.rules

Now you need to restart UDEV:

LTWheelConf$ sudo service udev restart